Putnam patriot., 1916-07-21
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 paA greeted fae new arrival with a aaH5ialitT i wH l. 58ere vas a tHaet
 # ShrHess taesaal with him. We've -3ads gli.c et#u-e since you were
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 paa led the two si.ls ashore and up through thc town 70 a moss ereeu bun zaiaw. Its ueWHess attested hy the vel for s8WGust and Ercsh s'layiuss which laE about Amid thaaf eX5 lama5iaas of delight he showed hem the neatly fur- HiShed interior and. among other won zerS. Il bedroom 6aiu5ir done in white with white curtains at the mulliaaed windows and a suit of vii ker furui- .Ble
 Where ha aas al that up l don't .HoW. Dan sud pointing C. tbe bed mi dresssr and ehGirS He must Aaee he'd iy hidden oHt somewhere"
 Eliza surveyed this chamber with 4uu erHg c-es -Tt makes me feel quite ashsmea. sha said. though. of =ouIse. he Cd 1T for ban When hc discovers my aHaHiHable mission hell probably set ae oat m the rin and break all ny i1aa pencils But isn't he masHiHceutf~
 'He quite oser0helms one. Natalie agreed. Back i8 New Yar& hes been 1 sending me A.aefiem Hctuties every week for Iaore taaa yeau Is his prineely way. She oiered slightly despite the easy fraukuess af her manner.
 You are s,tIi working miracles, Natalie told O'Neil an hour later. while he was showing his visitors 5be few l si2hts If Omar. miracles of kindness as usual"
 Dan and his sister were following If distance, arm iii arm and chatter Ing Ike mag iss.
 No. Do, That cottage is uotalug l Miss Appleton had ta have some place 5a staIl"
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 su8U gau rlIascr Your Wor5 seems ire ba laH haae. I'll send Nafa H9 E26t..c- 'r tze seip thm 1 am de ained by e,el leeree. l Sse E. 3ae Ntsh.ta. fly thai seemed lit6e ioryed, alld at iaefe.aa eff he denarture a subuc chduc h.1 c1mc 1 over her face 0.SeH realized lhat she had mltureI markedly since his last meeting with her; there WAS no longer quite the same effect of naive eirlish- | ness.
 This was q very unhappy year for your loyal subject. MT. O'Neil.''
 I'm sorry he declared with such genuine kindliness that she was moved to condde ill him. "AI0ther and I are ruined"
 "Mil you tell me about itY'
 .slfs merely those wretcbed coal claims. have friend in the land of | fee at Washington and. remembering what you said. l asked him to look l them up. l knew no otber way to go about it. ILe tells me that something ] WAS done. or was Rot done. by Us. and | that we have lost all we pun in. T urged Gordon to obey that ruling ! last spring. Natalie saw that his face was dark with indignation. and .the knowledge that he really cared set her heart 10 pounding gratefully She was half tempted to tell about that other, that greater trouble which had stolen in upon her peace of mind and robbed her of her girlhood. but she sbrank from barring her ,wounds--above all, q wound so vital and so personal as this. Does your mother know?' he que Tie1.
 "No, l preferred te tell her in Nr. Gordon's presence" Murray noticed that she no longer called the man un- cIe. But now that the time has come I'm frightened
 Never allow yourself to be afraid Fear is something false; it doesn't exist"
 Tt seems to Inc he was-unfaithful to his trust Am l rightf"
 That is something you mlst judge for yourself" he told her gravely. You see l dou't knosy anythizg about fbe reasons ahich Isompted slim to sacrifice your rights. He may have