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to dust" finale came. only its solemnity
impressed her.

(, ~ Ns AAdio caiucs ouiy us SOlemn1cy
impressed her.
We do not even admit some thoughts
and feelings, and when those who have
| wronged us most pass down into their
final resting-place. our lips must also
remain sealed, and when Angie turned
away from her uncle's grave, she would
not say, Il am glad" and could not
| say, Il am sorry"
Neither did the fact that she was to
inherit his estate undo the sense of
wrong. 1t was not mis- will and wish
that this was to be, he had not thought
| OF her, or justice to her in life, and
only the laws mandate now said so.
and that left a faint on the heritage.
He had wronged her father in the long
ago, and had driven him from home.
had kept what was hers by right, and,
In spite OF public opinion, willingly saw
ner dependent upon charity and her
own effort to earn trif1e, and now. in
passing, had left her to stifie her natu-
raj feelings as best she could. But there
was one spot of silver beneath the
cloud, and that, the face of Aunt Com
fort and the chance to reward her, was
some compensation for all her self
denials. 1t was the first and about
the only impulse that came to Angie
when the tragic shock had passed
away, and that night when the two sat
beside their little round table recount
ing all that had been said and done in
the past few days, this chance was
Angles only sense OF gratitude. She
had weeks before come to realize that
any change in her own life would and
must be impossible while Aunt Com
fort lived. and Martins self-evident
hopes seemed doomed to fail. To care
for the good old soul, who had been
home and mother since childhood, she
must, or forever despise herself, and al
though this legacy would remove the
narrow and cramping poverty that had
been theirs always, the obligation re-
NAMED, and with Angie such a debt
was sacred.
With Aunt Comfort it was other
wise, as might be expected, and when
the evening had grown late and the
fire had burned low, her resume of the
situation may well be quoted.
I've alters b'lieved the Lord I'D see
justice done us ALL" she said, land l |
b'ieve He has. He amt like to bring
AMI back to life, but maybe He's gin
David his just desarts l don't exact |
ly believe in sperits, yet it looks ez if |
the hantin' O. conscience had made |
David see one the night he was took |
with fit last summer n" again now
when he run off in the night. He's |
your father n you all his |
life long, m if his sufferin' from con-
science amt dispensation O. Provi-
dence n his just desarts, dunno
what would be. Thar is one thing 1 |
can't quite 1gger out, n that is, what |
made Martin Frisbie pay him $4,000
fer an agreement O. deed o. the mills
n Mizzy lands, n what he wanted
he'll explain when he gifts back. It's
most time he did, too; he's ben gone
now most two months" Then she
looking at Angie and Smiling
It'll all be in the fam
lily, s'poSe," she continued, still smil-
ng, when you n Martin git married,
sz spect you will in time Thar amt
no reason why you shouldn't, n you
will be middlin' well off in your own
right now, if anything happens, n
Ter that you ought to be thankful"
To Aunt Comfort this contamination
seemed most natural and to be expect
I'd. More than that no thought of how
hat event would affect her own hap
oiness came to her
ITO Be Continued.]