The newspaper., 1908-05-08

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, m
a feller-nice-lookin feller. too. with
honest brown eyes-was askin' if any
body had seen or heard O 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 l 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
W alker that ms brother Judson. VINO
lives In Rggsville. wants to see him. No
one else must be told Of this. for it's d
secret. ONE WHO KNOWS.
But Chips secret was a 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 it.
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 a 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.
little later. when Uncle Jud had
been summoned into their newly fur.
/ nished "keeping-room.' disclosures
I astonishing to all followed.
We have been searching for you.
I Chip. far and near" Martin assured
I them. and Old Cy is still at it. He
I left us at the camp. almost year ago.
came to Greenvale. found you had run
I away. and came back to tell us. II
upset us all so that we broke camp
at once. taking AMI with us. and re-
7 turned to Greenvale. Old Cy there
bade us good-by and started TO find
i you. Ray also began a search as well.
| I've advertised in dozens of papers.
I have kept Levi on watch for you at
I Grindstone ever since. and now hope
YOU will return with me TO Greenvale. "
4 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. n not meanin' no disrespect to
/ you folks, callate she'll be more con
tent here. I'd like ye to get word to
/ Cyrus. though. soon's possible.
hain't sot eyes on him fer 40 years.
/ n" his eyes twinkling. I'm Jest spill
in to pull his hair n cuf 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
I 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
nah. she's the most penitent person
| in Greenvale. There's another reason
STILL" he added. glancing around with
a smile, and no one is more glad of il