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Show WES TUL Se _ Ohe Inter Mountain Republican __Masecine Sein SALT By LAKE CITY, UTAH, SUNDAY. JULY 21, 1907. MEARIE- WINGROVE> ME dot To TELL @ STOORY EITHER? © ANA \y ws WANT Do SUT you MAMMA Yin BATHON YD LSPECLALLY WHEN IT MAY LE HER OWN (CARRIAGE BY MARY WINGROVE BATHION. ---_ Service, | "Well, oOi h T like Mr. Mulford [ better I do like him, mamma | to get at the | wishing dear "Why, | child' s real opinion. gz girls andri li "9 h, ne is so good 1 to little boys Sometimes when we are com | 1007 Copyright Special Republican "Mamma." ‘now me disturb "Please "i { not : ee a etis dear. I am very busy. Mrs. Carson | jng home from school he will take as sat in a low chair In the dingy back! any of us in his earrlage as he can bedroom of a boarding house not re-|{ orowd In, and ach one's door. mote from the Gramercy park, Jast beams of the us they window yare She sacred precincts ne trying to catch the fast fading daylignt 2 | A n&@ he ‘buys sorts of good to the school "And was material half, so trying do to the that work there make one of might yard a yard be no saw He newsboy who is a real nice a| ile delay in| him finishing tne gown which lay on the| «yes bed within easy reach A soft gray]though gown it was, almost bride-like in ap-)| pearance, and belonged to the rich} Miss Mulford, tosalie an old Carson, schoolmate Miss give ne is had) me, per u.niled went a dollar an little she lit-}] cold papa died Mulford to is doing. experienced It try She Grace, should is} to) could] dressmaker butter for nerself. and. child, to say | Ait : ous ‘ nothing of clothing and medicine, having gained thee& ar probation.) of C 1 { rl approbs 0 Mulford work 7 meant the probability eav ‘wiieq.; ‘Miss ty | say and : Miss | you.it ‘Lis of more | neeto Mulford' yorali Rosalte eit 4 ase: her always! She. calls} <a secause I feel that there potas ilfor te common Betweencp r y DOK desirable wedding." that Miss dear, fo Pore 1 " ‘" crow dropped heavily baek into the chair from which she had just arise Come over "here to -the: window mother She on to dearie, : and let me see what7 the fieulty it Is it something jout lessonsis again, again: Girlie Girll |‘! 2 -2Ut sadly said nom the child, Ro may ‘Jegra2o Jove ‘ ng 80. LO; Mere he sh ‘pin Life: Wilonly e wait her-n- tsvwer see the question ths vt Jt asked youtus last night, I want it n (ee tried on, and js guint be in ould waiting for you, so tend need such a hurry, you kn : "So you could ave, dear, you not think that a woman me to prepare are } head wife, | Shit i you and you her trousseu, not?" replied | | - im-| ‘on of my instead eee R e you x house, of a atta: * aoe osie ©C un ee as but oh Oo my et ) ‘d a be tthe R a, ; ie tlie Bat edhe! <I would in not dumb come fs very there is a foolish. carriage to all,| Ralph you do, but who walk walting #uswer at once "Tt is very unfair do| is} when for You 2") wun to hasten ate we and] the'| ; dear} ‘ f want | ‘ nificantly % - : Oh, more.' ae please, dear, do not Rosalie entreated ; Pe x. , away. | : Say | ANY! on the bearing. ack and Do my | rich her.) little you happiness Of,4 child hurrying ; ie P tly | s she leaned back jarey| scUusions: of the carriage: . ' isless « = It's Ralph. gepends say taat SnD "Yes, t I cannot give you L know how aa Rosie mean to would tell As chair agree." me that calls me Nellie-TI eet Se dear, I struck | She it up pao gr ‘or, you upon me mié uke yself.' like see, my you child's, nanny, Then you swe i now that, my refuse I suppose Ralph Wilson. happiness|she dwelt upon and were I could| I to give {It unhappy| me an was no ar-| evening "I could | terea the he} tae hand. And so; lying studied You quiet thing to eyes as| feature her to roo The have| oi r enild neck Mulford you in put ‘ arms her for reply,he and gave sedately | han Mr. I had - by quiet- good to see li i are noisy, and mam- WHT ake Come, be around him sat sedately sa mother and she her otner I per- if mt the little into her to be very brought oppor- Some little Rosie Mr. promised if oe shel a | if you ; ; s || yy loved prove unworthy./| kiss 1en so proved himself this! the side of 5 holding mother's arms, ly re strained fea-| they were cine eee sne was thin king- | he filled h separate room, not.so child. quicker than been a. the mo Mulfor "i With a seream of delight, | girl threw herself sobbing there the my ounger and have would have not rushed in at the voice of Mr. : wearily into a} little table, her} and Tears each light . man she ne had the Yet _Norisense, little told me now." a photograph picked depends upon the decision fe 8 carefully of 10 years of age | he man of wh 10m think his mamma? for him} him, ' you; understand Rosalie dropped by the side of a | hand my by this time if he had tunateiy come aiong. are on the étatra if we get But Mr, Mulfora doesn't his way. Sometimes he my! But, as long as you feel as likes you, too, dearie-he I will raat pertec tly platn with|this evening. Good-night, in the matte definite decision | Yo} ner Especially when it may be her own| I | carriage at a word?" said Grace, sig-} Rosalie. ; not) was not nec Gna ry. at I could have walked." tired Rosa-| to prepare your own, take Grace's place at can be| little Nellie. the nich | king the: i , d talph "She is ore about thinking she] She deserves to be very happy, I am sure. And you are going| w: artaly.. "Well-not stress " | woman, aking le narwill ane Mulford and the poo amstt "you heth A ny and I do not want her to think Ten eanmiii upon her kind-| Your little girl. I think that "alia se } AA ked her advice, sht rould To \ ‘ 1 \ y mS < ‘ , * Ww ¥pu of Lunes aaa . eo ine [accent my offer, for I believe olde l dear child said the | Senay tidves me v As Rosnlie bont lower -znd lowerso Rat the aK nanhtic: "dleatea rine ‘ ‘ 1 apidly pearing light, she sighed mote and more wearr : ; " ily Finally, she laid the last sleeve} alongside_of the gown on tne bed and dit‘your cots She wits and made it nave a quiet mediately, Want come friends, too hy do you Sheawill was life. now, to ask to} she could not afford Tan Haale a aGhduks mend me to her ‘But mamma dress "That Grace. lie her.| and | Phe "Dear me, I never dreamed of dear Grace having such a romance in her| heen very particular that it should be] make ner frock for just what she is] finished at once, and Rosali felt that) paving me, and she is going to recomto disappoint nee' bread: to hasten back, ner fo r me ewe and as a will be a very quiet nounced a perfect success. Then Rosa- | decision, "Ralph?" e must be thinking about triage. The death of my poor little| le oastily said I am notin trifling earnest, with ae so apes sorry Nellie has doie away with any further Ww "« Hea hive gone atgood once evening, an land "Because if you are »j)And iI wiwaye always titel feel iad' ‘ B¢cessity for , sacrifice on the part of! « V iit, dear Rosalle. ‘The carriage | thére Is no reason why , you should not that 7 I cannot help liking Rosie, to a poor to Walter Seott No -one{ the engagement at the cima, to be announced now, {mm new of but it is Car- I know that, alseen much of the} poor Miss as on Mrs. was crying with man, mamma dear. he is. I have not family since yey good of of} ee day," «7 of] and one kMarriage us Otis water and all} thihgs, and sends them at recess, sometimes struggled through the small "Cupboard love," overlooking neighboring back ! soy to nerself his a Icvving by down. ) her took } never trust him with my; Mulford gave her 4 smile of ap- z Se as is red' o swiftly and notslessly along, Rosa 2 must remind you that you prom-] own happiness, or Rosie's, now iat : I] proval is eyes were aS bit misty Foor | lie could not help reflecting on the | je, me to wait a week anc zive me| ave discovered him capable of Small} he looked from the tear-stained little if you] y Is Grace Mulford to he s sne : : = Tce etm . 0 bid y ru | ven lenulmetce eeait BE Pate Neate et time to consider your proposal. I cai | me annesses I could sooner believe in| face to that of the pale one on the x‘ Vas r ‘ " . she al wag jones. bo ynly say now that I will endeavor to}a man who had committed a crime | pillow in front of him and he leaned : It was all true. This carriage, with | decide at once, but it is ORS for | For an hour she sat in the dark} over and gave the little girl another | all things else of the world's comfort] me to promise to do so. I ally do not} i pleasure, might be hers at a word. | know myself what the earl may be And aid it involve any sacrifice on her{|-I am not trying to deceive you, | astonis shme nt Aft et= ye i | corenpre eh found voice sayS inear a self-| par A pang went through a her ,. "ae : to A had} 1 DROGEN THE, EQNS, «ST "BML (60: MOLDY ®} the remembrance of Ralph Wilson ‘iin dhe hopes age. by the eatnetie Then, all at once, burying ner! came cour-] kiss to hide his emotion After a moment of intense quiet, |} during which Rosalie's. eyes Mie eicie at} Ralph. Good evening tor the present' | "HowWwW much better to discover it now| fom Rosalie hastily left the room to pre-/inan after I had married him?" she| ™4n the strong ? features of the big to those of the little girl beside beenho very ne dreary five its years GOrry. for what. n | ‘Could I be : content as the wife of| vent further argument, and : in a lit-| thought ;,)0..5) ‘ After Sa all, UN ea lifewR isace still before | her, Mr. Mulford spoke quie to°help this } last rht bat- y Voy? Sorry lear?" ; Instead: < replying little "Rosie | Vi) Na. one 20 NOP Net BEAt'? aim on : ry ae another man?" she asked herself. But| tle while she and little Rosie entered jear little girl. I May I say some thing without eivie S y tle Still if Rosie did not like Ralph That you should have wasted : es . 2 me, and I have my dear little gir Sut| nestled' close to her mothe cheek apbis . el : e a 4) the answer would not come. She had|{ the dining room togetner After dinI will not keep him in suspense. Iw {11 | offense, Rosalie? atid Hid hax face there was an end to the question of thought on me But, indeed, lam not] peen attracted by the handsome fea-] ner, they returned to their room, where itke cab ‘rice "aneerell rare fr alecnen at She nodded without speaking, but ‘What is it deni Let me help you her marriag jto blame. I never dr¢ amed that you ; tures of the young man two years ago|they remained the balance of the si @ ie ie = ae nenoet tina 7} t-| her face, lately so pale, colored notly, « befor ur »_ MY i ing |b| nan "My chil a hall not be made un-| Were learning to care anything for me ta social nMaffair in their church, and] evening eeso tt that Ee no es one sh cht ; * | *a she turned her eyes eeeataenin EAR Miss OE Mu!T ftak pace ‘Sewing t { o f rwnl . "a." a y : : }ter might comment] eaway vies id ervant: wiil| 2@PP 1 at tne price of my own} Mr. Mulford gradually a. warm liking had sprung Mother daughter were cheerful | | t in tl ( r, as would cerHe hesitated for a moment, then , he x reflected | No *one has anyI thongh of blami son ge "Then, a yeara eta ago,| ht theiri retirement. cs : morning, she. as would "le come for hé {roi this evening.' you | happine "@P! i & OMIing | }up on eacn side enough in It was no} | upon tainly it-in be ‘the the casecif sents it- cerby | asked know Why, dearle, you are crying. | She lit the gas and resumed her Tale my ¢ hild. But is it, then, impos- | he hi di: ‘proposed to her, but she had} hardship to Rosalie to be shut in wah | hari, " ; ? "Would you be willing to let Rosie Wt ¢ wrong with you Poaton ? eo) ewing In an hour's time she was}* oa . {refused him her little girl, for Rosie was the on { e nish ap é . + or Be reaady [t | Oh, quite Mr. y Mulford la a igh to love "But I house shall have Teivcnidebe to change vemy | Soe aint epee mamma, deat % » lay é !it aside, completed "Am I then impossible, so old that Again, only last night, she had object she had : oars She laughed outright, then paled It is other dres nothing girls one, just too; as the are but il mamma M I now, The mamma going to pat can wear little The | have ind girl witha a new | © "wart |.M n old Indeed I wiped one éa aw . G sh placed . relief ut ine' t l of that she fold-|_ i "a i. pee Ile ir the box ready for} "0 a SS yee servant,en wao woulg.|-~Perhaps, there I she ce -.| me, Rosalie, are 1 if Th of of gs f and nosh t her 0 her room, little girl p her q| to andi", ready for | some N anyor one t ot is else? ) a : ae you . eds a. ey : | Roselle some one else-te i already promised ' On, not promised to consider another proposal Besides, from him. And now, today, she had} promised to consider a J proposal from| < Xr et no! -" promised }another man = be really been tO | i She ' had not EER . n what elsess to} OF Wyas for her tears and smiled bravely at her| the boarding house dinner. Her prepey Lian mt | 8 and had merely acquiesced in mother as she did so. But Mrs. Carson | 2tations were scarcely completed when] ""Wait, then, my dear, until you have Ww an it Mr. Mulford ae asked her to do. | } ok rily nd ent fille } ring att b nnounced the ar-| given the matter some thought Do | ghee eari rhe a e1 1 | ih vertheless, the ~--estion had to be} own eyes rival of the Mu iford coacoman with a} not decide now, because I want you to ‘ hinl , and decided. And, for all she|; ' m.very sorry. dear. not to be} note fo rM r arson, asking her if| think seriously over . what I am going ;n nets m : } ‘. : a Ln ant 4 sgt e ould see, it would nave to go against able to give you. : a new " one, too. but it| She would be oon , enough to return; to say to you. A younger man migat Hotl Er ' { i } ( . "or she was er is impossible now." | h the coachman in the carriage and} Woo you more ardently than I, but not| . ' \ py a ' mee Le wes icm yy r } TY} She clasped the little ‘girl closer to| try: the' are on Miss Mulford more earnestly, and he might not sucant ention aT to ea Ee yr Spd her' to ‘hide. the tear whic? by. thi Rosalie had hoped for a quiet even-| ceed nearly so well in making you hed ae Ree tO) NOE eae as time were streaming down her ow1 ng with a book whicon she had long} face She w comparing h wn | been wishing to read, but without aj sunny childhood with the forlorn one} further thought of self, she quietly put) of her dear little girl But soon more| On her outdoor garments and with a| quieting thougnats came to her Perhaps there moght be a change/ Hiwthe HettersooH, ‘She had promised Ralph Wilson last night that she would ie ' ans . a thy give him an answer in a week's time He nad proposed to her one ' : and she had refused him, canvahe Hea ween him. dail three times a learned to have other Did 1 sne; Jove day a great she an r own year ago ; As he seat| nd himself 7 ' but since; 'e™ 1 pleasantlak F two or | not. put ttir & yourself to soul nd they liking for doing able oO Wa one nut in She being z osk iIntangiovle could able only that "somehow, someno v W . hic undefna-.| it it to her Saabs put h she the own| 1 Vv Vas \ aia wo aoe ill to the when|/is an In-| ch le { 4 "self 7 > "Rosie ‘ ar. do vou like Mr. Wil-| son?" sneée asked the little girl pres-| : , I-I like him right] rere Mrs. Carson's heart sank at| well Mr arson es c at) the litle one's tone ently. "Yes-mamma, , But not ery uch, dearie, very muen ri k inaife ‘re ntly F ‘ing 7 trying to speak inaliter 5 to write inted me to tl see ‘ ne: -i well vac lie that | my I ui aro ithy question I you }-house to "Sneak asked ra Pray with | Carso nected ‘ there "was io be defined, even ‘ Be she questioned herself S der ly. there came to her i tl It re spiration with- rt pipe rage ae er SE vot i aitioae Ge < thee ai ie Sane fal to eae pedaling: SEN eee 14 the cnildren, and two reasons for One."was: Lo pygia importunities; - the likely for to amount r are, A OUSEY Unplesasir | @fter tais," ONY te to ~ more than ae Nee + « a ade as | with the said What Mr. ; tO both of us to meet di Lily she reflected intention, she} In pursuit of this whe ther | | ; j |Started for an early to more x : Bhe * walk A the AAS A: NOEor:DONG sear a tive head next} SUG te e pain a brute you must Mulford, . holding b ad to her é gently Believe . . nostrils me, my - ' think me," a restora. = She . : child, shook : I was < ' Say to in tne that note, Mrs. Carson.| KNOW you-to-er-speak carlor t Ney iy to| | parlor. 0 a boarding) not conducive to pri: "eS least me, Mr. Mulford?" a wondering i pardon n The fact eldest daughter ‘ = . eldest ) Rosa-| tone 1er that Shall you I-not? Rosalie knows and are going nodded her -Go right not-< nt r ne! shall tell to head consider in room, my confidence| mh ne I an!/ re-| Carson, the It quite € half i anI hour } our fore Grace entered, and then in composed manner... whict ‘ ‘ 1 lich complets restored the con fidence of Rosalis Sh, ‘ death| was‘ ‘And here papa vou * tells .are me shese that uid; SIC, he has 1O- }den that eSaem | | Douglass" of whom she me right out where » you5 had gone, notw I did not want to tell a story vy," Did he as} you anything |} and] else, tenes pe with en : ae t 18 willing to live here the ‘ ste ps ‘ of ra house in Gramercy } patk.|@nd be my own little girl ‘ like : . j Attempting to raise herself on her 5 el-|: Nellie was? pre he asked gently bow, she fainted again. This time she! The big blue eyes of the e hild : b Multord, would=be ac =P careless Brepenys tone , 12 _ sheaos ' must, atk, Sal eee Wo Yes, I not sho talk Come "LT see, All right, dearie, but do not| pte you "| mignt which | the me of/heryeic affairs ylex to } any ay weuld intention sometaing hurt some of doing so.' some one, : Laer ‘Yes. mamma. but you, ac y to tell a story, either' ‘Certainly not, . dear. But day without not want! her fe ir ou . father . airtor was kind|afreetionate "I~ 7. ‘ with - ex" cannot vee wie Paar murmur . "f Stl Ce eee of Foca -ghts. nO ea tell "You are closed until the d for her, dear. Don't} 3 so good doctor se whispered,| Bae hadae surmised, it : was : whic h was soon set. But insisted ci. cee indignant How that Rosalie ask Ht ttle we she marched i take you & sister. V darling." dar] she \S; oystooping i Posie - ¢« went Please And may said to this the posulie ping over, sald, as she kissed ‘ I am so glad stones 5= i little mother, Let it so brutal) ter, ‘at: and t 0. have UENO: t it a nd to that child In had to postpone ‘ > doher But, , gown on : come, ne, you at at a nnow once 4 le tm l oO © seR see q promised this} | seh w ¢ ' 1 d for ,*him 8 pela ait vaca Rosie | "Rosalie," he to : . . begin. said, "I - want Bat an oar - 1 i girls.' ‘ . ‘ Why,we Oh, arie?" dearie? he always speaks so cross tol from ms Grace 4 be under Why,¥ motherless, those _ heavy wheels, my' little Rosalie would vOSz ¥ as well as fatherjess | Ros alle h 2 big bed, Papa, per ~ for a minis- af my wife about the time of your] givin™ away my ecrets, tnt Well. | , or ; 1 ked " sUstly. Nae ' bs j the child , | fo. an old friend, Rosalie sked Grace we will have ea rig! r at once, Then iyo. askec abr ave! > 7; ¥ é a & " marriage to young Carson left Grace; what do you tninkof an old mi rid) like : { iz th cL xa t : y spot a | Dees he gens. yee ene rs Mulford in an injured (one "Papa isi nurse her here - keep her and at the head of my household, but you} me wanting to get married' =} nt o hi - " ine ay a cL } You ce uld like Mi Wilsen if vas ve now and wishes to ask how od: "Will you, my dea yé y jo not know that she sacri- | quired | e stepp , : . es your own papa * fe Are you equal to se , ear-will Si ‘ ca es h happines neas a oO my ae needs. a E || qui I think that dnd she entered'? for"ehe, t#o: hour| had| y 'T eydon't t thinka that 1i Mr Wilson would dear? 1 eing him,/that for me 7 a ficed her own you deserve every omething to say, and at this s : beasked, much quietly, "Tt -for will all j of us?" he The : youngest child was a cripple, and | blessingg that heaven c bestor van 9 be ny girl's "Oh, certainly; by all means Do save oe i aven can bestow, dear e nearly all of thewy other . guests were la } ittle P t ane oo and you |} 1@ felt that she must take her dead ne said earnestly, but quite quictls |; Fout cute 46 bo bt amines S Dap > mamma. don't think he likes Aittle let me thank him for dragging me urge SNOW, dear he eh?" | mother place Jing whieb she I E pe } BUCS wad us to Ke ar mu h discreetly park ane and said: your papa says th ays at my father dy | call be|jnq an refusal. can you window "Surel ¥; my y sister Then Kept wer ane He ~ had recelved} 5% Ae‘ snockpari er plea that she be = ph to a hospital, however, was met] | with the out « ys the } j| looked : M Miss Mulford, he is going | 601Ing to be are she her eyes as if in great As "aethey | broke nh arm, to ' gone 2 {and it i is your| the - he made answer pleasantly! bedtime now, and mamma wants to| j}read ‘ and thir 1k a little." She was} ‘ ag nae went to see Miss Mulford abo king the little one in bed with an and stop a } forget that to mamma does thenot affairs like her Oe‘Rosie nian jjiije girl talk about of}| > : ae Phe i "Papa has another It grows on one, dearie, and!, aa a a ein ae es | fret sAarvewhi Sha an surprised tae cle thai fhe statement Rosalie} Me Wat h ad taught Rosie that) business, to "lenougch been| yet," she| . < y alighted | asButthinking to her pleasant greeting Ralph] wilson gave a frigid reply, "Rosie teels i | me that you went for a drive with Mi al er gay) Fe ~ as the | dear Rosalie asked the question) was on a couch when she recovere a turned inquir ingly on he r mothe 7 to ner-| auie tly, but there was a hard look in | her senses, and Grace Mulford was|!ace for a moment before she re Ned, resign- | hei eyes as she spoke ' standing over her. | Then she asked y DEC. "Yes, Mamma, he asked wno was? , . "Don't attem alk j ; iene my mamma live he " He ant . $ pt to talk just now, 14 live here, too? | "Douglass, tender and true." liaree waa pe me Ur tol phen end ae Rosalie Yo are here in our scam yh, yes, dear, by all me ans. chs | The she opened the door with her Maid or . anu ia? is ee e "a and we will take care of you. Don't| "Tce Would be your big siste | 4 ore was ne CL xé VE y y . G ' ‘he ") stay key and entered, to be met in the hall) ror yoy." . B S| worry, dear, We think your arm is ' aon Vil Pea Moeie emy rs ‘ ‘ nnele ce' ° a ait ft . ly r vs ot tel ri . oo. | PHRaUically, anc rthwit 8 . an em-| ur ) tl 18| friend': r She glanced at the carriage coachman drove off, and smiled Self to think of what she was ne mer e: jing. humming r the > meanwhile: approves | I y said to you. but she will aie een her I h one into ran ¢ Mrs. Grace rra i an asten¢ barrassed way and hastened steps, golng directly to ner umed UTTLE¢ know, that What nave to hér I room, YT heave unti have h \ ibtert . Mrs.| ubterfuge, that have taken! sufficient ‘to assure you that ey ‘ Mr. Mattord paused in embarrassed way, and finally. "You 0? up - ip } love she sh he think indifference for young Wilson | tae 7 ~eatel r a % : Bh ‘ S| ing then of your interest only. I heard It required little diplomacy to lead | Bi ETE a Be Oe Ae caer Sans Ds lore eeruis ail to Grace about little the subject up to her thoughts this called her even now, sone hurried} Rosie 7} e fatherie : en > nek ; along at her best speed, making for| .~" veing fatherless, and I thought evening, for Rosie seemed to be think-| * : a ' ; to set your mind at St by ; of Ralph R } herself : ,;}an < address= which she had_ selected | you to let : her aes meee Hf 'y ave asking ing of After : lessons|' aoe : decide-" 2 7 from the morning paper | > c e® paused. Were prepared tor the morrow she] 6 pal | Rosalie looked up at him under oa 4 . 3 Ss c > cuddled as usual in her mother's arms. | Turning from aside street into | stundingly and smiled Suddenly she asked | Fourth avenue, she waited for a string ‘I know what yeu meant," she whis ‘Mamma, woy did Mr Wilson get] of vehicles to get out of her way. pered last "Well, let her decid a 2° ang! when he foun. that you had | Then she attempted to cross, only to} eye ee mean it, Rosalie?' he asked gone to Miss Mulf | be run down by a neavy truck which] eagerly, his face flushing like a bo rs Rosalic looked at thi "child with sud-| came dashing around the corner, With| She' nodded again by way of re oy enlightenment, as she amswered | great presence of mind she threw her-| Big John Mulferd turned to th hy: net younger man would ever be more de-| May be able to"1 win herns oter yr " : self voted to your child's mother taan r, {2 easc asoned3 to herself, a either Rosalie, even if I am an old|&t her own door. in ine fulgi ing my daughter's whim, Carson ‘Not at all, Mr a ulford It is very} . ani that 3 shouk . she | proy I ee Miss Mul- o answer | well as! for not rey feel to explain rs \eart.Sedo Jt was one by her side f he| . I I aope > you are! any inconven-| had} * each | Grace T hen why his why n not E give weinim at onee and set her own, as i i rest?" The reason his, mind att had word of affectionate advice to her little} f ither, and have known the sorrow | a BR OEE Ot ER eee agentes : : |} With another question lself aside as the great horse struck} tle girl and took her in a One®. hastened af-er the coacnman of losing the object of that love, Your! She sighed at the thought of telling| Did he get angry, girlie? Who told her, and immediately, woman-like,| brace, his voic« trembling To her surprise, Mr. Mulford sprang] little -irl would in a great measure} Ralph that she could not marry him.| him that I had gone to Miss Mul-| fainted. } tion from the carriage she descended the | compe nsate me for that loss, and| Then sne brightened again After all] ford's?" | When she came to she was en Rosie, dear, would you st ind hime if ‘hel Iped her in |} would be ver near my hea 7, | Rosie is little more than a baby. Raiph "I told him. mamma. but he asked} : . c . lee ni DS. I 1 rt. No} = ' i 1e ask carried, on an improvised stfetcher up| tO have me for your father, | moan old enough to be your father. Be| Sides, my child, money is not to be despised Little Rosie needs it, if you > do : not," Ralph Wilso1 : Gans s¥eit eee she sat holding her) ford's dress on her he fore she. goes out j be Poe on Ww up before the in it rhere might ‘Il be some alter | ' " a . . SA ? oo my child. bef viligh siation necessary. you know 1c we nore, ti fore in the ieee, eS" abeer ca * u en ‘nat Y dst i {you go to. my daughter. J] Sis < ag question aflirmativels WV @ll---er! ihe ( is 1A askec : , : "wal J ‘ sked herself, aS e shild in her arms . ace ae answered the she } happy, because of your caild It there } ani Is any young man in the ca wa nf | Ba you to consider little Roste well before vam deciding I have known the love of "oo she this retirement Ralph. Wilson's . "he ferove oss promise | Otner to discover, if possible, -osie's indifference; : desps ra-| Rosie's indifference amounted But this last : =e 8 given in sheer esitated, looking from o erie oe ae (Continued on Page Three.) | |
