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Show r ? THE weekly reflex, kaysville, ctail to sleep, broodhad eouie to hm. lng ahe cried herself new happiness wn minimiiuniniiiiuiiitiiumiiittiiHituiUj personal aorrow. he feared that hi daughter would ing over her 1 - yet awakened by her father wa he so far lwv bira that she would She th kitchen from a she the best scraping not care for It. He put on hia to her rose heart suit of clothe, and sent the children stove, and her Durhim. for Jove with great wa In conspicuous throat her held fcnj. The house he the girl entire that day arranged things. ing ttm.pany qrder"; about went aa she in her mind IwumlC, and a Sunday stifTne .asd father Louscbuld duties. It seemed to her front the la sat lie y s quiet prevailed. for her. When he her that her Uf with him waa really row wading, WHITE ALLEN ahe wa glad that WILLIAM heard voh s at the fe me, lie recog- worth living, and had sent her' old she return nized that of M daughter, and hi alnew her nuHiiiiHiiuiinuiiiiiiiHiniHinuiniiu.it her hand waa Vet away. looked companions hut when .he c- quickened; pulse MW1m d kr her narrow worlJ CeernM. l;Z. through the curtain and saw a stran- raised against the e-of the great la the tf world epitome that prodigal 'a!k Ilk to p.mt-eger with ter, tat heart sank. ' It Id fi'iif h " persecuted deetiac world narrow t the l,le to Father and daughter uiet put Ml on fM j'rl r d.uithttr. and fainted It Anger at tha one hi ; he held out hla hand to her and door Any -Ot I he Uhn.4 lUUt.i.a fact being she loved. Hut the very frc-In, followed hy the stranshe jqijw-eUr Twin." v set apart wa her father thut si.hl awkwardly, white the father him Kri ger, p til Alhe and after a paue, hia fellow because of her drew Well, And the thought mcra'l fartery. "how are you?" night In tl to her. close She was a pr.it) girl then, n(l the commonplace followed her all through - day, till A stude tin lleu-waa a naiu raly the neighbors talked dt.nstf, and the ohl niun continued she longed Infor hlalife.return.- It H' Hling win. her lu a high keyed tone with the upward gimd dny ,r, fir tie mr rcell) n thun She heard his footsie on the walk Jersey inflection, looking vacantly at the 8e-ce- , and heard him coining da tliry who the on lnl'1',lfiiv stiai.ger who had hut bcn in front, house povto thekitchea door. theories f th around the 1 in apt. Ne you've been yelwhen iutroducetl, the threshold ela crossed he t Ini.iH.v g" together S When He a til a lin' to he such grund lady" erty the of women t r matt wa a JiHle I old Mm. tin ta The m-all lift tie hinted laughed of It, hut suddenne TgT.T.oi tiiMirt seat--v- l m the at c.l; abashed eu.bnrrtoo-tint. The daughter jersey a chair and took lie waa a he with pleased, that the foreimtii had been t' polll wad the fatlmr, her guest, at remained had If she back , yard leaning against to her. lint feint at chirped, "Well, you're sat la the the would have there he talked with From bouse. the the fiictorjr they look lu hnle and hearty." door. They had -the her In through the iien haiue reason for her staying. After cupboard. la there anything with theater to the went jhe usual questions of tha day, rb she t'Sk off that, the asked mat their turned who old man said. "Aide, yr cant men the when tip her long, young her soiled gloves and threw hut guess what Mr. lllnkley said about ev.llara and wore their hand In their shabby cloak aud ter In lletj The daughter Mtowshsl hat upou the led. "I m you this evening." pocket In the fall and spring. summer to th doorway, atotid the ( aa'she blanched Hiring overrent. we dldnT In" n (if get fur Jdte; duals, and It said her dlM barge from the over- Justly and went nothing. old The hieakfaM." any fletul. "She her. a notice he not did reman park the old all factory to get something, and wheo he hi do counter you her ahe. cs She ahe MrBcasly,' save wa up said, When gone. turned the stranger store, she re- did not taste what he had brought, know that you are doin wrong to the cheap mained at home, apparently keeping but turned and threw her anna about keep A Ille In the house tlieref I aaya, house for her father, lie worked In hi there were tear In her eyei Nhy so, Mr., lllnkley T and aha us she aahl, "Oh, pa jm ain't Jt wouldnt say nothin lut Well, Jr are, the shop" somewhere over In "the I a'pose Mra. lllnkley that alb bottom." and came home tired and giMxlto !e hack again!" hed went cause youre grown to to early, courand that think hi all at night, The father, summoning grimy ' an all that you're off the kitchen, age to break away from the common be so purty lie slept In the room fb'tit In the to a ashamed and hia daughter slept stay here In Jersey, with words of welcome began again in thing Strang room. lie did not know when she quavering, nervous voice, "Well, Al- your old daddy." blind , came In at night, aud he did not tlilnfc im gue-a- t thehby you you think were crowding Into th girl f faring to know, ller father paid someway that yer daddy ha forgot a fearful lmmastery In her heart no attention to the little toother and you, but sAHle, I tell you, I do Then ibe temptation earn with 'her "Hut ym aint question. plater who leaned the daughter at you know, I think a whole lot of father who nun with to the your poor, boo-fabout ashamed young atay tlde you." It wa the beat he could do, memol pivp. are y. AllieTf the house. If the other but be, kissed he, and that wa, someThere waa a short alleuce. At It ber of the family had Iwen plaguing thing It waa a great deal for tmtli of girl who led In the I hem. Then they related, and talked lengthened Into a distinct pause th the teny II would have been father the raillery, of the children, about whom she asked uana heart waa shot with fear. reThe him about their chatter. of remorse wrap a gnat, deal, ami of the neighbor, felt equally heedles morse and humiliation. He sprang eldest daughter mode him very happy atout whom she asked nothing. though, of The "Comedy Company" had lamely from the leaning chair t hla hj simple tenderness, that understand not did he course, his warmth for her and the longing which he felt all day to get home for B.tpicr, was happiness. Hut, unconsciously. Ids daughter waa grew eery necessary to him. He net of the world that analyses Its emoto see Let tions, yet ha could- - nut-faof her for It. he to nor proud heauty, nd when she was dressed to go out nd ah went out early aud often Ida pride Minded him to the untidiness of her clothe, her frowsy hair, and on her pretty the ahoeklng make-uface. 1rohahly hla dlseenunent wa not keen enough to see these faults, even had he not been so foml of her. Hut other fathers who had daughters aw these thing, and mothers of the "neighborhood who had sons did not mention the Heaaly girt In the family circle. It was only after Mls Measly had Joined a comedy company, organized to play the Whit Slave" nd Farmer" Daughter" through Only the West, that her name wa mentioned at all freely by jersey Creek If arlatoerafy, and theta It wu a tie were dead. Ami Mr, lllnkley, who took care of the children and looked after the lonely old man. often aid to Inquiring women of the neighborhood, "It would break your oci Cl heart to sc Mr. Measly a grievin an grievin for that hussy ; an w hlnlver letter from her he read It he get "Fathar and Daughtar Mat at th t the supper table before them children wld that flourish youd think fallvwl, and ahe waa at home to atay. fevt and staggered to tbe door, crytch, tch, tch, I do wonder If he Her absence had mad both father ing piteously with woe In hi voice, know." And after some dismission and daughter understand how much "Oh, Allle. Allie my my little girl, tie would sigh. "Well, It not for me each waa to the other. The little Alllel- Well move, Allle; well move." to tell him." He came to her ami stood helpvanish a not did of endearment sign W hat wonderful thing Is absence. the day wore on. She smoothed bl lessly Wfoi her. He could not know like the dark In It power to hair when she jmssed him. and he why she waa dumb, lie misunderIt stood and was turning away In a transform people and situation aud caught her dree and touched her she slow agony of slame, when her lov near came of Though the relation thing. with bl hand a she old . had the hi Ids for him swept her as upon a wave eves, was under much So work. up grown him at her man and hi daughter had scarcely heart wrapped up In her that he did Into Ida arms, sobbing. token a serloua word t each other. mt notice the absence of the neighShe recovered quickly, and The father had never Inquired what bors from tbe house, and when he to a sputtering paa whhh she - hi daughter whs or was not. She asked them to come, and laughingly iretc.h:;l nmln-lJauttcntlmi. ..The. "wo "On dd man touched her dcs In his upbrahh'd them tor their social cure were strangers, but when he lessiiess, he accepted their evpana wonted wav, as ho passtnl her going insinto forget her preoomv, lie foun.d no thought of tlo-iriva-witoward the door. He hesitated, and lie of th.ngs thinking med to have aoutlcr protest upon eontlnunliy cerity. Her d.a would like to s,vy to her. Ids lips. The daughter felt thut she hie In her knew no Ill pi and dreams nltogeihcr difOnce, could not keep her sorrow hack If and no propriety. liter conception of ferent from Ida In the shop were e,it le spoke. The chi man did nof note the when boys her, took her pbue He longed for log their n'oomhiy him h In the shade the pathetic tremble In lier voice as ri.e cried to her little sister, pmylng her, and venrm-i- l to tell her the great of the lu.Uhng, he hsAcd up from love In bis heart. Among the imv i phn-- of pie to say In k lull of the ..i the sr wlteels. He n.andded to lh'welr, roust nation, "kou fellers may talk Jennie, you "Ji n nee, J etude, ll'i't he Winded to n.uke t me a switch; I got to tend ward to about your purty cut nil you her. end In the seruwled letter he but 1 bet I've got one at home to your pa. lie's tuskin' me sjvoll this lie wrote so.ne girl,I Sent her Site ad led in a firmer nl youi- p it together. supjior. ,t Of these things o' you young fellers orto come voice,' "The very bhe of our movin." Some e whs she'vvnte tvnt One oo an see her." And when the feb And the old man. locking luck with vacation, at.d his p.wv winked at one another and set a smile, wenl-intcoining home for the twilight fall act whs very glad. He read ttnd re l man old t,H. a the .ughed, of Hugh, up rctol tie letter, and droned It off at und sold, That what 1 Said; and 1 and Mrs. to lllnkley tl.e supper table didn't smile when 1 said it: she' the Lacked Agent. tbe children. As be read It. neither purtivst girl ou ever saw f her dad ordered all the men to The king realized bc hearers mr the reader does sjij so" take the field. The chamvdUqr low much feeing the writer had pul how that told her they tdght lie apptoaobed the thrvme and words. "1 wnt Into the hovv he had "stuck tangW-d- , and had something, but his majesty whispered t.e honie with you all again." t to Ids wonts and made them shut up." sluok hi bead.linpcticutK. a tell to ineatit were won's These but she wns betiding over tbe stove lu Let the publicity end be taken story of hciirtaebe and loneliness and the dark corner, and he could nut see cure of by tbe women and children." wehe but they rmumouplace fla-- h in her eye, and the quick women and children, Ten the the "Hat are short. fell iHor and of hate that curled the muscles tured the cluncel or, wl.l have !'. a blunt In sensibility aa the com- quiver of lb ocoratc uitper lip. The old man and they can do to till the fortably rich, and the suggestion to the children prattled on until site the factories, keep the Meirse ojeu. Mrs. lllnkley of the possibility of any cvimseed herself, and Joined the fam- and so forth." tinman feeling In the Measly girl "Then let the puMIcvty end tkc heart would have fallen n baneu ily group. hed in care her of Itself!" the kirg insirteil she tosed That night oil. hun a pHtoW feverish ubUirnly. turned her ami the for When the day girl esuninj It The result was about what you arrived, Mr, limkley was gone from tired time. Site cursed the world. . The war wa fought social lta and arrauteiueid. old man might people, tbe Hen sly home, but the and suffer. hut when It make to valr brilliancy, wantel his from work ofT" a eojle "laid had day He was Joyful la the ho- - that be Her father d.graoe. and the thougli passed Into history It did an with aV that sle coub! not defend hlta ma-t- ( not a total lack of anything like d cnlgbt say some of the tender th.n-rha had written, and then keep uji the her frunilr. Whenll was nearly matti tlnctioa. St. tht THE PRODIGAL I daughter r ! 1 b-- b d 4 nnl AIXW jar tl, d aut jt-ip- -ttr t'l-x- 1t jw-- r k.t ou-l- y. ctn-er- lt' he-gi- ei-ulv- g txx-am- e diy-Bm- nk; 4 st d -- i , He Fell Into the printers Irjk ,i ew ear-ol- d Y est vs i r AOVEKTvSlUCi 0OltYtWG . 0HUTT1UG OFF TH' kt& r y ll i Tv V" p m OM MER AUtO Wv- - (AJ A o vav ' NER COAST AVitO Vitu. Qh AVOWS AVMVVB. 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