Show ind ND OF FATE nt night in march apparently not more arm of ago age slowly ena jig tho tile country rond t fiu from the tile oakdale her iler appear extreme poverty erty 8 she ie i tit ill fitting suit of t ind nd her shabby black e wn tightly over oer a thin 0 ich tell wad waa lighted up by a black eyes that seemed bril brilliancy lancy her long d atine tile unfastened by the bm kho lie storm torm and hung in almost to her tier waist found und her tier seemed to be 16 t atho lie winters in frost and R in lit I 1 hugq u e masses as far lid id macii reach As she her tier heart sank uth I 1 naif as if in a drunk weary limbs began to t it t nature refused to do is she succumbed to the d sank in an all exhausted oils condition to the nt ad with mith rapid strides and his dog he lie hurried along ho he the he prostrate form in vaa as on his feet trying motionless notion oti onless lesa object before ioe og barked vociferously aid in the distance tee called out chos 1 I your master re armr as he lie recognized i hired himl man and for le e haste or it will be itz approached together inanimate form and in farmed i ee at the old farm not long past the or r r and ruth alarmed at her bussed bused absence was seated rocker by the n the cornn of the old homestead en every ery now and then furtive glances toward nd strain her tier ears 0 did id catch the iele me us banda fogt footsteps steps hed ed merrily and cracked d on the irons and I 1 reflection in all diorec p room the table was ith th a bountiful supply delicious homemade home made it t of golden butter the nd d quivering custards r blue an and white dwhite china ing ng prospect to the two assed the window on R e sitting room door le e father what have n clamed ruth as she r seat and opening the to men with their ancon b do not waste any questions wife but dy as soon aspessi as 1 with careful bands hands L their unbidden guest and drew drell it in front of tily ily divesting herself of ments ants the farmer en usi ate the young girl h had returned to the 10 e brandy and with to moistened the lips of and succeeded succeed edin in fore ps down her throat ler er was busily engaged d 1 I slapping bs hr r hands air attempts to bring 0 consciousness seemed st emed at last a faint flush features she site opened her ticul tones begged that lain am during luring the night id d scarcely no tred the w looked anxiously at it keep her than t re e 1 mrs hawklis Haw klus kilis of u I 1 ever know me to turn tny y door saint or r they are ai elcome to gos gods the supper er wife as a wolf all 11 I 1 read ready alie lie reply and as slie j ed the tile steaming coffee stable table what shall I 1 ked mrs hawkins as lucer of custard upon a ie e of the set settee tee do call bated the girl as ehe she a i of the food that was the ille hospitable hopi table athu t tiding to oil 1 tin tit Illy r rt t hat hanx I 1 lu alg round tier iliew 1 bic laitu handra gilds and ila neur krubit d or doured and them there aa it curtmn arta lit grale about esti niolon lilt ed one knitli i I 1 th tin t lit idea that him u am n of tf ill th birth birtil n girl hom no nunan sori avs luid imide a 1 desm 1 andt r tr tho onto dock loci strud bund hund thoi U 0 and till thuy hilt sat gazing nt tit thy the girl I 1 he 1110 chiy quietly ta liti 11 tile dock anuk 10 and alie last cainus lind had died aili ny the girl timidly inqui inquired ted if mile keeping them thein ficklin thur do io not wind ine 1 ahu she nid said 1 I can call litre i r comfortably it imd tad I 1 been it aitio r nith mra mrs aiau lla kun lon 4 where to put the tile newcomer neit otner eur gincy mho had inked her tier to many pita thu the garn t 11 as first thought of tt oil tho the bialt room but nou no lighting it fresh iru led lier beat bestin in to tho tile parlor and through it into the bent best spare room und and domi thu the aa bendet M lilted bricetti bli cetti un blinking tile donny of tho the tented bed beil stead site he said in lit inot herly tones sleep lure litre ind and going back to tho the kitchen murmured dreamily for in so doing you may entertain angels about midnight tile hallil had baji gilt lit ring all ltd its tot t tile evening liitt violently foitl foith tho the old fann farin house fairia rod ed ditl i ith gusts of aind iaal lo 10 vie t non fell fact ind and furious 4 it is the poor girl ind clr lead beneath the blankets awl thanked god for the tile she had found and u lien after houra hours had 1 the gradually I 1 abatt abatta A she fell into it refreshing blumber ilie im a by a tapping at the door ind the N oice of mrs ith ila kins inquiring if it she silo might collie it in certainly Certai ibadin replied the girl in ill it faint voice entering the room and approaching the bedore found her buet nuch better but still suming from tho the illets of tho strain to ii aich elio she had 1 in en subjected during the pre boug night lie still my dear eaid said the kind hearted woman an as the girl attempted to raie raise cherif on lier tier elbon lill 1 1 11 bring you something to eat and per hop haps by noon you may be able to get to up in a few fei inon itutti mrs ila hacking kins returned bearing in her linnas a 1 tray tr a covered with a snowy cloth on uha which 1 acl were temptingly arranged I somo nicely buttered butt eted toast a po it thud he 1 egg and a delicious cup till of coffee ino dear cat it good breakfast and we will noon soon have haie the toses back in your cacek placing tile tray on oil the side of the bed mrs alm ila kins left the room and after she had tit ared au away ay her tier breakfast di dishen sliest and finished her usual work v ork sho she again returned to the chamber and found that lna had eaten heartily of the food placed before her tier and was as sleeping soundly poor child I 1 will lit her sleep said mm to herself she is in need of it and liftin the tray she she stepped softly out atthe of alie room in the afternoon lena invoke and on hearing bearing the clock in lit tile parlor strike three she was astonished to find that hat she had slept so long hurriedly dressing herself nhe soon made her a ap pe aranio arante in the kitchen she j e found mrs gaii iia kins darning her tier husbands socks and the fanner farmer taking his accustomed afternoon nap in lit the rocking chair by the fire at the sound of footsteps the farmer ettoke knitli a start and stra igli t lilt it himself up inquired of the girl if she sauas as better much aluch better I 1 thank yon sir and I 1 will not intrude upon uvon your hospitality any longer replied the thecial girl holding her tier bonnet in lier tier hands 1 I am afraid you will ha e to content yourself here another night said the farmer forthe for the roads are ble the snow has drifted so high in some places that it would cover a little body like 3 ou oil but wont N ont 3 our friends be alar alarmed ined by your absence my aly friends replied the girl sadly 1 I am trying to find them and if you will allow meto me to tell you my story perhaps you can assist me as they live five somewhere in this region 11 placing a chair near her tier own mrs hawkins the to be seated while they listened to her tier story my mother said she was the only daughter of a wealthy farmer who was left a widow i at her birth leaving him witla two children my mother and a son ten years of a age ge when she was sixteen years old my father secretly wedded her tier against my grandfathers and fathers wishes and although althou gl she wrote to that relative repeatedly begging for forgiveness her letters were returned unopened after two years of unalloyed happiness I 1 was born and for ten years my parents arent 31 union was nas a bap happy pyone one und until the fatal day came which debri ed my mother of one of the most indulgent of fathera one daya large sum suni of money was found masing from the safe in the office in which my father was nas employed as bookkeeper and he being the one who had access to the safe and some of the stolen money being found in his desk he was arrested tried and convicted and sentenced to teu years years imprisonment my mother firmly be believing lievin him innocent con ertel ever thin thing oil of any value into money to obtain lawyers honing t to 0 sa sm e behim him sho silo appealed to er father fat lier but he aou would ar d not listen to her and her letters again were returned unopened she wrote to her brother but with the same result and she was finally obliged to see my father sent to prison strongly protesting his innocence to the last for four years my mother man managed we to sk out a scanty subsistence with her I 1 nel needle edle ath whitt little Q I 1 11 othild ati her tier but at last t tire and orrow did their work and sho title its finlly forced to give up ill it lit despair and eventually bt elainea a victim to I 1 I 1 quit quick for liine ion loti I 1 weeks 1 die mile was u as confined to t 0 tier bed Is in listing tinny anttio while I 1 bifaro to her r bed bedelle elde and mid plat ing a letof lotair r hi lit ill mv exacted exalted a promise froin front me tile that after her tier death 1 would kit ja what hat little furniture ii e bad go to in and ath diliver or tite tile proceeds into his its hands A As the tear down doun my cheeks she site took iny lianda in hers and with u ith a it heaven ilea en ly smile on oil hor countenance bode bade me tile food b e and asked my tile to nut tier ill 1 heaven hea hen ven en ekr last moment wiro e equit ain in breathing words u affection of for the ale lii still lo 10 cd ed so 80 dearly with tho tile adist ante of soine kind ki nd neighbors and tho enid sale of is hat little 0 o lind had I 1 procured enough money to puy pity for a decent accent burial and three dit ri titter lier tier funeral I 1 started on my journey to find I 1 lind had only su money to buy my rai railroad troad mid and it little more but the hind Inn dlud lad with aboin it ne e lived and to whom I 1 luid had sold tie tle furniture pre a n little lunch for me tile and saw me safely on oil tile care cars after a journey of fix six hours I 1 reached ren clied my destination As boon soon am a I 1 lighted alighted I 1 inquired of the tile inan at the station tho tile tiny ay to tho the farm 11 you u ill hao ila e to take tile stage miss implied tho tile man mail 1 11 I dont see any of their folch down today to day and liero here it cogniet conies now assisting AB me to yet get lit liu lie bado tile good night ica iriv o 0 what bort sort of people 1 should meet and how they treat me A half hours ride brought brou glit me to 4 large old fashioned house standing anding at in tile center of a lonely ian limn with an all abundance of treca and it carriage I 1 drive on oil both sides of the house handing my fare to tho tile driver drier ho he lit helped lpyd M roe e to dismount and a fen fei moments ino ments brought brou glit me to the house in answer to ni ring lit tit the bell the i door opened and I 1 a good natured col cot 1 ored girl inquired who ho I 1 wanted anted 66 your master I 1 lipped will A ill you aulk alk ill and be seated and I 1 N ill I 1 call him said slie ushering me tile into it large comfortable furni shed room on oil one otie hid mide of the in lit a deiv fe an gent gentleman lenan appeared iliin bartil and asked me tile my business him I 1 drew drei the iltner my pocket and handed it to him told to nir 1 I linn him that was utis for my grandfather adjusting his lie read the en elope carefully and in it tone of surprise ex e clai nied my dear cism the gentleman to whom hom tins this lettic is hoe has been dead for thirteen veara ears I 1 they say he lie died of a broken heart caused b the disappearance disappear ante of his ills 0 ly daughter who ilia ran away autly and cot at 1 married at all events he lie neer bor forgave ga e gilr and forb forbade lule tier namo name to ba mentioned and died leal leading ing everything to hiti only son with the provision roi that it he lie should seek out ills his the property should go to an institution the son never caring to it live e in tit the old house sold it to me and moved moed anaa aa three or four miles from the oakdale a distance di stanco of links but it will be imps 1 sible for you to get there to night as its there are no more tra trains ting b but u t I 1 u will ill call my daughter and slie she u will ill lind find i cu abed a bed nit for orthe the night A few minutes later he lie returned ii with ith a alry prepossessing young lady who lie introduced as ait lit ins daughter daught cr after I 1 had joined them at supper she desired me to follow lier tier into the hall up stairs into the prettiest room I 1 had ever eer bein alie pale yellow elloid carpet u with ith its bulit bunches bes of roses the car carved ed cherry bedstead with its dainty biang ings the di diersing essing bureau with its pretty cover r of satin and lace the pretty pretty little willow rocking chair clair e ev ery grything thing gave evidence of refinement and luxury the next morning after partaking of of a hearty breakfast I 1 thanked them for their kindness and started on my journey to find my uncle for nearly two days I 1 journeyed along sometimes getting a lift from one of the farm wagons and occasionally a meal from some of the kind hearted lie arted people I 1 would ask to direct me I 1 became so want of food that I 1 conid go no further mid and you know tho the rest As the tile fanner farmer listened attentively to her tier sad story hie his face grew grei pale and striving to conceal the agitation which connul tits L entire frame he lie demand in the name of the tile uncle sho she u aa as tr arv ing in to seek seel john ila kins replied the girl as she regarded tile farmer hith ith amaze ment As soon as he lie could control his emotions to speak ho lie stretched out his arms and clasped lier to his ills breast and in lit broken accents exclaimed truly the hand and of pro providence idenie has directed ou higher for itis I 1 your uncle who bo haa has brought you to this house and our home shall b be yours 0 urs and you shall be one of us embracing first one and then the other bile arcu drew the secret letter from her pocket and handed it to her uncle As he lie took it from front her hand lie pressed edit it to his lip lipi i and said mv poor conj child as soon as your grandfather gr ther died I 1 made ee e cry effort to to find finding my sister and 1 I trac traced her tier as far as london ft here I 1 learned the etory story of your fathers misfortune alre all traces of her vere ere lost and I 1 coral concluded eded ehe she had changed her tier name and gone to america at all events I 1 had bad agn gi en her tier up for dead and now after eighteen years she has returned to me in the form ol 01 her daughter new york mail mad A r |