The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-07-19


irritably 81 suppose Ishad} better tell
You the truth! i like tie I'll q sDynevyoe,rs 5,
they're the pleasant test neighbors =, /
ever had, think Harold's son to
be proud Of; but, Proctor, I've got
only one boy, andSI Il haven't much
money to leave him sS:ttA lick will have
to make his way with very little ex-
cept his pay Cant you see / don't
want him to marry Kitty Dyneyor, a
nice girl and a good one, but without
q penny to her fortune p St,t. T.
Z sBeryl saw a good deal Of the ;Dyn-
evors ia August Woodlands broke 10
for tho holidays, Mrs. Tanner and the
twins went to spend fortnight near
their old home, and Kitty: came over
to Easthill-0 Sea, with her mothers
orders to bring back Beryl for the
time of their absence II
''You are to be sure to come unless
you have a better engagement
II have no engagement, and I
couldn't have a better one; only shall
l not be in your way?" -:
1--WE want you, and we mean to
have you!" retorted Kitty II tod
Harold about it, and he said it was
a famous idea. I think you fascinated
him that night when he saw YOU
looking so forlorn at the railway sta
ton, for, you are the first visitor we
have had to stay in the house, for
years."
Mrs. Dynevor's welcome was; almost
motherly in it's goodness, but it was
Harold's greeting which went straight
to Beryl's heart. She happened to be,
alone in the oak parlor when he came
in, and as he took her hand he. said
gravely:
Remember, no one here knows your
secret-no one ever will know it from
me; but if they learn it from another
source they will be content, as I do.
to remember you are Aunt Nina's
child, and forget you are Mr.. Lindon's
daughter"
Beryl had been at Uplands just three
days when Easthill was thrown into
commotion. Mr.. Lihdon, the great
man of the nefghborhood, had arrived
and was putting up at his agents
house while he transacted some bust
ness connected with his property.
Twill he have the effrontery to call
here?'' Mrs Dynevor asked her son.
II should say not. If he does, send
Kitty in to interview him. She is cap
q 0f hi CHI t,io
Il wonder if he has brought his wife
and daughter?" hazarded Mrs. Dyne-
vur.
NO." retorted Kitty, who always
knew everything. Ellis wife is not
well, and his daughter is at school.
Perhaps she prefers it to her step.
mothers society, but she is the same !,
age as I am, and I should certainly
resent being kept at letters
<APoor little thing!" said Mrs. Dyn--
evor gently. II wonder if she is like
her mother? What is her name? Did!
we ever hear?"
1T was never mentioned in Aunt.
Nina's letters" returned Harold. "she
always spoke of the children as; Pet
and Baby not that she wrote. often,
poor thing!"
Beryl was in the room, and: natur-
ally heard these remarks. She almost
forgot herself, and contradicted his
last words, for she knew that Lillian
had never been called pet" It was
her own name in, babyhood. and had
not been given up till she went to-
the Burgesses when, by her fathers
wish, she was always called Beryl.
No, Lillian could not have been
"Pet." Try as she would, the girl
could not, recall any fond abbreviatfon
CT her sisters name. When she was
brought home after Lillian's death no
one ever spoke of the dead child ex-
cept her mother, and she always said
your little sister, Mr. Linden took
no notice of Beryl at all. Her moth
er's maid had returned to England,
as she had lately heard, to take serv-
ice with the family at Uplands. Lii
lian's nurse had also left the Lin
dons' but of her movements Berry,
knew nothing.
(To be continued.)