Show p 2 FRDERICK FR rr R r DERICK ERICK JOHN UPHAM ADAMS author of 0 th kian aped Colot colonel tal monroen doctrine etc 0 I 1 1902 9 r BT T A all by br T FA 1 ra ICK J W ADAMS all AJ J dra 1311 E a CHAPTER Contin continued tied to i ar vi rn r hood to como come at this thin hour 1 ahe be buffo said bald I 1 spoke to vou oil thin ening of 0 my dar friend bioni california mist garden carden allow me to present him god bleto you both I 1 and thus lie met after the weary night flight of years Tn anderly derly laying B illace illahe 1 ake bac babii on the john el clasped jo J ali nl a hands hand and looked la in her br face john desai f lake her in your arms anna johni john dont don t mind me she loves his voice died alth ith a whisper and with a long drawn sigh he clotted closed his acs lie a dying call the doctor ex claimed tar and pity chasing the love light bjorn her eyes dont for him im all right now pleaded illace illahe opening hla his eyes lt toe me lie heie and talk to you the right 0 it you two its is better than all the drugs or I 1 havo something to tell you miss bliss car d din an I 1 you promised not to talk inter erupted john durt burt with tt a look at blake which lot hal all tile the effa et 0 of a command coinman ii let ine say just a he ex claimed lo 10 me lice you two together and to hold your our hands handa in mine af tor ter oil all that has happened gives me now courage and renewed ambition the sound of came caina from the adjoining room all of blake a faculties facilities seemed deemed abnor mally acute Is riot not that edith ralth 8 voice he be asked she sha la is to tn the other room said bald jessie jennie lot let her coins in pleaded blake john made a gesture 1 ot of disapproval I 1 should like to see her but yom know inow best I 1 suppora john he said dr hart ness nesb the room and signaled to john that the interview I 1 val ZV 14 john I 1 koz jear P I 1 must end blake gallantly raised jessies hand to ills hla lips good bye until I 1 m better belter ho he said almost gaily ion wi and john have faed my life john escorted jessie to the door whispered a few woods wolds and returned to blake a side elde you re a god john said blake la in a low tone you are the only man in the he corli worl worthy the love of such buch a woman it la Is merciful to draw the curtain over the two hours which followed at last a moment come when tile tho grave face of dr harkness Ilar kness was vas touched with a smile ot of professional lonal pride as aa he drew from an incision a flattered flattened jagged piece alece of lead the patient glanced at it with ith pa pain indis Us ported eyes and then sank into a sloop sleep the aak awakening ening from which meant so BO much in deciding tor for life or death CHAPTER the end peter hurt durt stood by the galev gateway ay anil and shadd 1108 eyes with ills hla haud hand as he u gazed do down doan an the road tu two 0 wehe before ahat hat day he had bad received hit his alist itter toan it briefly and modestly recited the story of his struggles and of his big success and ended with an account 0 of th the 6 tragedy which resulted in the death ol at arthur anti and the wounding of dg blake ke the old fashioned clock had sound bound ed cd the midday hour and voter burt looked belond the turn of the he road where tho the yellow brown ot of du dut dust t had dulled the green of foliage respond ing to the touch of a whip a spirited team of horses borcea dashed ahead as they reached the summit of the hill sari san rounds was driving and a stranger to peter durt burt mas au beside him birn john burt and jessle jessie were viere la in the rear seat god Is very good to us ua john said bald I 1 peter burt us as ie be took hla his grandsons grandson 3 hand and looked through glad tears into his face ills hla stern old face grew tender as he turned to jessie carden an old mans blessing on your pretty head lie he said gently to touching the folds of her hair with ibis hla huge palm you are iery ry my daughter daup liter ter and it Is god a will that y you 0 u ahall be happy I 1 am glad to s seo ee you S amnel lie he looked so re angly at th silent i i to an sea do va air be isid lex extending tending his band but any friend bof I 1 of my iny grandson fl a Is welcome to such nuch hospitality as a burt can offer aye aye air captain burt BI my y names name a hawking john hakans and im I 1 in coming ashore said the gentle man stepping from the carriage peter burt grasped him by the shoulders and stared into hla his face jack uck jack hawkins of the ahe dead bascome liaa corae to UK life and god Is good to his bla erv aery ant forgive nie me hawkens as lie he has ban me nothing Nol liing to forgive captain burt barf exclaimed john hawkins heartily as he grasped the patriarch a hand you dropped roe me off the in lie he right i lace and at the right time destiny ardeis all these things anil and old and I 1 ai aie e thuma chum 0 tell you all about it captain burt when ve have lots lota of time linked arm in arm the old captain and hla his first mate entered the wide door of tho the buit farmhouse never had bad the great oaken table upheld such a dinner mrs jasper was temporarily Hup supplanted planted by a ch chef effrom from boston rare old plate came tor for the first time in john s recollection from mysterious chests stored away in the attle attic those who the board never will forget the invocation offered hy by peter durt burt when lie be blessed the food the shadows which bich dark ened life his life had all been lifted and the austere cloud passed from hla his features as fog before a quickening bale 0 0 0 a glistening in a new coat of paint the standish sh bobbed at the landing when john helped jessie on board they had accepted sam round s R in vi tation to a clambake at churchill a grove and sam asked all ills his old fi lends and neighbors kor for the first time lime in the memory of the living gen aeration peter durt burt attended an out ing under tile the giant pines he be sat bat with join hawkins and told and its bened to tales of the sea the standish pointed ekr bow out towards minors minor a light picked her way bettein threatening rocks uzi un dr der the shadow of black reel keet john dropped the anchor and watched the lino until it became taut ai the ing tide swept them near the rooks above hla his head he could see the spot where lie le had bad knelt as a boy and listened to peter burt while he prayed to the god who ruled the storm for some minutes no words were spoken do you remember the last time we vi were ere hero here Jessie 9 he be asked yes lohn without raising rals lne her eyes do you remember what hat I 1 bald to you that day jessie I 1 I 1 think thick I 1 do john I 1 it may ma y have been the reflection of the sun eun but a touch of crimson came to her chocks cheeks it was a long time ago john find and perhaps lye ive forgotten juat what you said can you repeat it I 1 an arm reached out and the little band was clasped 1 I 1 told you that I 1 boned you jessie he sald paid the hand made no attempt to escape I 1 told you that that love was aas m inspiration that no domall on oil earth should haare it that no matter whatever hat ever befell ou ot 01 rain happiness or borrow that my ambition was mas to see ou showered with all the blessings god can call grant to a good woman I 1 said that if a day came whom when I 1 had a right to ask bour our love in return that I 1 should do so making no clatin claim on our old friendship and thon then you hadd something jessie du do you remember what you said bald darling I 1 I said that I 1 wanted you to love roe me but not to speak of it again until I 1 said you could bald jessie lifting her laughing eyes you can say may it gaill if you wish to john two soft arms were wera around hlo hi I 1 neck and two sweet liag met life ills you knai I 1 would mould wait for you john didn dian t you I 1 john ducts modest m laina loii standa on oil tile crest of the hill which slopes dopes down to the old farmhouse it coni manda a superb afen ifen 0 of the crescent swepp sweep of ocean beach and also of tho the quiet beauties of hongham lay bay verdant terraces and winding paths and roads roada come to the edge of the yard uri un lint the old lo botn rile nerg band has been he ing ancret to the ancestral founder if tle ale housa of curt burt in the long summer days jesle jearles u rh ildren play about acter burtt knees nearly fly score years have 0 oi er his head bead ills file shoulders urs lire bent and the v voice 0 ice falters alters at times but ilia his eyes preserve the spark of their wonted fires watched and cared for by those who love him he be calmly awaits the coming coining of the reaper into whose w I 1 1 0 s e gar ner long since have been ga gathered tb e r e d the atoms of his generation Kene rallon A few miles away another mansion fronts fronta the ocean james blake and his fair edith have been blessed with two children and with fill each others other love A roguish boy bears the name of john and a dainty dalgity little roles miss re onila to the name ot of jessie james blake in now in fact as well as in name the head bead of the great firm so BO conspicuous in this narrative in a thousand ways he be lag has merited the confidence reposed in him by john durt generous as yet almost to a fault he has acquired with res response ability that breadth of view and poise of judgment which found its highest expression in the man who made his fit lc c e 88 possible retiring from active business when most roen are making a start john burt has devoted his time to the study of statesman iship in its purest sense pense political honors have crowded upon 11 poll him there are thousands nho share the confident faith ot of his lov joy ing mire that the highest place to la the gift of the people shall some soma day crown his career there are frequent reunions in the old id farmhouse or on the loui lawns surrounding john burts rest real benec once a year sam rounds su au a clambake and john always manages to be pros pres ent to the latter a inquiries con berning the future mrs rounds sam turns ft a grinning untroubled face no man in rocky woods is a bach eloi until lie he Is way past sixty S tra im decla declares reB an I 1 rn spry yet as a colt in clover Ls ma bia rounds Is a bit doubtful my matrimonial chances but I 1 has haa hopes holies I 1 still has hopes edith may I 1 help you to some more of them clams jessie please pass young master durt burl a plate its it to empty already how that boy grows grow a lie ile B s coming coining up like sparrow graBa at af ter a rain mrs rounds bustles bustled around her eves bright with the joy of being busy bugy you set down dou mot ma rounds corn com mands sam in a hopeless tone set bet right down and let ua too young folks wait on the table I 1 can cant t break her of john I 1 swan I 1 just can cant t to do with her well raising a glass of oe sparkling elder cider heres god bless all good people an happy days tew few all of yet ye the und end |