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e r being—a half-dizzy, hulf-anconscious rapture, | sentimentality. He now began to recoverfrom | Andas nintely, India sprang to bis side, and fell | offer,” returned Kenneth, with emotion; “and
A SUMMER HOUR, Peloton ft wes news Lures | The elfects Of indln’s sudden reappearwiee, and ome ie brent” png fWenty four ours. ago your ter would, hare
by cLaunia Tuam. Ho spoke thu (o'her of that fatr Indy—mother= | nih a shinwfaced Laughs ‘atuemipled to concent rave gitl, stilt faithful murmured Ken- | meant salvation to T’have told
EAUDIA THAIN wh te a nirely ever been treuted or lovked | the flerce pain caused bin 7 tne thought that she noth xt ian you, it ts ta0 tate!”
uhan Deine ind sanidhed never, to-retu wa “ebich lind | "India struggled erect; her fuce darkened utterly, |” “You will not let her go™ erted Hugo, Im ala
ie taxy clad ae aeiing distant relative bue been Hy. stayed by bien throug ail ttt vr eyes becuiue more intenve I their Diazing | During. this sinrling —caniversations
ows U8 Bu nociety, Now wy couvin | Thien w eudden ide fusbed Upon bin tant ficain | lighus/and sbudows Larry bad withdrawn igatly from the dark eer
cua ar aii {a wloney® eontinuca Huge. | bro Leagerness Mnto bis Jauk, she Father,” whe exclaimed, “do you know that tt | net into which he hud slunk upon entering the
‘Neath the wavelets gurgllg Ly. ¢vhe will not take vise fs Victorid Loouils thut we’ have'to thank for your cell, bis glance fixed upon his companions In
Lean toterl : "sy piace as a friend and compan- at's this stuff they're givin’ us about your belng bere angry fear,
oars vrlisg thro" J—she hus never refused me fathers tuertn® ‘onto wouve Pc} se wowsr eta n! he appeared against me,” an- ‘49 this handsome stranger to rob him of tl
‘ne palo muta Biring thro", ged you would like to | he tuuutred, fod RUnneths uitteny only good thing, hiy wretched life wpeidetuain?
Falls upon your antaing: Then, teith growing excitement wT did not recognize her." observed India, drear- | Was be to curry her away to som iE place
Matching them tn golden bue, 0 W this Deautiful home—to | “Iudik, where's your fate Tnow? ‘The ‘cops’ | ly_sulthough 1 ouw'a veiled lady, neliber did’ I | where he would hevermore wee her
a was here afver you both, this inocnin , eden her nave “Ido not belleve the Wunte to go "now," replied
‘Tender echoes slow are dy! Is, indi bela how they had been led to her father Larry's story | Kenneth, “But it shall ‘elas ae says Anis. my
Down the clolsters of the woods he and ber p ora erling ney ‘were Innocent, French gman amd bie theory that | bile thn YOUF face to speak, Will you go
Hapoy, mite apa re tying tony tse loathsowe sor anata Wer futher was eve ihuu contued ts jes in Rennetb or suiy 2”
o puliee mutton, no doubt of it Cblowly the gir] obeyed him, and when er aragi
Abi watch yoo tow tb ‘Tat wned intently, @ peculiar, shrewd light | nd out the mdden cutive of fell upon Hugo, the young man shuddured,
glen the carat of Jour but stared at biuty warthy countenince: aid Kent it through bin.
ne cure "se es: eyes o “And it wile he ever wade off with the ret Such) eauine “ex ivtn s vitopelew For, theuyh ber glance coutained the agony of
OFer Jour cheeks but halt : 6, f whte 's dust Inquire, bricdy, av Judi Dns | seeme'the underiaking, you wast drug Yorth ‘the | # lifeion severance it yet held an tumotiecions,
Flic foctoatiog dyes fell ‘upon, added to that mystte «amour swept foul secret of our fue Aid public st arth world. | bi lene tn ust b, that told bin how gi
n over her by moments of joy oF triumph. 1 ried she, in flerce indignation, t will either cover ith infuny, or ‘be of | thle sucridco was
Powers and ly bending Muyo woutd have Fead Yor attonee aright, even. Lanty was ugain silent, the nutive oun ing in Anan ‘beneflt to your and in elthes oul
‘Neath their weight of shimmer dom, a now tightly clenched were her | bis luce growiny sharper and move siguidewnt st ovine ouL—veEngeni
(om te ahaab rons ate are send saint hunds Testing ars CHAPTER VIIL nis you find cleus, nd ong
. Incense sweets the blue “It eanuiot be poosi Bienen h pines cannot foa'a a soe ey
High above the stare co ing be forme she mattered, After a pause, Larry relnted to India the ofr- | Loouiis’ household, aud of piercing to ber rotten,
Ere the last pale sunbeams die: yout you wiht gos" soled Hugo, sim- tance of bis stunt hug upon the Frenehwo. winced;
‘Round the fragrant, sllent woodland, a strong band su, ap eessiig his agivition, the night glaring: malty: ae breathed India, with a face like re in Ine
Vols of stacalgut aimiy Wee drew along, gasping fateh: | Mother Myrtfe's door t to Hugo, bis thin frame
ells of starlet we imbibing #afeughteor ethiing seemed to tel! me in onty one thing can 1 icing a tho yh'be muda chil,
Silouce holds us; low and tender jon God hus hot quite for he ex " tus sorry now L 1 of my int os thie fing at dpaia in ‘agonized wonder.
(ange Role uss low auc tena an iutense vi ‘wit go, D f the bunisters! be said, ily, Lawrence Lootts ki ¢ had wrought tbls lamentable ebange i
. are tha eats song of she stream, Ko to heuv' Ww that Whut- | way of parenthes! Old-fusbioned peereta intsand desires
happens to papa, Jjoyed at this | "India Was listensiig tuten Nalch I'Gan now see were of ¢ th Biaek turned to his daughter wich
shanee that tg ing from the |“ That ton had? Juse sue out of our door," ven his wife was not adinitted to this re- Isteniny
wretched fife thit now giultns tes ae should be she exited Feluting Ceolle's story as told vo her feptacte: ‘und onee, when I chanced to enter bis ‘addened by his long suffering at the
Proved innocent, us he ts, porbaps I uy be able | and her futhei tudy, while he was looking over these docuuents bis enemi for, and bis brain weakened by
70 eure of dissipation: be may be st y but not cen:
on x {hue madly refaaing the tte
Bilsstul to my heart for TT ee by ‘this "nan, slanding Seedy to” pluck bis
fit arte r rom the durk: ‘and the pi ie of ber
uk i ‘wretched Ite.
' i ‘Kenneth's mind bad 6
e jamentable Idee—reveng fe ex:
Wy Hnetion of common sense, witch was ail that was
to urge on India in the thorny, unsatis:
1 , of vengeance, to ufsuance of
which ber youth and. preiaturely embittered pa-
ture, 1g buffeted by the world, bad
on, natorally turned ber thoughts and desires.
Yo he sat go. “This poor girl
THE LOST KEY.
BY BINA WooD,
AUTHOR oF “JET, THE WoovcHOrFEN's DACONTER,”
“LITTLE FOROET-ME-KOT," Hk MOMAN 81
INT|” BTO., ETO.
Sonnecied with you oryours,
“Let nie entreat you to consider well before you
refove my offer! cried Hugo, more moved by
what was, Bao Be than ever he had been before in
his ite. “I do not wish to press myself upon you,
y St not be that, fa the
"as your situation,
a hasty
youre goarcely
Skciaiont My ieee 1nd
‘gentleman
eal Th Story Megan No, #4, Back numbers an be ol
‘rom all Neral Betti thurouguout the Uulied Stacey,
QF direct froim this ofice, as every NuMber of SATURDAY
Wrote is elsetrotypetsd
CHAPTER VIL.
80 agonized and distraught was India’s appear-
ance that something of her own wild agitation
seized Hugo Mallory.
“My dear young lady, what has happened—what
can I do for you?” he exclaimed, yet almost trem-
. Dilng ander that strange, sweet ecstacy her pre-
sence swept
tone
Bore re India stood tn the centre
sec ‘Saly: er ightly clenched teeth and aie
Ing nottrld binciug of the ‘egony of tht rest
E.piation thatshe was putting eo bravely fro
No one save @ soul used to such a life as hers
can realize Hithe of her longing. to wecept thi
blessed offer of Huge’s—to step forth from the
shadows that engulfed her into this sweet, clean,
ew Jfe awaiting her in the far-off litue Pennsyl-
Yania villuge,
But itcould pot be. To ber, weighed down with
her own and her father's ‘burden, vengeance seem-
a
‘Somicitmes it fs only after long years of suffer-
tog fiat we recall Ghote Hebrew hee tctione too
lo long. forgottel ce is mine! I will re-
iter and a wiser hard than oors—
enya ‘abating Jongiausering ‘ones | waiting to
a
im.
ing that the gitl was almost in Ped
img contin either from mental or phy:
fering, ai they were beginning to attract
the atioution of those passing, he continued, earn.
estly:
“1 assure you, it will be the happlest day of i:
life if Tean In any way assist you, But this 16 no
place for us to converse. Come with me to my
Doardinghouse=tt Is but a few squares of-and
Jet me hear your story.’
it was a sinall, wart, cheerful room—bis tua
{retribution at the end of earthly pilgrita-
8.
tube of this poor Indie ata not now pause to
‘At last she turned to the youn,
“hy path is laid ont for he. fea ad
{nto which the half-fuinting India followed fu thougWidie? ebe said. ta ya aax,!
‘They had been admitted kind, motherly Powis, sHut my one hope sta I'he that some tine
o faced old Judy, one of Hugo's Titelong friends, and efore T lay down this wretched existence, 1 shall
with whom he now board be granted the privilege of testifying my gratl-
This Indy's name was Mts Joyce ; her sitting.
room opened off Hugo's “study.” The door was “KNEELING AT HER FATHER'S PRET, WITH HER LEFT ARM UFLIPTED, WAS INDIA. SOLEMNLY TAE POOR, MISGUIDED GIRL REPEATED THE FEARFUL OATH.” 1 it wrill be time tor yeu, to go,
poor child be marnured, prokenly,
ite as death, hast-
nm Ww and wi
to nd some position for hiin near me, ag 1 could | Larry heard this in great exettement, the open desk, he turned w
foweato remain so during the interview, hough not fea IT cannot express | “Thon that settles iti shes at the bottom of | fly cosed ttrand 770 hat hour J was never ad-
fe hint, As for you, sl "
rs Joyce took her seat at the far window of the | my gratitade for your xindness. Po only, pray ea: | the money bein ing founda your father! the ex: med age nt the Fo0 to Hugo, with streaming eyes,
sitting-room, out of hearing of the conversation | vento reward you muke yon as blessed as | claimed. = When she took the ovat, she stuck the | “India Was listening wit ih an intentness that was | “yon w' at my greatest care and suver-
passing In the stu ay. is hour, notes in the posket.* altiost agony” Her father reoumned = x this motherleseand destituve girl. "Sy
ge seated Indi, tn the largest, softest arm-| ° involuntarily @ stretched forth | "A look o er cnflghtenmencand Dorror was, strug: || "Lum postilve that even his wife was unaware of | greatest regret is that a stern fate debars her frou
chuit'the room contained, and for & moment, as nd’ to the young Aims WhO TOOK AE and ‘fed gting 0 over Tdia's eqantenane uch had Accepting the salvation that your mother’s pi
fe young a irl reclined in it, hs passionate youn ir silently, pile he Tooked down into her b Eurved wince, that she bud nimost forgarten. the T. India, this but adds another
the spent, yet perfect, lovelf- | ful, uptuthed e eitcumstancé of thelr caller of the might before. | on our destroyers. My cbll
bss at her thee iow fait, how noble, they looked, facing e Now size could not doubt the truth of Larry's a take a solemp vow ot ven"
Bailiand worn and desperate though she was, | other thus, "with that light on thelr touatesunees | assertion nig
what glory her 5 Feseneo seemed to cast | that twas on land or sea”—the light of could have been her motive for do- and gave me ine thie key ¥. again
Thoutte neat ttle a pariah tt “fst Cand dawning love ec thisawtal fohany. ‘she exclatmed. ‘Kenneth took from. bis neck a stron; ong #8 ng | enuerged, from bis sbudo weit thoes
plage almost grow dizzy as be thonett of tne | | fndia al wit are ‘ner hand from Hugo's| That shrewd light was doopening in Larry’. | from which Gepended a slender key OF carious dia felt pon to
| uty and the charm of 4 home graced always b Joyee was heat cn and workwunchlp, whieh be handed to his | grim stones of the prkcwreel and lifted r eomie
S.— gen pes ene: set moment that seoceati Sage you cas answer} tint when I tetl yon the diner rg, gilttering exee to ber countenance.
From this ecstatic reverie, India's intense voice dentate tine study Soaring in ner e std, wih that gbynertarbubiity that was , young and ignorant of all the re- fear that fou will reno Ro, Dappiness: or
aroused him. upon which Was the etientel brated breast ore | ran rely shaken. (hes sl nalbilities o cramrcea ct she was, my poor poses gaat Zour mpty as.
Soh ean you, will you, help us?” she orted, | chicken, along with some side-dishes and a cup of | ing, fo 1 bappen neato { ‘vra bad also track by her brother diiaw’s | Wey have nade our ives, Sau Sou hola’ in our
sXou'are the only person on eatth that I wouid | delicious ven, Sure. goin trfection for the ancte mv aeve- | BAnG the power Lo sweep rom thelr
ashe: cbhate aif the Fest of creation !” oe Wwithdvew into the adjoining room, while | woman go Up the ste Jeurs ‘younger he bad ‘eve a an pane. igs pinnucle—antil yo Grugihem into the very,
‘Hugo steadied himself, yer he could only say, we oye minced the tray. before the haltelarved | pocket, unlock the doon Eouaabte do pavunttye-constaering. Loctnis’ care iter ‘waye,ae they ave Gone by et
— fF who, with hee asiful ‘solfeltude ‘about her | Uhut she hung up ther ‘ponvewsing Borgel of the! er out feud upon hearts to your ,
Petal ine all your story A Aiminished ‘by the “young Loaw standing by yo falls “ouyot wniachferund. partially out of cutfou goal, it necesiay eG far noone red wis not
The ng al Zoceeded todo relating everything; rariook of tne Gan sey rey ety a ind "was | ber of the nese wae is bud cl ach excitement in 4 even heaven sia Take the out, Wedigt™
hor past wretched Iie, the Tnterview and attend Fatah Nee e ah ats at thle, Roe Pie tomaenatd on aincavey 4 Site love that Myr \ | At the fleree words rang cut and flied thecal
., unt fevelations with the Loomises Won sha lad dnished he bude the kindly Mrs. | iosane: i 4 na never amred soeuen. ite S ng. abe et it | strong as was his young manhood, cian
BEitiie heionisg of er fathor te stern, and | 30) day, @ Oo escorted her to the new all. ir jaking boavily, Tadia “eat | hidden upon her person, "Indias Ii the hour st Erne miebaety ‘a ir aitendy bis oben
thalt départire and arrest of that morning. aoe ipero'fachng Larry, th eile truth revealed | your mother's death sbe\siinred, the conviction | trodden upon” in the co: course oF aie deadly cause
Hugo listened intently, bis admiration tind ex. and his landlady fnsisted upon her re- | to her. that ig now oure—that her brotherinsuw bad a biel ar gird wae etn
gitenfone now subdued, ind oniy'a great pity and maining with the latter until Unie te keep her en- | This misery that had swapt upon her and ber | some deep purpiore for Tulning mesand sho told sme andawial sacie
Gesire to do good in bis band Brave eyes. | gagemene at the house, ‘bue With’ her | father was bat the resuiaptlon of thelr eueinies' | me soleninly that she Delleved the secret cause ware ited wit 0, half-cavage
lloras eae / seu prepared 0 asyume either nind's ‘balance festored, Indias tho oughts hind | pemeontio lng bidden in that desk, in the shape of papers fw that this vow would keep te
neth Black's gullt Gr innocenes of the charge | wandered to her buble fetond ds, Tress and Lai Teontent with baving already dragged her | which he had not dared destroy, since that hour Gienearer bis owe level, would take hor farther
sears hia. Bue be Know "that in ease of the | wh oO stio knew. munt be greaviy’ agitated by was | fanhor fe ieowest, denite of Hida ‘and degrade: Tite seems to bave been a horrid dream to me, but | {rom that of Hugo, in wom he vaguely’ saw a 1
form nev the in] was entirely innocent, Nd Occurred to herself und ber futher, and sho | tlon, the w! js destroyer bad done: tiie | ¥ now, and I turn over to you the
fd duished, Hugo spoke for the fret iisteted pon going to them. this nal jeunes w key and these facts, looking to you toavenge our | — Kneeling at her father’s feet, with her left" arm :
mer ut you Must Feturn to Mrs. Joyce after ou: iti thadden ing wiscovers, sist, gentier | wrones, “Be Fou must gain access to | pplitied, Was India: and the ny ie Son, sendin
‘ould be no kindness for mi rage | visit to Your father," declared Hugo, sa d'ske wil | apirie that had uguin been roused Tit her breast By | th lust Taye through th ‘efi
i vith false hopes as t0 Your fathers ease sit ie she ip for your’ sourne: ms soon as your | Hugo's kindnessand chivalry took tee fetal Might, | But wbat i ‘tie ‘rulie bave s Parted with the pon her white, steru*tice s golae ™b
Vsoke very: dari against mlun® he sade in that lors 'g ease 18 disposed 0} ESoucan start for my | potio return unt—when “thee desk tor if the mn taken from 142" | a Sort Of pitying Pebigeedinn eh the glitter of
ransleal Voice which India uticonsclodsly drank int Tne tragedies and the tm Ye futare, | Ina or
ike rare music. “But we will hope for the best, dia iiurmured her gratitude and depart thank God cannot be foretold, Ti they eoult how | eld that metaltic quality that was | “Solemnly, clearly the poor, misguided girl re-
and inany event, ne shall have a lawyer, “Ihave a she ‘hurried itiong the street she eaouna | rany of us would sink botere eee 18k the snappine of steel. She gave no verbal ae. the fearful cute wale Larry, standing
A friend who 1am sure will take the case. First, | scarcely reulize the ehunge that bad again been | the burden that was upon ue! sent, but th Hook te mortar ng face fey beside ber, seemed like a black cloud loone
fre couple ot hours, Lwilleall upon your father | wrought inher ‘eel ling: * Sow, Andin's heart timed to wormwood and | wore told. in nwo latter | Ing up over the aiready darkened horizon of way
‘at the station bouse and converse with hitn.” ‘Although the blessed rapty which she | gally aid in het Urenst arose the spewthae mm four | Receptance of this deat veg
he atte broke feo Ladin, and she sprang to | had started forth with her Yather In the thorning dal a essont forth the knights to fight and bleed | upon at moment the turnkey was heard ap-
her feet, with elasped hands. was no longer hers, hone that new and dazzling / ana die in aver e Wrongs of thelr It is not Wkely tbat the desk has been parted Rr roncbing, and tndia Pose. um awful higte pene
“oh, may I—will you take me with yout May I | guest—axal sed ber. spirit revenge. yar retimned Kenneth, wusingly. “Whatever | ber teaturse,
‘scotiunitfor only moment, to tell him that 1 | ©ifago would help them in their dire emergency: | “Met, what Fas hat gat, deapatring axony that | Victoria oor’ faults she was sincerely attach: 3¢ gloom of the cell the sun-rays had quick:
Jove him and trust him us much as though we had | Hugo would dnd way to rescue ber father {roui | ptercéd her hea she thus conseckated herself | ed to her husbund, and’ she would Mieupe tocher: | 1y Mudd out; her tall, pertect figure ana a Sern,
Deer we keep on in the course we e- | the toils that now bound him, to the future t h an object that he wus £0, extremely fond of, | White face gave her the appearance of some hen’
gun? And yet, as she went along the streets down inte | it was. the thonghe that with Hugo Mullory she | and whlct, besides, was nn heitioom in the Loom: | then g
“Lan ago it.” answered Hugo, | the old. wretched fuarters, a strange. chill and | was forever dono.’ Never for her was that pews | fs fatnlly. Relther do thlok thet se dakar e| As ail th © companions gazed at her in
encouraginsts., = Bolarthe ontunen of the aio sinking fell ‘upon ther ‘eates 'a terriyie. voice | and happiness that he bad otvered herywith a bone Seen rehioved, t fascination, Kenneth Hhuck's ovesstran nerves
Rouse two Hors hence, Ihave an tmperative en. | peemed vo whishor through ail het soul, “This can | with his mother. ‘withont-@ mo warning, 60 that | gave was, ind be fell down wt their fe tin’
fugement that will Keep me until that etimesand | hever be. evel % | "Sull under the cloud of poverty and misery, she ie could not have tnforined Shin wife of te vata Sf gonvullston.
fiwill take you to your fut rout" juurt drug out her duys,/waltinig’im dite's gutter | ble nature of the content supposing our susp nd Larry lifted him to the bed,
‘ndia uttered @ ‘of passionate grati- |" “Ae the door of the vost -house she hi Tor the chauco when she ‘ni Tee, utter | bie nature of the contents suppoaing OU SUE | eurnkest who now entered lesa ‘Sisparcbed
rit at turned to leaves butat that instant she | pause, to guther strengts before Gutering. the | with tho me of tte's by aud stike dows | and the key missiug—your mother sald thut the | an Besistant for some one, the: could oe exuctiy
fades droacand wonld have fallen had not Iago | Srotohed ince, the very signt of whicn Gast a | thelr merciless oppren whom, and then inf
Teaped torwat inh egper gloom over her. ith thie object In existence, could she take her up," and they must go.
Budly frightened at the inseneibie condition of en Sumanoning all her resolution, she hurried | presence near tiie nronde upright, man—next, Dis in did india and | Ungo Siena to be allowed
his lovel on called for airs, Joxerwho | dows the cntey, Sith iis vile smells ana wounds | Helicnte Inavenethen who be Eourded al- | missing property had thus’ oven ost wnd was at | to Fematn until somerning Sethe woe tee ced oe
burried ame bravely to the resen. | of s ding women and crying enildren, and so | waye against the mise crvand darkness to which | the botiol of the Delaware Hiveras the secre: | tothe anconeclous ian vconaitton”
dd ing the trembling Hugo lay his unconscious | on up the stairs until she caine to Mother Myrtle's she, in Shits bs war, nd consectuted her every breath, | tary would have Hound locked. and aif Coons: | “The man lett in cba arge felt his importance, and
burden upon the w lounié, the good woman bustied | oor. Wevery energy iN'private and) pe apers bed been left tn | refused thelr prayer.
Rway. and soon witirher camphor-bottle | "Tei crimapseset at the door of the Mosockles,| “Ne it the bar, it Is scarcely | With one wild, azontzed look at her writhing,
away ein of sold watery whieh he “appited to | and entere As those angulehed thonghts fashed through fikere coplnole bas ever been disturbed, | but unconscious father, Ladla followed Hugo {roa
mc purpose that ¢ hho youtig Giri soon cate out «Foot was deserted, sav¢ for a gure that sat | her brain. a Larry were on their way tot bue ‘ears iUhas been fn the inidst | the cell,
her nuddied up overd in whieh an apology | station house, the Young fellow having begged to ily, el aiding its secret, thut would | Ont in the darkening street she turned to him
With an irrepressible gesture of relief, Hugo fora tire sinoked in allen protest. Mocompany her, cover thems fth intumy, could we but get at tn | wit ok thut he never forgot. “The bianched
seized one of India’s cold hands. an.at the entrance this guré did not move, | At their goal, they found Hago awaiting them. | | And oar surmives be correct and as gure as thers | lips partes
AP thought you hud died! he exclaimed, with | unti'indis approvched and Wid ber band ightly | Larry regarded Suite statel Kenvleman ‘with | isu heaven above us 1 believe they are I *Can that, spectacle that wo have
an emotion (hat brought « Kindly, indulgent light fn, tho thin stoutder. reves geiiering, even, ahd a a lowering charren ast ler ean yon Sino ty Foung ‘mother, dead
Mey. J wrinpntheto ey 2 fare helter to-day, Larry 2” she said, kindiy, | "As Hilo left ther momenta, Co tk m Ber girtnood-and wonder, Ubut f pledye myseit
(her brie years, a blush | ‘Then the Agure leaped up as though galvantsert | the meceseary arransemente te eecute an inter | Before India could, reply, the cell-door opened, ep Fengeanice upon
len-m rales tbat’ heralds | and turning sharply about, faced the young ¢! hi} view with the accused, Larry turned hastily to to disclose the Ingutre Tnecrepreset omen
dyed Andis deiteately. | with eyes Heroe with misery 'and reproach. the erie “Tinos up! he acid, staring at India, but ad- | Jaditerent to their surroundings, Rugo seized
he staggered feet, | “For & moment he could not speak. Euy: India, who is that jolly rich covet” ho | dressing the prisoner. if sou want 16 seo the | her ‘hand
though still weak and lay’ “I thought 1 should never pave seen eon, again, tna inc od, angrily other parties what's wilt! in’, they mast come inat | “I wonder at nothing, 1 censure nothing! Tam
vee now motaat | Tthought you'd ent and r his: | i i only Yriend : bit after this hour, even | nck, The hour will conn be over for visitines | INNO condition ne present ho exclaimed “ANT
of the case—that ‘er young visto nin tbe left we,” she replied, gloomily. | | “Admit them at once,” replied Kenneth, briefly; | ask and pray of ‘Nou fe, for at least thie one might,
foutiy' sul from hunger—and hain | arvted ra thougut ie wad 3 food. hone ft was; but 0 bow ret pong means he had | and the twa ranaining visitors entered: fo go buck to god Mrs. Josco," You mast not re:
Away, requ woating that Individual nov to) have cone baci” Indiaald avenitys iy secured the privilexe of all three visiting | "Ah, Larry, my boy! how are you?" murinured | {urn to those awfal guariers ‘where I found you,
fore'she retn Vise ail eta ared at her witheyes of ‘aragepatn SSonea want Dut had been granted the | Kennotin Angin, Leanner et you
Suill the victim of that strong emotion, Hugo | and'indignat of Anata’ eater sauteed first and alon ne pctben Be turned to iluga, and Meeres, with the | | She e"turned. her face 1t betore he bad
bent over tndin, who Dad sunk ‘remblingly, n'a | hand one. like that 2 | to, briet inerview with bet futbe gained brightnass and intctligerice that ad | sren the gute Kf ria hed fre stalen over it
Dearne and lot hts handsome eves rest ng: | India 1A never have Drought that youd ‘have | “won ean go at once! Larry and T"—Hago had Jong, slumbering, Fes a him inva | How maddening sweey was this tendern
fy upon ber averted countensince. gone back on Tress and ine!” he exelaiined, with | caught the youth's nume, and now uttered it lorem inairy that w west soltettude to ine igi wo baa
You may think itan unwarrantablo tmpertin- | {hollow cough that was suspiciously like pleasantly—*will wait bere untll the time for our moment men rr red for through al
jee upon my part,” he began, with suppressed | | “t didn't Intend to, Larry," returned abe pie, | Rawmitinnge.” astiy at euch othr ORS not tor Bee was tiveos devation. "She haa
Vebemence, “but when I met fow gernontly. st should have witttem you to let you | But as he spoke, his glance welt aniousty | Then, Kenneth stretched forth his hand and j a'vngue realization tbat some quy he wonid meet
ago in the street, I had just posted’ a Tower tomy. Khow what hnd become of uae” pron Inain’ Yt waa hi d her | seized Hugo's. tome noble and beautiul soul ebou be weeld
mother, which sfrongly concerned you." “Lerters so often find their way down in these {it Drittinnt ae lorid moons, held a’repelinut | “Ab, seo that she fe not mi You are to cherie ith ‘nis ehivairy and bis tove, and who
India was looking at bin now in silent wonder. | quarters, eh?” interrupted the young fellow, in glitter that seemed to pierce hie heart like light= aie in vaheep clothing,” | Would be bound to no dark tate such as hers,
He continued earnestly Vitter scorn. Sin tin “Spat as for hers reary
#feouid ot bat see ina st night, when I bad the | | Then, ‘with a sudden trans he bent |" What awful change ‘was this that had been about, bi means way unnssloted, onenpporte ghee
hay opines rom that inhuman formar tnd seized the girl's ina waite his hol- wrought in pee ere face, since he had last | clad figure tered the ind about Hulned of er parents’ hideous ro! On.
happiness oracicy, that You wore as far superior | fow eyes eemed 10 expand and his'uneound chet | seen Tite! ionate, grateful—two short | tlemen, which but heightened Hugo's interest “You are very
fo your situation ‘and Surroundings as if A star rose and feil raptaly, Rours ago? nid do me no goo indwould ake tay wretokt
from heaven had droppe he mud or] india, if you hadayt tarned up Petore night T| “Plunged tn deep sn thowet and solteitude, Hugo | | “Sir, ‘Kenneth, “I thank you for yourtral wy ed life seem but the I returned to
the gutter, and 1 felt thai "feels that you mast | was getng 40 Skip down to the Delaw paced’ buck and ‘rth this ante-room of Justi, christian inane {omy daughtert she bas told [it Again ail ny soul torsane
be pl from that posit throw! myself in 1 he exctal Wile Larry, anglons to ane th the | me everything, and 1 Wy aay that if tt bad a will not think me presamp-
‘al slowiyand lelery shook her head, is Gnucual laxary; lounged iopipes jeased fute to bave eatiier Talsea you up for ont F (pose
‘hope—no help for me!” she ma falleve ‘pad 0} and thawed bis hal ieevonen ius, his shrewd bat ve done us inestinaal le good 2 take ‘my fathers
arenriiys Dorore seen in lance le lawéringly following Bless you!"
So mot say so.” exclaimed Haga, exeitediy, « 0 longer the heedless, rec! hi vig clergy ey thet, sit! sald Hugo, earnestly, | “rarning, 1 gh pursued
Mie else on earth, 1 will help Foul Shared | he pennies with herand fought her batties, le, India followed her conductor to glancing ‘once swiftly at the shoe Ingia, who byan evil tpi, pea by Larry, in
feuin that lovely 8 flash briefly’ stained the ii and once baif-kilted a fellow boot-biack for upset h's cell, Into which she was admitted, an the grated window, ber fice persistently | whose boworn the recent Interview ha if
ante imarvierlike ten, “Tauye taken ef tng her wares Enueunt priviloge, speaking well for Hugo's’ tne ya, velieve YOU to be a deeplywwronged | strange tumult of conficting emotion
gitating your case to my mother. who lives wiber ere was the apperrance of a man about him | Auential howere, than in this instance, whatever the past may bold.
| fiule village about twenty-tive miles back in th nd vom vehow thls transition caused india to | ‘The tmprisoned man sat upon the edge of his | against yon, and 1 am ready to stand your friend
tate, She is not a rick ut she owns a | suri from him, while between her and his dark, | bed, his lace unk upon his ba any andvery respect" Your daughter hae told | , After Kenneth Black's farce of a Bearing bad
charming little home, a oor wificlent to liveon, rematurely-l clinedtregtarab 9 Suge Toseastrong, | AS the, cell-door closed, shut In the halt. | you, { presume, of my desire to send her to my pean concluded, Mrs. Victoria Loomia, = ntnded
You seis any “other pase ike the wun-golle—the face et | susfoented Inds: he looked up. any er rang 2 (nother. ho T bave your approval of the plan?” | by ber French miald, Bad aulied maentien!ly from
Woked at bet with glowing eyes, | Huge Sutiory.” his feet, and without a word reached out bis urine | inquired Hugo the court: and enterin; Bad
asmalous thrill was through aii| But Larry could never be one to offend with | to her can never express my gratitude to you forthe | driven back wo here btately mal sion
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