The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-07-26
CHAPTER X.-CContinued.)


Helen was still away; but her mother
loved to have Kitty there; and, Alick
being at safe distance, the General
made much of them. It was he who
proposed to while away the afternoon
ny showing the girls over the house.
you are not old enough for it to
Be painful to you, Kitty, and If 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 it to me just as it stood, furniture
and plate, even the family pictures in
<cluded-''
Kitty was delighted at the proposal.
'@Theres picture of father taken
when a boy really want to see, and
another of poor little Lillian as a
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
drst- 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 seen them all before came to her,
and when she saw the picture Of Lii
liam Dynevor, painted during her
fathers absence in Australia as sur
prise for him, she had the oldest fancy
that once, long ago, she, too, had sat
ON low stool dressed in white, with
q basket Of primroses strewn on her
Lap.
It must have been fancy, and yet
cept the old nurseries," said Mrs.
Craven. Il 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-
tent or airy" said the General, with
a smile. $50 much for superstition. :"
The old nurseries had a 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.
BeryI nearly seized On it with cry
OF delight. It seemed to her she had
known that f1axen-haired baby as long
as she had known anything.
Poor little Lillian!" said Kitty
gently. "To think that if she had
lived she would have been twenty
4two!"
1T is a pretty name; but I wonder
She was not called after her mother"
"Avr+
li1ies," explained Kitty; *b1t mother
told me once the child was never call
cd Lillian or Lilly. She called her.
self Pet as soon as she could talk,
and Pet she remained up to the time
of their 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. Linden wishes to see you,
sir."
Kitty Dynevor's cheeks were GRIM
son, her friends face turned ashen
pale
Fl suppose I must see him. growled
the General, "and I can't be rude to
thim under his own roof; but 1 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 in few inutes they we're walking
swiftly down the avenue
But the butler had ushered Mr.. Lin
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. "
Nlr. 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
amalignant 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 Dyneyor with all
the pleasure in life. Lindon's an evil
man, if ever there was one, and I'd
do something to keep Uplands from
his clutches"
Mrs. Craven smiled Years younger
than her husband, there was a good
IDEAL of romance left In her still.
Gwen though our boy has the gooi
taste to admire 'penniless lass with
a long pedigree tell you this, James
I'd rather Alick married Kitty Dyn
evor without silver sixpence thar
.Eustace Lindon's heiress''
window and he distinctly saw the two
girls pass. He broke off abruptly IL
the middle of sentence to ask:
Are those your daughters, Gen
eral?'
He knew perfectly that the answer
would be in the negative.
NO." said Genera1 Craven shortly
Zone is Miss Dynevor. the other {
young lady engaged in a school neal