Show the odthe P A erets ly GRACE MILLER WHITE c I 1 A now roman C 0 OV orho iho storm Count Coun irti THE FIGHT synopsis lonely and friendless Ton donnibel nibel devon living on a canal boat with a brutal father and a worn out discouraged mother wanders into a salvation army hall at ithaca N T Y there she meets a young salvation army captain philip maccauley uriah devon tony tonys s father announces he has arranged for tony to marry reginald brown drown a worthies worthless compan IOB lop mrs devon objects and uriah urlah beats her their quarrel reveals that there Is to a secret between them in which tony is the central figure tony refuses to marry negin reginald ald and escapes a beating by jumping into the lake she finds a baby a picture with offer of reward for its delivery to doctor Pend lehaven she delivers the picture and the doctor visits her mother mrs rs devon malies makes tony swear never to say mean against uriah deyon devon the devons disappear and tony again the pendle I 1 havens CHAPTER VII continued 6 this Is roy my brother paul pendle baroti my child clil lil said doctor john he ile eints to thank aou ou for bringing back abe he picture as sit it don down n a while murmured doc doe tor paul she squatted unceremoniously upon the bed beside beide the pig 4 our little friend here Is in trou brou me ble I 1 said doctor john to his brother and wants work nork ril rii come back after three I 1 iiren he lie went out for a long time paul Pend lehaven looked at anttony tony and tony looked back at him tony was nina mentally pitying hl him mIth with all her loving heart lie was thinking over the conversation he and ills bis brother had had about this strange little girl who ibo had brought from a thiefs den the picture of his baby how would you like to stay here a while bite with me he asked at length gray ees widened to the fullest extent of fringed lids lord was i as all donnibel Ton nibel could say as she glanced around 4 you might wait on me explained the doctor and keep me company I 1 do get lonely sometimes would you like that I 1 know ou like flowers 1 I loe ione cm em cried Ton donnibel nibel Pend lehaven smiled into the shining eyes lie ile felt better already I 1 1 I ve uch a lot of them all over this wing he lie went on you might take care of them tor for me and and other things tony was almost bursting with joy she had within her the greatest gift of god supreme gratitude to work for bim would be bliss indeed she dian t want to cry so to keep from it she bit down donin on her red lie ile had said in positive tones that he wanted anted her it did seem good to be wanted somewhere what she did then Pend lehaven remembered many a long day she bent over and kissed his band hand the tie warm red lips thrilled him as vibrant youth always thrills weakness can bussle stay too she pleaded presently shed be without anybody if she have roe me yes said Pend lehaven as his brother opened the door lou can la for heavens sake the mat ter asked the girl make anake her a nice home in my conservatory it took but a moment for the sick nan to explain to doctor john his ar ran ranee cements ments with Ton donnibel nibel and the girl a heart was as not the them only rejoicing one among amona the trio when katherine catherine I curtis came home ate late that afternoon she found her mother in a towering rage surrounded by many strange looking boxes and bundles tor heavens sake what a too mat tarr asked the girt 1 I think your cousin johns gone load salil mrs curili beginning to wa ar Ns JI brocht ht a racgel girl into the house to sta a girl with bare feet feel and enough hair for or three people irom I 1 rom w hat lint I 1 could gather ashes she s solas going to stay over with paul and john in slated on my going with ith him to buy these there think of a poor nobody dressed up like a horse horde katherine Kather lne looked nt it her Ire keenly enly 1 I suppose you served cousin john a deep seated spell of hysterics dian t you when he popped the girl in on you she demanded 1 I did my best admitted mn mrs cur als sniffling men get surfeited to women a tears mamma darling said the all w ise katherine Kather lne I 1 if I 1 wanted to make any impression on him hini I 1 id d leave oft off howl hoa I 1 ing every minute or two and you dont look pretty when your nose Is red who Is the gutter rat 1 1 I I m sure I 1 dont know she a 3 got a queer name and I 1 asked her about herself and aud she looked as sulky as could be I 1 cave it to me began katherine lne just then the ioor door swung open and there appeared before katherane lne curtis a girl who made her breath almost stop with surprise A very young girl too the gazer caught at a glance abundant curls hung about one of the most beautiful faces katherine had ever seen her mother hadn haan t told her tier the girl was N as so she felt a nervousness come over her when she thought of philip maccauley in silence Ton donnibel nibel donned her new cloth clothes eq and when she stood up to be inspected mrs curtis scowled at her go show doctor john she said lie ile told me to send you right down drown to him was glad to escape kath erine hadn haan t said a it word nord to her but both girls had eyed each other ap pral singly and katherine Kather lne suddenly came to a resolution which she made known to her mother theno the moment ment they were alone she cant can t stay in this house he said between her teeth VI mr n curtis laughed sarcastically a see ahat w hat you can do with your cousin then she snapped a I 1 did my best with john and he positively refused to let me go to paul I 1 As much as told me it was none of my busl ness 1 I wont won t cry when I 1 talk to him said the girl til aarn speak my mind outright III make the house too hot to hold her I 1 think I 1 know how to put one over on our philanthropic cousins hen Ton donnibel nibel came into the office that evening to ask a very important question of doctor Pend lehaven he said to her afy aly dear I 1 want you always to remember what I 1 am going to tell you now this house belongs to my brother and me I 1 do not wish you to take orders from anyone but us tony gazed at him a moment not understanding nt at first then her lips w laened that means if anyone says got to hike back to the canal boat I 1 dont go unless one of you tells me to she demanded Is that it the doctor laughed yes it said he be now inow what did you want ant of me can I 1 go down the lake tomorrow afternoon she hesitated and then went ment on 1 I want to see it if home 11 certainly dear child you can was the answer but get bilik before it its at dark I 1 dont want anything to happen to my little tony girl CHAPTER VIII the fight little by little paul Pend lehaven taught her and little by little tonys salvation boy preached his lessons of universal love to her and the eager young mind drank in the knowledge as a thirsty plant takes in water there were no signs of uriah urlah and edith returning and donnibel Ton nibel grew dally daily more hopeless when she thought bought of her mother perhaps she would never see her again she had stiena bously refused to speak of her people to paul Pend lehaven docdor docor john noticed as the days parsed how much better his brother was looking and no wonder his own heart warmed armed i hourly to the curly headed wait who had come among them so mysteriously unknown to either of the doctors mrs curtis and her daughter had bad been able to keep tony devon from meeting philip Mac maccauley Couley in the house at first john Pend lehaven had insisted that tony attend the family table but both paul and the girl decided that her meals should be served in the room perhaps it if philip maccauley hadn haan t been interested in a certain little girl on a canal boat his curiosity ni would have taken him to paul paula s apart menta ments to make the acquaintance of the little comp companion anlon john bad casually spoken of ashes a w phil he said ono one evening for the first time ive hopes of paul paula B recovery alood goodr I 1 replied philip and immediately ten fell into a 0 0 0 0 0 had reached the canal boat and had changed to her old clothes when suddenly she heard footsteps on the path beside the Ilog hole her heart almost leapt out of her perhaps her mother A w as coming home perhaps her father tremblingly she peeped out through the aperture she drew back instantly reginald brown was approaching the canal boat she heard him cross the deck and then thep the footsteps ceased she hoped with all her might and main that he vv t think of coming downstairs but that was exactly what he did do she crouched up against the bunk as the boy stepped into the cab in when he saw her a slow grin spread over oner his thin face so youre you re here he be got out thickly where have you been ive visited this place three times in that many weeks where have you been I 1 say go away she said half frightened to death batter better get out of here before my mother comes back shell beat you with ith the broom I 1 I 1 1 I im in not afraid of your father or mother he said tauntingly 1 I know where they arc are the words sent Ton donnibel nibel forward a step honest she gasped Is it honest what vou ou say certainly replied the young man and they told me to come here and gel get you n where here are they she had come very nery near him now her eyes gazing at fill 1 ow never had she seen such strength him wistfully please tell me where my mummy is I 1 I 1 neier ever mind just now said he his eyes taking in her slight young figure passionately I 1 here I 1 want to kiss iou ou he ile dragged her forward until her slender quivering qui Nering body was pressed against his he ile had said he intended to kiss her all the rebellion of a primitive uneducated nature sprang into life within tony devon the curly head darted upward for a moment and the tile gray eyes blazed into the muddy blue ones leering down upon her then knowing no other way to protect herself from desecration she set her sharp white teeth into hand band sinking them deep beneath his skin A cry of f hurt rage escaped his ills lips and he flung her from him I 1 you little vixen he be got outs out shaking his hand in panic you little wicked brat there therel now III teach you to bite me again he ile sprang at her and tony screamed twice with all her lung then something happe happened I 1 someone grasped hold of the man who had snatched her into his arms and for what hat seemed an interminable time two forms struggled together in the small cabin for s few seconds second tony dian t realize who reggie a as ballant was then with a grip at her heart she recognized philips philip a white face as ns with terrible strength he dragged up the into her terrified eyes came one strange flashing smile of welcome her salvation satiation man had saved her and as every woman does in cw caes es where her need Is great she cried out her thanksgiving in his ills name that best be oved name of philip by this time the two men were struggling on the deckand deck and as it if impelled by some un gnoun force tony staggered up the steps it was just as she reached the top that sh saw captain maccauley by one mighty effort lift the tho struggling figure of the ole other man and throw him into the lake inke A sharp ejaculation fell from her lips never ever had she seen such strength never neier had her heart sung sting as it did then she trembled so sor that whir philip swung back and rushed toward her she sank down at his ills feet As falls away an old gar ment so fell away philips anger tenderly he be lifted her up and spoke to her poor little girl he whimpered but hf lad dad no time to add anything nor had tony time to answer him for there on the Ilog liole path looking at her a frown dragging hla his brows together was her father uriah urlah devon deon de on bad had halted at the sight of a man being thrown into the water then rhen he ile came forward and the girl loosened herself from the arms that held her and turned swiftly to him film the face ace in the window TO BE CONTINUED dont forget that the th Ws wisest pst owl 04 oe mulo nally loots boots at t tha uma |