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Batered according tw Act of Congress, tn the year 1096, by JAMBS ELVERSON, in the office uf the Librarian of Oongrese at Washington, D. U, The righte to all of these stories are reserved by the publisher.
PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 1896. remmmjOR TEV ONO, BL.
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“A SHUDDER CONVULSED THE GIRL TREMBLING BESIDE THE CURTAIN, AND THE HAND THAT PULLED ASIDE ITS FOLDS SHOOK LIKE AN ASPEN LEAF.”
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‘And aman clad in tattered clothes.and with un- | tramp's shagzy head appeared over the top of | hissed; and raising the whip which she carried,
keuiptand tangled ‘hutr and beard, slouched to- | the hidder. "Did you wit itt, she brought ft down on the ie ‘shoulders with :
Ward bere “Yes, Come down qui all che sttongt of ber arn m3 ‘
“Wut do you want here?" she demanded, im-| The trai snp anti See own, and his fin- |" Nellie d with pain, \giled to free e°
perlonsly gery closed over the Iyneh greedy nersel i
erlousty. color came buck to her face, for she | @ "You're a good Un, Ms i, halthig baltway wp ‘forts were fruitless. Again and again the :
recognized “tne” same te te or thd genus | the ludder, “Cun ve git nie a Little snack. {oF ph descended, until tinaily; with a tow, walling ‘
t venized the Intrader agavonds she had litele | breakiast, if Lsiay hore al: night?” r¥, the poor itl dropped to te Hor ina swoon
are Eli teyy she Gaswered,and went back to her | “Jast then approaching. voles, were Neard, and *
“Eve qnly been restin’ abit" whined the man | within etien who had been Waneoessful in thete sure i
. “How long bay ‘been bere ?” Ibefore she tnished, two of the bired men came | for the tramp tlled info the bay ie
—or— mSinee just afore uinner. down to feed the work stoc ‘One of them carried # lante its flickering g
“Ie'inninma. bad seen you, she'd have ealled ono | | One of them mounted raye foll abhwurt the white face of the uneolleeious o
of the hired men, und had you taken to Jul ro hay. necessary, ei Live
D T “Is that butchettaced woun yo | dentical ‘comet wh -trnmp was secreted, she, mation, with Nell?" asked the
I. acca MARTE Maced SONS Seo in-whten f | “ite jammed the Ton pie Rehtork into the squire striding forward and. kneeling beside
way uttered botokenett issyrprieanddoubt, | pay, and F Pittsburg Pete, snarl pg mrt pain-for yea her fOr ber contrary carrying on
She's my adopted moth the shurp point entered his leg: ot reckin she's fatneed.*
ought so, ana’ he shook his bead knowing. | and confronted the laborer, - whip ber in
5 5 Real “others don't beat thelr daughters with tok Ta fetior? be ‘a good girl
A. KER. there!” up for that
BY CHARLES ie brushed apd bung her ‘the im 8
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Sie'is very cruel comediunesy" she murmured, “ifthe oid squire
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cireted through the Ai. had “anything to eat sinee yester- jward with upltted wip
You rascal, oF the dog’ will teur you | “How dare yor” she hivsed.
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Before ft could descend, a slender young mai
- nd at sigh escaped hor. 1" ra :
NAV ny Gent you ran away 2 ie away! whined Pete, =f sas bud aewtnens 2
PTER 1. and vittals, and keeps you out of the aime | “Hun away 2 from the dev, und if you don't | herself, and it's rensonabig wesbeet me sbe vee
t aout “Yeu: Leave tem, L would.” say Fathi nobody it be the wiser tor te" er kind, What je bone will 4
CY HAINES! DRUDOR, Ven.” sobbed the nl through her tears, “hut L have. nolplace to £0 t0, nay atm | ihe gor vong todo with 0 sid The abor- | anys ou the es “i
swt ye ao a ag'h ther malevolently,and Nel- | house, and I'd be worse treated there, I ave no | er doscondin the la ra “tlow white she looks I" muttered the squire ah,
N the doo While nesivtine to complete the chores, he told stroking her fee, “bear here, men, at
no, wainma t Dooks that you'ye got bid HS is a pretey wide | his compat notthe maw-hitden tramp lous carry her to the house!” {
fell the weary ‘rat, and the struggling | away—e f them, this minute,” she said, tsorandevenl, who | “You'd better tell. the tne | “She was lifted ‘up, borne gently to tho house, 3
victim, « girl of about sl sixteen years, weithed unt | “Ip sou dei Tih open never ai = ay day's work a ay life, can live with- other) ited nan, aid on ‘the big wovien settce in the kiteben, aud i
low. | rica’ “Please don't. Help! Ebhe' hme fines walked io the door for | “Wes, But you're a And when they reyched the hoase they told the | '"Ehls treatment revived. Ret, and atter a few Ue
“Morey t help she erte ea: . Help! | Tout by ner . te Yeap, aud cadge, too. ‘There's five about the discovery of Fittsiiurg Pots, | quivering gasps she opened her eveeund saterect, We
mere! Nellie’ ‘steps turned toward the barn—a omen folks in eur gang. We've got « camp $ that tramp in the “barn? | “Her great brown eyes slowly Touuned around the F
Mra, Haines tightened her grip on her adopted | great red aiPtare standing some distance from | do yonder in that bi 3." ee * ejucninted the squire, starting up. rooin, and at lengen rested on the face of ‘Naney J wala -
Aaughter’s shoulder, and, again the cruel lush de- | the whe “ahi wag Nellic's “eiaoufation fas she stooped | "Hie! out there on the po Haines, eet:
i " Tne young ninn looked after the petite form with | down to pick up the books she hud dropped, | “Gi nd a stout Tope, and we'll tench | “Nancy Haines,” her voloe quivering with emo. :
seended. Fai tadking dow tie pore coward | Whee yar athe? the gentien on, Glad you told me, Jimt “heretofore’1 bus your cruel trent- Rae
“1 teuch you, you tritlin’, good-for-nothin’, house, u smothered sigh escaped || “They “culls me Pittsbarg Pete, an’ I reckon | ‘The scoundrel ‘might ‘a ser fike "path t= plainu * ver toik dearly and lute i
att tench : vga ate meh et mes raenisance pat he cease and
“Oh, 2s ohy pleaded, the girl, “Don't |. Poor little Nel!" bemuttered,underts breath, | I dont think it's w nice name,” suid Nelite, ‘The men Dustled atont, and the whole party, Diows. VT whip) tit pdt
+ *Ob, mamma—oh!” pl wsipenrosher never wove. bor goad quailten but | shaking het et ended’ by ano agiire and Jim, who netd back the | fainted, Twill summigea this aegradution no long f
‘whip me any more!” looks "on bor. only as est parentiess | = What ts you 2” aaked Pete, in retui Dig wateltdog, Die, went to the barns erniths anjuxtund hnmnatings Tata too old to wot
“Don't mamma me" snarled Nancy. “ttm no | drudge, to be kicked und ‘eutted, uneil He hus lost | Just then there was borne to the ents of both tite flute In'a'fuded calico bad preceded be wats ped likeachild, You shall never strike eke
mother of yours, you lazy beggar you! I'll break | for her all its brightness and ‘gladness, x cf 1nd of a shrill voice tiem. Th was Nellie ote onder, and ay Ser
* * away thin Somme one continued round of glaomy. heard the sav and rin, ancy, for a mom ot
every bond in your body, tdltn’ away tine that | Ooty encored one of the front, Foam of ‘the house, es calling, now 1 erie Nellte “and I must | breathless with excitement: to warn het wagabor ints bala Getiande ent dismayed [ata
belongs to me, Belongs to me~ do you under-| ang, throwing biinself Into a ebalr, ploked up & | go,” wnd she sturte ed toward the udder. Protege of the ding dunger. ur efinel treatment, no Long. rp ae
ain, and the thick lash Hitn aid is opted sister, who bud | “say, Nel oller a bite to | Pete scrambled farmer and tn . wee
“holy was wpralsed again, and th been tous fe poreh oF his father's | eat? suas lee eta Orne {Ne tnenttous | bisiuen Tushed into the batn, the girl's blazi Snurlot bate ;
oa | he Aine ‘Tiger ae hii" eried the squire. | und fage; she rushed t 4
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wo he girl's sentor, fm a Hight sum: “trv,” was the gitl's anewer, aa she descend, to pieces! “Don't tat
BLONE EO on Oe A ee dora and "wie fused gate idan Siena iMttsburg Pete bud no iden of surrendering, how- | equie interposed the
peewee nfariated wonuin ever, ‘And he caught his wife'sarm and war
throwing himselt between, the Iintagtned we od aver every member Of the household, nts the hoarse zesponse, and ritts, | Swinging around his bend the heavy club which | Neill, ® “ turned toward
ne d the uplifted at
he object of hel seized the up! be struck the ‘dog a biow which laid
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cling 1 or sSughe broud-shouldored squire, nef | buvy Pete went back t0 his
‘Go to bed, Neil,” he suid. “You and ma will be
i diet with ny, the ininna'sepectess, wid’ thea wheeling qutekl tien te
he oried, n'a voice tromutons with | bust y * ng quickly, | gon nOTTOY
a olen tremulous, ith | Dystsnd sire was conscious of the fuct that Netlto | Vous w mighty tong tie, coming "was | he Broke for thn Berea se erloa Nellse, and
fin alaniony tdontt grt sear eaaitigtlf ey noite and enim | Nancy. athe” oveuings at Nou eattava the | the 8 se eae ee ite an, maddened nt being | the vou ellie, and she owept from .
tertere, Robert Haines, or ayihe | to euife and. lowes ou Her o1 uel Ginkeanistneass | kitehen, foilud of his prey, und his eyes tan wlong the bar | Once e al her bravery deserted nes and
fish over your shoniders 09, Wis hutve gone | bac he. felt so to tntertere, for be hind a | “1 bud ‘rouble in finding the books, mamma” | Tel: ste burst inte tea .
oy y You take up for this idle | wholesome re Pspect for sorpetiatta wes, nnd was the meek answer. "IL eante buck i ms 1 | ""Betore hia finger could press the trigger, Nellto £ the poreh,
fou pretty pas he sane aera ie Ct en 7) rushed forwandand threw hee atias round his | and burfed he fi ‘in hee buna
caus cove, mother, but | owe a Sone te to me, you hn rn strap you | Rect Mf ist were mined,
eXou aygetea te ab eaten JMihe sung | pened by means OF whore iuldery tothe top ot s | aguin i «huettated “Sungy, spicefaly, and axe | "™ Don't, pupa—aon’t shoot she erica. self back and fo owes ries bor
ih dtawine himself up proudly, an Banus ys piled In 0 Pot the cow at uae: | ate a He Hoe ie eso Nees hana, and tow oat i having gained the doorway, bow! “you xe misty ‘whispered a voto
n " ania sa nd wal © 4sun- | ed them into w corner of the Yourve | ed in jarkueee And disappenred, wiih yell | in her ear, an
is arm rete ia vouched in. the woman’ "Streamed throuzsh wereviee, and made a it | Dyn idiin'. “Now dy round and help git supper!” ot deine, pee yen | tw : the sobbing tov
ther, he eon: tig ‘band of golden red oe ne brown hay. | 1S ‘pastonea Hor obs yh : ori : CHAPTER IL. yon Robert
ea'you and done Kt Seaside several avinGals nen, headed 3 the squire,came troop: ‘ nt? she murmn
creat ade | eigring dorm tcourneae rie RE pricit aa aS alt var aay], |, T monaur no aime marpnet ane ewe
Aig: er | Sogpbow,inwhicn wore stored net gina ee | en 46 you menn, Neil?” eried the squire; | fita tho river. Lam
RERUN meri ne hi be: | Spek MY go eid eas | “NCH watteaon me tae, an when test man | anaconda Re aa “ } nthe most miserabie git lee
63, anes 3 rendy begun ayia ainto two p arowe, She sat down hehelt fo Or there | “Please don't kill bit?" she entreated. “He fs | despair, »
Borman you know tit thes’ Ba ¥ vostin | urtknaw that I've got chew.” ane eld, eows Towing at the Saen'yaed gate to fan ave grope ‘aati brighter day. wil
at forte ines, spltefully,and eying her, hand: on the larg Ep pile, "an guess the former, ways g
met its Snes er Deep on ees % setowanettind 11 tc her these Ten némbored the trampon the hay-mow, and iif und Tlisend bins topricen tories | “Stew always be dark for me she mowned,
snes please done, mother—for my sake, | And she wuthe: fd up the siusilor of the two ee slices of Bread and “ontter, be ‘then "earn i his mien, he ordered them to g betwee? He iemy
m1" hI ai m piles w " sandwiched thick chunks of | pursue the fugit Ms I shu " lam
agit wh ae Ay Sno ys pament, bat | Mfhen, replacing the oxbers tn the box, sho cow | teshls balled Epon tet hin 7 he cried tind dicot Wien' von ding eam ote tom |
saube wontan remained andeclded 4 monieat ins | ered if over with hay, and prapared 10 descend ‘eoreted the hunch nthe wosom of ex | ind with bin Vinny hand, he fed the chase. | school, T'used to think That per "igh Tae
sum Sota, apron;ands procuring twa thn Woke, Kanes | ATNGy dutnppented, Netie turned wo go back | Hove, due youe mother wail not eV
Ce op you off this time,” who suid, pushing Ni came Goma dark comer of the mow | deh’ ae the house vote ny felgureimemente te unptowing nrg
Nik tot. you off, this, t aie Tiel Raat et ‘ a ne drove. the cpus ito, the, yards ‘and shen | "iiut'a sivong band detained ner: and turning | sin ant me to be nnything born
REET Sel tbe a war, oman with startled seream, she dropped the ing. her ets, in the doorway, "walked | quickly, she. Saw rf g ciown at her the cruel | ty .
Sao ie othe pe ae wor PONG | hooks: and. Shand tewbiing, wien Wwidewtaring | ton he ee ae * Heevouies opted» Mer oleing ore crac | She treats ou oruelly at thmes,”
. Yourtno a jellpe Ak nrry fOr elt 30 raid Buona lean Pete |. sottly. fe semi-anvk aRiwayst Ie ts a
motier'could be to ke ie sae Kanal | OX Sate pe asears miss,” assured a husky voice, | “Aye, aye Seat eres, ana ame | MEH eauee or tramps, wl yer” me woman | eenimages HH One senttaual round of cruel
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