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CHICAGO Lsoean ,
more years he did other things equally from tree to gatepoat. And thru the p'ered:' "he‘carinot take away the sky grew tnat instezlui of self-pity, repug-
and the sunshine from you! He cannot fiance, and deep dread, she should feel
V ‘ edifying, but which, if mentionetl, might outcry of the robins, the dry tackle of
', ldenllgyjlm. . . . . . .. me pnnue gracklos. and the catbird's blind and deafen ‘you, silly! - Cry if you such a divine relief from the terror that
church wmk had always interested whine ganhwam (hg melody of must, you little cowardle-you Wiilmnrry had posses or. V
him. As aspeculazlon .ln moral obliga- the golden orioles. . - him all the seine. Now at least she knew tl-e worst. This
cagug, .1;-egn (mm the ham, suddenly sitting up. alert, she heard was the ma
tion, he adopted Peter Castle’: orphan.
who turned to him in a passion of grati-
tude and blind devotion. And as she
something singing. it was the river She strove to place 'llim, to recall his
howing close beside her. ace. She could not. All along she had
She pushed away the screen of leaves pictured Crawford as an older man. Ami
brcaltfasted in her own rooms with an
appetite that astonished her.
3 a wholesome, fresl-hskinued
and very
bade fair to rival her dead mother in She Ira
beam” and en marry beauty girl, with a superb body, s a ume and stretched out full length, looking this broa -shoul ered, tanned young
when H I, in the mark“, the "on. John eavy in the 3[f[c[ gugglml 55.159, down into the water. ' x fellow was Crawford, after all! ,“'here
straight-hrowed. blue-eyed, shin- could her eyes have been? How absurd
A trout lay there: his eyes were 7
n nt, his scarlet spots that ilelninclifference should have so ut-
’ teri) her! ' 7 A
She stood 21 moment on the lawn. clos-
lovely and Greek. E Witll an ODE
Pensively she ate her toast, tossing a b1ElZ9d like Jewels-
few crumbs at the robins; pensirely she And as she lay
., O‘ future. A promls
i)‘ made, but he had never forgotten it.
-and she could not forget. hall‘
there her bright
And now. C-nrride needed her as he disposed of two eggs, in trout, and all tumbled about her face, she ‘heard, above inggier eresh h a dim It ‘ H
needed mercy from Ophir Steel, which the chocolate, and; looked into the the rivers monotone, in sharp, wniplike . . now s ci a no cu, Y Yirfcd -
was slowly crushing his own steel syn- pitcher for more cream sound-swis-s-h--am a SI ‘ery‘ thread ms his face-n fact the dlfllcu ti was
tiicnte to powrier. The swelling hirtl-mu.sic o'niv intensi- dashed out across her vision, It was a to shut it out. for it was before her eyes.
‘ open or shut-it was before her when she
The struggle between Steel Plank and
. Crawford's Ophlr Steel is his-
standstlii and
Garcide with fl
painful admiration.
ut sheer luck
coat-tzllls and ‘hung
xture of terror and
caught at Garcide‘s
there. Crawford.
prowling in the purlieus of society, had
59", Miss 9' ing among the lilacs. heard: and they But there fvere further troubles for 8 8 ‘me C 5“ had new h T he'd
The H,“ day Crawford mme [Mo Gar. came and blew her ght hair across the optimistic angler; a ough alder ;7“l’““; Sn 0”” reaences 2 the ineevlnbti‘ ’
cider; D51“ and acumed 3 Chair wt“. her eyes, puff after puff of perfumed stem, just under Water, became en- 3 how gdefmlei :’ her rgv-Eng 2,
:such a humble and uneasy snllle that h‘alm, and stirred the defiilczlte stuff that tangled lnghekllrlte; 1tnhekflshergn:‘an‘gat;': hopeless tum", pe;)mend<;)y the gha.moms> V
‘Gamma mxsmok hi, ",,,cma[,,,y (1,. c ung to her, and she e t their caress a rant ous ler . e oo san n o 0 M man’ stepped a living, smmm
Lmeanor and attempted to bully
' fainted in an
innocent child?" he said. lashing-. himself
into zl good imitation of an insulted gen-- “id
eman.
Cralvford'lookerl out of the window,
the deep, sweet country silence
which hrooded Just beyond the iawn's
wet limits; ‘she saw the flat river tumb-
ling in the sunlight: she saw the sky
over all, its blue mystery untrouhied by
“I love all that," she said. rlreamlly. to
her maid behind her.‘ " ‘eve rnv
air now; I want the wind to blow it.
The happy little winds of June, loiter-
on her bare feet. . g
mean. to go and wade In that river,"
she said to her maid. "Dress me very-
qulckly." .
But when she was dressed the desire,
for childish things ball away.
she raised her grave eyes tn the
reflected eyes in the mirror, studying‘
tishing-line and leader, and the fisherman
who had cast it was standing nfty feet
away upstream, hip-deep in the sunlit
water. -
Swish‘. swish! and the long line new
back, straightened far behind him. and
again lengthened out, the single yellow-'
‘ - settling on the water just
‘shove the motionless trout, who simply
backed off downstream.
Water-soaked Wood, buried K0 the barb.
“Oh. e. deuce!" said the fisherman,
calmly. ,
Before she could realize what he was
about. he had waded across the shallows
andseized the alder branch. A dash of
water showered her as he shook the
hook free: she stood up W h an involun-
tary gasp'antl met the astonished eyes
entered her bedroom and sank into a
cushioned chair,by the breezy window.
nd she took her burning checks in bntil '
hands and rested her elbows on her
Truly terror had Had. It shamed her to
find herself thanking God that her fate
was to lie in the keeping of this young
In . Yet it was natural, too, for the
child had nigh (lied of horror. tho the
young fellow, with gentle manners and
honest speech, and a quick colirtesy
which there was no mistaking.
She had no mother-nobody to talk to
-so she had long ago made a confidante,
of her own reflection in the looking-
glass And to the mirror she now Went.
meeting the redacted eyes shyly. yet
them in silence.
2‘ V ‘ “A” H... h rd, A] d‘ nr 01 the “Sherman; : smiling with friendly sympathy:
”‘.“.f)O"’5’ "M ‘‘‘"“‘i "’““"‘ "'3 """" er a S ' M 1 0" am He was a‘tall"sunburned young fel- "‘Siily! to frighten yourselrl; It is all
ta
you think
shouted Garcide. after him. ‘Crawford
keys. -
“You have no other man In mind?‘ he
asked. ’ '
“No. . . . no man."
Garcide chewed the end of his cigar.
"Crawford": a" bashful man. Don‘t
make it hard for him," he said.
She swung around on the gilded music-
stooi. one while hand lying among the
ivory keys. I She 1001"“ blickv WW4 N81111:’ in the “I saw your name in the guestbonk this evenln r at the. great club
-1 shall spare us both." she said: '-1 “Mr”! "W" which "is morning ““""n1orning. Aw glad you came, Miss table. telling her or the any‘: sport. and '
shall tell him that via settled." 35"“ W“"4‘d- A1111‘? Col" h-GU11?" he!“ Castle; hope you'll -lei me show you. ear had come splashing
Gamma ,0“. “, ,e“”ad his ran” ce. “Mr Crawford." she said, in n wh", the b[;"fe‘]gv.'.q u,V- . > - ross the shallows within a few rods
with co posure. Ile ma e anon-er ““.'.‘ """"‘ - ' ‘ "Y the fish." she said. with 01 Where he Stood--fishing. and how the
grater“, pen‘ “ M, (mm He has.gone ,out after u .‘ con-, composure. deer had increased. an were even nib.
hy do,“ ,0“ wk, 3 QM“ wnk 0, tinned the steward. briskly: "he isa 1-he ‘hack 0: gudagnly ,,a1m,.g (hag hung the succulent green stalks in th 1 ,
“.0 In me mum”... he wgguudv rare rod. maam. is Mr. Crawford. lie gm, man was the man Eh. had go many kitchen garden after nightfall . ’
chee”u“,.. “Go up to , sag. caught the eight-pound fish-perhaps confused her; gne mad. an 910,-; to ggf. During the day she found herself loo
b. Jan wm E0 wnh ‘x You -ou n cod on the panel in the l>il- (hing; back mm proper pgrgpgcuve, for int: forwar to his return and his Joli
' spirited stories, always gay and humor-
You always liked nature and-er-a
that. eh?‘ - '
"oh, yes." she said lndiiferentiy.
That afternoon the Hon. John Gar-
young enough to have found happiness-
if they had let e'sun-
of the cluh nt her disposal.
“I don’t know,“,she said, hasitatlng at ‘
the veranda doc "I think a sun-bath
is all I care for. You may nngr :1
hammock under the maples, if you ‘n-illl.
I suppose." she added. “that I am quite
alone at the club?"
"0 lzentleman arrived
ing.” said the stewnrrln“
this morn-
rawford.”
r.
iiarrl-rnorrt"
Miss Castle came into the hall again. and in her ears rang a strangely pleas- ous. and
mud stepped over to the register. Cnderr
her signature, "Miss Castle and
she saw ".1. Crawford, New York."
ink was still blue and faint.
matched the
fathomiess.
sky-clear. " unclouded.
with‘ powerful . shoulders and
shock that this water-logged.specimen
of sun-tanned manhood must be Craw-
ord
"Are yru?“ she said, scarceiy‘aware
that she spoke.
- “What? he asked. puzzled
g "Mr. Crawford?"
"“'hy, yes-and,’ of co
Miss Castieff he replied, sml mg easi y
the river was swimming before her eyes,
ant voice-Crawford's-saying a sorta
maid." of good-humored things. which she heard held
instinctively she raised her hands to
an understanding." she observed, calrnly.
' ave we? I hope so: I had not heard
over now ‘ 'lle‘s .V0liItg and ll and sun-,
burned. Tlidorrr‘ think he knows a great
Crawford was a guest at the club, Miss
Garclde wept over her for an our. ‘
"I feel ‘ e wecpiniz. too." said‘ll ‘
Castle, tremulously-"but not over my-
se ." ‘
"Dot over hih'."' inquired Miss Garcille.
"Yes. oxer him. ought to marry :1
girl who could fall in love with im
Meanwhile Crawford 'Was dining "every
never tiresome. technical. nor
conceited. aitho for three years he had
he club cup for the best ash taken
on sngslnore water.
took sun-baths in her hammock;
But the days wcnt shining‘ by. and I1
me. . . . ,'1‘h .
hesitated‘ , > I shine is full of it..outdoors. . . . 93 free-llmbed'cnrrlage: he line also , ‘ . ‘ I
“Come hack hues. Mm Garcidhmmly. :‘o:algth:n:e fzznd Ix, , kl-,“ W“ ‘H? so. vlfig ::Ey‘wacI"Irdd"‘,t;"eea;taBidd I.V‘;l.:e::lll.d$h“‘ gift;-lggggsnt he frlg:It.le;led, hens not‘: .
‘I want you to explain yourself." 1' m . r. . . l . . . - . , . '. ‘ ‘ . V, g .’
"I mn,t.,, munued Crawford. ,5 an in "ac 1Vmu,.e‘y"“ I Wm learn not you‘. Awfltiy sorrr h ope Iihsven t sp.t;‘ii:(l :lo:ltg;;n;‘. in. .hut I:sul:‘t:]0se fhe mile rvll
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"P“““““’“' “' "“‘ ‘me 0‘ "'2 "’““"- c ‘M “M” “'17 M? “S M’ R’ “L "‘ ' ' net at alip" he s’;m- laxllo hing’ "Li-at him’ I I doings ose cnrll‘le"
- "mi ms” Cam‘ M‘ 1’'‘’"‘’5‘‘’ "' ‘"5 Wm‘ Qulck‘ “um” 5”‘ 7' ad-‘Q ' alder twl did tor me". ' g--' 7 A ' 'u'rer" But 1 willulps yer kini
gentleman m ophh. Steer “am, Cr”... she turned andgwalked rapidly onfinto‘ “Em gen “:15 Z '-mm “mg ‘herb. . . to make ‘ L y ( ‘KI
:ord.‘3t,the convenience of the lion. John thgnigas “WY L“;-5.1“ bN- “Remix “L. I 5“, mm; and the ‘mm ‘aw mg” or - - ‘ gm .. ,- . .
e'early morning sunshine fell N"-tlr. "I womlze outtorweeks." said “‘’‘"5e ‘"9 ““"j,,“’“',‘ "5" "1 ""“ “,3; C““’TER "1 -
across the rug: in 2 e music-room. the pom‘ la-if-' “so .30“ “ll” ““"‘ "0 ;‘,3u-..;“..fif,T.’. l:fr.er::l:ry' we Q“ Q ' HE 5”‘ him every day: she dined nt
filling the gloom with golden lights. it 3"“I" W“'-''” 110M" ‘.2 . H" mi, was badly ,,,,;,,,,,d. sh, mm the club table now. , - .>
. touched a strand oi’ hair on Miss Castles 3115! Cat-tie kissed her and vs-‘ent away‘ been "ymz .,,m.1 he ‘mould see it hm.“ Miss Garcide's hay-fever increased I
bent ll . l ‘ “gm” ""‘"‘ "'9 W"?"“d 5“"" '9 ‘he had never liiokedupo such tear-'mrined “'“h ‘"9 ''‘P"‘“'S Wmmerv and She 14.‘
g "You'll like him," said Garcide. Emit halt V , 'smmng and disheveled lovmness. ' in her room with all windows closed.
gulltily. , ' The steward came up to wish her A, M’ 100,,” and m,,",,d-,,,e,. ‘mu, sneezing and reading Anthony Trollope. ‘ ‘
Her hand hung heavily on the piano 3”“ "“""""F-“'1 W 91"” "“ "‘‘0“‘'”“ died out: it came to‘ her with. a distinct 3”“ Came told ll" "lat M" A ‘
ride sent a mu-sen er to James J. Craw- V .
ford with the following letter:: She turned and walked out into the touch her disordered hair: she stood the read novels: she spent hours in ‘D ““
5 “My Dear cuwh,,dg‘-our man‘, um sunshine. . ‘there naively twisting ' nto shape reverie, blue eyes Ikyvvard. arms under‘
straightforward request for pgrmlulon The future was. no longer a gray. again. her eye: constantly reverting to her head, swayed in her hammock by the
W mun" m, ‘."d' ‘us, Curie‘ [us menacing future; it had become sud- the nun-tanned ace before her. delicious winds ollperfect Jung,
profaund”. (ouchtd mt. enly the terrifying present. and its have the pleasure of knowing her composure and common-sense
9 considered me mane,’ ‘ may shadow fell sharply around her in the your guardian, Mr. Gsrclcie. very slight- had returned. she began to experience
say earnestly comma“ ‘L . mnghln, . V 1 uslness war. e was saying. I certain feeling of responsibility for
, “Honor Ind me am," 01 No, an we mums, of he, nu mu“ polite y- ,, - ', Crawford-a feeling almost maternal.
guardianship forbid that I should intcr- 50 lummoned. and must respond go um Ophir Steel. she said. "93 so amusing‘, 53,? “,0,” speak, -
I re in any vruy with my dear child‘ lumruons. The end of all was at hand: 9'” 1"‘ d‘ - 2. ‘"5’ 3”’ ' ‘"55 G“'“‘“- D S0 ‘
happme” ” ‘he desires ‘O place n in mu ,5“, had I Can” Q," “inched at Oh.“ re malun‘g a great battle. he hosanxlou: and bashful. I think pn ‘en N .. ,..
on or W mm? ::"‘....'.::.‘:.“.:.'.;”:.2: :1: '3.-.:....'.“: ‘“ '“::..l::.: i:.‘=.:‘.'.:" “M I 9
- and decency prevent me from atternpt- She raised her resolute head; her eyes I mougm you had already corne to gee why .on‘t;cX‘ne1 ‘rfotwanlflt grvlitzxnrf
"Ic nthe I l t tn - In hour ofd aft 9 th (1 f v. . -. . , ,
he 22:" .A
The e t lies with it propitious Provi- to endure; and now. walked “-,'mm,, ,,.a,.,,“,., she nushed Sm”... love, P V “"0” 9' "’"g““"'<“‘ 1
dance, Cofd]aHy your-5, across the lawn ‘bareheaded, she told h k. d “h . ,1 .. ‘ . . ' -
- , “J0ll.V GARCIDE. . herself not to grieve over a just debt to ,9,’ Rf: ,,',,f;m: f.,.‘.“,;“.2.i.,g‘,.'i‘,i";“' 1,2: 3,332; ‘,',f‘.2,,",,,f,‘;',',l">’..,;'3g“‘“‘r" 5""
S.-lily sister, Miss Gan-irie. and be paid. not to. quail because life held Wm" Fun . 0 know new 500“ ‘the min tnpemvgazliv
Miss Castle are Koing to the Sngamore
Club tonight. I'll take you up there
whenever you can get away.” ‘
To which came answer by messenger:
‘Hon John Gnrcide: .
"My Dear Garcidr.’-Can't go for two
weeks. lily fool nephew Jim is on his
vacation, and I don’t know where he is
prowling. Ilzlstiiy yours, . ..
. "JAMES J. CKAVVFORD.
"P. B.-There's n directors’. meeting at
robin
for her nothing of what she had dreamed.
f there was a tremor now and then in
her law voice. none but the rohins heard
it: if she lay‘ Bung face downward in the
grasses. under the screen of alders by
th Water. there was no one but the
striped chipmunk to ice!‘ and mark.
ow listen, you silly girl," she whise
She could not endure that-she could
not face him-so she bent, er head a
little in recognition of his presence and
stepped past him, out along the river-
bank
Hcilooked after her. wondering What
he could have sa . ,
She wondered, too. and her wonder
gllllllllllllllllllliillllIIllillllllIlllililillillll
issue. called. “THE BOY WOOD
GUARD." It is a capital story.
lllllllllllIllilIiIiiililliiliiilllliiillilililllilg
or, THE CEDAR POND
marry me. I've :1 few things to purchase,
tlranls ton. and if he thinks a trousseau
is thrown together in a day, A
man!"
h That evening she determined to fulhli
er promise to Garclde as scrupulously
as she kept all her promises, ,
She lrore white at dinner. with a great
uncll of wild iris that Crawford had
ilroug h
tlilinner she be: it to be frightened, but
was the instinct of the Castles to fight
three. Come down and we'll settle all 1 A y. I '
qumrels‘-r =: l:=. ea‘;'and oV(‘rt'0me it. - - v‘
To this the Hon. John Gare‘-dz tele- E NNEXT week‘: Ledger be sure and read Mason Ray’: extra- E footbrl-iidg e'v"g,‘.," '73:“ d"""‘ .“’ "'9 '“““‘ z‘ 3
sr=gj;ed; "A" "gag-;' M? gwrriedgv 5;,” E ordinary story. "nu: WRATH or con; or, A NEW ADAM -'.=. ing .r.‘i.sr.. 'r..’?.f.' z‘i‘..',3“.‘l.’,';. ‘.f;‘;‘;‘"‘ " ,l .
par 0 escor s sis er an ss 1 , . I w
Castle to the midday express for Saga‘ E AND EVE." It is a strange story of the destruction of the E ""' ""1 roll down with y vine. -'
"W" ‘““3- ’ =- world of humanity on account of its wickedness, and how it was -= ‘ "Th'at.willWbe vell‘yyof1.oll“7?""‘ellh‘ngv" ’
. r- = . . .. , = .. , ' e r. id ;
cxmmnn II. ' ' ‘ E renewed. Boys. take a slant at Milford Merrill‘: new story In this E '”‘"” “ i““ "'00": 1 meal; to hnv: R
ISS c.ss'n.r: usually rose with the E SMAN; : ,' ,,‘f,‘..‘ "‘“““’"‘K “E “SW” the noel
neighborhood.
lnlrn. around the Sagamore Club t at
dowy; June morning. chirping, chlrklnz.
trilling, repeating their ,endless arias
iillillliillilllIillilillilillI!llIIllilIilllIllIiilIlllllhlllIiIIllIlliiilllllllilIlllliillilllllilllllfg
llllllll
She nodded. and he ros d
her to the door. . e 3“ anended
Then he lighted a cigar a d ii A 1
telegram lvinnk. - ca 2. er?
This 1:4 Irllnl he wrote: v '
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