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RH AUL EVER EVERLEIGH LEIGH was the richest I P men man in Hillsdale and lived Jived with his widowed sister Mrs J Al Alice ce Hargate i I j in m a beautiful mansion overlooking o the town to where hi his father and his tT grandfather before him had been the thc one great toward whom all aU eyes ees turned admiringly admiringly in J and all aU cars listened attentively el Paul the last of his name was waB n proud cold ambitious lawyer Jawer of the type which seems born bom to rule but never to smile or to show to any anyone anyone one a glimpse of the thc heart a heart a silent reserved studious man polite to all alJ but loving none if one were to except his hilS sister eUter a lady five years his senior and ce as 8 much like him in looks as ns it were pO possible for brother and sister to be Paul notwithstanding hi his severe ere cast of countenance was a lland handsome man with wonderfully magnetic e black eyes and a voice oice of I singular sweetness and power His si sister ter who never ventured to ques question tion Lion his gloomy moods dearly as she we loved him had bad for a CI long time noticed that something far more pore vexing than business cares was preying upon his mind though she had hael not the slightest suspicion that love lo which tamed tho the fabled centaur centaur might night be at the bottom of her brothers brother's brothers broth broth- ers er's changed demeanor She he would as M soon eoon have ha thought her pretty prett sewing girl Amy Dallett to tobe tobe tobe be a princess 6 in disguise as 19 that her proud brother could by br any possible misadventure misad bethe be bo bothe the victim of Cupids Cupid's subtle r arts Amy my was an orphan and rc resided doo with her old grandmother in a little cottage just jUit beyond tho the Everleigh E grounds where the graveled groveled carr carriage carriage- road wound through a stately avenue of silver firs fir and a glimpse could be had of the noble manor house houte and its wide white columned pi- pi The widow ido Dallett's granddaughter was a afa fa fair r. r delicate l little creature of barely bardy eighteen with Sunn sunny blue eyes as innocent in expression as S a child's childs 5 an and a marvelously man silky wealth of yellow ringlets ringlet that looked in the sunshine like Jike spun put gold tel find and she he had a n sweet roS rosy mouth and dimpled chin aud and cheeks checks as warmly tinted as the innermost heart of a n shell seashell and such nee wee baby hands Bands and pretty fluttering like birdlike ways as made one wonder r how EO so fair and foolish foolish fool ool ish a 0 child child for for Amy my was not very Cry wise would wise would fare when the tha old grandmother should go o the way ay of all the living and this dainty flower flower- l loving lovins vin butterfly were left l t to to face lifes life's troubles and d dangers alone llone with neither home or kindred kin tired dred to call all her own lie He who tempers tempera the wind to the shorn lamb Jamb and notes the sparrow fall might have her in true it that is-that is that wolves His Ills guardful keeping yet abound abond most t numerously where the he shepherd is unseen and birds of prey wheel watchfully above the spot pot where the weary sparrow vainly lopes hopes s to reit rest in safety safely its tired wiD wings wines But Amy who m who was there in 10 all aU Hillsdale who would wi wish h to turn that free carefree h happy laugh of heX hers into a n sigh or seek to banish from her ber young eyes their gladsome trustful light li ht No ou one oue surely Burdy And yet why did Amy smile amilo jo so 0 often over her work and frequently lose loco herself her her- self in iu a 0 train of thought t bO o deep and blissful's blissful s 's to cou ca castor 3 her lier to forget her surroundings and md exalt her to the seventh heaven of delight Mrs Irs Margate Hargate ob observant nant woman though she ehe was could not tell tel what it was that E so O pleasantly pleas pleas- pleasantly antly occupied the mind of her er nimble fingered fingered young oung seamstress any more than Amy m knew the nature of the secret which slur sho fancied might be hidden in the breast t of Paul Everleigh's sister sister- for she was not so RO simple as a. not to know that every ery human heart beut has bas its f silent chamber wherein where in n no guest is ever bidden to enter Just how the story originated original cd no one ever knew but before the thC summer was over o it was darkly whispered in every house in Hillsdale that irreparable Jc d dishonor honor abided bided in poor old Dame D Dallett's letts lett's humble cottage and that fair Amys Amy's good name was fore er fore er gone Yet Amy hc herself did not seem em to heed or care at all for anything that was said mid an and sat rot the whole day lon long by the low lo vine shaded south window with her ber hands idly folded in her lap and nd a n something of conscious innocence and anil believing be lieving faith in her ber eyes that th was pitiable enough to witness Who ho was Amys Amy's my lover loer The question went from lip to lip among the curious village e gossips gossips gos sips but no one knew or could even eyen guess who be the girls girl's betrayer might One Oue day as Mrs rs Hargate was passing the widows widow's cotta cottage e a 1 sudden desire seized her to enter and anti see sec for herself herscH the child ehid whose birth had so G startled and scandalized the entire neighborhood neigh neigh- The outer door stood open and without stopping stopping stopping stop stop- ping to knock she noiselessly entered the little sitting sitting room room and before she bhe had well recovered reco from her t surprise at finding no one in the apartment apartment apartment apart apart- ment found herself bending over the cradle wherein slumbered the cli 10 loveliest haired dark infant infant in in- fant ant she had ever seen U Oh Amy Amy Amyl was the sorrowful cry that filled her heart thy 01 sin Bin has haa found thee out and sleeps J here like the vcr very angel of innocence innocence innocence in in- and Ind peace in the midst t of shame hame and misery unutterable Shame end and misery Could it mean menn that th when the child was lis M so altogether to beautiful and slept in a downy nest of sill silk and lace bce rich and fine enough to have decked the cra cradle lc of a n king kingo son san Mrs Hargate Harg was Wl both astonished and b be be- v. Surely this lover of or Amys Amy's Am could be no beggar beg r nor had he forgotten or forsaken her in the hour Lour of her utmost need ned whoever he might b be and whatever er were hits hia misdeeds misdeeds and and they were not few or slight Ih she felt quite certain Alice widowed and aud childless s bent low above abo the little sloping sleeping face and kissed the moist moUt sweet mouth and tiny white snow hands A strange thing for h her r to do for she ehe was u a proud woman and not at all I l lavish vish of her en- en en- en The Th touch light as it was awakened the child and a pair of great wondering baby eyes baby ey s opened wide to c meet neet t the gaze o of those thos other eyes which were nera large and wondering too filled with a 1 look of un unspeakable pain for quick and sharp a as the tho lightning flash fluh th the bitter truth forced it elf upon her soul that she could no lOD longer er love 10 as she he h had d formerly done her on onty If t mother brother I 1 She kissed again the soft pink peachy-pink check cheel lying uppermost on the p pillow and with a strangely guilty feeling tugging hea heavily at her heart stole unseen from the house and anel fled home as ns fast as her ber trembling limbs could carry carr her It was plain now no and she like Amy m must be silent and guard well the secret which to no other this side of the grave e must ever be re- re For more than a year car Paul Everleigh had bc been n nin in Europe Business usine s matters of great Importance Import Import- tance t- t ance bad had detained him abroad much longer than he be had supposed 1 they would could on leaving home bome and anel his return was anxiously waited for by his hig sister and perhaps by another who patiently watched the crisp p October days melt away oay into the stormy skies ldes of winter with that same sad fad sweet smile in her har eyes eves that hau haunted them c er c cr since the time s-h s she fi first t berin to linger under under un uc der the En silver r firs for the coming corning of one whom she nhe had eMil easily learned to love but could not learn to forget Amy my went nowhere an and saw no one and was deaf and blind to all that went tent on around her but sometimes when the weather was fine i he would steal away to the dark quiet firs at an hour when she would woul be most likely to e ob observation elation i and there one bright spring Sprin t morning morning morn ing Alice met her slowly walking walkin up and down n beneath the low drooping branches with the child in her arms arm and her cheek check laid lovingly lo against his Ws curly head It was a a. pretty picture ant and Alice Aliee paused charmed in spite of ht hea by y the youthful grace and beauty of the mother no less than by the healthy rosy ro y baby loveliness fg of the boy bo Am Amy stopp stopped d short and the color all left eft her face at seeing the haughty lady Jady of Everleigh E so near r But Rut Al Alice ce reassured her r with n 1 look and motioned motioned motioned mo mo- her to tit sit down on a rustic seat close by by way of or e explanation tion that Amy did not look etron strong enough h to carry carr the child Am Amy did as ns Mrs IIa atc requested much to the little fellows fellow's disgust for he already had a n mind to have his own way and anel peeped lIl disapprovingly disapprovingly ap at Alice through the 6 silken mesh of his tumbled curls curb Alice felt her eyes growing ving mist misty and it was all she could do to steady ady her voice oice voice sufficiently to ask in in a a. forced commonplace manner if Mrs Irs rheumatism were better bettar an and her cough less leas J troublesome than it had been during during during dur dur- ing the winter Amy saw sass through the artifice an and a 3 startled frightened half questioning half look crept into h her r You iron think me very cry ry wicked d I suppose and no longer fit to ee Be sea s or tp speak to any anyone one she ghe said aid in in a a. slow hesitating tone but people do doDot donot donot not Dot know and I am too happy and well contented con con- contented tented to tro cUe cars much whit what they say sayar or think of me HaPpy Happy Alice Alice could not believe her ber ears cus happy tappy and contented after being so deeply d ply wronged by on ono whom horn I r ho hope God will t forgive though I cannot find it in my heart to do so Wronged Wrong d 1 Amy repeated repented with nth a wistful uplifting up up- lifting of her innO innocent nt blue eyes I did not say wo s o. o It is iJ for him to speak not m me I love Jove him very vcr much He has hu been and still is kind to tome tome tome me and I would not for the world un undo o what I 1 ha have done You n reason ason like one v. v who bo o has neither judgment judgment judg judg- ment nor conscience com tai said aid Alice in a hard condemning condemning con on tone of ref voice oice Mothers even en the worst of o-f them though h lost to all ECIl sense of shame themselves ehe lo e their then children but this boy bo of yours rOUN it seems to me is much less dear to you ou than your guilty friend frien and I t say ay to you ou Amy Dallett as a woman speaking to a woman that it is HI a n cruel cruel cruel-cruel cruel wrong to make him the innocent innocent inno inno- cent ent life long life long hearer bearer of his parents' parents dishonor Dishonor Who ho calls it so she answered with considerable spirit And nd you you yon oh Mrs roU you know leno that the Everleigh firs fir never uever nev- nev er cast their silent shadows on a fairer birer boy bo than mine See See tie he has his fathers father's ey eyes his hia f fathers father's noble brow and think you ou his father will not love lo him Love e him Yes Yea as he has loved you Amy and as 39 men roen Jove K only love o e only to forget was Mrs Irs Margate's Mar Bar gates gate sadly low rep reply You do him injustice injustice indeed indeed you do earnestly earnestly earn earn- estly urged Amy If I make wake no complaint surely you should not If Ii m my heart trusts and believes in him implicitly yours OUIS certainly has no rj right ht to either cither doubt or censure act of his And the childs child's name questioned Alice vexed half and anel wholly surprised that Amy should persist in in being wilfully blind blin as well i ell as 39 incapable incapable inca inca- pable she thought of really lIy knowing the miserable miser miserable miser miser- able position in which she stood You may maj a trust trust me so EO far far fur for heaven hea help me I am not ignorant of the truth and the knowledge ledge is of ofa a n kind that I would much rather r have 1 died than ever eer to have hate known My darling has no name replied Am Amy softly softly soft soft- ly parting the curls from his forehead with her thin white no fingers fingers no name naDie at all now non When poor Amy is il lying yonder on the hill be beyond ond the wooded height it will swill not matter mAller how or by whom her little measure of happiness was sas given He lIe might not always have ha loved love me were ere I to live to be old but I shall lI die elie young as did my mother and anel to so I have nothing to fear He lie will care caro for the boy I boy I know he will for will for he lie is Ju Just t and would never nc wrong his own flesh and blood however hOI weary lie he might grow of me Alice felt herself answered and without another another an nn other word she turned and left the two together n again ain alone under the still sombre firs firs the the fragile lle young rO mother with the delicate bloom of lips and checks cheeks de deepened penell to a n vivid vivi scarlet and the pretty prett child playing at al her feet in happy happy hap hap- py unconsciousness that thal he was nameless and an Ishmael on the face lace of the earth No one dreamed not even Mrs n. n Hargate that Amy was really ill iU for she h had d always been delicate del irate and easily IAti fatigued uro and it was not surprising sur sus that she the should be more so now than ever ier before since she kept herself shut up like a I. I cloistered nun nUD and did nothing week k in and week eek out but lie on a a. sofa or l' l sit eit l in a great grent easy chair by the sunny window windo where she phe could see seethe seethe seethe the erl E Everleigh ish larches standing dark between her herand herand herand and the th sky and the summer breeze come conio drifting drifting drifting drift drift- ing in with the spicy breath of pine and cedar But ono on night in June when the birds and the flowers were asleep and the moon shone fulland full fun fulland and clear Amy kissed her baby for the last time tim bade her weeping old grandmother adieu folded her two feeble hands above her faintly beating heart and whispering He lie will come too late latea late late- a little while too late she peacefully die died Paul Everleigh miel ia midway between England and America might have e heard about his pillow p. p lIow that night the l soft oft movement of an angels angel's wings and thought it but the moan main of the restless restless rest rest- less Jess sea or there mi might bt have appeared to l himin tom him m min in his dreams a l seraph seraphs as fa fair fair- 1 as the morning with mth hair an and eyes e-cs like Amy's Amys the Amys the Amy my who was lill lying so still t JI and pale in her coffin with a smile on her lips and anel nestling in her bosom the fairest roses that ever bloomed at |