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Show Vf l of JOHNSON'S! HPdin( 4 tlle Year 18a by Slrret & Smith. JBmBmBmBmBmBmBmBmBmBMBmVOffiec Librarian at sEBBBBBBBB mi in i rrv.. .. i F XVII. Continued. Hp.nuu mui Dun- PFrosu, as was his Tcd to houso up tho to Hrt to pationt'R condition, and Piound that Johnson had Blcpt through W tho night scarcely stirring, Btlll aa a baby. Things were going woll to holp on his recovery; and though It would bo months before ho could bo able to I got around, yet thero was every hope and ovory reason to expect him to V recover. Johnson moved and opened his eyes slowly as Dr. Dunwlddlo onterod tho room. Vacnni, hollow eyes thoy were, with a staro In them which startled r Dolores. Dr. Dunwlddlo was at his side In-j In-j stantly, but without a sign of haste. j; "Ho Is used to your voice," ho said I to Dolores, without turning his head. i" "Speak to him, Miss Johnson. Say i w anything to him anything you are in Uio habit of saying." Dolores came no nearer tho bod: she Btood quietly at the window, and i aakod In her ordinary volco, Blow, un- i interested : "Are you ready for break fast, fathor?" Tho hollow eyes closed weakly for a moniont. -Irs. Alien entered at that moment with tho beof tea, and Dolores, Do-lores, taking tho bowl from her hand, crossod over to tho bedside. John--- son again opened his eye3 with tho old expression of distrust and dislike In thorn. Sho bent over him, and Dr. Dunwlddlo raised his head a trine gontly on his arm as sho put tho spoon to his lips with steady hand and un- i moved face. But when aho offered him tho second Bpoonful he closed his eyes and ondeavored to turn, aside his head, with tho sullen expression on ,r his face. Dolores bent over the bod and hold tho spoon steadily to his lips, as she said, In a tono that thrilled her listonars by Its slow, almost stern rweetness: "Drink this, fathor." Ho obeyed like a child, and sho fed him carefully according to tho doc tor's orders. Dr. Dunwlddlo watched her movomonts wpndorlngly. Whoro U -yj-yrr fold this girl got, her womanly tact? f"" Jauroly not from this man upon tho pillows, whoso faco was Indicative of nothing but a bruto nature. It was an oxqulslto morning. Mrs. Allen was with tho doctor, there was no need of her there, and sho went out and sat on tho door-stone In tho shadow of the pines. Leaning her head against tho door-post her hands foil to her lap. Her eyes were Intont on tho mountain with a sort of hungry hun-gry look In them. It had muddled so with hor Ilfo or was it tho fato of tho stars that crippled her father and pro-t pro-t . vented his going to court whoro tho men were eugcr to have him, llko tho Yulturo on the mountain. Sho know V'f . -. ,- Dolores crossed to the bedside. llttlo of fato or law, but It scorned to " ; S hor that tho ono possessed her, and ; tho other was waiting, waiting In a ' torrlblo sllonco lor her father to go , '' to prove tho mallco proponso In tho laming of tho mare a wnltlng that appalled her by Its dogged patience. What hor nolghlfprs thought sho did not caro; Bho had lived without thorn; sho could still Uvo without thorn. Had sho known how roughly thoy used hor namo sho would scarcely havo understood under-stood their meaning. Hor mind was too pure and too high abovo thorn to comprehend the ovll they would lay atl her door. Lodlo, among them all, jlgjay jklnd ono. Not ono of tho JHHBfefetncnr the Bmo; Rho Bby was Hitat Hflftk callod for HHjHHKPathy HHIHLI como, HHrBHwitnosB HHHBl- and HHHHRtho the hlnk or say Dora and her unclaj who wuro honorable peoplo, tho nurse uild, and young Green who had beon gg Vlnd to them so kind? Did he not vJsk his llfo for her fathor? Yot ovCn Uien ho must havo known about tho mare and by whom tho deed was done. Did ho not toll her hlmsolf that tho man who had commlttod such a dastardly deed should suffer tho full ponalty of tho law? And tho law had a terrible slgnlScanco to her. Lodlo camo slouching up tho path, tan, gaunt, angular, In tho full glory of the sunlight. Ho removed his rusty hat as ho stood before her, his hands bohind his back. "Do yor foythor gettin' on tol'rablc, D'loros? I kom up hyar from the tav'n tor hear. Wo 'lowed ho ortor bo lmprovln', an' wos waltln' ter know." "Who are waiting to know?" Bho asked, sharply. Tho tono wns now to hor, and tho man was disconcerted by It. A vague fear had entered hor mind in splto of Mrs. Allen's assurance that they would not como for hor father until ho was able to go to prove "Why, jes' wo uns," Lodlo replied, clumsily. "Ho wero a good un 'mong us, was yor feythor, D'loros, an wos Jest waltln' ter know of he Is lmprovln'." lm-provln'." "Thank you, Jim Lodlo. You can toll those who wish to know that my fathor will get woll." A flash camo Into Lodle's eyo, a deep red rushed to his sunburned faco. "I bo powerful glad ter hev ye say thet, D'lores,'' ho said, gravely. "An ther rest of 'em'll bo glad of et, too." Sho watched him shufllo down tho path and along tho road to tho tavern. Presently two light hands wero laid on her shoulders, and a soft, low volco exclaimed: "Dolores, Dolores, I am Dora. Look up and toll mo you arc as glad to see mo as I am to havo found you. I am so glad, Dolores." Dolores' fingers closod tightly as Bho looked up at tho girl beforo her tho cousin who had como to claim hor, the only ono In all tho world who had over loved hor slnco Betsy Glenn died. Sho was a small llttlo lady, and neatly dressod from tho wldo-brlmmod white hat with Its drooping gray plumo, to tho blue ribbon around her throat, and the soft gray costumo and delicate gloves. Her eyes were wide and gray, dark with excltoment, Boft with a touch of tears; hor mouth was gentle and sweet, but tho lips wore colorless; her small oval faco was white as death, save for a faint traco of feverish color upon either chock. Doloros know nothing of tho nature of Dora's disease, and to her the girl was a picture something to look at and lovo and admire, but too fair to touch. Her eyes grew luminous as sho looked at her. Tho brown eyes and tho gray met. Doloros' lips parted part-ed In ono of her rare smiles that transformed hor faco for tho moment; her oyes wero llko wells of light, beautiful, unfathomable. Young Grcon was standing behind Dora. During tho time ho had known Dolores never had sho looked llko that; It was a revelation to him of what sho was capable Sho did not sre him; sho saw nothing but Dora, and It was uncommon for women to show such marvolous depth of soul to another woman. Dora saw no ono but her cousin. They did not kiss each other; thoy offered no ondearmont common to womon, but Dora sat down on tho doorstep besldo Doloros. "I am no hnppyl" sho said. Dolores said nothing. Her oyes talked for hor. Young Green, with a fooling that ho had no right to bo thore, passed unnoticed un-noticed around to tho rear of tho houso and entered through tho low door of tho pantry. Dr. Dunwlddlo grootod him with a smile, but he did not spoak, as ho was busy with tho bandages on Johnson's nrm. On preparing ono of the bandages band-ages ho stepped aside, and at that moment Johnson slowly, opened his oyes upon young Green's faco. He was consflous, and his oyes had tho old look Jn them excepting that It was Intonslfled by their hollowncss. His faco grow ghastly in Its pallor, thon livid with fury; tho close set oyes under tho narrow forehead wero wild and bloodshot; Instlnctlvoly tho fin-gors fin-gors of his right hand wore feebly clenched as ho ondeavored to lift hlmsolf hlm-solf from among tho pillows, unmindful unmind-ful of tho pain, as ho cried In a hoarse whlspor, botwoon panting breaths: "Yo hyar? Fool, with yor larnln' an' yer books. I sweared I'd got oven with yo for to of over yo kom hyar agon, a-sottln' my gal up tor thenk horself bottor'n hor foyther a-turnln hor head with ,yqr foolln an' yor soft words' as though yo'd B .1 Jok "et-n-smlth's dartor rer--nc "good '' ' ' 1 i , i-ifYwiuiK Greonstartod to -spoak, bul VunwiddloAvith a stern oxpres. Hfrtit tlit his fndj&Mch Jils frlond had Iftrirto sd5u, said.; with quiet iKSwAiulet, Jijlmson.' Not another harllo,)i RoAlnto the otKer rtrtttftatra. Allen, holp' mo at once; lifrMojttKoment hah hrouiht on homorr. lia&fif i!, , AOTftWn cd tho door bohind him fcnugiVWUmpso of.Johnson'i fnco tjfct f$i?n$ver forgot ,It , pallid fvtjMkifM ghastly with the hollow ojtttifrror nntl nnfazoment mingled flBfllftjVo as he nolsolcssljr crossod thisrtf&and passed out of tho houso tit'rM theftpantry at"-th rear, wIthoutvlWllrl)8fetho twrf-.W tho door-stop, todXiYruei? out ara.vjig tho pines boyonWwsrr0, ho summit where tho wlnciswWcWpft nt, the sky blue and sUlW'Hsaw jpothlng around him clearly hiaf thodjfhts,, In a tumult, wero In thovHtlo tiaghTjjsjjjf of tho houso bolow wjro Ih8)ilr6nf" man, who had just boovrtljtjrbaclc His face ghastly In its pallor, from death, lay in his repulslvo flt of pasBton; and with tho maro In the stables at homo, the beautiful, Intelligent Intelli-gent nnlmal, ruined forever through a cowardly act of mallco; tho two blending so closely thnt ho could not Beparate them, mingling with tho stray words ho had heard In tho town of other and darker things than ho had dreamed. Then, llko a touch of peace, camo tho thought of tho two girls on thji doqr-Btepv two, such lovely, woraari? girls, each wflh a nofilb. souHJrjfst totally ,unllke, tho ono whoso Ilfo bad beon set In among tho grand mountains moun-tains touched with their grandeur and nobility of thought and llfo, and to him tho purest, most tender of women, wom-en, tho other proving hor tondemess through all her llfo In Uio heart of tho big city with its temptations and Its ovlla. CHAPTER XVIII. Dolores and Dora. "And you found Undo Joo when every ono else had given up tho search," said Dora, Boftly, hor oyeB full of loving admiration. "How bravo you are, Doloros. I would never havo had tho courage to do It, but then I'm not bravo anyhow." "Why shouldn't I do It?" Dolores asked quietly, turning hor largo oyea wonderlngly upon hor companion. "Ho Is my father." "Of course ho Is," Dora replied, with a nod of hor bright head, untying tho broad ribbons of her hat and swinging It around upon her knees. "Papa is my father, too, Dolores Johnson, and I lovo him; but I would novor havo enough courago to go off on a lonely dangerous mountain to find him If ho wero lost no not If I had a dozon men to go with me. Supposo you hod slipped over ono of those torrlblo ledges Mr. Green told us about, or walked right off Into a chasm when you thought you wero In tho path? No, I couldn't do it, over, but I wish I wero bravo llko you." Dolores said nothing, because sho had nothing to say. Dora must bo a coward If sho would not do that for her father; any of tho women of tho settlement would havo dono tho same. "Mr. Greon told us all about you," Dora continued, "and I wished so much to get at you, but you 'would not como to mo, and I could not como to you, and thon tho rain oh, 'tho rain It ralnoth ovory day and I begun to think I would havo to wait a wook at least, and tho things Mr. Greon told mo about you when ho returned from hero made mo all tho more restless and anxious to got at you, you poor dear." "Ho saved my father," Dolores Bald, presontly. Sho said It slowly, as though sho wero forced to say it Dora nodded. "I know It," sho. said, "tho man who camo ovor for the doctors told us about It, but you savod him moro than anyono olsp, Dolores, and you cannot deny It. They'd nqver have thought of going over thoro to Wok aftor tho denudes gave up tho search had it not, beon for you," . (To bo continued.) ' t |