Show ThAT AN ORPhAN OlttL Ill Amy Itandnlph r MII IOIIIOTT had V1 Mot flnlahed ilia I i dinner llN Mr Folllott wu ttJ a 1 very rich loan I m fi f31i and hi rook had L1ftrr1rJ1 1 I once been a 1 pupil I fiJj nt the great Buyer i V i1 to that the roeml t lti nlthuiiitti unnKten tailoii III every reelect re-elect WA nf Iho ttjeat aKjlfholre The allIIrajIlI1 tnip A dellriitu joung linker nhad waif Jiim wJIji rhatcFgne miurejpa naiad ffee aweutaH limn thlnJfSllr roll llotl enjoyed 1 l > erniie III their way they were perfref And he wa Jail culling mil a few moittter lrawber rice from among their green lenve I when a fooUtep rounded on the ocr amU lie looked quickly up A tall child nf 13 atoo1 there her face nuhed her hair dlaheveled ant her thick hooll powdered over with the fine Oiut of the cool > I nm 110 himgryVburat oJ lnoluhlarj lly from her Up Clnt I huau one of IIWu lunge ckeo X Jfft Mr rolllult froffjieil 1 nniTihook tile feet It you nre a beggar he raid you had better no around tn the luck door Mr lliinfnnl will glvo you tomethlng I dare nay The child bliitheil deeply nut drew hcrtelf l up with omchlnK of uncon Mloiii dlgnltj Im not a beggar he Mid Cant n girl be hungry without being n beg Mr7 I have conic here lo look for IMul rolllolt lhAI toy name roil the old gentleman gen-tleman n title aiiiplclouily Then ahe coil ronUKxedly I have roiue here to be jour little girl I am Oracle Ilellalre My papa woe Colonel Ilruen Heltalre and when ho 111 ho cold that you would 1 take care of me Here are liii letter And now ilM > e let them islvo me aomethlng to eatAnd And Ihl wa tho way In which Once Ilellnlrn CIIIHI to the homo ar her father dlntant klntmnii Iau nlllott Phi wag A pretty child when the dual wn wlIh1 mil of her dimple and the ruining brown curl were bruihed Into anmcthtng like ahipe Sin had Ilriiro Ilellalrea largi drenmy eye nnd esqiilnlto Ireek profile and Mr rolllolt IUii while hn enprrlencrd a thrill of conaternatlon nt thlt new rinrge felt lila heart warm ton an tAr My dear nalil he you are a nIce little girl but what ran 1 io with yon J could tiny here and phty rouldn IT raid Oracle Innocently Hut there la nomelhlnK else In the I world for little girls to do Ixiildea playIng play-Ing paid Mr rolllolt nnd ao he took counsel with uool Mr llonfordbl bounckccper I Dear heart air paul that Modi I rtonage It aerma In me plain enough Why dont you aend her to Mr John Volllolt Dont you rrmcra tier loot aumnirr when eliot woo her nni you helped her out with the debU that trouhlnl l her pu II t badly iho derlnri d the would do anything In tho world to v hnw her gratitude And rites gut daughter of her own haint hot Who f4 there In all tho world that rouli Airing hIlsus flriclo ujj VIT than aher hits llaufonl jgu arc a genlua1 aM Mr Culllott Why on enrta didnt I tliluk nf Hint myaeltr t hire John HilfoH celtic tn the Orange nt oncV nviio > iry tmlllni mil I ttroJI Tlie darling J nhe cred enthitihv I llnvlly cmbracliiR Oracle who lookcj rather awed at the lght of m rnuce I v Splendor I ouch love her aa dearly u It aho wern my stain Ioitr hour Jousa1 llrncel How well I remember hlitl I a You nwcct one jou pro the very pie r 1IIIte of your papa I flo Mr John Iolllnlt greatly rejoicing a re-joicing retiirmd to thn hr vviittonj f hoitsi In New Yoyf fln orent wi I StinpaKI and to lift daughter vrhoso xpenalvo drevio were jet written uu 11 on the wrong ohio of Mile Hurlltor books Id ito podllvely projIdtrJllal raid uhra Folllott A thouaaud unhorse rJt clearly added to our Incomer1 Hut there In I that jjreat awkwnrd II child la t bring up rail Mailnlcna lil nl llott nhaml llnIllU hruliflfo vvhoiad lid jutt roado her debut In xirlely Oh that doe not algnlf all he II is terrnt rialron tIer rjntwllbe tab tolutrlj iiothlne1 ity hll And ao In the rourun of n fun week n Oracle Hcllalrn found heraelf nctlllnjj eat down to tlic poKlthm of ladyV maid tu re tbo throo Mtaar Kolllolt Site kewed nd tho butlnn nn Madatena bonli rhe osi C raii out hl rainy ihys whri the very lf2 nctr t i chambermaidobjected on nfrount of Ine thin weatber to match sLadcof wortu Ito 1 rdand nllIstlln l for All < Mte the i onl illfoi daughter clue waahed riorrncea foi lou iMn for her and wept many a totvof 00 rmll nlhil f flutter raoHintatloir the while A7iil I hf dcgreca hl her ahoea grew worn nnd runty her healthj jnung growth iHil ctrlppol the limits of her I intr < none aldt lh gowns her bonnet and tiiautlo beeamo tele no tbnbby that stun onuld not go nut and except under cover of the friendly the dusk Once driven to deiporatUjn pit eaol wore Florence white ohupn ii thaI now noft real jacket Hut the never re tnt i rented I tho axpertmant for 3Jra0 Pol jiclal 1 t bit met her nn the elites and Ita biil r lie I the light of her great bluik eye upun i her la a manner that wa truly appalling fpo bull ling Ir ever ynu preeume tn do utica a uneJ hlDg again sold she In a low voice I of concentrated wrath you hall be hut up on bread and water nr a I j montta I I bed I have nothing to wear plead I I ei Iofcee 1 Your ekttbm are good enough mid Mm Kolllntt Rharply There Is nothing o lnfnl a vanity Hut wheu I go to Mhool began Qntr You are not going to Achnol Mid Mrs Kolllott It U your btlneM tn lay lucre ami help Jane with the China emit ether and tunic yonroelf uttfttl tutu are not a young lady like MIss Mlrelte and Mice Phorenreyou are only a working girl Child thoiiah ah wan Oracle 1W heir comprehended the Inluttlce nf alt bin Kind old Mr Iolllolt hadnt nrnnl tItle when he gao her over Into Mr JohiijtVillloll change He limit halo forhen to rend the money Iliac thought or sit nlTrluld hare tueo reeled Ibllo fhe M its l11 tithe iwll fRftMit nfldget i Die cook The child ought to have ex errlw at leant Hum If nhe us a the rat they muldnt take less 1 notice ot her Mid Norah tho wixllrnu And Jint IrfuR lit the rtnthM nf her aid rannlo the nmirt rhimbernmtd Sites kept me awake with her couih for two nigh I aaM llrldget and all the paregoric I Hive her dont tMMCMt up 1 n hilt W Ilrln rollliRU under an extra prmiira o of cumruio had ordered r > riifte o17rtJIIil IlrldRet for a night or two and when TTTe oominny wits gone nothing had been Mid about her returning her little room again The girls need It to keep their um timer dreaiien In audit Mm rnlllolt And Oraee ho I Juit n will oft with llrldget They wouldnt care If I site coughe1 hervelt nut of the world entIrely ald Nornh WnrJtt luck to em coil Tnnnle Hut nnbthly eer yet ground down the orihan and the fatherleM without there wn n judgment on em fur It Mr 1olllolt nil this time win bglt > nUir to he I a Ditto iinemy lIla elegan city relative wrote at atateil Intervals but her communication were eminently eminent-ly uniatlifartnry 1 ahould like tn fee the child IA aid within hlmtelf Vnd lout nlcht I dreamed that truce I Ilellalre came tome to-me just III he u ed to look and asked mo what I hid dona with lute ono ewe tomb I shout believe In tupcrnntural warnIng I never had any faith la demo nnd omen Hut I believe I will g3 ilon n to Now York and irs It Oracle ha I well And no late one nnnwy December night there lime a Iremendou peal at Ibo doorbell ot Mr John Folllnlf mniulnn llmt lady wan absent at n faihlnnnldn reception with her three d daughter Norah and Fannie had gnnn D vltlt a friend In a neighboring kitchen antI llrldgel < halt asleep atumbUd lo the front door and opened It Mia Ornre ho I IU site stammered Sure It jetll itcp In Ibo parlay Ill rend her up to jou UpT repentedthe Veen old gentle ruan where I ha I auto T toIf I Jt I r I re 11 fJ II = u r f I j 1 r rul 0 m I im l 0111 TAJWJUn AWAY1 In the jJiltpUffl ir coafeued DrdFII nl l IW 1 1 1II10 vuItUeebt it I nlIltr FolHott TakUlnnlctI l er at onco Iuor little tirade sit before n the kllchtii lire Ibo nuckcu and halest of nilfTpllai IV an inrpp9doualy flrovrliiB attltiid Hur I drej Avac1worn anil faded lier hair bruihud back In a rlatn plait her cheek tranaparcntly pnlo and thcro was nn exprvnalon III jiirfQfe Utheyrloolcd I ntO thp red unbent thntmnde Jlr rtilllott heartache heart-ache ° JIve > it J-Ive not come any too man bethought be-thought lIu1 ten ho laid aloud Oriel i Lfttlo Oraclo With a nudden cry site aprang tn her feet niul ran fobbing Into his arm Oh take mo unayl aha exclaimed Ob I chit ro mlierubln hero rite old man Ionic at her with hears ln hi eyes 11 liavo made n mistake Oracle 11Id I he Np raan can ilu his duty by proxy 1 thouU have kept you my eel Never mind little one hcnco forwant you chili buitil 1 my Jowl1t He turned frf HrtdBet r v v l4ck h < r clothea said bo and hon3htitiit1 tIT c Li Hrldgct atared Are you going to lake her avvayi lrjialil Hhe frI ro um bW1 1hr Mr < hillWtJno JeSv N I J u And Its glad of It I am salt the Jifiiiwt girl for though 1101 Weariful lonoRomn I thall be vvltliout her its no place for n nlleinivna daughler is I fell pwld hl la4auntrd UllcHon No more Itataff j And when Mrt nilllott and her daiiKhtera returned tired and crnu nt 2 ociwK lo tbe morning there wa no patient Oracle lo lo the diille of a Indy maid to them And a not from their rich relative on the tall table ox pbilned the phenomenon Mrs Folllott grew Il nala a aim read the curt word In wmch Coniln Paul expr ued hula meaning We ball sever have a rent from him again an lour ai we live laid cbs But Oraele wcnre In hula parental love was happy and when she looked back over those New York day they termed like nothing but a troake dream from which the hud awakened thank bmvenl New York Ledger |