MAT GIRM af mv by KATE 4 th ff at a 1 alt P mercy Y I 1 bi etc enter entered d according to act of 0 confess in ll it a yetar year 18 by street smith in the llin oil ce of it la a Libro idan of longres t D C CHAPTER XI continued 1 1 1 io epli ii I 1 one of the tha doc torb 1 n 1 1 it it lh a severe rase I 1 ins ing gr gron gren en said A fur t r I 1 tl it i ichi lit app appeared fared on hla his torel forel jl at 11 II stood mi oil ilant a moment hla his hi bi n it nit nm ting the black ones of V t 0 I 1 i I 1 1 squarely qu arely as though he be v I 1 1 mn D into hla his very soul tl TI I 1 lit h pa d 1 from the room folso 1 1 the door nor behind him J i i ni mittit he be atoo stool I 1 behind deletes I 1 il ver er the books in the fire I 1 I 1 lit sl n it allier tier hird n nr r saw him il ta an tia ii out i tie ne of the con it nations oil 0 tile the map before tier her hr her in wi A r i if ibid tt 0 as ah she w waa as I 1 f I 1 it I 1 fit 1 I 1 i late lace of tile tho matcher un I 1 rw tit nt it a 1 hangas liante s in ili the shor I 1 i anut I 1 si t 0 I 1 thore tit in the lie flickering I 1 HI illa I 1 la 11 1 I 1 ness b hind hei let chair tl it j h I 1 t I 1 i I 1 1 sl il onil erill aitay aay and pa hiis i I 1 I 1 tit ill 1 1 I l th rom ro m without disturb IR ig hr hir hi fit tool look awn tits hla hat and at from ou on I 1 the na la Is in the loom IDI ft tit nl 0 01 i 1 li 11 to the bitorin as though 1 0 V PIC lay 1117 il b bi borne bome sudden stilt I 1 1 if 1 1 khoii douht ht lt and by when ullen the th nurse came out of t the r rum in dolt doi n s 1 s i d tier her book ol 01 ili as ah thong w with I 1 t it r regret g ret and I 1 ill id ered up fit h i hali t tm ix ng it 11 about tr ir kraffl kra raif ful 1 li I I 1 id caul sly the r lor dor and fart 11 I 1 out ot it ht ho r faco face and s iti as 11 sh ll nio to supper lint hui amri vahn kill n into ri tit ill to t d h sit it still miss johnson lohn ion hile said and rea road d houi wn bo book k but not 1 h tilak lislie I 1 will feth a candle sli sin took down don a andl from the bai b 11 if and lihte lih td 1 I it 11 with w ith a strip or of pint pill wooi mool iron from tl it i flip sli pulled i oft it the 1 I an pint pini table noiselessly in 1 set it she ut hom thin slices of 1 li tit id and to them I 1 foi the fit flie e ln they wre rp lone to tit exquisite I 1 u she buttard bult butt erid erd them 1 I 1 illy and set thorn them on oil it a plate on the harth to kiep warm when all was ready th tb clurg bursi drew up the table and placed it beside tile the file die placing a a i chair for tier her come child she said gently the professional tone lone had left her voice ice utterly the girl felt a sudden 0 rush of tears that burned tier her the were ivere the first she had shed in tier her life as she remembered it a a dietary di eary night the nurse said cheerfully c beer full taking r j special notice of the girl apparently the tire fire blight ens one like a face I 1 always have a alre on oil daa daia acif if it Is pos bible my girl calls me cinderella I 1 will tell iou u about my girl I 1 call her my sweetheart her heart is so safet she has no mother she Is an invalid the mellow voice went on she has been an in valid for six deais ears und and I 1 have been mith her during that time dora is eighteen now alow and I 1 wish you could rile ee her she Is like ike a picture some times I 1 believe I 1 love her as a lover would dolores knew nothing of love loe or lovers but she listened quietly per hapa this woman would tell her what love was dora has gray ees the nurse nurge con tinned otter her hair flair Is gulden golden brown soft as silk and long arranging it Is one of my greatest she lifts has a beautiful home in new york and everything that heart could wish to is ifs ta T tz 7 Z N its a dreary night make her happy hei bet fata faik r considers her his bla richest possession anil and it ho has haa many possessions but dora hn big consumption an atil I 1 a short time aw ago tier her nh valdan ordenel for tier her a thorough change of air ant an 1 recommended the mountains llor ifer fath father r lived here alien A lien he be was a child and has a brother kivini here or he supposed he la ag living heie ho he had not seen been r heard of him vince ince ho he started ou at twelve ears old to make his dav in tile the world iriving thin brother the the patch of gauden and the ha shop glint lie ile worked his bis way to new nev loik oili now at this thing nov no at that hat till ilia life la is a roar mar vel to me an I 1 pori la 14 neier iwer tired of Ift ening to him lien ben lit he tells tella of blis bla life if lift to la a rich nian no now with sits word as an gobil ai ag his bond my girl lit Is proud of her father BA as well ithe he may inay be As to his brother he haq ha not for gotten t te n him film but he lost trace of him be e leads leada a busy life with little time an anbo dB brother ulric lona ago ownen ho he began to succeed be b wrote to hla hill bicher offering to 0 o help him along if ft he be cared to j join 0 in him but the letter was returned unopened ilia hla brother could neither read nor write and had bad no correspondence or else was waa doad dead As to dora she has had bad all the teachers and maters masters necessary to an excellent education she Is an ex musician her touch on the plane piano Is like ike magic and her v voice olce la Is soft and sweet but she does not sing now iler her singing used to be her fathers delight A shadow fell over the face of he be nurse and she was silent ellent for a m moment 0 looking into the fire with a far away expression on her face the bedroom door opened noiseless no lil and she turned calmly in answer to ur dr dunal idles summons avei eveia y trae trace of emotion gone she left the room for a few minutes and when she returned her voice oice and manner well quiet as usual ii buil dora draws anti and paints ver wal she bhe said bald ie suming tier her seat and liti story she tabes st iveral chil children dien from the mission school none of hoi bet time Is idled she has tier fathers am bilious spirit and tier her life Is full of work lit in spite of the fact that this dis ease Is slowly eating her life awaa awa I 1 ach tine ono or of the children ions tier her she som times tells me file laughing th that at she has so ho many blessings she cannot count them to hear bear her talk one wo would 11 ild neer ne or imagine tit ohp nights flights I 1 hai hae e held her up in my ainis aims that abe might v alle she coughed couf ched tier her luan will life away deloies leaned forward with lumin ons offs eye cye for the time she boigot tier her lather father and the dread awaiting for the men to roni to prove the malice pie pense in the laming of the mare the world of which the cornin bomin told was mas outside of hei it was the world of her steams di earns silence in the room for a few fea minutes the nur nurse arose and drew the little halt half curtains across the wind wi wg when all was waa arrandt d for the night een to preparing a bod bed in the on oil the settee mrs allen alien drew her chali up lip to the fire again and r resumed liei lot story dolores face was troubled her ber thoughts had returned to her father to oung green and his efforts to save have her father somehow aled with his words lately uttered of love and its sadness madness and of the trial that was to ome come off as soon as aa her father was mas able to go to piove giove she started a at t sound of the nurse s voice and grew white to the ijas this did not escape the watchful eyes of the nurse there w was as little that did escape her watch ful ea ees es doi doia a a father did not know or not his brother was living she went on that the letter had icen been le turned uncalled for went to prove that hat lie he might inight be dead but he knew that tits his birther had no friendt out I 1 ide bide of the settlement and was not in the habit of receiving iving letters that he could neither lead nor write still bill left it possible that he h was wai living find and when bell dori dora made known her wish to come here to set sei her fathers old home arrangements were ivere made at once we arrived ai rived lit in the town over the mountain they are arc stopping stepping at judge greens s for the present and doia stilt roe me licie bete at once w when hen mr charlie wrote k rote for help she said it wai one of god a pro pi oil I 1 dencks that ho be had arranged things for it ni and only to obey th the P interest died out of dolores e she lie knew no ill ng a bout about god or his provi lences she aho hat hal neer heard i llan alb r except as it a w wandering an dering pk pit ichor stopped at the settlement on hla his wit MB the mout mountains ains ns and was mast jt jn r d at ly by the mon men and listened to lo by onia a handful of women the auise inn so leaned balk back so go that her fito fio was mas in shadow but so that the ills face was mas full in her sight dora hat bt been en in ill the town but a lay day yet she had foun I 1 out a great deal that she ehe to know ivery one in the town has heard of our father of you yon no one knew much excepting excepts ng nir mr charlie lip told my girl over and over what ho he know knew about aou ou she ahe nel er tired of hearing aud and planned such plea pleasant ant things for oil and your father and knows shi she will love eye aou ou at once dolores face ma was full of wonder that any one heard of bated to hear of her strange enough but bit that dora the bealli ifal got gohm ft it haired ea ed girl from the midst of the marvelous of her dreams should love her or w wish lali to love her was beyond her com comprehension do you not wonder ond r child the guise said slowly m why hy my girl is so interested in oua ou have ou never thought of tills this uncle or of yours ot of whom w bout you have r ivr iv r heard or seen or wondered that he noer never came or let your father know he was living dolores dolore voice was as unmoved her eyes still gravely questioning yes she replied I 1 think if tie he Is living he Is happy in hi his life and giefers to leave ua out the nurse made a quick movement as of han aben she spoke however homeier her vole as aa gentle as usual I 1 I 1 kour our other lather Is not like hij bu brother bro Dop lereA you will not blame him when ben ou see afi him and dora will win in bour latart at oice oace as aa you have aj reail won hers As soon as the storm la is over they will come dora dor it father Is your uncle doloren Do lorei and they came her here e on pin pose to flud find yea XII its effect A flush crept into dolores baca faca then died out leaving her deadly white the room grew grev dark around her the roar of the term storm died away avay every thing diet amay away save the dim botor boror in her heart and an eho ebo that grew and grew until the air throbbed and filled fled her ears deafeningly what v pora dora say nay and aid think if she knew ard of course she knew she elio endeavored to to cry out to s struggle brugg I 1 with them but ob ehe 0 w waa a r as on one e a struck t of dumb a and nd motionless le 8 with the dread words thundering in her pars para their terrible mean lr ir very one has heard of your father and could tell her of him because of the trial that wis to corno come off the trial trial lour bither trial child the voice of the nurse sounded leagues away scarcely dis in the roar of 0 words worda around hir child what Is the mattor tera why do ion aou si s i nothing are ou not glad to know ita GI aglid id to know it glad to know it father trial t lal know it know it rho girl roused against tho the terror that was holding her down she sat net white alte faced but ft ath a quiet lit T ta blat hid the tumult within she lifto one hand and and pushed bach the stray EC aft ft culls ceils from her fore licad hind in i i daled fashion surely ou oil have no hard feeling tow toward ard dour our uncle because he has not conie c oane tp to your father before you can n r FL 7 0 z ae 7 do you not wonder child not blame him 1113 III 3 Is not ill 0 your fathers father it life you should be just do lores ores just ant not judge hirshey ills his life Is not like your fi fitchor therit i life jude harshly judge harshly your father could have another man as his had ho he so chosen you cannot blame our bucl for you your r I 1 lather at her E s choice e any moro more than iou Q can blame your father tor for your uncle a c you cannot blame bour uncle for 01 our father B s choice your father choice I 1 the rang over and over around above and below out of which the lie halt half scornful voice sounded bounded fat far aw ny dora will be so disappointed shot aha bag ha thought and talked of nothing hut but plans for you you will have all the advantages a gill could hive and it will be our own fault if ion oil do not improve lin them ahls would be the tha best time too when your father needs per feet rest an I 1 few around him no doubt he will be glad for this chanca for yon it if you are not for yourself 11 to be ba continued