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Show I 1 Uli; OOLOXUGQtX I W 1 ' HwMltm la Effl total. n.f fel P1 ItwasnitainTntwIr., for It -Hr ?,ll f , only result of a stromr mint I' I I ' TJ SB ? tmnjrtrwki, wl ntiMlrltwM kI IB 8 cniuMftrfbynomniMolirinl JH ! ' 5 JftlmAtrbrrdial tint ilinnTiinfl LiS j ' sronM to safer In lila llitllnglit.r pVi 9 I kwprhjf thanm lila on There wro TH f 5 thlrtes anl hwln men at tola n j "fll K roll rh, m (it 1I new col lriili, "' : K 1 they won!! know of Ms I'tll Tliey 'JD I f woulltroiialilytrtoannMit. M R f'j They worjlleiarcli all soltlifcniinrns; S K - M lliift I Mw In tlio nHglilxtrlHl f 1 U Oil 31 I SI tent! IberinWitetoicrwp Into the hut Wi m ." I ! ,t nljrW, tofwl mi!" 1.1. jHllownml Si 91 .mwiithUroiiBlitMlnKforlln '""' M jS! IS esrth that flk hated caill other f r If mm m. . i i 0,,caii;iiittiitiiief iittouiisiHvitiiim, rjS K 1 J but Utler not to ran th risk of I in MR H J lib trevnr. an lw ! It to DM! tM Bl , J ' initio tuTollttorktioi. Ththtre if tip H I I ibT dljrjttniriwoiillbotoociinnlria- vVflC fti f tntlilnkofeiamlnlnijaiichan lini'roba- SSI Si i " b!Mllt.ilan. M n ff Vwi must tl prrfnt car of It, i!r PW IB g Ilnr" sail John Archer "lllsforymir ? I W ' mother " Ami Wo stotrnl the little JSHT I K & nnet away lu a mnier of HietiMwork Wri Wi M box which had le-en her inullier'e nn JR? , Faffi I a Jrr tb cotton an 1 Hi sucks aha was Sm fVatl S Jamlnu for In r father, hhe Mt iluly Jim Mi S wrlxhtnl wilh tha rej nIMlltj Mio MH SK g kntwthatlhlayrllowrartliwaaofirnat UbR 1 ffl Yltie,forhrr fllur,l(vnliii(litTlnoIliT, MR hH wlifivrmrryilfllrnte, wlllmmiflrlrnli Mm PI i ' ' lnl)ri.biin-,li.vlr..MieAlonR, wrnrj waj tmn mK m i to tin 1 It, an 1 alio lia-1 won liU lorrow, H lf! 0 i Vli iImiuiIp. ! afli li1 III lul HJ (B I ' f?rly wirknl with dck ami fja.la Hi liH P wllhont (In bug what ho lotinht 3k SB l llarlnit III IJiutliolltllonniKFt away, K' HH ? lflo camo ontif Uio hut to look roiin I fv B f au 1 m If any one waa near who might o iff f 7 'ro wn 'lrr' 'n' 0!19 vrBi nMr KS (Mj f I who might hare. m n her imlylllllytha HS H llek-Klin Hilly, the Aboriginal mnn Hi WL ' ri'1' Mr'0 Vf,l rnm nn 1 tobaoco, an 1 Bi IB 1. f who wni hopping flrrwoM for her. Hjg . Kinff Hilly erilenlly ha 1 not aeen, for P tW iv' henaawielllnir. the ai with qnllo ei- Ed fi cei tlonal vlk-ori and If llllly ha 1 aetn It Ilia! Hi ' SaU wonUn't haro tnnttcroiltery much, for MS DK : SaT I-"1 Ini'lnl him. RI H JK4 ' "u'e ' aioh for trailing lit! flS ' v KlnfC lliiiy. the black, waa anmewbat 79Q Bfi ' Hie atrAnge,an(lUworibynfbelngrrconIerb !SR lK ' Kff bho triiatcx blm becauao aho hail been ' li'fi Ws llmltolilm. !Ki ,1Hj3 ' JK Hut Ulla waa only twtlre, fll 3itl E Aa the chlU tool In tb lroal light. USw ' XFf hertuinUe.1 hAybuM hair klsavJ uttil lUtW I A lllninliinl by thn tall rayaof the iun HiHtn j m anil ber round, trnfctf ul blnoeea ihKlM "flffi ' jBQ from the glara by two little brown fcffli i Sj ban 1, watching King llllly at hla work, JHH Be A flock of laughing Jackiuae Allghtctl In BRB W neighboring gnm tree, an laet up a ile- Jfffi Si monlao rachlnatjoii, Wli.it tna.e the ffffl KB' llloineneJUnbimtnAilfym'rrrr What Iffll HK Wiathj)l(?EnVatruU Il.liy'a pratl MB I & tuJe? TheyfalM o eiplaln, but their iMB I t? amuwimnt waa bngo an 1 aanloulc. OS ffi "Drlrt)ieni nwAy, II II) ," ciM Fffie, uD Hr4 An 1 the. bbetllent llntf ilropjie.1 hla ut raj Brf'S Anil threw a faggot of woul at tho tree, H t ? which atopjieililie laughter ami Iptr. 1H?) M1 " 'nerry makers JK H. 'Illllytlre.lnow,"aAlllhob!Ackgrln. ffl3i HL y nlngl ' too lunch work i lenly wood," ms Wi ,I"1 '" H1"'"1 to tho reenlt of hla labor Sj W' "Vea, that will 1 enough, tliank you. jSH Yore a kuuI boy, I'll glie jou aouia Sr "llilly'a thlrnty." Vy "Then )ouahAll bars aoiue lea." j!i ; "Xotea. Hum" 1 No, llllly. Hum ln t gon.1 for you." I u Hood for mineral good for llllly If i 'No, It a not goal r mlnera," aal 1 f I file nni lntlcllyi ' It inakea thi in fight I an 1 lay wlcVc.1 thinga." up j J 'Makea Hack filler f.il gol," ile- &. I jfc dared llllly, rolling bladunkyoea. 1H 1 5k. ThliIatrgniuiiitwAairi'clIe, rnio jUJ' j 5K, went Into her Imt-her falher ha 1 nc ,fHj F tunii'd to hla work-on liwiireil a lltllo fl UW ' ','' rpltlta from John Archer Ituk Into n ill IF,, 'rtnnlkln" llllly drank tho fjlrlta with Ujl I im rolling oje uxked hit Una. nml thin '.' HI t B 'll'V JW" '" "' '"",ou ' ' tna '"" t ". ImI J BJ lhn long Afternoon jinaned very alowly r3k !Kj1 fit for Idle. Her few till) ng dullea iu J MS f v& buek-perweloaoond n Till ltttld I? 181 r M. but waa tldll mil thiirlmploirenliig tK flK J K Sim! nreunnil, nn! aomo lioura intut ItS fiu SB' I beforober father returned. How Wl I 8P - cou! 1 tho pau tha timer Mm ha 1 only S Oft l t! tw" book-A JJlblo mil n oliimo of Bii y ,lor1"1 'r '"" iri"' wi,t'11 i10 " 1 BBS i X' "" "' I""' Kbool In llnabane. jf! Hut ho w aa too ) onnf to npprx lata tho Mj lint, e-i.tlally aa the tr Uingnry ST' auiall It wna ilinicult nadlng.niilaho I I Kijj bal grown la yon 1 npnnf I ulng tho v I m) atoriei for llttlo (rlrla, havlrg known B Bm 'k thim by heart tbriMjeora In fore. Shu B J!S,j wonllllkotoliTOlt. JJ?T El erj thing urouiid her augted Atid I BL i Inriled the uleaU-tho atea ly hejti tho I 17 brigbtneea of tho light wllhout tho buti fjm K the dlilaut innrmur of ml iera' ilcea, B ! th wbicli ciuno from beyou 1 on ler tielt of Til JA waltla gnma, the inonotonoiu limn of HiBs tho IwunUlnthoforMii tho OLniMontl I 11 fretful ir) of u atrange llnl, aul tlm M' II regular aiiorea of 1 ho falh n king, who i I m I ; I alnmlKrcllnthualiuloofthehiit lien I'M ' thobiuj of tho Annoying tHitAjulatnl J m . tho giit ral iffect aud brought drowal I! (n ; Xluea. . iSS 1o remain Hill for n few mlnuUa ' m I woull Imvo meant Inetltably falling I Hal " ",p Bl,f1 "'la, and rtinenlaml I ID ) tlio lltUa gill uugget If alio ilept, m m thlif might come, mil tako It Zb And wi aho pat on her hat, and, foiaak- UdA . !ng the leOucllvo cool and ahado of the j Ig but, went out Into tlw brlghtnuu and beat , W Jl Aicherahiitatooilcu the deof tho I 41 rallej.oierujriluatthifootof tliobluo, i H M lioaUlir Uinlired )illU About illiy , j "I ywda dlitunt from Ik, hidden wuoiig tlm Sj I'M I tree", w win high mowgrown ruck, nt tha ffl J I' I bmwif whltll I Mo lu.1 aicoensl the; !l ! 1 ll , 1 1 nnAlle.1 au 1 aw eotcat of natural m rlnga. mt M Tuither tlo (hill ron-looklng lnk BH' j (' I oltiutin-ollm no odd npiirou hed tlm Bfi 'trf 1 1 I bntlu lur uWnco-to lwtli her Iun. KH: " I In n tow mluuua alio ntunwil drying T"Jl4 i, I her face Iu her npixiu and ahaklng her M ! wUhalrlntbo.un No eno ha 1 iina, "J! 1 II. bntKlug llllly waa now AaU,nM Uj i! aljuihlng bully oa toward tu4 - 111 rftoUngl- i ' I" "- hell"tfriTrdf ilbw liln.na ihooMera liowe-1 8V UugVe.1 1 th i 0( ,, lllln.iK, and that ha lliotild 1 k wttrel after aueli a cry llllle w i chopping HKeiriu Hill laoghlng At King I aa aba il ned tlio old workleix tn tk another "vl At tho il!ow tryiunre, nr.d to make nnltfi luro thAt tha heat lndnt inetleJItawnj. Alll it waaiittll! m ly that tl' laneh dlnl from the jnelty erea and inimtli-npilto eluwly, bxJnao of tha momenta It t k to reillro nu I m optAia'ufortnnflw tenlhlA theii alio llfle,i the maro am ka An l lookeil An 1 anwno btilo K"ld nuggel-Mw iu t-ilng Then hwri r nn 1 grit fear grew' In thil bine eeea And pnlo Agi uy elept orer tha rhllillah faro An 1 made It old, mil the poor little heart teemed to Ktnn beating IlfSe ai 1 nothing and inn lo no rry, tut .!, cloee.1 her ejea tightly for a nwtn at nnd tcioaedin the lox naln. I , itWoanolUuiloni tho little, nugget a not lucre the flrtt iro! 1 her father lu.1 foon 1, which bad lieen lnlrnatel to ler rare whlili wna to bale lxen taken to her miilier It waa gone Him pnl down the box qnlto quietly nn I walked t, it Int 1 1 ie day, but tho aun waa ahlti leg ry ainngely And mlatlly now, nn 1 tl.e i ly ha 1 grown black, nn 1 tho Uvea xinul to moto weirdly, nnd tha I vu'Ia had reaanl hiiidmlng from fear, lut lie etrnngo birl waa wmewhira rear ahrleklng bniktnlyt "What will falter MJ? W hat will father aayr IIjI Aa the child atood there, ileepalr-lott ileepalr-lott hi i eight grew cleaixr, Aud aho aiw a black figure among tho tree And alio waa comclotia of a pilr of dnaky ej m nalihlng her through tho le-iiin. Then only alio remembered, nn 1 alio knew who In 1 di no tbla cruel thing. Kltu Illll) I Aul i-li- lii 1 b m kin I tohim I Olo pa I leiily burst Into iiaaalonuto nobbing llio t la k figure atlll hoiercl Among the ln, ofun changing IU oai!loii, atul the ilnaky eyea atlll jieerel throngli the leirea, and tho linghlug jackaaaei few diwn'tn tho (II tnv Again, mil laughed moro madly than liefore liugbeil at rjlle'a truit At llilly'a gratitude! It waa 10 o'clock, an 1 darkneea mid quirt relgnM In John aVixhrr'a hut Orer among tho tenta behlu 1 tho wnllle gumt a few gamblera An! henry drinkers drink-ers wen atlll awake, an! their Tnlcea, ralaeit in anger or ribald merriment, might OLCAalouAlly liaio lieen faintly la-inl from the hut Hut Archer, who lull sown his will onts, was a trno wotkeri And ho ha 1 hla llttlo langhUr, for whoao aako ha Imd built tho hut away from tlia nolay camp. rchcr had come liomo I lie and weary, as usual, bal coten hla au r aud gone to rest without, tn rule a Inlenao rtliif, speaking of tho llttlo go! 1 nngget. Tlio child waa afrnld to rjieAk of tho loaa, ah 1 site waa not w Ithout rnguo hopi a that n lieneflcent provldenco would restore tho nugget during tho darknoaaaih! a.ivo her from this grc it trouble. F( r this alio pniyol ery earnestly lav fon sho Iny down to le Or did ho sin p at all that night! Hlio never n,nlto knew Dnt she thinks that It was then that sho tint uperlenced lliat tcrrlblo, purgatorial condition which la neither walrfnlnrM nor eleep, when tho body anl mind aro weary enough to bring the iirofunnd sleep which they require, lrul which tho brain is too otcruden anl too crmlly Actira toallowi whin dreams tooia reallllca anl realities dreams. It must luvo been a drium when sho saw- something small and ) el-low el-low float through tho tiny -window on tho ghostly allrer moonbeama. Anl yet. whm, liAvinx chanal her tyea, alio o-ii-.l them again, It was still Ihero liorerlng aliout In the dnrkm-sa lena bright now, And w 1th a pabi ) ellow lia a Hut U fadinl qulto Awayi it was a cruel, morklng dreanu Theu was It a dream when tho eld curtain cur-tain which divided her corner of the hut fn m 1 er-f athcr a moved lie ir tho ground bulged allgbtly towAnl ber? It would bo curioua to ree, and sIih lay still I mm tin ler tho curt nln seemiel to come a thin arm, nn 1 slowly, tautioualy, after tho Ann, a heu I Willi a great slunk o! inlr And tho moonbt ama Just toucheil A face. I think tmy klated It, though It was black, fcr they fuitnl iu a block haul thttllttlo)ellowobJKtwlili.U bad lloateil Iu tho first dreiuu It waa nil so real, so beautlfnl, that the child lay atlll, einrve daring to brcatho test tlio vision should melt aw ay, An! when In ber dream cainej the a olco of her father, with tho word), ' Vaal. or 1 11 flro!" her llia rrfuitd. to cuiu lint It wna no droum whin tho shot came, mid tho lllack King rollc-1 over on tho enrth, dead, with tho llttlo gol 1 nugget nug-get ho hail coma to rcetoro I n-a-x.il In tlm death Agony ngalmt his heart, whsru, too, was n llttlo gol 1. And tho lau,-hliig birds In thoold tree, startle! from thdr slnn by tl shot, latiklu-al onco wore, wit Uy and inally, At Ullly't lioneslyi butthcro waa bitterness bitter-ness In their merriment, for their ni.u-Icr, ni.u-Icr, tho devil, bad been cheated of tho soul of a lllack King C Had I m Cluun-Kri Cluun-Kri In O ik Hough and Wattlo llloawuo. |
