The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-03-24
CHAPTER NJ
Adam Oets Ward of kettt

-HI, Hrst ten ,t.Na after IIcttt. = dc.
psrturc ro,.oI ss m,,e,iy ss bry
other dsys v,,h ,n, fsmii, ,t tho
IIslI farm and win Adam M hi.
daily work The, had cypec,cd IIc,tv to
st,y wet ar ,c" d,ys st ,.ast nor.
hans moro II b,n,b uss ,o 'or, h,rk
with her be'.i.e tb.rc might he some.
thInx 40 detein tbcm n, snowficld Rut
when n fortnight had patsnd ,hey hernn
to bc a little slrpri,ei that she d,d no,
return. Adam, for his mart, vas getting
impatient 10 sc. her and resolved rhat. II
she did nn, apne,r tho pc,t ,daV ,sn,ur-
dsyD he would 40, o,,, an sund.y to T,trh
her
10 at dsybrenk on SUNDAY morning
Adam set ou, TO walk 10 Snowflcld
departed Il wish thee VAS going sil the
way with me and q. happy as am"
I'm content, Adam" replied seth 'lll
be an old bachelor. belize. and make a
fuu. with thy children" And as he
walked slowi, back 10 the cottage he
mentally repeated one of his Vfavorite
hymns-he was very fond OF HYMNS.
Dark and chceriess Ia the morn
'naccompanIed nv thee
VJoylesa IA the DAYS return
TIL thy mercy's beoms I see
At length Adam came In sight OF Snow
ilrih' grim, stony Town set In \ hungry
looking land Seth had told him where Ia
find binsh. and hc went 10 lit,lc
thatched cottage outside the town, stand
ing sidswsys to the road. with q blt OF
potato field about Il
A very clean old woman opened the
door. is Dinsh Morris at home -" asked
Adam "Eh? No" answered IN. woman
Shes gone away from home. 'I thought
I, likely she might be away. seeing as II
IA sunday" replied Adam "But tho otner
Young yomsn-is She al home or gone
along with D,nsh,' Gone along with
Dlnah. Dinah's gone 10 Ie,d's where
there's many NJ the I,ud'. p~ople shes
been gone since Fr,dsy Was n fortnight -
they sent her moncs 60 com.
An underlined feay seized Adam. "Ru,
Hetty-Hetty SorrjI." he cr,ed' where is
she? ," II know nbbo8y by tbs, name -
said the old gomsn. 'p,d ther, come no
young woman hcre-tery Young and
pretty-to see Dtnsh,' No I've seen no
Young woman" 'Thipk-sre YOU auitc
sure ?" TIN uuIte sure. DInah went AWAY
Friday was q fortnight-thsre's been No
young woman here for her. Eh. dear me
Ia sunmst the matter For the old Won
an had seen a chastity iook come into
Adams face. Yes" h. said. hurriedly
"shc was n young woman come from our
country TO see DInah Friday was a for,
nigh, I came to fetch her back 'Iu
Z
can, stop. Good. by" lie hastened out
Of the cottage and the old woman fol
lowed him 10 the gate vondering,y. lie
almost ran 10 the town.
Adam could hear n no such youns
woman ~ he described having arrived N
snownsld ny the coach on the day He,t,
should have reached there. lie went bs cL
TO the cottage to try and get from the
old woman pinsh'- address In Leeds
| hut she did not have it--only knew tina,
sho was stopping with blessed woman
| Of their sect Adam felt N rbsrp mn mn
which he tried TO ward of by s,rIvins
to think that some accident had hap.
taken IN on the WAY, or by some chance
had taken the wrong coach when she
changed At Onkdale. Rut this frnil fenc,
| conviction that. after all. Hetty had de.
loycshim and now. IN desperation at N,
And she had gone IN him, Tho old In.
| prompted the suspicion that Arthur had
been dealing falsely had written To i'r''
| " and tempted her 10 come to h,m-he.
Ing unwilling. after ALL that uhc should
belong 10 another man. Tho poor ,hinr
had not, perhaps. known her own mind
he could not blame her The hlsmc lay
With the man who had 80 unfesi,nsly
| played with her heart
All the rest Of tina, day and all Of tho
| next Adam went carefully over the route
back from snowf'eld making inquiries
bn, he failed ". get any trace Of lis,,y