The newspaper., 1908-05-15

hard, an let it go at that
''Ez fer you, grille, an jest to set yer
mind at rest, we found out what your
right name was and where ye run
away from last fall, but never let on to
nobody. Twas your business and no
body else's, an made no difference in
our feelin's, ez ye must see; an now
I'll tell ye how / found out.
Il was down to the Corners one day
arter ye went to Christmas Cove. n
feller-nice-lookin feller too. with
honest brown eyes-was askin' if any
body had seen or heard o a runaway
girl by the name O Mcclure. Said
she'd run away from Greenvale-
That's bout a hundred miles from
here he said-an' he was huntin' for
her. Nobody at the Corners knew
about ye n | kept still, believin' ye
had reason fer not wantin' to be found
out"
And now another tide-the thrill of
love-surged in Chips heart. and her
| face became glorified
And so the clouds rolled away. That
night Chip wrote brief but curious
letter. so odd. in fact, it must be
| quoted verbatim:
Mr.. Martin Frisbie:
Please send word at once to Mr.. Cyrus
| Walker that his brother Judson. who
| lives in RiggsvilIe, wants to see him. No
| one else must be told Of this. for it's
| secret. ONE WHO KNOWS.
But Chips secret was most trans
parent one. for when this missive
reached Martin three days later, he
recognized its angular penmanship and
similarity to the note Aunt Comfort
still treasured, and knew that Chip
wrote IL.
II startled him somewhat, however.
for Old Cy's youthful history was un-
known to him, and suspecting that
some mystery lay beneath this infor-
nation. he told no one. but started
] for Riggsville at once.
The tide of emotion that had upset
the even tenor of Uncle Jud's home
/ life slowly ebbed away. and a keen
sense of expectancy took its place.
Chip. after giving him her letter. ex-
/ planned that Old Cy was most likely in
the wilderness. and that the letter
might not reach him for weeks.
And then one day broad-shoulder-
ed, rather commanding. and somewhat
citified man drove up to the home Of
/ Uncle Jud.
Does Mr.. Judson Walker live
here?' he inquired of Aunt Mandy.
who met him a tthe door.
Her admission Of that fact was
scarce uttered when there came a
rustling of skirts, a Why. Mr.. Fris-
bie," and Chip was beside her. at
which Martin. collected man of the
world that he was. felt an unusual
heart-throb of thankfulness.
a little later. when Uncle Jud had
been summoned into their newly fur
nished ''keeping-room." disclosures
astonishing to all followed.
We have been searching for you.
Chip. far and near" Martin assured
them. and Old Cy is still at il. He
left us at the camp. almost a year ago.
came to Greenyale. found you had run
away. and came back to tell us. II
upset us all so that We broke camp
at once. taking AMI with us. and re-
turned to Greenvale. Old Cy there
bade us good-by and started to find
you. Ray also began search as well.
I've advertised In dozens of papers.
have kept Levi on watch for you at
/ Grindstone ever since. and now | hope
you will return with me TO Greenvale. ="
Il thank you all. oh. so much" an
swered Chip. scared a little at this
/ proposal. but | don't want to. I'm
nobody there and never can be. Id
be ashamed to face folks there any
/ more"
Il guess she best stay with us" put
! in Uncle Jud. fer we sorter 'dopted
her. m not meanin' no disrespect TO
you folks. callate she'll be more con-
tent here. Id like ye to get word to
/ Cyrus. though. soon's possible.
hain't sot eyes on him fer 90 years.
m" his eyes twinkling. I'm Jest spill
in to pull his hair n cum him
Il will help out in that matter at
once. and more than gladly" replied
Martin. again looking at Chip and not
ing how improved she was; but l
still think Miss Runaway had better
return with me. We need you. Chip.
he continued earnestly. and so does
| some one else | can name, more than
you imagine. fancy. and my wife will
welcome you with open arms. you
may be sure. AS for that foolish Han
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