The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1904-02-12
OF doors In the red rays OF the sunset.
and throughout the meal DOROTHY

reference to the adventure Of the dav-
Late In the evening had q word m
two With sponaldspn upon he subject
DcrOthy and I hrvs tred ia tank this
matter over two or Three tiniss,o said
ne, but IL resufts IN mutual rserfnrfna.
tons, 80 we have taeitIy agreed not to
mention - sgatn. = 80. q
'Recrfmnattons,. 4 ecSosd :.
~She says Don tnhsrfts thns from
me-" he repf1ed.. with a snifs. -and I
say that he tnhorfts n frou her. Thar,
rs far az the discussion ever goes. I
don't know what she has ssfd 10 DON
haven't said anything. Rsn stop Of
bis own accord"
! knew from old experiences MAT any
attempt to drnw him out upon snts sub
5ect would be fuf1le. Ihrss minutes
was the limit Of tme tAat His mind
could be hefu upon n. Bo ws passed
to other matters ana said mat I was
glad 10 have heard him sing WIN Doro-
tiny that evening, Of late years he had
sung 50 little.
MY voice fs getting old and worn
out" he ss1d. Il am past my singing
days"
l assured him with sincerity that
their two vofees had never sounded
sweeter than on That very evening.
Dorothy"s Is as fresh as q gtrPs," he
replied no my car. certainly. It hasn'..
changed at ai1..n
ut seems TO me that It has inprored
In the last two years." said I. =.
'She has used It more" safd he. "A
singing voice needs exercise, and after
mine grew rusty Dorothy neglected her
own until Archer eame. She likes to
sing with some one else. wsuldn,t
call Archer 4 great tenHr," he added,
with smile. "but his voice has the
ring Of youth In It."
donaldson" said somewhat impa. |
uently, that gray hair Of yours has |
made a crank of you"
He walked up to a mirror and con.
templated his image.
look like big old weather beaten
gatepost In snowstorm," said he.
dorothy came In just then and In.
sisted that we must gn nsst zsas S.ase
hsSon nss,lf then rising, she declared, was the
most glorious that had ever risen, and
we must look at 1t from the high gate,
as we cali that entrance to the grounds
which is on the brow Of the hill.
Donaldson leaned back against the
mantelpiece, with his elbows upon It,
and surveyed his pretty wife, who
stood there eager and impatient as
child.
'This reminds me- he began, but
Dorothy broke I'm upon him.
"Now, deacon, don't?' she cried.
Don't be reminded Of anything. Isn't
this night good enough2 Come out
and see the moon"
So we all went up to the high gate
together.
On the following morning met Kel-
vim, and we exchanged growls. moth
ing more. The affair of the diamond
collar seemed not to have improved his
disposition nor to have altered hts at
titude toward me. Kelvin was begin
ming to be somewhat Of a puzzle.
There was and had been from the first |
a queer look in his eye that lacked an |
explanation. could not account for |
1t by anything that knew. Indeed. |
1t seemed to have its basis In some |
thing that he knew and I didn't. A |
sly and waiting look 1t was, a glimpse
Of treason, stratagem and spoils, but
what it boded was unable to guess.
For some days following the affair OF
the diamonds ] met him frequently
upon the streets Of Tunbridge and al
ways passed on wondering what might
lie in his MIND.
He and Mrs. Kelvin were plainly not
sudden and sincere liking for Donald.
H. x.f@ it,
terms Of friendly intimacy with Dor
othy, and she praised Donald with SO
true a voice that his mother was quite
won over, SO that began to hear much
| good Of Mrs. Kelvin.
"She has wished Tor a son." said
Dorothy. Though she seems so eu-
| perficial, she Is good mother at heart.
She loves her dnughter, and she would
have been v~:T proud u b boy like
Donald"
1t occurred to the % won1er whether
she would have been trstd ~ boy
like Kelvin. whfsA sssesen1s assdsa -
be eonsidsfed - ansag tks DssSsfH.
ties. However, Shess scufa bs ss aoubt
Of her heHsst aumfy1tfea 0f O0fnfd.
She talked 70 me absa1 hfm SvHn enc
occasion at considerable fsnSth ana
seemed really anxious when said Shut
the boy was not quite himself this sum-
mer. -
"The inefuents VIM bvs sreusht
out this peculiar rowSf OF Hhs have
worried him." sxfu I. at % ths fuie
with those Who are 50 erdowed"
"You don't think there can be any
thing else7" she said, without meeting
my eye.
| ''what else can there be- I sssed,