The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-07-24

Barry had not. come back from the
brook yet
Mrs. Barry was waiting In the par
Tor and the twins went in there too,
while Aunt Doddy went out to bring in
Mary Barry. The twins sat side by
side on the sofa-lounge. When they
heard Aunt Doddy and Mary Barry
coming, Mrs. Barry got up shakily.
Just then the front door opened and
old Mr.. Barry came in. Another door
from the dining room opened and
Aunt Doddy and Uncle Cal and a
veiled lady came gaily In.
The lady raised the veil, laughing
and starting forward, when from the
sofa-lounge two treble voices called;
"Lor-lori Arthur's wifel"
The girl stopped, her laugh hushed,
her sweet face went white.
"Mary!" called old Mrs. Barry.
"Mother!" The girl moved forward
and held her mother In her arms,
hiding her own face.
She looked up then at her father.
who stood staring back He did not
speak. Aunt Doddy eyed her nieces
anxiously. The girl gave her head a
quick defiant toss.
al NAdA W4AO NC NOuE A6 bd1Os
tits not sol" she tipped her head
back looking at them all
Maybe you're not Lor-lor-you Just
look like her." 1t was the awed little
voice Of Narcissa.
BE you Arthur Blood's wife, Laurie
Mary?" Her father asked.
The girl dropped her head and be
gan to cry, softly; then louder and
louder.
BE our" Her father knocked the
floor with his stick.
Old Mrs. Barry moved and with her
uncrippled arm drew her girl to her.
Leave be, leave be-" she said.
Don't cry, Laura Mary"
The girl ceased sobbing; there was
a painful pause, suddenly she raised
her head.
Slowly she smiled.
81 don't care-why should I? An
old brooks not going to wreck our
lives. l am Arthur Blood's wife,
came home to tell you, only not the
very first thing. How did you get
here?" She turned to the twins.
Aunt Doddy-" Narcissa began.
''oh, you're Pollards," the girl said.
She looked at them all again, then
timidly at her father.
"Arthurs started business in Mid.
dleville-we're boarding there. He's
over home now, to tell his father
only he didn't intend to the first
thing. We were going to visit first.
l wanted to see mother, too"
Go for the Bloods, go fetch emil"
IL Do al
stick.
But oddly enough the Bloods, not
even knocking, entered at the front
door-old Samuel and his son Arthur.
"Lor-lor!" Arthur said.
They rushed together as though
after a long, long separation.
Old Mr.. Barry began blowing his
nose. His wife hobbled over to him
and caught his hand.
, THE pink stone house and all my
} land is theirs" Samuel Blood told his
old neighbor.
Suddenly the two old men grasped
hands. 1t was long hand shake.
The twins saw Uncle Cal nod 10
/ Aunt Doddy as he moved toward Ar.
thur and Laura Mary.
"oh," breathed Narcissa joyously.
stay to supper, SAM" said Jacob
Barry.
Thank you, Jacob" Samuel Blood
answered.
OF course Lor-lor had become
Blood; so that very night after a jolly
supper she went home to the rich
t Blood's pink stone mansion. She
kissed the twins goodnight and
laughed out:
Just wait; my but Wen have some
good times, girlies."
= Narcissa wrote that night:
/ How heavenly everything is. The
, prayer for supper was long, part OF It
, was, we thank thee oh Lord for in
abling us to overcome evil of every
d. name and nature. Lor-lor is very sweet.
? Arthur is lovely husband. The fude
is over too"
. The Pollard twins never really for
, got The pleasant days that followed
, in and around the pink stone man
sion, even in the glorious surprise
: they found at home.
1t was their papa who met them
when their train steamed into the sta
J ton.
'waiti"
That was the only answer they