Show THAT GIRL of JOHNSONS mv JEAN KT AWA autaw of f 41 a CP C P aft kcf etc el neared A Accor ordna itne to act of concree in n the iho year IM 1890 by bir street A smith I 1 1 in ih alio oth of the Lb librarian arin of Cz coloss loss at as 1 D C I 1 I 1 CHAPTER ivl I 1 continued when the meal was over dr dunwiddle arose and as was his habit returned tj till the house up tip the road to see to hie big patients pa condition and round found had slept through the night scarcely scar erly stirring still as a baby things N were ere going well to help on his recovery and though it would lie be months montha before lie could be able to get ed around yit yet there was every hope and every reason to expect him to recover johnson moved and opened his eyes slowly a as i dr dunwiddle dunwiddie entered the room vacant hollow eyes they were with a stare in them which startled dolores dr dunwiddle was mas lit at his side instantly st antly hut but without a sign of haste ile he is used to our voice ho he said to dolores without It hout turning his bead speak to him miss johnson say anything to him anything ou on are in the be habit ol of saying dolores came no nearer the bed she stood quietly at the window and asked in her ordinary voice slow un nn Int are arc you ready for or breakfast father the hollow eyes closed weakly for a moment mrs allen alien entered at that moment with the beet beer tea and dolores taking the boni from her hand crossed over to the bedside johnson again opened his eyes with the old expression ot of distrust and dislike in them she bent beat over him and dr raised his head a arille bently on oil his bis arm as she put the spoon to his lips with steady hand blind and unmoved face cut when she offered him the second spoonful he closed his eyes and endeavored to turn aside his head bead with the sullen expression son on ills face dolores bent over the bed and held the spoon steadily to his bis lips as all she said in a tone lone that thrilled her listeners by Us its slow almost stern sweetness drink this father ho he obeyed like a child and she fed him carette carp car etre according to the doctor s orders order dr dunwiddle watched her ats wonderingly where did this garl get hr her womanly tact surely not from this rian man upon tile the billows yil lows whose face was indicative of nothing but a brute nature it was an exquisite morning mrs allen alien was nith the doctor there was vo oo need of her there and she went out and sat bat on oa the door stone in the shadow of the pines leaning her head bead against the doorpost door post her hands fell ell to her lap her eyes were intent on en the mountain with a sort of hungry ry look in them it had meddled so ith her life or was it tho the fate ate of the stars that crippled her father and pro vented tented his going to court where the men were eager to have him like the vulture on an the tco mountain she know knew little of fate or law but it seemed to her that theono possessed her ber and the other was vat nailing ting walting waiting in a terrible silence lor her father to go to prove the mailco mallco i in the laming ot of the mare marc a waiting that sa aD palled her hy by its dogged patience what her neighbors thought she did not care she had bad lived without them she could still live without them had she known how low roughly they used her ber name she would scarcely have understood their meaning her mind was too pure and too high above them to comprehend the evil they dould lay at her door lodle lodic among them all was the only kind one not one ot of the woman had been near her but the women never did come she cared nothing about that only there ivas was something in her life that had not been there before and that called tor for companionship for or the sympathy ot of other women omen but dora would come she thought with sudden brightness in her heart beart dora and her uncle and young green as well until until the truth were known then what would they think or say dora and her uncle who were honorable people the nurse said and young green who had been so kind to them so BO kind did ho he not risk his life for her father yet even then lie he must have known about the mare and by v horn the deed was done did bo be not tell her himself that the man who had committed such a dastardly iced deed should suffer buffer ithe lull full penalty ot of the law and the law had a terrible significance to her lodle lodie came cama slouching tip ip tho the path r wl tan gaunt angular la in the lull full glory I 1 91 I 1 A E I 1 M I 1 t 1 L I 1 i I 1 i J I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 h I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 w 14 I 1 I 1 dolores crossed to the bedside of D the sunlight lie he removed his rusty hilt as he be stood before her his bis hands bands behind his back bo be yer ter ceyther gettin on tolerable tol tor rable diores Dl oreo I 1 kern icem up ayar from rom the tarn ter hear beer we lowed ho be orter be ba Im provin on an wes NNa altan itin ter ic know tiou who are waiting to know she sha asked sharply ply the tone was waa new to her aud and the mau man wits was disconcerted by it A vague lear fear had bad entered her mind in spite of mrs allens aliens liss assurance urance that they would not come tor for her father attica until lie ho waa able abla to go 90 to prove i why we uns lodle replied clumsily ile ho mere a good un mong MO rig us was ter ceyther fey ther dlores an wes lest jest waltin ter know of e he Is im provin thank you jim lodle you can tell those who ilsa wish to know that my father will get well A flash camo came into odies lodies I eye a deep red rushed to his sunburned face 1 I bo be powerful glad clad ter hev bey ye yc say thet dlores he said gravely an ther rest of call be glad of 0 et too she watched him shuffle down the path and along the road to the tavern presently two light hands nere ere laid ad on her shoulders and a soft low voi voice e exclaimed dolores dolores I 1 am dora look tip and tell me you are 9 as glad to see 8 me as I 1 am to have found oil I 1 am so glad dolores dolores fingers closed tightly as slid she looked up at the girl before her the cousin who had come to claim her I 1 f 11 H 19 q N I 1 I 1 t I 1 11 4 51 va I 1 t 1 I I 1 Y I 1 I 1 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 11 11 it I 1 I 1 11 ii 11 1 17 h I 11 I 1 4 Hi aiace ghastly in its pallor the only one in all ill the e world who ribo had ever loved her since betsy glenn died she was a small little lady and neatly stressed dressed from the wide aide brimmed white hat with its drooping gray eray plume to the blue ribbon around her throat and aad tho the soft gray costume and delicate gloves her eyes were wide and gray dark with excitement soft with a touch of tears her mouth month was gentle and sweet but tho the lips were colorless her small oval face aeo was white as death save for a faint trace of feverish color upon either cither cheek check dolores know knew nothing of the nature of doras disease and to her the girl was a picture something to look at and love and admire but too fair to touch her eyes grew luminous as she looked at her the brown eyes and the gray met dolores Dolore slips lips parted in an one of her rare smiles that trans foi her face for tho the moment I 1 hop her leyes oyes like wells ot of light beautiful unfathomable young green was aas standing behind dora during the time he be had known dolores never had she I 1 looked 00 ked like that it was a revelation to him of what she was capable sho she did riot not aa him sho she saw nothing but dora and it was uncommon for women to show such marvelous depth of soul to another woman dora saw no ono one but her cousin they did not kiss each other they offered no endearment m common to women but dora sat down on oil tho the doorstep beside dolores 1 I am so happy she sha said eaid dolores said nothing her eyes talked for her young voting green with a feeling that lie he had no right to bo be there passed unnoticed around to tho rear of 0 the house and entered through the low door of the pantry dr dunwiddle greeted him with a smile but he be did not speak as he was busy with the banJa bandages on johnson a arm on preparing on one ol of the bandages he stopped stepped aside and at that moment johnson slowly opened his bis eyes upon oung boung greens greena face lie he was conscious and hla his eyes had bad the old look in them excepting that it was intensified by their hollowness hollow ness ills his face grew ghastly in its pallor then livid with fury the close set eyes under the narrow forehead were wild and bloodshot instinctively tho the fingers ol of his right hand were feebly clenched as ho he endeavored to lilt lift himself from among the pillows ful ul ot of tho the pain PAID as lie ho cried jai in a hoarse chisper hi sper between panting breaths ye ayar fool with yer larnin larain an yer books I 1 aw all eared id get even with yo ye ter fer te et ef ever ye kern hem byar agen a settin euln my gal up ter chenk herself bet battern tern her eyther saturnin her bead ilith yer roolin an yer soft words as though bod look et el a smiths darter fer no young green started to speak but dr dunwiddle with mith a stern expression on an his bis face ace which his friend hall hail never before seen said with quiet authority bo be quiet johnson johnon not another word charlie go BO into the other room mrs allen alien help me at once lit bis excitement has brought on oa hemore hago bago As A green creen doled chilled the door behind him he caught a glimpse of johnsons Johna ons face that he be never forgot it was pallid as death and ghastly with the hollow eyes horror and amazement mingled in Us his face as he be crossed the room and passed out of tho the house through tile the pantry at the rear without disturbing the two on the doorstop doorstep door stop step and struck out among tho the pines beyond toward the summit where the u ands were soft and the sky blue and still lie he saw nothing around him clearly hla his thoi thoughts abts in a tumult were in the little bare room 0 of f the house below where tho the strong man who had just been brought back from death lay in his bis repulsive nt of passion and with the mare in the stable at home the beautiful intelligent animal ruined forever through a cowardly act of malice the two blending io bo closely that be could not separate se them mingling with the stray words he be had heard beard in the town of 0 other and darker things than lio lie hall had dreamed then like a touch of peace camo camit th the a thought of the two girls girl on the doorstep door doors step tcp two such lovely womanly girls each with a noble soul yet totally unlike the ono whose life had bad been set in among the grand mountains ta us touched with their grandeur and nobility ty ot of thought and life and to him the purest most tender ot of women the other proving her tenderness through gh all her life in the heart of 0 the big city with its ita temptations and its evil ails CHAPTER dolores and dora ann you found uncle joe when every one else bad given up the search said dora softly her eyes full of loving admiration how brave you are dolores I 1 would never have had bad the courage to do it 14 but tile then im not brave anyhow why I 1 do it dolores asked aclei quietly turning her large eyes upon ber companion lie Is my rather father ot of course ile 10 Is dora replied with abod a nod ot of her bright head untying the broad ribbons ot of her hat bat and swinging it around upon hr her knees paris papa is ii my father too dolores johnson and I 1 love him but I 1 would never have enough courage to go oil off on it a lonely dangerous in mountain to find him it if he were to lost s t no not it if I 1 bad a dozen men to go with roe me suppose you had slipped over ono of f those terrible ledges mr green told us its about or walked right ott off into a chasm when ullen yen thought you were in the path no I 1 do it hilt but I 1 wish I 1 wore nore brave like you dolores said nothing because she had nothing to say dora must bo be a coward it if she would mould not do that for or her father any of the women of the settlement would have done ono the same mr green told us all about you dora continued and I 1 wished so much to get at ion 0 ii but you would riot not come to me and I 1 could not come to you toil and then the iraln raan oh the rain it rainette every lay day and I 1 begun to think I 1 would have to wait a week wee at least and the things mr green told me about you when ihen lie returned from here made me all the more restless and anxious to get at you you poor dear he saved my father dolores said presently she said it slowly as though she were forced to say it dora nodded 1 I know it she said the man anbo allio came over tor for the doctors told us about it but you saved him mode more than anyone else dolores and you cannot deny it never have thought of going over there to look after the deputies gave up the search had it not been tor 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