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L iI Y t 1 lN J HC HI lust piece pica of ur baggage had T 7 1 been lifted lined Into the tho hold of ur tho thoc sr c a and t the signals I to draw drat In the prang gang an plank and move mo of oft olt had hall been given sl when the couple whitt with whit Shipman retired nl b banker el his t i soil nn on and llau daughter dashed up to the pier They Ther were wele burely barely In time limo au and as tile the bl big boat brat moved d slowly awa away from flum her dock el Ir Ir I Irving IrIng Ing Shipman called to the boatman still standing on the Z pier gazing after this strange trio n as f If It In a final t farewell Carewell us u's business lods l- l had hall been hard haid and and that there was a Kindlier side to his nature no Ito one but his children 1 be be- c- c lIe ed To them he be ha had 1 been father and mot mother ln gl them there everything great greatt t r wealth could give rued and hl his hard bard cold col lb gra gray Fray c eyes et anI only lighted with tenderness when inc ic thought of them 01 or their future And It was fui for their sake ike Uke he lie hea was a tal taking tills this trip Hip which his physicians had hall ath advised leed Master Irving Ir had been hastily sumi sum sum- r i from Crom tho thu m military I emy to tu join John his father and sister on un this trip an and had not gad iad time to change ills his uniform for Cor the Iz less s CR- CR Izen's garb He lIe was a tall slender youth of or I about aboul IG 16 or of 17 1 years yearb r an whose bearing F f clearly Indicated his military training train train- Jn ing ml whose enthusiasm betrayed his hits delight at his good fortune In Setting Set get Oi V. V ting a winter mid vacation l But It t was Mildred re who ho t 71 attracted most moil attention r She was teas ct very fair almost pale with A t I It 1 large laige tad sad brown eyes ejes and masses mases of or t rich own brown hair hall done in the latest fashion Her mouth was as sensitive c all and andI 11 I I a fi faint sadness 1 lurked In tho the cornets corners II j disappearing on only I when she smiled I I displaying rows lows of beautiful teeth But nut she he did nut smile as much as a aI I j I girl Sill of 20 o should Her lIel mot ler had hall died when she silo was I 12 and now her hei fathers father's Illness s had hall I taken a U serious turn threatening to lea leave lea her alone save ave for her bi brother other Slip Sit hated travel and she wondered what land kind of a place Mexico was Tho Tiro first hest few days s out she kept to toI her stateroom taking hei meals there rc therewith I with her Luther father who will was unable le to tobe tobe be about After Havana ana they thc were gale swept and at Progresso o l' l ran n Into I a norther and had to ride anchor I for fOl three thre da days s until lighters could gr get gel t out to tu take 0 off the passengers for that port From Progresso iSO to Vera Vcra Cruz Gnu tho the thoI I weather was delightful and Mildred j i spent a great deal of or lime time on deck j jAt I At night th the tho moon and und phosphorescent 1 I cent waters of the gulf stream seemed In j OJ conspiracy to up th Iho surface of the waters as n a sort of or play pIa ground II for the Hying fishes Arrived ll at Vera Vein Cruz thc they proceeded c cb b by rail to the City of ur Mexico The Thee ride e through the mountains was as as beautiful Mildred thought a as the Alps I First the they pa passed s tJ through lon long I gio roves es of banana tr trees es th then therm acres and acres of the Mexican I maker makel from Irom whose milky Mexico gets her native natle pulque and null whose whoso r r equals hem hemp I in the tho manufacture of rope lope At the stations where the they Plopped flopped e ethe the train was as Instantly surrounded 1 by y Indians selling beautiful camellias anti and smelling Ill foodstuffs some ome begging some screna serenading ing They Ther hey arrived clI late and tiled tied and amI the then n nl morning d hildred and her hel bi brother other went vent to the breakfast robin alone their father not having stood blood the trip so well It was as late and there was but bUl one une oneat oneat at her dinner a frank faced nee handsome handsome hand hand- t some young man ratan wearing n a flo flowing black tie lie much the same us ns artists s wear weal wearlie He lit vas the Iho new Jew engineer n for the Hie Miller Lead-Miller Construction of oC who were erecting electric trolley plants In n the city and Its suburbs He lie had luid IJ been en there only a week but buL had made many mallY friends by his hits manly con conduct of the lite company's affairs that he lie had hall found In very ely bad condition on his arrival and hn had restored harmony amon among time the workmen who hull had been threatening to lo strike He lie was was was' laic hale and hall had ordered u a I hasty repast and when the now new corners comers entered he forgot it il and all else save le who ho the they were lIe He wondered what so su lovely a creature creature crea- crea ture could be doing there fa for I frankly frankl Roy Kendall did not nut like lIle Mexico and won at an any one une coming there on pleasure b bentHe bent nt lIe He did not un the language an and he despised their life lire and customs cus cus- toms All 11 the wa way war out to the works he ho kept wondering who she he was and how how- he lie was going to arrange to meet her He Ho had learned learnell to overcome o great greato o obstacles In his chosen profession sion out but he he- hea a admitted to himself this one seemed almost But nut he resolved to meet her some someway wa way and he was not nol to be he turned froma from CIoma a purpose once ho ha had made matle up his mind The little party part spout spent the time first few days visiting the lagoons the thc cathe- cathe dral time the thieves market marlet an and even evell the tho Mexican Monte Carlo where the games ams am's CIC were in lIo progress Tess The rime doctor r had hud said sal he lie noted a n slight Improvement in n her fathers father's condition and Mildred l had resl resigned nell I herself to a long stay there hoping ho lie might be e p cured I Meanwhile Roy Kendall was not hll Idle H He had hat mado friends with l IU Irving who In turn had hall taken him hint to his father ather lo to obtain his to tu allow him him to tu visit Isil tho the now new buildings g In courso course of construction for time the city's new nev power supply Winfield Shipman liked the time honest blue luc eyes eves es and frank easy mann manner r of or orHo Ho Roy Ito Kendall and had hall given cons consent nt for Cor his daughter to go so also She had been cen I Interested uA ho showed showe her tho the great reat traveling cranes and asked man many amusing if Ie nut not silly little questions as he lie took her ID to Inspect the time huge dynamos that supplied light I. I In to the ancient city ol or orthe the and Aztec At Al least hc she was Interested he lie mused d das as 11 he ro rode lodo t to the hotel that night and anti when he lie arrived there lher ant and aull received re re- a note from Mildred MIldreds father asking him to tu dine Ine with them then that I evening o lu he Il was In Ills his seventh se heaven He was lIev never I more particular about his grooming glooming them that night and I when ho had finished he surveyed himself in lh the mirror minor with l c evident ent satisfaction lIe He found them waiting I for 01 him and could not help notice I how radiantly happy Mildred was He fancied her face lighted up hun whon he ilc entered an and the sadness that sometimes sometimes sometimes some some- times lurked around tho the sweet mouth seemed scented to disappear In his presence He lie felt a nc new strange o happiness s when near her hel and knew that at last nd I ho lie was in love lo l i I Mildred and amid Roy no Kendall now saw a treat deal of oC eu each h other They rode t t I j together In the thc beautiful Pasco to i i historical old castle where i Maximilian brought the lovely Charlotte Charlotte Char Char- II lotte Jotte a bride bilde I Sometimes they walked In n the Alameda Alameda Ala Ala- meda a listening to I the tho music or wandered wandered wand wand- ered through h the lie flower mart mail They both thou thought hl thoy they had never nevel neverseen neverseen seen a n 1 beautiful place than Mexico But the time slight Improvement in Winfield Win Win- field nelll health proved ed only a temporary one anti and when no was nut nt able to be e about Mildred sp spent nt h her r tine time in fu care of or him leaving heaving Roy Hoy to I tile society of oC her 1 brother Between Mildred 1 d and her I there thero was a great gleat unselfish devotion but she site loved Roy noy Kendall Kendal an and she site missed the little pilgrimages that grew glow less frequent each ch week UN father fathel was wa growing ving worse each day and amI realized realised I hat flint the end was I near To this crusty old man the world had hall been beon a n place to make malic and hoard I money and anti ho had hall never until now thought there was any thing else of Importance to lo be bo considered at death I But Ula th the thought of or lea ln leaving Mildred alone made th those these se declining days das more mort wretched and anel he wondered what would become of or her Then h he thought of Roy Kendall lie knew he hoe was In love Jove w th Mildred Mil MU- dred and he was sure she cared for hI mint him But lie he knew she would novel never consent con- con r I sent gent to any arrangement so ho resolved resolved re 10 re- re solved to 10 see sec him and talk tall to him about it Jt and Mildred l need not know of or It Ho Ile hl had d liked lII him flom f om the firsta first a antI ami the feeling hall had grown glown with the acquaintance once and he felt It that Mildred Mil Mil- Mildred dred would woul be safe sare and happy In his care Ho told Mildred ashe site ml might hl drive out to the works and anti tell teU Mr Ir Kendall I hit wished to see OG him as alj soon as ho hu reached the hotel that evening Ho Roy Rov sat at in ill n His Vila rudel rudely constructed IJ before Coro a table littered with blue blueprints pi prints hits but ut his mind was wa not on the diu lIe He was thinking of Mil Mil- dyed died and wondering ho he should go to her hel father and t tell him him or whether he should speak to her first t He Heon on wondered If It she might not nol think him cruel crull and amI selfish to mention hIt love lovo while her father Cather was so ill III But he must tell teIl her an and he ho promised promised prom prom- hm to see ec her that night an ane and 2 know her lice an answer Just then she peeped In iii at the door and anet asked say gayly I May Iny I come in iii nO Roy 1 Well Vell I 1 should hould say so ho hu answered jumping lo to his feet and and tendering throne tK thA one chair chait the afforded How II ow v did you OU get awa away vay this afternoon afternoon after after- l'- l' noon noon She Sho told toll him of o her Imer fathers father's wish I h to see sec him and began he ln arranging th the confused ht heap ap of drawings s all aH the iru th while scolding him hie for the untidy condition condition con con- of hl his desk esk He thou thought ht he had never seen SCUll he her more moro beautiful although the Iho pale face showed the confinement her hel fathers father's Illness had han forced upon her She Slie needs air rind and sunshine he mused muser as us he sat sal salon on the arm of her chair chah He lie felt Celt her tremble le just a 0 little but she did dill not attempt to lo move Mildred you liU must know l I r love love- you dear eal I felt I ou ought ht to walt wait until your 11 0 father Cather was better to tell you ou this but I know ow you OU must have understood all along May Ia I sa say what Is in m toy my heart now Will Vili you marr marry mine me She Site nestled closer and he knew it was WIS his answer He took her in his hiI arms and said said- Come dear deal we not keep your oUt father waiting When they reached th the hotel they found the tho doctor there thero and all In con eon fusion fulon One look 1001 and ond the doctor knew v he could be he of or no store more service Ho He whispered to Mildred and Roy Roy- Kendall Th limey Thoy knelt beside the bed bell bellam am and th the gray ray eyes ces wan wandered ered from rom one oneto oneto to tn tit tin other The lips 1115 parted as If Jf to speak 1 then all was still and WintIeld Shipman was a gone 1 |