The Yale expositor., 1903-10-16
CHAPTER xx.-continued.


Mrs Allen was I'm an adjoining room
r>xading To Mrs. Green. Mrs. Green
Hw1s a woman one could love at n
sSsaacs and love always: her sweet old
resoe was flushed with pink. her brown
.sryes verc soft and gentle her silken
waite hair was brushed In waves back
rk1na her face aud softencd by cap
slT hScs: her voice was what woman's
-gueoo should be. sweet but firm, low
-Ss~6 perfectly modulatcd. She took
1,Duaores right into her motherly heart,
ssn0wins. every word of her history
- car as her son knew II. knowing.
-sDa. without being told. that this was
zEhs Efrl her son loved. And the slen'
.-har. Silent girl seemed la melt towardi
Hasr ss toward no one else. though at
rRrze n was very bitter this having TO
uh5oepf hospitality from the mother of
ne nlnn who had been so wronged.
she had been forced Co accept the
.rosDitallty Of his mother-been forced
7yS5 with no excuse Co place the ac.
--s1tanee out OF the question. because
csScrc was no excuse sho could oner
when they took her father from the
lHeale house. bearing him carefully to
lao carriage waiting for him at the
gate, soft with cushions and pillows OF
sewn. tn the station and the city some
lL1irfy miles below the town down the
valley. with Doctors Dunwiddie and
Tsuxy and her uncle. They had every
~ssSrs< that money could buy To- gain
.auougfort for him A car was reserved
- al
.7solately was done that could be for
AIS comfort And then they had
q.rcsd upon her the acceptance OF this
hospitality.
Mrs Green was watching Dolores
tfbroagh tho open doorway leaning
back on tho cushioned sofa. her soft
zilznds folded in her tap at this her
--nezt time" Of the day. as she listened
30 Mrs. Aliens reading, her thoughts
ssozichoW tangled with that and the
ssTl a. the western window In the sun
Sgt lights aud the boy of her heart
llcfr only child. the best son. she often
isEaid. laughiag. that a mother over had.
lDora was partly in shadow though
her face. too. caught the glow from
EHAors- The silence that had followed
.inulores All her life seemed to fall like
a veil around her and even 10 her
-D1sin for the time. The sunset lights
szaed aind died: a mellow darkness
AsDvoloped the eastern slope OF the
-izouutain: the road that wound up its
.zsade was like slender thread In the
.@zEkuess. Suddenly the sound Of
-rhwrcn bell smote the air. and Dolores
started. turning from tho window.
What is it," she asked of Dora. and
a1arz arose as sho answered her:
Church bells. Lorie." touching the
fazd nearest her shyly. "a though sno
were half afraid. This Is Wednesday
-svering. and the bell Is ringing for
7rzycT meeting."
Dolores made no further remark on
1hs subject She knew nothing OF
praycr meetings or church bells; they
BAD little interest for her; her
ehouzhts were with her father, with
FvanE Green. with many things out.
sz8do OF this commonplace subject.
aERso tnrned from the window. however.
1sSsrging her face into shadow. Mrs.
.aEies bad ceased her reading. and was
svztching the girls with an inscrutahlc
Suppression in her eyes. Had she failed
EszoeF all her planning? There seemed
M difference in the friendship be
~sv~rn this girl and the son OF their
ls0sr- And as she could not win Dora
snn1nn her cousin she could at least
,uzke this stupid girl feel some OF the
gsErserpcss she held in her own heart
-'TkxA. at least. was worth planning
Eu-. She was SO deeply buried In
,rhase thoughts that she started nor-
-oaousIy when Mira. Green called the
axfrls in her soft. low voice.
MY dears." she said. ARE you not
u>aady 10 Join us now? We have watch.
cd ths picture you make until now we