The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-11-10

There is the congress. said l.
'Tut. the congress
She sat FOR a long time looking
straight before her. Ties suddenly
rose zap and stretched out her arms
know Hotkine 81 What sort OF vain
hope she had built up for herself ia
the months between the end ~ tke
fighting aud this time. but there
had been something whleh now kad
gone % pieces.
Then thia Is the ems. sa&d ehe
IL a voice such 90 I had never
heard her use before eThta ia tba
end"
III was ended long ago.
Eyes. I know Tho King had eLe-
serted ~. but~hut there was aofse-
ihing. They have hanged Mr Wal
ters Mary tells nae. for giFiRg neWz
e. Sir Henry clinton Twice boy
have come aud pounded upon our
d0or. crylng Tory Hawkins. hang
him hang him What VII become
Il u.s.
had Il upon my tongue 20 tell
her thar 4 being known ua one Il
Gen Washington men. might pro
tect them. bit ! did mot She aai
Gown. with her hands eiaspcd then
rose again. suddenly.
Wait. says ahr. I vili show
you something And she went ult
wondered shat u vas THAI she
could think 81 showing me. while
nay Uncle Roger lay dying and sh.
herself. as ] saw. was ~ the end
+ ~ her aiis heard her in my Tn.
Gle Rogers room. and again in The
hail. and ahc came back With a met.
81 strong box Ia her hae3s n Ms
/ my Uncle Rogers box ! had seen
+ n n hundred times she Hnt ii upom
the table before me. laid the key
beside Il. and went away, ans
though she bad said nothing
rucssea that She mcaMt Me 20 upeE
H. The key turned easiiy, and
raised tire lia. seeing what ! has
never seen before. that the box was
divided ca she inside into several
parts b. partitions. and Has fiilea
F afmast 20 thn taR with q multHHaf
E 81 papers OF husiHesB Bills ~ shln-
meat receipts know not what all
! records OF ray Uncle Rogers deal.
inK before the war had shut Of
F trade. LEGAL papers, deeds and the
{ like. copy Of nay Uncle Roger'
viii. sealed and marked. the rec
ards OF his wardship over HarioTy-
an these ! looked thFoNsh. fiHdina
netting having meaning for myaeh
beyond ere or two. whlrk shewed
that since the traHbles had begun
my Uncle Roger had been using rs
+ his own that whteh belonged 20 NE
and this I knew before. As ! said
f was weak and not quite myself
and I was growing tired II hooking
through these papers. when ] eame
u last upon a bundle Of letters.
f picked them up with a sharp SIR
prise Is though someone had slap
ned bis hands close % nay ear
! though afterwards felt that I must
F have known all along that they
were here. then NY heart swellee
/ III nay throat and tears came 10 my
eNes. They were my letters C
+ Mariory. untouched. sealed rs they
+ had left my hands. each marked, az
my Uncle Roger marked everything
with its date. and. upon their hacks
From David Hawkins. my nephew
a rebel against his king Aud NOT
+ only that. below them were other
+ letters marked. Prom Marjorie JET
F frey. my ward Mariory's letters
+ 10 me letters had mover seen.
gathered them between my hands
on the table and rested my forehead
upon them. ~ was not as | had be-
I lieved. that she had looked upon No
as n rebel and been silent She had
not forgotten me. she had not been
silent. bnf that old man had stood
/ between as like wall. My eyes
were filled with tears.
Then suddenly a sharp cry ranE
out from the room next me. and
{ with She letters still In my hands |
rushed TO the door Ny Uncle Rog
er was half sitting in his bed. The
bed clothes had fallen from him
showing his lean. Old body ribbed
/ like the sand upon the svashorc.
! God save the king" cried he. In