The evening times., 1911-07-08
CHAPTER xxv1.
THE HoMDWARD VoYAoE,

TeS6-1or Sucn S00 now called Mrs.
Holland told her how deeply CRATE
full she was. The good woman was
moved to tears before Enid had near
finished: for while the millionaire's
wife, az has been said, was Of a prac-
tical turn, she had q soft place In her
mothers bosom for distressed human
kind. Nor had the vulgar surround
tngs Of an affluent life suppressed
the benevolent emotions which
prompted her In rescuing this victim
Of overwrought sentiment from the
doom Of despair.
$50 few Of us are ever wholly un-
derstood." said she to Enid, between
convulsive sobs. '"aow often I've
wished to be like your dear mother
all sympathy and goodness. It Il but
natural that she should be a. she is,
never having known the seamy side Of
life. Her parents were rich and she
was fortunate. to be sure, In being
brought up in luxury. was q farm
er's daughter and knew how to milk
the cows and churn the butter"
What happy Rirlhood you must
have had" interposed Enid.
Il did not think 30 then" she re-
piled. my dream was Of wealth,
power, station. And now that I've got
them, my heart yearns for the farm
home again. But 1t Is useless to re-
pine. must be content, II possible.
with my miserable lot, devoting my
self to relieving distress wherever I
find 1t. 1t makes me happy to think
I was able to help you. my dear. even
in my direct, positive and not alto
gether agreeable way"
II am sure" said Enid, '.you have
been most agreeable. I know what
you mean, but please do not disparage
yourself. You have accomplished
much more than IL you had merely
sympathized with me. for that only
would have added to the depression
when you were gone. But you called
me back to my duty to myself. and
IT,
Il know what you would say, dear.
II Mr.. Twain never returns. you at
least will have been saved to revere
his memory"
&"And you my preserver," replied
Enid. II shall always love you az my
other mother. Thank you-God bless
you for your kindness"
Except from Margaret, and now and
then meager expression Of apprecia-
ton from Stephen-usually forced
from him by some unusually tender
act Of his mother's-Mrs. Holt's real
greatness had never before received
such recognition as this. She folded
Enid to her breast kissing her cheeks,
the grateful tears falling ad ex-
tremum.
All the village Inhabitants were at
the waterfront when the yacht sailed
away. It was a sorrowful assem-
blage. but none was more cast down in
spirit than Don Jose Guerrero, who,
for the first time In half. his existence.
was left as the sole occupant Of the
stone house on the hill; which means,
as the reader will. understand, that
the Sonora and Juanita were on board
the Penelope" and little Susie. too.
who by this time had become 80 at
tached to the kindly old Alcalde, no
have adopted him in her list of faith
ers.
Nor did she forget the spiritual one
at Chorreras. to whom she sent q
farewell letter. Goodbye. my dear
padre" she wrote II will not forget
you. I have told them all about you
and the little church. When I'm
grown up and have some money to
spare you shall have much bigger
one. like saw at Tampico, and many
nice new things for the altar, and a
clean white surplice for yourself.
hope that will be by the next Candle
mas after this one-I mean the SUR
plice; can get that by then, but you
may have to wait quite awhile for the
new church, because it costs so much.
and don't yet know where I'm going
to get the money.
"Do you think the good old padre
will understand all these big words? I"
she asked Bolston, to whom she read
the letter. Hes French, you know"
Permit me to translate It to the
French, Susie" Aud so this was done.
And IL ever Chorreras 10 to have a new
church It will be the gift Of Susie
Noggins. Though the padre Ii old
and may not live long enough to see 1t.
he will at least have had the consol-
ing satisfaction that his little frieid
did not forget to write him before
she went indefinitely away.
While indulging In farewells. the
lachrymal ducts being in eruption,
both on the Penelope and at the
waterfront below San Enrique, It may
not be out Of order to say that Cap
tain Nicholas Mikleskoff, much dis
pirtted. and using his handkerchief,
- on q former occasion, sailed for
the north with Ivan Petroflsky several
days ago; and when they were arrived
at Washington Ivan surrendered his
commission 40 the navigator Of Steph-
en- Hollis dirisible. for this adventur-
GUS young man was no longer inter
ested in aeronautics.
And what 4 distance for the Sonora
to be going! She had never been 30