Show I 1 HoW ow He le Won w on Her HerB HerBy ler lerBy By B MRS E. E D. D E. E N. N SOUTHWORTH Continued from yesterday esterday morning But you will go o with mo me this afternoon af at- urged with her hand baud on the knob b of or her door Oh yes yes certainly es certainly answered Elfie as she disappeared in her Imer chamber The two girls came down together dressed to go out But they parted at atthe atthe the time gate atc as their paths lay in opposite opposite opposite site directions Erminie entered the time little carriage that was to take tako her first to the Douglas Douglas Douglas Doug Doug- las hospital Eino walked ed rapidly toward Penn Penn- ill avenue he hi st r- r Navy Yard car which tool took her to the tho eastern suburbs of or the city cit She Sho got out of the car at the thO corner of a quiet street mostly built bunt up in small detached houses with small flower yards ar s before beloro them Bile Elfie walked briskly on until sho she reached a little cottage in a large garden garden garden gar gar- den full tull of or fruit trees where Mim lived hived with his mal maiden naiden en aunts four little bits of or old ladies ladles with thin faces and fair fall hair and blue e eyes es who were as like lIko as peas in a pod to each other and to Mim himself who loved lo them sincerely an and who supported them willingly wil oft off his small salary as salesman in a fancy fanc bazaar They ha had all nil lived ll single for foi his sake and ancl brought him up from flom a bab baby said ere credulous ulous little Mim tIm and now ho lie would live Jive single for Cor their sakes and take care of ot them thorn in their age age Elfie Elne in her hel eagerness pulled open Ollen tho the gar garden en gate and ran mn up tho time walk and rang tho timo bell boll Ono One of or tho the little old la ladies ies answered the rin ring Oh Mi Miss s Suzy how Is Mr tr Mini Mid And car can I see sec him time the visitor ex ex- claimed Oh Ohm Miss lIss Bide Elfie I am sin so 10 glad to set see you ou back safe And Mini is much bet bet- ter thank you ou Af And of or course you can canco see co him bin Immediately for I do think the sight of you will quite sot set him up But Lut maybe Id I'd better hetter go und and break brcak it to him first tilst His Ills poor pour head is rather weak yet et and a sudden shock might bring on the time fever fo again Yes EYes I think you ou had better do o J o. o Miss lIss Suz Suzy and I will wait walt hero imro until you ou come como back Do And I will sisters to see you Th They will be so 0 o glad youve you've ume said taid the little old luly a ap she he left the time room Ellie Blue sat sal down dow in the pleasant rural rural- Iii like parlor with Its plain old fash furniture and chintz curtains anti and chair covers CO and amid waited until she bhe was joined by hy the thre other little old ladies ladles Miss SOt Sophy h Miss Miss 11 Molly who all came running to her and who all kissed her ai atri aci d ma made a great crowing crowIn over O her until the the- there re return return re- re turn of their elder sister r. r Iks JI SUZ Suzy h led ll mile Bide un ua lail to lo a clean whitewashed and white curtain ed ell chamber where shero In iii a a. covered te-covered pas pasy chair little little- Mim in his dressing r gown gommi wn and slippers clippers and und with hl his hea head bound up reclined He lie made matie an am t to rite rise and r re receive re- re elve c-elve his visitor but fell back limned lately upon his ills cushions Oh Ohm Mini Mim dear dont don't tr try to 0 get up please I will come conic anti and sit It quite cl clot close to you OU If IC Miss Suzy Susy will lot me wild aid i gently going to his sl side e. e and taking taking tak tak- ing tug his thin hand and ancl looking piteously piteous piteous- ly Iy in his Imis palo pale face Miss Fielding this is no so o kind of you ou to come to see me mo It Tt does me so o much good You cant can't think how anxious I have ha-c been to hear of your safety I J think anxiety h kept et in me back from recovery recovery re re- covery cover more mol than titan nn anything else I r laimi am amo so o 0 grateful to you ou for Cor tal taking ln the trouble trouble trouble trou trou- ble of or coming to see seo me inc today said ald the tho hittie hero Oh Ohm Mini lIm dear ear what is it there I wouldn't do to tu show m my sense of oC your eUl worth woith and m my obligation to yoi yO said he seated hersel herself her imer- Elfie Eifle with feeling feeling- as s sel self In the tho chair that Miss lIss Suzy Suy had hall been holding behind her and mutely pressing her to take You overwhelm o me Miss Melding Fielding you you ou do do 10 Indeed sal said little Mini Mim with emotion I have time tho greatest t respect for you ou and for all the ladies ladles and anti I thought It was no rio more than just natural to la lay down dowil own my life for you rou ou if nece necessary what necessary what what an any man would woul do for an any lad lady But dear Mim we ha had proof enough nough h that da day that there wasn't a aman anan nan man on the ground who was willing to risk Isk risk getting his imis head hea broken to save saye me t from corn om being carried off ore b by th tho guerrillas guer- guer rillas except yourself Oh Ohm dear ear Mini Mim what shall I over ever do to prove provo how much I thank an and honor you jou 7 Little Mini Mim blushed up to tho the edges of his hair hall and could not find wor words s sto to reply lb Oh Ohm dear clear cleal me sighed Miss SUs Susy to her herself elt I hope she Iho would marry many him Imin gratitude c. c I truly hope and trust she wont won't marry him gratitude e. e Her property Is all constipated b by tho the rebels and he lie has not the time means with his imis little salary of supporting us and a n ni wife i e. e and a whole lot of little ones besides Lord have merc mercy upon u us While Miss Su Suzy thus bemoaned h herself her her- 1 self elf little Mini Mim JI l found his tongue ton and answered like a miniature Bayard ald fl 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J l t Miss Folding I r now thank jert fur for brohen head and amid every cry II pain lInin that I have suffered In U C. C MI Miss JI s Fielding 1 I would have not had only my head but every bone li-i li m my bOd body broken to have proved m my refard regard regard re gard fard for fOI you or oi for or-for for any ln of the ladies ladles and to have havo awak awakened ne such esteem in your mind would have hae been consolation consola tion and reward enough he lie added with enthusiasm n. afterward ard Elfie left the tiit room escorted l b by Miss SUZ Suzy who thought she sho really liked e her young oung visitor very well wasP was now no heartily glad to see her out 1 In Iii the room loom below tho tIme other sisters had a n nice little luncheon spread out upon a a. table covered with a clean cloth Tea rea und toast chipped beef beer and light biscuits and ancl stowed stewed apples and new no mUk Thc They pressed Elfie to hospitality that sho she was to sit sic down own and partake of the tho refreshments ent After which she shir thanked them hem and took look leave When hen Blue o was as fairly out of f tl the front frotH garden rarden gate Miss SU Suzy Busy J closed the house door an and then turned to her el sisters and raised her lingers In mysterious mysterious mysterious mys mys- warning What ever c is the tho matter now In in- in In-I In Miss Molly loll and auth echoed Miss Sophy Soph an and Miss Mis Sarah Salah g at their cl elder eider er sister in perplexity and uneasiness uneasiness ness nes We e dont don't want aut Mini Mim to marl marry clow do clo dowe w wo we she inquired 1 Oh Ohm Lor exclaimed the time other sisters sis sis- sis sis- eis in chorus chorus- Well then we wo muse must keep keel a good oo l Jool out look out She's a nice girl and I like c cher her but hut if It we e dont don't take care shell she'll marry y Jim whether or OJ no lO mo r Marry u Jim echoed all the time other sisters sisters' I And if IC Miss liss suz Suzy had hind said saM She I will murder Jim ana aUll they had believed be le- Jio her her wor words s could not ha have ha cau caused ed more consternation Yes she sho will repeated the elder eider I sister Marry larl Jim Our Jim Oh no j A I She's a 0 pretty prell girl and a clever girl birl W Wand and a good girl and we like her but hut I wo we 0 cant can't afford to let her hel have ha ourI our out I Jim Jim Our Jim must no not marr marry CHAPTER PH C to l Taco Face aCC When hell Bile Elfie got fot back to lo th the parsonage parson age e she found Erminie waiting for tor her in the II library bran where the time dinner table for fOl two had been set At age girls can cam eat cat eata a hearty and Immediately l ly afterward a 1 eat t a a dinner and suffer stiffer no ini in- in coin coin- n l I Uon L. L Lo c JaL wU anti i her her- napkin l i h l A I w Is 18 Mr Ml in 7 Inquired Ie fellow I do tie believe e but for his strict temperance habits that blow would It e o killed him As it is Is lieis heI he lie I I is getting well fast rast just as you ou told me His head Is weak yet ot thou though h. h And I took tool care not to excite him I Ili didn't nt breathe bleathe a a. word to him of my adventures among the time guerrillas I allowed him to take It for granted that I had been heen sent home under a Hag of truce And nd he ho I knows s no nothing of your our ourI forced marriage 1 I Not a word wOld Nor o of time the battle with the time guerrillas guerrillas guer- guer guer guer- rillas y Continued tomorrow mornin r |