The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-03-31

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This orizrotsn infant who had a
iar-oG rt aaiaace 90 Ely hersei was
certainly renA in nesd She saw to
uat they haa roHe iood. and show
&C them the way to their garret, int
which all the broken furniture Of tn,
house seemed 20 have been flung. 4
was hardly mcre luxurious than tb,
mace they had left
Ely kissed the pert little face with
real gratitude as the child was abou,
to leave them.
Say" said Julia. coming back
mall want the old lady to mind al
the babies. That's why she consented
to pap having you out She thought
she could do without a nurse. Thc1t
are five younger'n me. But don't you
mind I'll stand by you"
In the miserable days and month,
that followed Julia did indeed stand b,
them, and proved not unimportanl
ally.
Meanwhile, soon after they had left
Cooldrina. a paragraph had appeared
in the newspapers to the effect that
Corporal Patrick Sullivan, Of the Con
naught Rangers, reported killed, hao
been only missing, and had returned to
camp. Ely never heard of it, She had
no heart to write to the people at
home, and they thought that IN heI
great prosperity she had forgotten
them.
At last something happened. The
I children kept in the city through the
hot inforno Of the summer and the cold
of the winter, sickened. The baby
died-in its vandmothers arms-aad
the old woman was broken-hearted
She took to her bed. Min came up and
looked at her
- hate death Ia the house. she said.
I'm taking the children to the shore
tomorrow. Better let her go to the
hospital and come to. don't sec how
I'm TO manage those children with
out"
Eily's eyes flashed fire.
"if We could 90 back to Cooldrna.
the cid woman said, painting. "thA
wind from the mountains would make
me we'll"
Ely stood listening. with her hands
clenched so that the nails pierced the
flesh. Only yesterday she had lynelt to
Bin and implored him to lend them the
money to go back Bill had long re-
pented of the foolish impulse Of vanity
which had induced him to bring them
as witnesses to his glory. But he could
do nothing without Min. and Min WA
unconsclonably fond OF money. and
looked upon herself as the real owner
of the saloon. and all that accrued
from it.
Suddenly something like the note of
a blackbird pierced the air of the fur
mace 1t was someone whistling in the
street below, and the tune was The
Whistling Thief"
Ely stood listening as though turned
to stone. She had forgotten that Pat
rick was dead. The old woman opened
her eyes languidly.
''It can't bel" she began.
whist, aeushlal' said Ely, coming
out of her trance 1T is-llke some
body at home. They told me he was
dead, but sure no dead man ever whls-
tied like that
She flew from the room. down the
steep stairs. and let herself out At the
little dark door A man was just dis
appearing round the street corner.
She ran and overlook him, and laid
trembling baud on his arm. The man
turned round and looked her in the
face.
"Eily 8awnl" he said-and the street
being quiet. he kissed her-''Pve been
whistling all over New York for you
rhere-sure it isn't going TO faint you
are? No; / wasn't killed then. And
I'm not going to let you get out Of
my sight again. I've bit o. money
saved and Wen go back as soon as
we're man and wife, acushla machree
Yerra. what's the matter with the glrl2
Tis not going to die Of JOY are you?"
He half-led, half-carried Ely back to
he little dark door by which she had
ssued.
Some hours Bin. coming up
shamefaeesly to n 81 So is old moth
r was, found Ely womanhoOWith
4 stranger young mdAes of care m
mother lay smiling we IN
plans Patrick had for thS eli
Sooldiina, and the purchasN even d.
here out OF the dollars he =. er