Middletown transcript., 1904-10-29

my punishment as bravely as can. Let
me come back and be your daughter once
more let me live my life here with
you, and remember that ii l have lost
Chri>'s respect you at least do not cast
me off and despise me as l deserve to
he dispised.'
Il think, my dear" Doctor Richmond
said, smiling at his wife, "the girl would
be the better for cup of tea, if you
| will make it for her, and we can talk
about her mistakes and their punishment
tomorrow. And meanwhile | believe
that Chris would like to say something
for himself which may perhaps put a
different face on matters, and make Kill
meny's future not quite such dolefnl
one OF repentance and penance as she
has marked out for herself"
''Chris here y cried kilmeny, starting
up with little scream to find him close
beside her.
Doctor Richmond judged it best to
withdraw with his wife to make the
tea, and, on the whole, it was the very
best thing that they could have done.
Kilmeny's flight was not discovered
until the morning. Her maid received
the key early from Lord de Bruyne
and unlocked the door, but did not en-
ter her young mistress's room for some
time, thinking that she slept. The knowl-
edge that she was gone convused Mr..
Daryl with an anger that he could not
control. In his ungovernable fury he
disclosed the reason why he had hurried
on Kilmeny's marriage with Lord de
Bruyne and had hesitated at nothing
which could separate her from Mr.. War
render. One of that young mans reia-
tives, whose death had brought the Mer-
ridale property to Christopher, had de-
nounced Kilmeny's father. and had had
him brought to justice for some of his
misdeeds. Through him, Mr.. Daryl's
heir had spent some of his time in prison.
The old man could never forgive this
public disgrace, and the name of Warren
der became hateful to him ever after.
One OF his strongest reasons for acknowl- |
edging his granddaughter was to separate |
her from Christopher, whose attachment |
to her he suspected from the beginning
and the bitterest drop in his cup, when
it was found that she had returned to |
her friends, was the knowledge that she
had again come into contact with the |
man whom he hated In the transport
of his anger, he declared that he would
compel Kilmeny to come back and force
her to marry Lord de Bruyne, a state
ment which was received by that noble
man with contempt.
The next news was that Lord de Bruyne
had left England for an indefinite period.
No-not quite the next! Two days
after Kimeny had returned home Chris
topher Warrender came softly into the
parlor where she was sitting in the dusk,
and, taking seat beside her, passed
bis arm round her.
care you quite recovered from that
night, Kilmeny darling?' he whispered.
Can you bear to hear something else
something which will shock and grieve
You? | have only just been told of it,
and | was afraid that it might come to
you suddenly and find you unprepared."
"What is it, Chris ?" she asked, trem-
bling. "You and papa and mamma and
he children are here safe and well. 1t
must be something connected with that
that time which we wish to forget.
Ny grandfather"
He was found dead in his bed this
The news has just come"
And it was true. With the Illustration
# his hopes and schemes, the old mans
life had suddenly gone out. The lawyer
lad been summoned to execute the last
evenge by cutting off his grandchid
rom succession to his property, but death
lad stepped in and prevented it. Kill
neny became sole heir to his vast wealth
nd the property was joined to that
f Christopher Warrender at her mar
iage with him. Kilmeny became great
ady, as she had once wished to be but 7
he time of her connection with her T
and her residence under his
oof had made her look on riches with
different eye. She developed into
noble woman, and her blithe spirits !
nd loving heart gaddened every place :
n which she moved
THE END.