| Show the shadow of the sheltering Shel teria pines A new romance of the storm country y GRACE MILLER WHITE gujt br the IJ K X fir company 1 till III III till I 1 III TONY ANOTHER TESS lean loan against me dear murmured philip A and rid this th is timo oh tony dont leave me today without telling me you lote me a lot tony glimpsed him vilh one little glance her eyes bere star bright 1 I lote you moren the bhole horld she trembled moren I 1 inow how to tell fell tim this confession con frion of love comet comes right in the middle of thas ahn fascinating fa cina cinat ting story there theres a lot of exciting action ahead of it and till still more after it before tonni bel Pend lehaven ret gets everything the world can five give to one little girl irl this Is another of the thrilling stories by grace graco miller white of the torn storm country of new york state it wa was ten teso of the storm country that made mary pickford fairbanks famous and tony is i another tess te over copie copies of the author authors romance romances hare have been sold in book form and anti motion picture pictures hate have made her name a household houie hold word CHAPTER 1 1 tony for short another winter had bad lifted its ley icy fingers from the storm country and uke lake cayuga and an early spring had brought from the south the red breasted robins and thousands thousand of other birds to build their homes in the forest city us ithaca N Y Is well melt called for to the south the east the west and even to the north where here the lak lake cut sharply around a corner broad forests stretched their lengths and heights of leaf and bough on minla ture mountains one evening on the western side of the railroad tracks a girl stood before a email small building over which like ropes ct of green draped the branches of a wiping willow tree this building was different from any of the other habitations near it in that it was n as well painted aid and the door stood open all day a strange little girl that gazed up with searching eagerness ca nt tit the two lighted signs that had arrest ed her attention in her arms she held a diminutive guinea pig and the way she hugged it close demonstrated her love for it THE SALVATI SALVATION ARMY she spelled out and thoughtfully consid ered it everybody Is welcome here she read slowly that meant that anyone could enter it if he lie wanted to she decided and as Ton donnibel nibel devon did want to go in she softly tiptoed up the steps and peeped into the room As there was nobody in sight she aldred in and looked about welcome was curved in letters letter of red aboe above a table and the silent young stranger sighed she under stand how a girl could be really wel come anywhere of course her tier moth cr er liked her and missed her when she was away but tony knew of no other place where she was really wanted but the canal boat called mary and dirty mary for short shork which had been her home eer ener since she could remember glory be to god in the hig highest best swung in letters of gold acro a fie tile right wall and to the left stand still and nd see the salvation of the I 1 lord ord kept her attention a little longer bhe bile know what they meant hut but the varied colors shining brilliant in the tile bright light calmed her turbulent spirit and made her happy she bugged the pig closer bent her tier head and kissed the top of its ear all 1 I guess were in a church bussle the he said aloud and you austn t grunt or squeal like you do on the dirty mary its it s awful nice and quiet slat aln t 14 it honey were you speaking to mel me I 1 ald lit a voice from near the door devon bied to her tier feet turned around and siw a it young man looking at her A alime of red rushed over the tanned skin but h be baure he was smiling and kindly she ambled back a dimple coining coming to life nt at each corner of her tier mouth nope phe she flung filing out in confusion 1 I was to t bussle piglet here debbe her and me hadn haan t ought to be bore you can kick us out if ou want to philip Mac maccauley CRuley the captain of the salvation army in ithaca bowed homed and then he be IL luched every one Is 19 welcome here I 1 he lie looted quoted coming forward adhered V here d yon you come from ive never seen you before tm staying up way replied tony 1 1 I I aint hew been around jahren lof IONIC this li Is an afna nice tann aint it hub tes yes vry very we like it replied the young man I 1 sit down don dont t be in a hi hurry tirry I 1 want to talk to you yow p Ton albeNt did sat awu ba v zat k very comfortable she was uns in the presence of this handsome young str sanh itier er abashed in the of his uniform and all the beauty of him IN tit wa 10 ish admiration ho lie ft as con tem plating the parl ie le of her tier grav gray r e s is s shaded hy by long ion lashes as ebon black as her tier hair which bun hung in ring lets to tier waist lie ile dec decided aided that she was ins erv tery pretty and slid that he liked to ha lune hae e her in the Sil salvation Silv atlon army quartets cant ant vou ton stiv for meeting this ei evening ening he lie flaked asked 1 e lime singing here eves deepened almost to lus ins arous trous black I 1 oh ob I 1 id d to love e thit T then she hoofe hook her tier head hd nope she went kent on oil I 1 gol got to po go home to mummy she site s all alone I 1 debbe when my d idda gets buck I 1 II 11 come some time and sit clean through the night for in instant the smile stayed about the boys lips then gravity set zet tied once more over Ms his earnest young fice done in this place she questioned after a while oil we vie sing and read and pray replied the bov boy ve ile do everything we can to help people there s such a lot of misery in the world orld that s as true s you re born came back promptly from the parted red rind lips I 1 I 1 kno know that because my mother Is sick every eiery day and she cries too tints thit q misery ain alit t icv it captain maccauley uley was vias used to tales of woe oe but he knew a part panacea acer for them ies ilem it Is so he said perhaps you could get her tier to come here some evening 1 do you think you could daddy let her was the reply and ahe she lifted unfathomable saddened gray eyes to his lou see when a man owns ons a woman and she don t do the things he tella tells her to he belts her huh hub there was mute pleading tn in her tier ex pres slon as ahe she drew back on the inch I 1 a little farther away from him v 14 F 5 side by side sloe they sat together on the bunk ah ahl t he ile might have known that she had jail been swept sept along by the relent less tide of br utility he ile sighed a little he lie had teen been enough of men with nith their supreme egotism to know she told the truth lour father Is Is cruel to your mother theu then he faltered she remained in deep thought for the space of a few seconds A swat or two to febbe more aint t a killin thing to women folks was the response she made confusedly at length bo ba unusual had been her answer that philip maccauley gazed at her in amazement aroa ama rement hae ilme jou ever eer heard of of god he asked finally his own confusion ap parent in lit the stumble of his tongue Ton donnibel nibel laughed 1 I licar god d n more moren n a hundred times a day she replied 1 I Is that what hat iou ou means mean not ot quite answered philip star tied I 1 no sol I 1 not so that then what tint demanded deman deC ton IN hat kind of a god do 3 ou on mean menn I 1 I 1 one that Is good explained dilill ip there isn t any god but the one who haps my mummy breathed the gill misty stars shado shadowing ning her eyes 61 les es inhere liere Is he then the words shot forth with such insistence that something within ithan micaele Mi SI Caule rose roge to its demand some ones got to be good to my roo mo her tier the girl ran en rn before he could pak she e sick and lonely oh I 1 ive e hot ot to do sonis for or her chores bour our heleln god rid mister ster bight here in this place aid qaid philip a strange emotion sweeping over him in fact there eslit isn t any afy place here god Is not he ile come in a dirty canal boat would mould he demanded ton tony breathlessly astonished Astori shed at such crudi captain maccauley MacCa ulcy shifted himself about BO so he faced her square A nit it 71 o 0 tended ignorance or V in the I 1 marching war ching gray ebes eber lii lo celd d that truth was as stamped on every III of the tip lip turn d face of course everywhere he ex x claimed bi I 1 chy by dear child tony deon deion interrupted him swift ly lell left me how hom to manage it elie she pleaded how can I 1 wheedle jour god to the dirty mary to ro the was the question the boy asked in shocked swiftness the dirty mary repeated ton SI and me lite live on a cinal bojt boal once she site cre ere just called ilary but ashes so d 1 d l misty fale calls her the dirty mary she ashes s a alt nl boat just the same as long as my ray mumma s thi re but I 1 can call t see how a kan cod god could come on cr er I 1 guess joure boolin inc me mister philip swallowed allowed sA hard then slowly and gently lie talked to her biln tiding to nuke make her tier understand as best he lie could uld flint hat he meant by god spirit and ou can help your our mother lit tie tle chats s v our nour name tony just Ton donnibel nibel she mumbled then her tier voice nolee rose and blip uttered sharply isow now tell me how to help m mother philip went to the tile and sorted out a small card this he tie said coming back to her tier lias happy loving thoughts written Nr itten on it if aou ou think these things all the tile time oh how low they will III help both you and your mother 1 I she took it in her fingers the first thing that met her tier ees was a beautiful uplifted face of a man and in his arms was nas a little lamb underneath the picture was mas printed feed my sheep and directly under that were mere the words stand still and see the of the lord once more her ebes ejes sought ought the face above ef a face wherein lay all the pity and lo 10 e in the world tony devon caught a glimpse of the lesson he lie was trying to teach and when she went out of the Sa salvation hatlon army hall ball she held within the depths of her a wonderfully new and utterly strange emotion she was panting for fer breath when she ran up the gangplank of the canal boat A woman was busy brewing brening te ten a when the girl slipped down doin the steps of the cabin you been gone a long ion time tony mumbled mrs devon 4 did yon you see anything of bour our daddy I 1 jope nope and I 1 squinted in every beer hole in ithaca tony replied but but but I 1 found out something for you listen j there s some somebody bod on this thir boat besides me and you and gus ale 9 who came sharply from the u woman oman slie site shivered feiring that the law lay in wait for her tier absent husband ho brat she repeated imploringly Ton donnibel nibel bent over and looked straight into the sad wan faco fam 4 god just a plain lovin god she replied her tier countenance expressing unusual exaltation sit a i minute while the teas makin and III tell tc llou 3 ou side by side they sat mt together on the bunk maille with pil reverent voice the girl told the etory story of the who ho had said long ago with intini I 1 e af pf pity ty feed my shepp sheep and anti mummy the girl continued leaning her head against her tier mother a arm firm I 1 darling mummy that beautiful roan man said loved make crooked things straight and and its so A look of unbelief came over edith DP on s face addle she said mid in a disgusted voice tony iou aln aint t a brain in our tour bean 1 I don t need n any bra brains ins as long as I 1 yle got this edle the girl replied lift ing the card she held I 1 come on let a ay cry iy chef these things oer mer here a one that 11 keep well it 11 help keep daddy from beitin you mrs birr devon grasped the girl a arm in sudden frenzy you told some one uriah beats beati meat me rhe he sharply mol be I 1 did and I 1 t tin tony alvey hut but these here words nords about still and watch ing Sn shun gaoa all oil about will keep pil avs flat up tip his sleeves say it fife she enad I 1 won t said edith getting up tip swiftly if there s anything in it tony you can show me by gettin your daddy back home he s q in jail iren if he was retorted the girl with a alze shake of her tier head iovin hard could make the coop do irs fla wide ilde open and flop out like n dolfl h flops into the lalo 1 1111 tit coln to ind find out more some 0 of these 11 labit an and then tell you all about it huh null mummy yes muttered adith I 1 but I 1 rn get ting it guess out of the d days lys I 1 spent on this boat that god or whoever oure about aint ln bis his head oer mer the dirty mary nor OB us I 1 uriah if you fo go on an with lh this ril ill tell er all I 1 know 1 10 B D B X I CONTINUED ON may make frien fla bat but tt it tal to greeg chent |
