r 7 THE HIDDEN HAND MRS D. D E E. X N. Continued from Yesterday On EOn the tho contrary srI arr I told you rou dis I that I really wanted nothing J that I must be satisfied And nd I say dummy demmy sir you ou shant shan't be ho unless you ou like to Come Com i if U you OU dont don't like Jlko the do na navy what do you rou eay a to the arm army eh oh vir It Is a proud Ud aspiring Profession 1 sir Ir ald the you youn young ff man as ns hl his face tace 1 lighted up with enthusiasm Then dommy demmy If IC you OU like the arm army sir you OU enter It Yes sir sh Dern- Dern my the administration confound them has baR not done me mo Justice but thc they l 1 scarcely dare dure to refu refuse to send scud 4 my ny to West Vest Point when I 1 j d cm find it fl To Vest reSt Point exclaimed Her bert hert in iii delight i A Aye youngster to West cst 1 Point I hall Io see ee e to It it when whon I pass through Washington on our wn way to Virginia Wo We rc start on tho ho carl early train tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow tomor- tomor row morning in the In-the tho meantime young oung man mun you rou take leavo of oC your OUr captain pack up J UJ your OUI traps an and join us You with mc me and make malee Hurricane J home until you OU hO go o to West cst f mi oi Oh n- n what what a a. capital old Jov governor 1 our undo uncle Is exclaimed Cap jumping UI up and clapping her hands Sir indeed you ou overwhelm mo mc with this most unexpected kindness ss I do doot not ot know as nR yet et how much of ot it I Iou A. A ou ought ht to accept nut Hut accident vm will inako- inako me whether or no your OUI travel L In companion for a t i h L waY waY-as I also o start r Ir for Virginia in t to tomorrow tomorrow to- to morrow to vl visit vilt lt dear friends there 4 who house was always alwa's my mothers mother's f.- f. homo home and mine mines and who since my mj bereavement have been to mo like o a r lear clear Another and brother I I. have not seen eCI cn them for years and before I go goIL o IL 11 1 anywhere else oven even to your OUr kind roof root 1 i must go there said ald Herbert grave grave- ly Jy Y i And nd who ho are arc tho those c dear friends of or your you if Herbert and where do thc they live If It I can cun servo them they shall shaI bo he rewarded for Cor their kindness unto you OU my boy m Oh sir yes yes cs you OU can Indeed 4 servo CIVO them The They are arc a poor widow and her only sot son She has seen bet bet- r v ter tel days das but now takes In sewing to i support herself herselt and boy When moth moth- or er was living luJ during tho the last Jast years ean o of IC her life when she also was a n po- po pow por r wido J vido with an only son the they Joined their slender means and took a n hous' hous and anti lived to together ether When m my I tiled died Ica leaving Ing mo me a 3 bo boy of oC ten years cJ 15 t old this poor woman still r. r n and worked for Cor me as for fOl her oan n t lOon son until ashamed of oC being a burden to h her r I ran na away and went vent to o sen ea ca 2 blo woman I will make mako her 1 j. j fortune exclaimed Old Hurricane jumping up UI and walking up and down the Moor floor i Oh do 10 sir Ir Oh do dear uncle I i dont don't wish you OU to expend either cither money or 11 influence upon m my fortune but out oh do 10 educate educato Traverse He lie is Js such suh a 1 lad so iad-i so Intellectual oven ovon Iiii UL ia Sunday school teacher says enya that h ho Is bri work h t. si-ny-t. n h n h r O rr r. r for Ill IllI I 1 ir r rr r you yau s- s uis only Dilly educate the tle on i-on on hed he'd make a fort fortune lIc for his mother j Generous DO boy to plead for vur friend rather than for yourself B n Ill itI it Il itI l I am nun strong enough thank God to toI I help you all You shall go to Wc West t Point Your young ounG friend shall go to I school ho I and then to college said Old Hurricane with a burst of oC honest en en- en Arid l id 4 d where shall shuH I go sir inquired ed Cd CapTo Cap Call 6 To Ta T the lunatic I a asylum lum you Imp exclaimed the old man then theu turning to H Herbert he continued Ye h lad I I WI do as I SQ say as ns for tho the poor IOOr but bu t noble noble-h hearted noble carted widow widow UlI marry malTY her hel yourself a as a n. re reward reward re- re ward j wont won't you OU uncle aske 1 the incorrigible 1 Cap Perhaps I will you monkey ey if it itis is only to bring somebody od nome to keep leop you rou In order said Old Hurricane Hurri C cane jP then turning again u-aln to Herbert 11 lie be resumed As to the widow Herbert Her Her- bert I will place her above abo Over my head cried Cap And now itow Herbert I will trouble you ou to ring for fot coffee cortee and after wo we have havo had that I think that we had bettor better separate and prepare preparo for our journ journey tomorrow Herbert ert obeyed and after the ICI re required re- re refreshment had been heen I and I partaken of the lit little lie circle broke oke up for fOl the evening o ana soon to rest Eat the next morning after a hast tast hasty breakfast t the three tool took their seats in the express train for Cor Washington Wash Vasil ington Inston whore wh the they arrived upon UlOn tl lh J evening o of ot the same samne mme cia lay day Th They put jut Ul UlUI UI up for Cor the night at Browns Brown's and anu the next da day Major Warfield leaving his party at their theil hotel called upon tho limo President the time Secretary tarr of War ur nd Ind official dignitaries and put Iut affairs affairs' In such Ouch a 11 train that i l e hu hal hul l little little- doubt ot or Hit Hit- ultimate app appoint appointment int- int ment of liI his nephew to a courtship at West cst Point Th Time The same evening wishing tf to avoid the time stage tage route over 1 the time mountain he took with his party part the u ht boat hoat for Richmond where In 11 luc due they arrived and whence the they took tool the alle valley line of or coaches conches that passed d through h Top Tip which time the they upon the tho morning of or the fourth du day of or their long Journey Here hero the they found Major carriage waiting for or him and here the they separate Major Warfield and to turn turnoff turnoff off ort to Hurricane Hall hail an and Herbert Greyson on to I keep on the route to the town of oC Staunton It was as tho the three sat Mt In the tho par par- lor br of the time hotel where tile stage f stopped topped to change horses l adieus were made mad Remember Herbert that I am nun willing to go 10 to time the utmost extent of oC my 01 power to benefit tho the good widow and her son who were so kind to my rny nephew In his need Remember that I hold It a acred sacred cred debt that I owe O them Tell them so And mind lI Her r- r bert I shall Rhall expect you OU back in lu a n week at farthest I shall be punctual sir God Cod ble bless s you ou In my dear uncle you have hn inn mall made tic mo 1110 Vcr very Scry happy happ In being the b bearer barr a 1 of oC such glad tidings to the time widow and hc the fatherless And now I hear the horn lorn blowing blowing Goodbye uncle Goodbye Good- Good bye jye Capitola I am going to carr carry them them hem great reut joy such great Joy uncle as you who ho have thing everything you OU want vant can scarcely Imagine And lId 5 shaking lands hands heartily with hi his companions Herbert ran mn through the door and aboard tho the coach just U us as tho the impatient driver er was about to leave him flim behind As 8 soon Roon as as' as the coach ha had rolled roiled out nut of ot sight Major han handed cd Capitola Capi- Capi j Capi-j tola toia into his carriage e that had long Jont been heel waiting and took time the Not sent sat by her I side much side much t tr the of Wool who muttered to hl his horses hOISs There I told toll you OU so o I 1 Mid ald how hed he'd go 0 and bring home borne a young oung un wife and behold hes he's gone sone and done it IU tu Uncle said as hue Hie carriage cur cir tinge rolled h lazily along mcie Uncle do you OU know you never once asked Herbert Herbert Her Her- bert the name nome of the lie wl widow ow you OU are uro going to befriend and that he hc never CI told you ou B By Geol George e that Is true trul how strange yet ct I did not se-m se m 10 lo ml miss d the name How did It ever O Happen happen Did he lie omit it il on purpose do you ou think Why h no uncle lie Ime b lIke ylike al always always al- al ways spoke of them as Traverse Tra and Traver Traverses mother mothel anti and you OU Hk like yourself called her nothing hut but the POOl poor widow and the struggling mother and the time noble woman and amid so on and her t soum fion on as tho the boy 00 the time youth young Traverse erse Herberts friend etc I I. I for fOl m my part had some curiosity curiosity cur cur- to see seo whether you OU and Herbert would go on au talking of or them forever cr without having ha to use their surnames And behold ho even en went off ort without naming them n By George and t so o ho lie did It was ho time strangest oversight O But Ill I'll write is ns soon na ns 1 I get home and ask him No Wo UJ uncle cJ J Just S for Cor tho the fun un of DC th the tho I hint wait u until r Alt Jiu 0 corneA ami au f n a J K v tr lon r JK Jt it will l be o nod 1 how Jion l ut-u ut it tulle talle oC or thom In Ing r names Ha Ua ha ha Ima so 50 I r will wm Cap Capt I HO sc o I HI Besides whatever cr their names es art arp its it's nothing to me A A rose roc by alt aily other name would smell ns as sweet 5 you ou Jen know 0 And Amid If she is 15 Mrs Irs Ta Tag Tag- foot Coot Waddle addle I shall still think so good a woman exalted as a i Mind Und Mind there Wool ool This road roads I is s getting rough Over O it St now marst r said Wool Woot after a a. few heavy jolts jolts O Over it now missus and de do rest of C de way Is perfectly per per- delightful Cap looked out of oC the window and saw sav before her a a. beautiful piece picco of or scenery scenery Olst first just below them then the time wild mountain stream of oC tile tie Demons Demon's Run und beyond It tho the wild dell dented dented dented dent dent- ed Into the time side of the mountain like the deep print o of an enormous horses horse's hoof in the tho midst of which gleaming reI amon among Its Us richly tinted d autumn woods stood Hurricane Hall hail CHAPTER IX c. c There sits upon her matron face faco faceA 4 A tender and a thoughtful grace gli Though vcr very still for Cor for great distress CS Hath left Jelt its patient Beside an old rocky road leading from the tue town of or Staunton out to 0 o the forest crowned hills beyond stood alone a little gray SIa stone steno cottage in inthe inthe the tho midst of oC a garden gal enclosed b by a alow alow low loss moldering stone wall A few lcd na and anti twisted fruit trees Jon long past b bearing stood around the house that their leafless s branches could not noto be o said to shade A little HUle wooden Jat gate Je led up an old paved walk to tho the door on each side of which were wele large Jar windows In hum this thiM poor POOl cottage remote from other neighbors dwelt tho tue friends of t Greyson the widow Rocke and amI hei he won son Traverse No 0 one k knew who she the was or whence 01 or wh iby hy she sIll came Some fifteen fit fit- teen jc-ar jc c can before torl ho he had appeared ill In the town to clothed in n rut rusty mourning and accompanied b by a boy of or abou two two years of or as ago age She Sho hail rented t tat a Dt cotta cottage c furnished It poor poorly and had hat settled there thoro supporting herself and child b by needlework At the time tima that Dr GIe Greyson on died and his widow and son were left perfectly per per- destitute and antI Jt Jl became necessary sar sary for tor Mrs Grey Greyson on to look 1001 out fo foran for tOI an nn humble lodging where she could lied find the thc united advantages of oC cheapness cheap cheap- ness umes cleanliness and pure air she sho was providentially led to Inquire at the to cottage of oC the widow Rocke whom she he found only too tOd glad to Increase her meager Income b by Jetting letting half her littie lIt lIt- 1 tie house to such unexceptionable tenants ten ten- ants as the widow Greyson and her so son mm And thus commenced between een the time two young women and the two bo boys an acquaintance that ripened into friendship friendship friend friend- ship and thence into that devoted love iove so o seldom eldom seen In this world Their households became united One lire fire one olle candle and one table tables s served the little utIle family and thus considerable considerable con con- expense was saved as well as much social comfort gained And when the tho ho lads lads' grew too tOI old to sleep with their mothers one ono bed held the thc boys and tho the other accommodated the two women And despite toll toil want care the the sorrow for tOI the tue dead and the neglect of or the ln lI living this was a loving lov lov- log Ins contented and cheerful little household How Bow much of oC their private private I vate ate history these women might have ha i confided to each cach other was not known but it was waa certain that the they continued fast friends up to the time of ot the death of oC Mrs Irs Greyson After which the widow Rocke flocke assumed a a. double burden and became a second f mother molher to the tho bo buy boy until Herbert ert himself himself himself him him- self ashamed of oC taxing her small smal means ran ramm awa away as he had said and went to sea Continued tomorrow Morning