The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-06-20
pathetic view Of the matter, General"

Bother 1t ALL" said the old soldier
trritably, II suppose had better tell
you the truth! like the Dynevors,
they're the pleasantest neighbors /
ever had, think Harold's a son to
be proud Of; but, Proctor, I've got
only one boy, and l haven't much
money to leave him. Alick will have
to make his way with very little ex-
cept his pay. Can't you see I don't
want him to marry Kitty Dynevor, a
nice girl and a good one, but without
a penny to her fortune?"
Beryl saw a good deal of the Dyn-
evors ia August. Woodlands broke up
for the holidays, Mrs. Tanner and the
twins went to spend a fortnight near
their cid home, and Kitty came over
to Easthill-on-Sea, with her mothers
orders to bring back Beryl for the
time Of their absence.
"You are to be sure to come unless
you have better engagement"
II have no engagement, and I
couldn't have a better one; only shall
l not be in your way?"
I'VE want you, and we mean to
have you'll" retorted Kitty. Il tod
Harold about it, and he said it was
a famous idea. l 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 1 do;
to remember you are Aunt Nina's
child, and forget you are Mr.. L4indon's
daughter"
Beryl had been at Upands just three
days when Easthill was thrown into
commotion. Mr.. Lindon, the great
man of the ueighborhood, had arrived
and was putting up at his agents
house while he~transacted' some bust
ness connected with his property.
will he have the effrontery to- call
here?" Mrs. Dynevor asked her som
II should say not. 1t he does, send
Kitty in to interview him. She is cap
able of freezing him if she tries"
Il wonder if he has brought his wife
and daughter?" hazarded Mrs. Dyne-
vor.
NO" retorted Kitty, who, always
knew everything. "His 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 l should certainly
resent being Kept at letters
Poor little thing!" said Mrs. Dyn-
evor gently. 81 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" 1t 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 abbreviation
OF 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. Lindon 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 Up1ands. Lii
lian's nurse had also left the Lin
dons, but of her movements Bery]
knew nothing
(To be continued.)