Show E E 7 S DICKS DIMS 1 C K S SW sweetheart ff ET E 1 T j t by DELLE M MA MAI A r TES r A 96 a pub CO evem EV bM o 0 vi the judge met dick as ho he came out 0 of f the law office in which he be was em plowed the older man bunted with surprise and approval that the youth was carefully depositing a check in a bank book why dick he aid said as they walked out 1 I bid hid an idea that you a ere it young spendthrift I 1 am glad to see that book 1 I fear I 1 have been a spendthrift auti juti judge but I 1 now have a great incentive to be econ economical omit at the rhe sad bad face of tuo jadro relaxed ah al a A sweetheart ck a yes sir air replied the oung man drawing himself up proudly 1 I am engaged the judges smile of Li la terest deepened that a sensible dick tell mo me of her Is ahe she beautiful of course very beautiful exclaimed dick ardently and she Is Ps sweet and lovely as she Is beautiful certainly lias has she blue eyes dick she should have her eyes are simply like pansies pan sometimes a dark pur pie sometimes he ile paused half nr ar ed of his enthusiasm thusia sm and stole a covert glance at tho the judge who however looked ead sad and reminiscent yes I 1 know the kind he be said wistfully W wat stat Is her name mary blodgett Dlo iett replied dick recalling that the judges only child bad been named blary kary doea does she reside here in the city she came here to study music we board at the same house that Is how I 1 met her where do her family live she Is an orphan her parents died years ago and about a year ago her guardian died so a came here to study music she has no relatives did her parents leave her means dick dilk hesitated she has quite a comfortable income her parents were well ot off then persisted the judge dick flushed bushed and was silent a moment then feeling that the jude ju we was looking at him in surprise ho he blurted out they were killed in a railway accident and she got the money or the people who adopted her did from the railroad company the judged winced what accident was it it happeney happe nei 04 out west somewhere Home where about thirteen icara ago replied dick mary was vias in the accident too esq diks DI dl ks ki sweetheart but wad was miraculously saved though she was as only six ears old it made a vivid impression upon her so I 1 have never asked her about it 1 I caa can understand her feelings said the judge broken brokenly ll sue must ba b nineteen years ol 01 old ld then yes air nineteen Nin Nine efen tren years the judge turned bis his head away for a moment and presently broke the silence dick rill you bricer her to see me very soon no not I 1 take me to seo see her and then thon I 1 ajl ask her to come and see my alto certainly replied dick well pleaded nhen the young lovers were strolling down ht hl boulevard late that after coon the jurle jurl e passed them in his carriage but he be dy did not see them so that la Is your friend the judge bald mary when dick pointed to the c se ze what a sad sail looking man mant H joks like one who has had a great gref grief to endure he ile has replied dick ho ito and his wife were in a railway wreck a great 1 many years ago and their onta girl was waa killed his wife has been ar at invalid ever since and arid the juige feels tho the losa 1 ait 1 today to day as he did at ho he time all djs up I 1 know from othere as he ever abial i of it he waa was qute when I 1 laid bim him of your having test lour our parents in an accident I 1 tb chck that Is why be wants to see tou 1 I wonder eald said the young girl mus if they could be the parents of the little girl I 1 played with ith that day dayl I 1 heard the parents ere saved I 1 have afteu thought of them and A sad look crept into her beautiful eyes dick quickly turned her thoughts into other channels the next evening the judge with dick was waiting in marya private sitting room the judge was standing anding at 10 t 1 4 1 I I 1 AI i yea yen besl he cried but QU pal before a picture absorbed in contemplation pla pl tion atlon when mary entered miss bliss blodgett eald said dick let me judge grey the judge turned uttered littered a little inarticulate cry and fame came up to the girl irl taking both her hands in his own she turned very pale and kept her eyes intently on his 1 I am glad to meet you she mur aured my baar aar awing lady replied the judge in a voice shaken by emotion do I 1 remind ou of any face you saw in childhood yes she said faintly your face Is the one I 1 have always seen in my dream dreams of axy iy father 1 I nd you he bald said are the image of my alie alt e and you have the eyes of my little r 1 what namo name did our father call aou a was it mary alary the teare tears came to her eyes it was the mist before her memory luddeni cled cle ad d it was pussy the judge too her into bis his embrace with a sob see here said dick impetuously 1 I am af aad id you aro are both building up hora hop that the acts facts in the case will dee dez v A cannee resemblance the imi act memory of a child chilt a coin cadence and above all replied the judge slightly releasing mary a conviction from the heart that speaks louder than all but judge considers conald consid crl ert marys name Is blodgett nol not that Is not nay my name replied mary lifting a happy face ace from the judges arm blodgett Is the name of at the people who adopted me when the legally adopted me they changed my ray name t 6 theirs the judas face ace grew excited yea yes yea yeal ho he cried but go the next morning I 1 made the acquaintance 0 ot a little girt girl in the car whose name was nellie and we played together all the morning at noon papa and amma went into tho the diner I 1 hungry then and I 1 stayed with the little girl and her folks I 1 took her in a our amter stateroom oom and jut juat for fun tc phy a joke on you we changed clothes she ran out to show her ap pp ale ie how ebe she looked and I 1 stay there ou 01 1 spa a it alii aill cried the judge why we leek seek the little girl who waa was saved but ray my wife was so III and prostrated wo we went home and from train the tho theo th o road 11 thai r mary wary came that awful jolt and crash and I 1 next remember 1 hing aing at tho the farmhouse md and then I 1 ws s very ill I 1 waa was to tot ray father and rather were killed and that the little girl wai wall killed the people atio ati orten gewere were guau maju educated people but they lived a quiet quieta secluded life and never beard heard or tried to find out who tho the parents of at the little sirl girl I 1 met were 0 now my little daughter eald sidd tho the judge 1 I I will tell you how it hared boned we did not find you whoa the awful ful crash came those in the diner in miraculously escaped those ic it our exir pullman ima thay eald said were all killed eave ve a little girl 11 in our stateroom tate room we WO supposed up posed and hoped it was you we came upon a little bruised and gl mangled form wo we could not identify i eave rave by the clothes your clo clot theat hest the shock vas too much for your mother ard I 1 sot got her away from the scene as soon as I 1 could that little girl encillo waa was burled buried as our child I 1 often thought of the little one who was aed saied and left orphan leas less and suggested finding her and adopting her but your mother could not bear the idia thera waa was one thing aid said mar that I 1 did not put on the little eirl girl when ie A e changed clothing it v vs a little gold sold chain and locket in la oe cie locket la Is a picture of a wornall an llave you it cried tried the judge she left the room and lo ta turned with the locket your last christmas gift from me 41 he said ho ile opened it end and beheld wi he expected bis his face ace tha the last rubt doubt was now removed I 1 come witt me now to your mo mot heri therl he be eald said 41 we must m unit nit for dick said mary blary 4 A look of jealous pain came into the judges eyes 1 I forgot forget dick he said slowly 1 I never can papal 4 at that long unheard familiar word he clasped her in his arms abtin there was a knock at the door and dick entered mary joyfully told hia him of the establishment of her identity J jr she go to her mother W J A dick until you came dicks dark eyes lighted its better so dick continued the judge ill go a little in advance add gently my wife for the joy and you bring mary blary to the house in halt an hour |