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and clear.cut features proclaimed him

and clear-cut features proclaimed him
at once the brother of the girl; he
had an arm about her shoulders a.
they came forward into the light.
"Well, what's this?" asked the elder
man, as he stopped before the way
farers. Cant honest gypsy folk set
tie down anywhere these days without
intruders comm along-folks that
'aven't no right
"Be quiet, Neal" broke in the wom-
an, sharply You'd turn your own
flesh and blood out into storm if it
served you"
aye, an why not?" retorted the
man Its precious little I've ever got
out of my own flesh an blood, that
should be SO mighty particular about
them. What's to do 'ere?".
AS Prof. Tapney stood up, with
bow, to explain the circumstances, the
young girl released herself from her
brothers arm and came forward quick
ly toward Grace stopped, shyly for a
moment, and til, bent down towards
her.
my dear fellow-B ohemians, said
the professor, taking off his hat, and
revealing the startling effect of his
Uranium Tin the name of Mother Ma
ture this is not an intrusion. The
fields wherein, had I not been born in
London, should have sported my
youth-they belong to us all, who
choose as have done, to embrace Ma
ture. We are wanderers, and we have
no money"
Then you're no good to u.s." said
the man, with surly laugh, as he
turned away.
Meanwhile the girl had assisted
Grace to rise, and had been whisper
ing encouraging words to her Rapid
! ly and earnestly, and yet, it seemed,
without any hurry the gypsy girl had
darted to her mother had whispered
something to her. and had gone swift
| ly back to Grace. In a few minutes
Mrs. Tapney and Grace and the girl
had disappeared in the direction of
the tents. But it has to be recorded
that, as Grace moved slowly and pain
| fully away, she came for moment,
in the full light Of the fire, face to face
! with the young gypsy, who was evi.
IDENTIFY the brother of the girl. Only
| moment-just sufficient to allow him
aside; but sufficient, also, for the
quick blood to spring into his face
| and die it crimson. Then she was
gone, and the boy stood in the fire.
! light gazing after her. 1t may be said
| that the idea is wild and impossible;
but, just as surely as the lad stood
| there gazing after her, SO surely did
| he know that something had entered
| into his being never to be taken from
| it while life lasted; just as surely did
he know that this tail, fair, blue-eyed
| girl held his life, and was to mold It
| as she would.
The professor, meanwhile, was in
| nocently enough plunged into the
midst Of an alteration. Strength.
ened by the fact that Mrs. Tapney
| had, in sense, been taken to shelter,
the professor determined that he
would not be ousted; and in this de-
termination, curiously enough, he was
| supported by the woman who had
| come out with the man to meet them.
Il tell you" said the man. looking
at him with an evil face over hunch-
ed shoulder tell you we want none
| of you ere. What's the likes of you
| dom wanderin' about the country?
Tell me that"
Students of Nature, my good man,
merely students of Nature, and birds
Of passage. Worn and spent with a
long day upon extremely uninteresting
roads, we see, as in the story books,
camp fires cleaning in the distance;
necessarily we, come to the camp
fires. pardon me- he added quick
| ly, did introduce my son? My only
son-Absalom. y
II don't want you or your son.
said the man, with an oath. Leave
us to ourselves and go your ways
Ito Be contlnued.)