The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1909-08-19


Behind him there was confusion
Of little notes.-the sound Of chair
pushed hurriedly aside, q rustic Of
skirts. happy sob or two, low voices
intermingling -sighs. Out Of It finally
came the fathers accents.
There. there. my dear. my dearest
dearr' protested the old gentleman.
Positively don't deserve 1.-THE Of
this. r. The young old voice qua
vered and broke In a happy laugh.
You must understand" he continued
more soberly, shat no consideration Of
any sol Is due me. When we married
I was too old for your mother. child.
We both knew II. both believed It
would never matter. But 1t did. BY
her wish went back to America. We
were to see what separation would do
to heal the wounds dissension had
caused. 1t was a very foolish expert
ment. Your mother died before l
could return"
There fell a silence. again broken
by the father. AFTER that l was In
no haste to return. But some years
ago came to London to live. l CON-
municated with the old colonel. ask
ing permission to see you. 1t was re-
fused in a manner which precluded
the subject being reopened by me.
was informed that II persisted in at
tempting to see you you would be dis
inherited. He was very angry with
me-justly, l admit One must grow
old before one can see how unforgiva-
bly, one was wrong In youth So
settled down to quiet old age. de-
termined not to disturb you IN your
happiness. -Kirkwood"
The old gentleman was standing. his
arm around his daughters shoulders,
when Kirkwood turned.
"Come here. Philip. I'm explaining
to Dorothy. but you should hear. The
evening l called on you. dear boy. at
the Pless. returning home I received a
message from my solicitors. whom ]
had instructed to keep an eye on Doro-
thy's welfare. They informed me that
she had disappeared. Naturally can
celed my. plans to go to Munich and
stayed. employing detectives. One Of
the first things they discovered was
that Dorothy had run of with an ED.
erly person calling himself George
Burgoyne Calendar, the name l had
discarded when I found that to ac-
knowledge me would imperil my
daughters fortune. The investigations
went deeper. Charles. let us continue
to call him. had been to see me only
this afternoon to inform me Of the
plot they had discovered. This Hal.
lam woman and her son--it seems that
they were legitimately In the line Of
Inheritance. Dorothy out Of the way
But the woman was-ah-a bad lot
Somehow she got into communication
with this fat rogue. and together they
plotted 1t out Charles doesn't believe
that the Hallam woman expected e
| enjoy the BurgoyDe estates for very
many days. Her plan was to step IN
when Dorothy stepped out, gather III
what she could. realize on it and de
camp. That Is why there was so much
excitement about the jewels-naturally
the most valuable item on her list. the
most easy TO convert Into cash. Tho
man Mulready we do not place. lie
seems to have been a shady character
the fat rogue picked up somewhere
The latter's ordinary line Of bushes,
was diamond smuggling. though b,
would condescend to almost anything
In order 20 turn a dishonest penny.
That seems TO exhaust the subject
But enc word more. Dorothy. | an
old enough and have suffered enough
10 know the wisdom OF selling one'i
happiness when one may. Ny dear
little while ago you did a very Draw
deed. Under fire you said most cour
ageous. womanIy. credItable thing
And Philips rejoinder was only secon,
in nobility 10 yours. I do hope d
goodness that you two blessed young
sters won't let any addle pated scru
pies stand between yourselves and
the prize Of romance. your inalienabl
Entertainer
Abruptly Brentwick. who was n
longer Brentwick. but the actual Cal
endar, released the girl from bis EN-
brace and Popped nimbly toward th
door. rely. must see about tina
petroi.' he cried. while It's PEI
fectly true that Charles lied about II
running out. we must be getting on
I'll call you when we're ready :
start"
And the door crashed 10 behind him
Between them was the table. Be
yond II the girl stood with head erecl
dim tears gIimmerIng on the Iashes 0
those eyes with which she met Philip
steady gaze 80 fearlessly.
| Singing about them. the silence deeI
ened. Fascinated. though bis hear
was faint with longing. Klrkwood IA
tered on the threshold Of his kiDi
dom.
Dorothy You did mean II. dearf.'
She laughed a little. low. sobbIn
laugh that had Its source deep 10 th
hidden sanctuary OF her heart Of
child.
Il meant n. my dearest. II you
have a girl 70 bold and forward. VIII
can't wait till she's asked, but throw
herself into the arms Of the man sh
loves-PhIlip. meant II. every word