| Show A I 1 was wan tho the loveliest place for many miles around the little rod red famah tarm bouso use blinding big isolated in the midst of an birchard cir orchard chard halfway up the tb hillside and about in by a strip ot of wood which concealed it from tho the village below this latter defect might have been to remedied i by judicious olento openings hero bore all nod d there but mis rowel box wile was of tho the iid lal conservative kind nail and of often ten remarked that what had been good enough I 1 or her father nod and grandfather was rims good enough for her consequently she 10 lo wis was opposed to all change and improvement on her farm fann ind and this in truth bad been the th cause cacao of stephen greers who ot of the order could not bo be brought to hot hor place in the slow alow old wiy WAY that she pho preferred coplien Mop lien was working now DOIT at farmer lawas Lawa oaB five miles mile up the valley and lie alpod pod to bo be able soon to burchom a little niece of his hid own and to auk ask dessau brown brovo n 1 I a comi corners llyl rosy chocked checked maid 0 ja O hu his homo home w ii J whether or no beside would consent we wa a question with the gossips goi aipa for though bici heu haq as good looking oni gloor tho the girl ciri did not seem particularly irly to fancy him bare sonio sonia hinted sit at a lich 1 l u kip posed to have exited existed between dessle and aad alim rhoebe nephew an orphan boy whom bile bad 1 brought up and autch to educate anti who had ball ilia dia appointed bor bar expectations by auto idle find and habits of work ilg on the tb ciarma three years year ao ago she che hail W given him a little m money loncy land and pent him away to seek feck work f for of himself charging him never to colum or write to her bar until he elocia should ld bo be settled iu in cauto steady employment TIO n had gono gone wahl made borne money and ns As bia ban ant heard beard wasted it 16 in caustic cebal speculation thenceforth aho be 11 had mae him bun up as OLD u it con vinced that ITO ha would aliver never come to any good dot bat ono one bright mild day to early spring about bat months monib after Stop lown groer greer had left Ild laide a young man stopped at the carmene ran nora rest a low few miles from the malago ill a go and linked for a frugal supper jio ile was poorly clod clad oud and ovi evidently dently do hired to pahn pa ks as a arranger but ono ODO of the stabio luon recompiled to la him the loog long ab sent be nephew P hew of bit rowel tho no man did not hoo however rayer betray his h knoor kige and tho the gued guart laving amin pax t lacco ken of the merl meal 11 bo 11 had ad 0 ordered 1 11 0 1 cl w went lb t en n ta hia lay ay t 1 1 t to n question that be ait not pass tb throngs to ugh the T wage to buin ui take cak a n shorter ironto to the th main ma iq read about art aa hour he ha had left stephen greer camo came riding cidio pont past oud and seeing the hc landlady busted busied about her flower borders taking the beds bud and planting plan ting stopped lor for n few moments moment chat chab in the course of their talk mrs winter by mentioned their lite lato go cocat 0 to and their of liia its laing ruba r steel Il illicher liche aers nephew not likely stephen remarked carelessly if bo be wore doat 1 abat bat dolivo could be b have for wail wishing kIng to lo conceal it or of to by should he ha jo go through he IT neighborhood right through the bo hall MIT farm and not stop fitol to sue ROO IHN his aunt I 1 R 11 or to see BOO lacame licame I 1 tho the land lord m bo be was standing stand fo by and not loth both to lu season Sto stephen phera a ottlo folks used faed to any I 1 thoro here wa as a moro than ordinary taking lkins bo be who tween them u two and UAL was one reason I 1 fancy of his hl aunts sending lite away sho he W it will willing to lose loae Be secos services when a abbo 11 0 ingvor alio get retailer like bel her if febo searched lite lh country round tow bow 1 rd lay iny a wager tho the ladlie stop to see BC amold aa sweetheart and if youre ou on your way up bore steve stere havo have a v ZY to malo his hia acquaintance hes a fine looking fellow edito his bis shabby cloth stephen a little but mad bubl 0 of tho the sul ulic ct barly barly the next horatia mo morning ratia tho the little inn and the village ln acro ere in ft state of preat great to out mass abbo rowel hail had been found dead in bed bedkwith with marks of slogan fingers upon b her ar throat leon I 1 fand d the bureau in vi blob she kept he her money had bad been broken open fied it to contents abstracted aiom riom far anti and near most people hastened to lo the scene of tho the tragedy and poor beside wm was wal laigh distracted with the malti questions with which ahl LIT an WM was piled illel she had bad but little to tell on OIL the pro day MUR had her bar to go to a merrymaking at her aunts aunt la in the th Till ilage on ot of hor her being bade back to b her ar work by next morn mommy shelled abo hal returned punctually fit at tho ilia top pointed time and found david dames the old man H m he bo had bad stephen greers place quietly attending to his has early mordcid butic to her surprise she observed hor her ard mistreat bedroom window raised and tho the blind open anil and wrong had gono gon a to the window and looked looke to 10 sho she few miu Pha DIAll lying upon she hod bull aj if bua no byln to lo her bar repented repeated lubocki and calls demo bad called david and induced him to break open tho the door ot of o t the tbt room loom when they disco vercil tho the old lady to bo be quite dead and cold there wore tracks of a ratios facto fact evidently in him hia stockings outside tho the window and a fow few threadom of coarse woollen cloth appeared caught upon ft a nail on one side of tho the sub the secretary bad not been forced open but unlocked with th a loy koy which was loft left remaining in tho the lock and none of at tho the con seats of tho the drawer bad done doa ex apt tho the money and an old fashioned watch that had Im bolo longed nod to robart stotts filth ar who the cuilty flarty woe was lad hal not dot tbt least AS to a simpio TU al who hal kiil spent ut ilia hu aholo D hol 0 lifo late lu in thin neighborhood without a word of in ill lining bing said mid of lim him no DO ono ever dreamed of accusing lim him among those who to be on hearing tho be no m b to thu ilia scene of the ani chuoc wa ill tho e cad aud ho be nt at ones in formed the tha magy whom bore ho he fauld there of the appearance of robert steel nt at his hia and his strange Tope oct and behavior thin scanned scanted arouca to clear up oil tho the iiii tory ol of tho the case and bartlen aero ere instantly unit nully to manor tho the country in imrch of tho the supposed culprit more bufore noon ho he was irma disco discoverer verel making for tho the railway station diction arol anil wax was brought into the tillage securely handcuffed an and d t lodged 0 d ge 1 iu i ml ail i i 0 fi firmly r m f y an and d protested hla his innocence ile ha had bad returned from tho the west game timo time notice mace he mid and bod bad been working gat abc any chanco lob that bo could get until hearing carios li ot of good to bo be had bad on the now new railroad ho he lied hafl started thither ty by a 3 route led hol yat past lit hit old homo home ot of hid has aunts parting injunction he be had no idea of stopping to see her but bo be that after leaving the Far mcra and coining ill hi might ot of tho the little red homo co ca the iho hill hil the temptation to call and speak oi a fow few to w till ilia hia old sweethearts bessie WM was too strong to to ro inal la in the early curly dimac bo be had pai dawod goca through tho the orG orchard hard but to his bb dis dismay runy encountered his hia aunt instead of hessic bessie on hearing his account of f bline elf ibe be bad been kinder than he bo anticipated hud had given him a good supper tin fin it we wa im am portana shut be should reach his bis domec 1 I tion lion in timo time had gone couo into her bar UJ whence phil bho returned ith A new five dollar bill to help lim him on las vi aland ay fand big bia fathers fit beia silver watch vo which she bho said kaid raught now bow ba b of use noc to him sho she bad not asked lafin to romain remain all bight 1 9 h probably r 0 bubly she ebo feared his meeting nicot mf i knib 1 1 aa 1 in the iho coming ind it I coiny A mild moonlight Sal glit lie ho had regulated duag I 1 bix in journey sleeping Blo opU al aello ittle in the shed oa forgo this was the account ho he gave ot of bimm lf in explanation of hu has ro tomelon melon of tile ilic watch which latter dazzle identified only oue one person believed him and ti an was lcuio herself bc reolf abo rest of tho money people paid enid ho he must have bavo concealed somewhere along the tend rond it vaa As remembered that he knew ot of the secret place v hero here his hid aunt aunts wall to to keep the key of bar secretary a lich act accounted counted for its lt being unlocked instead ot at broken open to strengthen the abo circumstantial evi deuce booco him his footer footprint scio G oc t dan the jurt tho ot of fault fouad beneath e att h tho andow bile the ibo woollen threads found upon tho the nail were pronounced byla by hale ralf a dozen doxen ioele constituted midges to ta correspond with various tanous dilapidated portions of has bu garments but the iho most conclusive evidence him was that of stephen greer who do dared ared that having baling remained nt at ilia iho village lim ian till post paiit nino nine on tho the evening to in question he be had bad then started for homo home hen bo had seen coca a mao man coining catalog handily down through miu mass doii It oela ats orchard from tile tho direction of tho the house ila ho led had a g good 1 new I ear of him barn in tho the moon mean light and ca could of take lako oath that robert steel was the man and further that ho be had in has bin blind band a small candle bundle to not at found upon him when and that on seeing hain bo I 1 in tl tho a bum buhas bils apparently endeavoring to conceal himself two etc cir cum aich robert positively 0 6 o local it was in the ibo early april that thin alj event occurred at tho the hillside farm and tho the trial of robert hobert steel A not dot como come off for some roo uth I 1 meanwhile the little red farin fann house was deserted except by divid david dames baroca who ze re t timed tamed amed charge of the place for B lcuio casna aal 1 ad gone to live with her bar taunt aunt in a the i village she had bad not visited stinted the tha Hilli tido fm farm for many since that faw fatal ernt c nt which lial hai given citati itati if an yil name in h lie he country I 1 7 cot but one ona day a neighbor having ao no a with david dames mallard induced a sic 10 lo to accompany her lack back to her old hot has JL x a 0 tho place bad been bleak and n layout bare vi a she loft it la in april but ab alio now faced it in all the luxuriance of earl corly so Bo minor me 10 a trees tree in fall call MIM be if favorito V 0 lowi and to in bloom blo oro a and th tho irda I 1 walka and up ath it afrika r a and weeds i beneath tho window by which tho the b 11 r glar bad ont onterial ereal had beat marang up build a little vi ilder room of weeda I 1 i Bes bessiea sies companion app r 0 claudi thin thial in order to got a glimpse 0 of f the room with 10 a 4 at tile tho baino area moment a baroug aba 1 I 0 odor or if aw AM afram rom tho the trampled vi cell bc So catti the why sho h J in n sur surprise III 1 I knew on aa you lied lad lum horo hore 1 Is I that erect alyssum aly saum donnie ankin cowered indifferently I 1 0 0 j down dovo at the ilia plant 1 I 1 don dont t know how it onion caino hojo bore I 1 never saw it before abal odd I 1 inear neier knew of abit a lit of ru eject eat alys imog in ia this hl neighborhood except what mrs mra toa brought from her toasters tra lat last spring 31 abo gave U ILAI M phoebe sonia of 0 the kaul at anny rat ill tako take ITA ny a sproul dir dear dear what a lot of ein can there hero is among orlou the ho and heres 0 buo ouo gro growing ing in ui the moss and ahr dirt I 1 1 in the co corner m ocr of tho the window rill mil tho ila wind must a llama cm am hero bore im boade madoo madja ila reply and she abo wax waa unusually on their a homo home f Ibo bo cir bad not bet her bo ardow moly that mass rambo bad never lind say ony seed scoot of bf sweat how then caroo came it to bo be 0 on tho abo f from the scattered arf chich IS it grew ilia seeds must have been dropped accidentally and oo on the iho sill bill of that tory by bob tho the burglar had tho houam alio felt in a her 1 sl heart tb that a t ito bort S sacci leel hand no cr that n aindow sill vi ho then hid bd loft that mysterious tz to rise up 10 against hoel huu f Rati atleas slid mid agitated bank art alert rating that night tho the next morning nc buforo before tilt san WAN waa fairly risen nan found her on n tier wa a ta tha I 1 fannora Fann cra hcan J it nam a of same five or more yet she he no not t of fatigue lita as she eha pr adaly t falous a I 1 oil the iho lonely read through stan lly baal cho bho bod a alloo uL loo errand to amro lUnt Ilin ciby und and on her or far rival having this thia PLO ii turned the subject to the garden of she fihe know the ibo landlady to be so BO proud 0 x 1 I or ax pr course she aho was waa invited to see rec it t find 1 at it wa not hodg ere cro she ho deported tho the plot p ot of cf all cat album of which she eba had bad heard beard 1 I that o ho bo only sweet aly simin in this thia part of tho the country NIL mra 1 aldeff eil 4 proudly its it a very enic yarb and pou erful sweet moiling I 1 data pay y you never RAW aw any of it before 6 only once bassin an ercol I 1 ui posa polls yoa yea bover glo cite away any of the d r 1 well Vc ll I 1 any any to asre are in tit tin ST not at L modou morou a that flint I 1 cot from my sister lambkin erton n south ar lr lannon laaron boute I nna bums powerful led red nud I 1 did add send bern her n little pinch loach but when I 1 asked her ngo ago how it ft vaa toi as gron hig abo he mid an ad she bho nover mt cot it I 1 ill it dolve tv to give awny away thu than full fall and 3 ouro A to s borno 0 m 0 it yon 0 11 mittit a it boio iva I 1 nic niro 0 t thing h a n to yb anro 7 in a garden min eflin ito sweat of cot an ov aning and some falki liko like it put accy in a proa it kelpa AH ny moths i is hearal baard ill iw be clad and to bare rome nome im sure auro mid delaia its ita ozity pity mrs sl lawman got get her aad alb bo 0 du did MH on bacud them by y I 1 by stephen greer ono evening volon bo be stopped ceat outside the fence bake while I 1 aoa blower beds ha aabol whirl I 1 hafl an planting and whoa whim I 1 said aard sweat 01 i boro am I 1 ba said bald hod hed never heard of it ft but one 0 w when lea mrs L lansou ava son was w oluff for somo became it used to grow in her mothers gial gar ded so then I 1 guy a him a pinch on be b dropp dropped edem cu in lib his beskit pocket car carelee elem like ilko trot tead of tying cm em up in paper ond and shoes tile iho dayi tako take it they came cama to bo be lost DONIOS heart was WAIT beating 0 so o fast ni As nearly to choke her to conces couces her agats two she stooped down to examine tho the plait pl iut jit ax as aila said caid I 1 that liko stephen greer ilen alv aln lay ay careful and cau cautious loum how long ago binco banco YOU saw raw him bim thai ahafi luis f 01 well nigh upon amo mouth ago stay now I 1 tho the robert steel stopped hero to lo got supper I 1 know it belese he ha gadrat hardly got out of sight when came campalong along aud and i my old man got cob to stoking hloi him about buum bon y ana yoa loot lal abc with ft a sigh atwould tw fi been better istler it hed never come 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