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fth drav n hom the society br 1 and women omell how flow the tim lippl I 1 away hia ills pipe bis his dogs soke an I 1 business hid so filled the that hat he lie h hi i I 1 not ober ob observed er ed its lipse 0 asin connected conner led lilt a publishing supplied hini with mill all tho the bot boat t ture it re how ilow kind II 11 ia 1 had been ifsits impre a reilly tho the bright spate spots gra gray existence 11 il it understood e mail ind a holli homesick esick strain ad iiri lugh salm tell at the fire ills out ife life lili regular and healthy g it tn i I 1 lit ite I 1 time tinie he lie looked to it 30 ft hilt in fact he vas as 42 k is i goo it hw to look upon N strong and nind sonie nights of her ini ailed his a u 1 a fool tool he ha ila I 1 been to stile bli on n the fickle finci finc of flo feet of little nell it nn tin ler the hit thit he lie hid mil lot her list alth the andi city of on 1114 b be ind li id picked her up tip ind kissed do itom front tint thit moment he had hall covher bt I 1 W for his own on she hid plant ott I 1 yes ea on the christmas day dd in the ago ft ith her tier pes looking rust fully into his ills tie ile hid gone I 1 y ind ft hen nhen hb lit returned three tie later ehe ahe hid had married the cat ing ug from texas a 7 0 f 4 ALI THE RESCUE 0 word ord of explanation he had ener apted bcd alone in his stubborn eng bag 4 pride he had borne his chagrin 4 pain ain remorse morse of feeling sometimes alters life course from a mero merry cuth agh cincent became a stern man his Is ranch he ent to work and ind solace sola e tor for hia his pain and so nine n years ears had passed may I 1 he st hernrd roused himself un ily and laid his head on hugha ee he began to bar bark uneasily ind iff about the door hugh opened e door and let him out ind and returned his i reverie not more than fifteen had haa avay ma when hen he was inas aused ed by the st bernard barking reluctantly he pulled on s fur ir coat and went vent out away in e distance he saw aa something black chist st the snow it nas as an awful reaching the doer doz he bent over e object elect in the snow he ile raised it in 8 arms and carried it to the house e unbuttoned the s bicket that aped the slight figure undid the iken i wrap about the head the light 11 upon her face framed in iu soft ark hair nell 11 II he be whispered hoarsely calling ling his sis servants mants he worked oer or until he restored I 1 er to conscious is hurba heart seemed like a dead lead ng X hat hollow mockery vaa was this f he watched her as she slept the gep mourning dresa dress draped a form orm no arger than a child a e the face duft t nell 11 s al without word she opened er eyes yes and found his big fixed upon her lice he lie could not think could not eason who was an ehe she how came she here she roused rouged hersel hersell and began to talk he had iad alien allen from the sleigh on her illy to the fort and in the storm could ot make ake them thern hear it had been clear he a they started but the blizzard had Torta iken kelt them you u are stay staging ing at the fort hugh ked merely arely stopping there on my way my mother asked me to com 0 this va a to deller a message to her father bhe is id I 1 our mother is name child v Is illia cond condi I 1 all hue hine in if ml ird of hush hugh vincent I 1 lm m irking airi a niia gt I 1 ittle birl orl I 1 am it if loti ah ou ait nit worthy northy the love loe my bort y bhe she sent me to her aither bhe belr sat him hini atter after she oie married I 1 N 14 to toll tell him to tell you ou all ill thit bhe she mirriel my father to siu his honor lot ou mill under strind lt it vis about some public funds its s I 1 see nit it ill sho she nikob of ion iou so much and ant when she hod died I 1 11 phd il the minature minh ture locket she aln i s or ibo aboc e her tier heart the lit words she said fie tell hugh 1 I lit an alt him in hr i ln teach him to forgive nill 11 nell all a eti wire cre ua hughs head bowed bodied on hla 1 hind and the pent peat up feelings seemed to rend ills soul itley became well ac q bainte I 1 tint thit night the tile next day lie I 1 tie gieir ir and I 1 hush lugh sent tier to the fort Ili lots bearta were ere waiting alt hir oming in hopeless despair A ar had pissed aay and it had hinlle 1 difference im in hugh vincent iery lery ateek eek lither it wis answered 01 not a letter c cinie ime from nell HL ift had lind grown gron ns as tho the old lold we ibber ad adian raced ceil an all I 1 re olied to accept ila hale a oft repeated initiation to isit new york he ile ent ind v uis is glad he lie did new ew lears ee found him it i i reception he lit baihly kne enert himself in evening dress ile met mani many bright people ind and felt much at home imong them alone tor lor a it moment he stepped in the conen too fiery there beside a huge pilm stool i i hints figure in black hugh forgot his 40 odd o 0 cars as a he looked jt at her fice ilia ills nell the nell of long IRO igol A areu biln pit n filled his ills feirt all the love loic he bore nell her tier daughter had iu in all its acquire I 1 strength after all life was not north orth living ming she t v him winding st there alth his love ione shining in his ets the strained atral ned desil despier lir of hopeless infection ed her tier dept bron es eyes as bhe she cime an all I 1 hid her tier tini tiny hands on his arm NN ith her quick net triet eh sit gues ed his secre secret the clock struck 12 she smiled ai a i alif apol c e then loA lowered ered her I 1 held heid hugli I 1 cannot live any longer without out aou ind as fig the clock his just med tint thit imp year ear is really here I 1 can with nell do ou mein if in his ills longing arms he her at last his mn diar illar little nell nelll |