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Show ROBERT G RALE, HERMIT ( lly I.1IIHIIK THllllilL B ConHgUi I. (vt. Ta Autort Canaaas, S VaaTTTT-WnrrTITarTW-TIW-tttraM ill UeMllenlMiia.rr There stood a ruiie ami dingy hut ' Itanlng against the eaves ot a knoll, ud built of sticks and boarda thrown ap hy the tide. A During light burned within, and gleamed through tho crevices crev-ices and the Jngued holo thut served the purpose of a window. A man ills-ksvelod, ills-ksvelod, gray and decrepit, came u.lt and carofully d(ow to tho rickety dcor altar him. Ila vised awhile n con-Itmplatlon con-Itmplatlon of tho night, and listened ta the mournful breathing of thn surf. Tlieti bo climbed to tho topmost point it tho knoll and gazed lutitf over I ho tri'ti h of water to tho di-ila::! harlnr ahero shono the myriad lights of tho tlty, sml In musing, aald: "Yo'ro there, uomewlierc I know yet must he- iiriuklii' und rovvlln' and fionilin' yer hit of money In a fool's Laraillso; white the rtcKli-t-tcd wife and sis one auek Daylum of yer decrepit father " Thou ho clonched bis bony hands and muttered, whllb Ihn night breeze fUynd alanit hla tattered raiment. Ho kaikc.l away along tho rilition of wind-iDf wind-iDf whlto bench and descried an atom Bovlbg at tho water'a eilgo, growing larger aa It advanced: and he watched 1 II until taking tho shape of a ninn, It I kore around I ho fiait of the knoll and I dlrappeared boncath the overhanging f crni-a. Tho watcher deacended by tho . vaih he had come; passing the hut. ho )waltod In thn ahndnw until the man I again appeared, then atopped out and j blocked hla way. "What do you wnnt here?" Hla tone waa harsh and stern. The other hesitated. "What have ye dona with the wife and wee one?" he continued, harsh and stern aa before. "She left my bed and board and took tho youngster with her." "Because you neglected and 111-trsatod 111-trsatod her, and hecnuse you will not work. Bhe came to mo yesterday In bar trouble, not knowing otherwhere." "It's a lie I can get no work to do!" and tho young ?r mnu tried to pass. "Tho lle'a your own." rejoined tho elder, over hard and atom. "Not so fasti" and he gripped the other by the inn. "Sho wanta not you, ahe'a III, and wanta rest and quiet, and aho shall not be disturbed." "I will see her boo what aha Beans," and bo thrust the eldor man roughly aalde. "You cannot harbor a Ban's wlfo. Thore'a a law. Uoaldoa, you quarrelod with your own wife ion't forgot that," and again ha made la pass. Slung by the tnunt, tho elder man truck out a blow, and yet again. Then -they grappled and atrugglod fiercely In the moan of tha surf beneath tha "Yo'ro there, aomowhere I know ye must bo drlnkln' an' rovellln'." atari, until at lust by a mighty effort the oWof n,n aun "tt J'ouoser 4nd stood alone. "I'm yet yur master!" ho cried, breathing Bharp and heavily. "Never yet had ion tho right lo Judge hla father, far loss taunt him with what ba known naught of. You apeak of a law gainst harboring your wife. 1 know another law. and 'b!4 by It. if ,n cannot do for thorn I can, uecreptl ' , ,m and U1 Oo 'd coma not nlffci ma, else perhaps no law may uT you!" And he walled (i Then rose the Groveller to hla luet and turned to Ril. "8top!" Tho elder man's lone grew calmer. "Here, may see them, but do not wnken them," and he turned and led the way Into the hut and Bofl. ly drew a;.l,ln a rudely hung curtain where the mother and the child Iny I sweetly sleeping. Then they turned. I passed out, und the younger man hung his heud while tho oilier apoka. "flo away and ninl.o yourself right with God. and aenrrh. and when tho ehnuce eoinua, though small It bo, take It and hi, le by It uncomplaining. Tho rhaiico will grow, and (iod a bounty comes to those who llrm make them- v.. . ;,v? H ; rv'' f'i i4 Ei , I. 'TV "I'm yet your masterl" ho cried, breathing Bharp and heavily, solvee worth', l.ut mo know whera you go and what you do. and when tha lime comes I'll tell her. and wall 'bldo by hur decision." Tho younger man then turned and tho other watched watch-ed hint walk away, and la aternosa softened. "Kdward!" Tho tonoe had broken, and again. "Kdward tlrale!" Tho other turned and came. "I. el's not part In nngor, lad: wo know not what may come," and ha ho'd out his hand. Their hands met and lingered a silent moment, then Edward Grata wna gono. Then In the days that followed tho old man atrove with new energy to All tho extra mouths. He fished and dug clams and peddled them. Ha gathered rags and old metals from the dumps and sold them, and did any odd Jobi ho could, and heeded not the Jibes of low-born wlta. Tho pure salt air revived the woman: she gained atrength and courage, and wont about trying to do little things In her housewifely way for the old man's comfort, while the child gathered gath-ered flowers on tho knoll, and romped and iplashed In tho surf, and laughed and grew: and tba old man laughed, too. In hli somber way. Tho Bummer waned and there came a day when the old man went not away to work. He lingered about tha hut. or climbed the knoll along the winding beach; then silently retraced hla steps and sat within the hut, while tho wlfo and little one hung about the knoll, and ofton aho, too, would pause and look along the stretch of sand. Anon he cunie, and she turned away her face and called the child, who answered an-swered laughing, and returned with spoils gleaned from the headier. Then they laughed, and tho woman told hlin of the many pranks and witty sayings of tho child, wlillo she studied the lights and shades that fled across hli fact). Hy und by the child tugged tho mother's hand: "Turn! toll damps papa turn." and urged again, until at lust they turned and deacended to Die hut. Tlioy found him laid upon tha rude affair that had served him years tor bed and couch, with hla fingers clasped upon hla breaat and a saintly look upon his face: and "dnmpa" would not waken when tho wee one called, j 9oro pressed and weeping, they draw the child away. ' Then u fulr. gray woman, fulrer I than many who were yi:H!!?v, came ' and looked, and gaie.1 fur 9. and wept. 8n passed Robert (Irnlo. tho hermit j |