The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1903-08-05

! THE MISSION
OF DOROTHY
BY EMILY s.
Copyright, 1901, by L. s. Windsor


matter, but Dorothy Dale's brown eyes
never ninched before his deep set gray
ones.
please, may l talk to you q few
minutes?" she asked in her soft little
voice.
81 am very busy" he returned, "and
gave orders that / was not to be dis
turbcd."
"Thc elevator boy showed me your
Office, and there was no one in the 9TH
Ell room, and so L came In" said Doro-
thy.
The lawyer made an impatient move
ment, mentally resolving upon the CELL
sure which Wilson should receive for
leaving the entrance to the Office I'M
guarded.
Two little rcd spots had crcpt into
Dorothy's face, but she went on brave
ly:
"You scc," she began, 'I'-
The lawyer again moved impatiently
and frowned, but his small visitor per-
sisted.
at Is so important, you see." There
was a keen note of anxiety in her
voice, but the brown eyes never wa
vercd. And what was there Iii their
depths which brought to the lawyers
mind n vague memory and made him
look at his visitor with n stirring of in
tcrcst, then hesitate and finally push
aside the papcrs over which he had
been absorbed and say shortly:
what Is it? / can give you a few
minutes"
ooh, thank you." said Dorothy po-
itfo1,- tsIf To- about that ,,citin,, IL %1,N
Hilton school"
Cyril stared in surprise. What could
this little, old fashioned girl have to
say about that? 1t would be interest
Ing to know. He pushed his papers
farther away and leaned back in his
seat.
'Sit down." lie said, pointing to n
chair. Dorothy obeycd with a grave
"Thank YOU" settling herself comfort
ably in the chair which was so high
that her feet were quito a distance
from the ground. Her blue felt sailor
hat was pushed back on her head, and
several soft brown rings Of her hair
had found their way to her forehead.
She lifted her clear eyes to the lawyer,
and again their depths vaguely stirred
his heart.
"You see, auntic lost all her money
In Boston, n so we had to come here
to live. Auntie owns Il little house here,
and she says that is better than moth
ing. And yesterday Mrs. Prudcn told
her they wanted n teacher in that
school and that auntie must try to get
it right away"
ooh, indeed" CALCULATED Cyril.
tsNNr COO 81 clio 80, o~ To- 14,LG1A.
tial tone, "auntic knows Il lot OF things.
She belonged to ever so many clubs in
Boston. Every one says that she is so
clever"
Dorothy paused TO see if the lawyer
was properly impressed with the i'm
portancc of her aunt's requirements.
YES" said Cyril politely.
Mrs. Pruden told auntie that YOU
could let her teach that school, but
last evening n letter came from Mr..
White in Boston 10 say auntic. must
come to see him right off. You see, he
attends to all of her business. So she
had to so on the early train this morn
ing" Here Dorothy stopped, out OF
breath.
Cyril uttered an in%tcrrogative Eyes"
Dorothy smiled up ut him. "And I
was afraid she might be too late when
she came back. and then 1t will be
such q nice surprise for her when she
does come back for me to tell her /
came to see you about it."
"Then she doesn't know what you
are doing" qucried Cyril.
"Oh, no. l waited till she was gone"
"Where do you livef" questioned
Cyril.
"Oycr on Rose Crescent"
The lawyer did not recognize the To-
cality. but there had been many
changes in the old town during those
years In Which he had been absent
from it.
"Auntie will be a splendid teacher.
You Sec, she's SO sweet. Won't you
please try hcr?"
In her cagcrncss Dorothy arose and
stood beside Cyril. placing her hand in
Its WOODEN mitten on his arm.
The little action thrilled him. A sud.
den realization Of the loneliness of his
life smotc him. and again the child's
brown eyes awokc that
please won't your" urged Dorothy,
with an unconscious pressure of his
arm.
Cyril looked down into the eager
face with an expression I'm his own
that few had seen there during later
years.
III see what l can do. / must knbw
more Of her qualifications. 1 mean"
he explained kindly, "if she knows all
the things that the person who teaches
In that school must know I'll do m
best"
"Oh, thank you. I'll go now Doro-
thy slipped off the mitten and grayely
rendered her hand to the lawyer. He
rose and bowed over 1t with more cere.
mony than lie had for many years
shown any other member of her sex.
Dorothy flashed n conflding smile at
him and tripped jauntily away through
the outer office, much to the surprise
of Wilson, who was now at his post.
Wilson was still more surprised that
afternoon when on going into the law
yer's private room he found him put.
ting his desk In order and was waved
away with: "Don't bother me With
that now. It's such a fine afternoon I
think III take a walk and look at that
Dorren property"
Wilson went back to his desk. He
furtiyel:' watched the lawyer as the
latter put on oyercoat. hat and gloves,
1t was the first time within his .knowl-
pUun that Cptu bnd cot o.tJo 40.