The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-04
TTNI |TI VI
Lorna Home At last

sir Eusor looked nt the two young
people before him and couehed a litno
ana sighed 4 good deal more Perhaps
his diving heart desired 10 open tim"
again with such lift Of warmth and
| hope az he saw In the eyes Of thosr
two lovers John wondered whether.
At that time Of his life, or rather upon
that brink of his death he was not
thinking OF his youth and prime.
"Fnols you are" said Sir Ensor Re
fools forever IN the best thins ! can
wish for YOU; boy aud girl Ice boy and
giIl until YOU hive grandchildren
Partly In bitterness he spoke and part
~ I'm pure Wehtiness he sank book In
Ills ch6lr and calling some servants. they
got him into his bed lie sent the
others away and hsde Lorna aud John
stay with him As he lay there, now
getting quite speechless. h" began 10
tumble under the pillows and brought
out thing that shone IN the dim hight
IKE fountain u the sun Why. II
Is my glass necklace" cried Lorna He
kept IT because tho other children wanted
to pun 1t from my neck May have It
nov. dear grandfather"
The dying man handed II TO her na
host he could and she handed It to
John. bidding him keep 1t for her, u
proceeding which seemed to be sntisfnc.
tory so Sir Eusor The old man died
without another sign and before they had
buried him the great frost set IN The
funeral uf the ancient OUTLAW vas
grand and moving sight strong men
broke three plckhScs rr" they could get
through the hard brown sod under which
Sir Iusor was to lie upon his back await.
ing the darkness of the Judgment day. II
was In the little chapel yard where
Lurnns Aunt Snbina lay with Houe
more ~ those who had not embraced
the Protestant religion
And now tho terrible winter set in
with n vengeance. The boou"s kept
themselves within their glen. for even had
they stirred abroad. thCr" was mo- booty
iUt them tu vet \ud besides the, were
lat variance among thomsclvoH over M"
election of a successor To Sir Euso,. Ihe
great SHOWS failing over IN" Clllts which
cncompnsscd Glen Doone made. In one
place, solid frozen slide over when
one could go with snow shoes. ANNE
had book Of arctic explorations which
were then becoming interesting TO the
English. aud In IL John read something
about snow shoes. From the description
given of them he manufactured himself
u pair Of improviscd snow shoes and one
night went down the great snowd1ft into
the glen There was Wild merrlmont and
.cnrtousal In one part OF the robbers re-
treat. for tho Doones were celebrating the
election Of Carver DoOnc TO the chlcftain-
ship
lie sought the house where old Sir En-
let him In aud he was soon IN the arm
was answered by Gwenny CarfaK She
let hlmi n and he was soon In the arms
of Lorna. who wept TO see him It
seemed that She had been imprisoned by
the Counselor IN the house and was to
be starved 10 death unless ahh consented
to marry Carver Doonc That was the
gist of the story The two Dooncs who
had been set upon tho watch by the
Counselor before the house had gone of
To- Join In the rcyels.
a sudden resouHon was taken by John
Sweetest. In two hours time | shall
be with you again" he said In the
meantime keep the bar up and have
Owenny ready to answer anyone. You
are safe while they are dining and drink
ing heaths And before they have done
with that shall be here again Have
everything you care to take In very small
compass Gwenny must have no bag
gage | shall knock twice loudly and then
walt little; and then knock twice again
very softly"
John hastened home NJ his topmost
speed. told his mother TO have tho house
warm and ready. told her what he was
about 90 do brought pony to the top
OF tho snOwdrift which descended into
the Doonc Glen and finally rescued Inr-
ma with her maid and brought them TO
Flower Barrovs while the DOoncs were
carOusing
When John had got Lorna To the great
kitchen before the rearing fire OF ploVer
Rnrruws she was In u state OF exhaus-
tlOn from inc cola ana It FlhINhlpn w
" hich tho Doones had subjected her.
An go away except my mother snid
John. He placed Lorna beside the fire
aud Chafed her limbs and brought her
to n little And finally. when Lorna had
como round shc asked II John WAS there
Then she saw him and started up And
then she saw his mother sitting with
soms knitting In her hands. Lorna went
10 where the widow Ridd was sitting and
took the work from her hands, and laid
her hands urou her forehead, kneeling
humhly and looking up
God bless my fair mistress" said the
widow. hcudlug near her And then, as
I,orna's gn2o prevailed. God bless YOU
my sweet child And 80 she went to
tho heart NJ John Hdds mother nv the
very nearest rOad-evCn ns she had TO
tho heart of the road of pity,
smoothed by youth and grace and gentle
ness
In the midst Of the hard weather Tom
To visit Plovcr BnrrowH Lorna had now
become so much an intimate of the house
that she insisted upon helping In the
work Sho wore about her neck tho
'glas. necklace" which old SIR Ensor had
given to her upon his dcathhcd and shs
had handed 10 John when Fnggus saw
her thus adorned he Snid what do
YOU mean nv letting thht plrl 60 about
with that necklace which IL worth half
"a county, Glass. indeed Those are
the finest hrllliauts | hny" ever seen