Bisbee daily review., 1911-03-03

riaEe and drove her home. The house keeper received them at the front door and looked surprised at seeing instead Of a child tan, willowy girl who might have passed for twenty.
 "Just wait here a few moments p said Lane to his ward. T wish 10 be sure your room is all right. Mrs. Parker, we'll go and see.p The two hurried upstairs.
 'We must get this out first" he said. taking hold of one end of tho playhouse.
 shed never get in it in the world remarked Mrs. Parker dryly.
 PRua it up into the garrett
 The crib was next removed. after which the doils. sets of dishes and oth- CT toys Then Lane went down and told Miss Marie Bingham that her 1 rooms were ready for her.
 Mrs. Parker had been in the Lane family long enough to have taken care | of Willard Lahe when he was a kid. ' She was the only woman upon whom ! he could rely for advice. and as soon l as she came downstairs he said to her: "What am l 10 do? Will it be prop  l CT for me to keep her hereG"
 "In the first place, MT. Willard, understand she has no other home. Some people will think it right for ' you to give her a home here with me for chaperon, while some will talk. But if we're going to listen to what 1 people say of us we'll be hearing i something disagreeable all the while. i If she's happy here I see no reason why she shouldn't stay"
 "That settles it: she remains" Marie Bingham was of an age to 1 be treated either as a woman or one just emerging from childhood. espe- cially by her fathers old friend The tomb. as he had called his house, 1 seemed to have thrown or it's se- pulchral atmosphere from the day she came into it. For some time after her arrival she felt deeply the loss of her father. But youth Is quick to | throw of sorrows, and even during ] this period she was cheerful Beyond this was the presence of young girl. 1t seemed that the very atmosphere had been changed. The servants were better contented and easier to man. age Mrs Parker's heart, that had been supposed to have congealed with I-age, came out to the motherless girl. and she was happy in having some one to care for. As for Lane. it seem ed to him that he walked lighter, breathed freer-indeed. that the whole world had taken on a brighter hue.
 Three years passed, years that Lane afterward referred to as the happiest of his life. From the first he was in- terested at having tine dlrectisn of young girls education. the same as if she were his own daughter Her fn- come was a slender one. entirely in- adequate to give her special advan- tages. He supplied the deficiency. keeping her in ignorance of the fact.
 T must find some young fellows for her." he said to Mrs. Parker. "She needs to associate with young men of ] her own age"
 1 Mrs. Parker looked up at the ceiling and said nothing.
 So Lane hunted up some of the younger members of his club and took l them to call upon his ward She ap- peared to enjoy their society. but it was not to be expected that she would fulfill the purpose for which he had brought them-that is, that she should marry one of them Her twenty-hrst { birthday was near at hand, when by the terms of her fathers will her in- i heritanee was to be turned over to her. and. though her guardian had trotted up number of attractive young men, she had shown none of them any pref 1 erence.
 The day she was twenty-one Lane handed in to the chancery court an ac- count of his stewardship. His ward surprised him by asking for a copy of it. He gave 1t to her. and she perused 1t carefully.
 ''I can't make this out" she said to her guardian. What has been the average income from the estate since fathers deathY'
 "About $7OO"
 How much have you charged me for board?'
 There hasn't been any income for board It has all been needed for ! schooling"
 And how much has been drawn for schoolingT'
 Nothing has been drawn for school ing. It was all needed for board"
 She looked up from the paper. There
 was a revelation for him fin that look.
 She put out her hand and rested it on
 his. He drew her to him and kissed
 her.
 The next morning Lane said to Mrs.
 Parker. T have surprise for you"
 What is itT"
 Marie is going to turn down all the boys to marry the old man" Tut! That's no surprise"