The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-07-25
LOVE is BEST -
~ Florence HodSkinson
CHAPTER x.-(Continued.)

CHAPTER X.-(Continued.)
The girls went up to the Manor that
day to lunch by special invitation.
Helen was still away, but her mother
loved to have Kitty there; and, Alick
being at q safe distance, the General
made much Of them. 1t was he who
proposed to while away the afternoon
by showing the girls over the house.
You are not old enough for 1t to
be painful to you, Kitty. and II we
are to turn out in December it may
be your last chance Of seeing the old
home. You know nothing is changed
since your uncle's time. Mr.. Lindon
let 1t to me just as it stood, furniture
and plate, even the family pictures in
cluded."
Kitty was delighted at the proposal.
There's q picture of father taken
when a boy I really want to see, and
another Of poor little Lillian as q
baby. Mr.. Linden must be thankful
she died, or he'd have gained very lit
tie by his marriage"
They went to the picture gallery
first. Kitty talked gaily, but Beryl
was strangely silent. As she gazed
on the portraits Of dead-and-gone
Dynevors the strangest feeling of hav-
ing seer them all before came to her.
and when she saw the picture Of LII
liam Dynevor, painted during her
fathers absence in Australia as a sur
prise for him, she had the oldest fancy
that once, long ago., she, too, had sat
on q low stool dressed in white, with
a basket Of primroses strewn on her
lap.
II must have been fancy, and yet
We have seen everything now ex-
cept the old nurseries," said Mrs.
Craven. II never would use them be-
cause the last child who had played
In them died."
"She fitted up new ones in the other
wing, which weren't half SO conven-
lent or airy" said the General, with
a smile. so much for superstition"
The old nurseries had q deserted
air. They had not been used since
Nina Lindon's second marriage, and
the big ~cupboards were still full of
childish toys. Kitty opened the door
Of one and took out a large wax doll.
Beryl nearly seized on 1t with a cry
Of delight. It seemed to her she had
known that flaxen-haired baby as long
40 she had known anything.
Poor little Lillian!" said Kitty
gently. ITO think that II she had
lived she would have been twenty
two!"
1T Is q pretty name; but wonder
she was not called after her mother
Aunt Nina's favorite flowers were
liliss," explained Kitty; but mother
told me once the child was never CALI
ed Lillian or Lilly. She called her.
self Pet az soon AZ she could talk.
and Pet she remained up to thestime
OF thNr going abroad"
"And how old was she them"
"Just three. There were nearly four
years between her and her little half
sister,"
A servant approached with a per-
picked face and addressed the Gen.
eral.
"Mr. Lindon wishes to . you.
sir"
Kitty Dynevor's cheeks were GRIM
son. her friends face turned ashen
pale.
II suppose l must see him." growled
the General. ''and I cant be rude to
him under his own roof; but I wish,
for all that he had stayed away"
The General went downstairs to re-
ceive his unwelcome visitor. Kitty
Dynevor, who, had not the least desire
to meet the man she regarded as her
natural enemy. promptly declared she
and Miss Lindon must be going home,
and ID . few inutes they were walking
swiftly down the avenue.
But the butler had ushered Mr. Linz
don into the library. which COM
manded a full view Of the carriage
drive. He was seated by the open
daughter, and she Is away from home"
Mr.. Lindon sat out his full twenty
minutes; but his attention wandered
strangely, and General Craven felt
certain when he rose to go he was
planning some fresh wrong to the
Dynevors, for his face was full of a
malignant triumph.
Kate" the old soldier told his wife
later on. II wish with all my heart
now / had 5000 pounds lying idle, and
I'd lend It to Harold Dynevor with all
the pleasure In life. Lindon's an evil
man. II aver there was one. and I'd
do something to keep Uplands from
his clutches"
Mrs. Craven smiled. Years younger
than her husband, there was q good
deal OF romance left in her still.
Even though our boy has the good
taste to admire q 'penniless lass with
q long pedigree I tell you this, James,
I'd rather Alick married Kitty Dyn-
evor without . silver sixpence than
Eustace Lindon's heiress."
window. and he distinctly saw the two
girls pass. He broke OF abruptly In
the middle 81 q sentence to ask:
Are those your daughters. Gem
eral?"
He knew perfectly that the answer
would be In the negative.