Show IK IN A HOLLOW zut RIM I 1 the inor allix tra ira n with a prest rattle and much tD su orting and p puffing 7 tint from the locomotive the iwer end of he the little new england village of middleton and dually wilh with 4 whom wheezy sigh lh ag as as horn om exhaustion camo came to i A standstill copi 0 site a ile be red boxlike structure P with the dima came of depot one passenger alighted and after r preliminary buffi and snorts I 1 tb be train continued on its it course lourse nona none among the lit la Is throng or on the tation station platform lecog nihed the new coiner who was rather shabbily dressed with a consumptive stoop to his bin and a pale vale face lighted by two large black eyes which from their dreamy express ion ton liet mild to be gaigg on 00 tome iowa scene I 1 fa fur a away y nu lues ia s be ha it a k book peddler laid old ia balb batterfield the village shading bm ey ey 4 with bis his band hand and end after the stranger I 1 sias ye I 1 know now he h in ia for he lie i a turita into squire berriman a rate gate gain to pit olt him its a a last as a sort of a recommend Ine adan an then tackle the reat rest of the esquire wag was the v village magnate and lived in tas tae fint eat finest est house in town the supposed ced book peddler walked slowly up the straw trai Klit lit giaver path lead fair to the float fi out door and rang ring the bell after quite a long wait during which a blind na as cautiously op tied at an up pr pir window and a pai pat of bright tra tes hurve surveyed turvey cd the visitor thedoor was 1 open pen I id ed by a servant I 1 girt who had eviden evidently 11 y just come from the wash tub juddi ing a the red perfy perin iring nir face and otea team m ing aled arms which were bared abbie the elbows sure we want norbin to day daal t cried the be rill with an all angey toss of her bar bead ond the ans about to close the duo duos 1 I beg tour pardon ardon I 1 afta said id the visitor it kt eppinK into ito the ball hall ii Is misi MIs kata HMO at home I 1 tnt hit the she Is sir air rake her bar in card please LOnt llOd tua the caller and thrusting his hand bond into an inner pocket be he drew draw a tb phibby ibby wallet and handed the wit I 1 a card on which wa was written ritten A la fit bold charac characters tirs the name KINT the tirl girl took the card by one corner with ih tb tips of her thumb and fing ar and lik id I 1 the g fendleman e be a fated seated I 1 ia the hall la disappeared r e d in a few minutes she the anh wi th saula pertness celii ei ad her lier mes ines 81 re bure mi 8 kate ays ay abea not at jiom a t y wi iii ahlman Ahl mal ril and hn lis pata palo fare face hushed flushed he d d not top stop to expostulate or make inquiries concerning this but walked the dif r which the bill rut held open tor for bin him hut shut with a is banff bang its ajona som it his hii fet feet touched the porch with b a it mora move stooped than when when lie Us frIt eted I 1 might have hatie exper expected ted ILI ie he mu fiut t bared between the house and the gate and another weary tigh escaped him he topped stopped a minute en on the sidewalk and after looking up aill down I 1 the he a street treat walked toward the left and a I hort distance from the house turned down another street which led by the be town ball hall AV a d ire ve two file filleting eting bouse houses 1 the I 1 shop and the Rr aveyard iciola ha lie railroad and the narrow lit tie river ipswitch and on out into the country tale take ono one lat last leak at the farm lie he said when ha he reat readied bed the bridal bridge all and A paced for a moment to paza gaze down into the auml bair buir af water and then go TO baik back to the old life of toil toil and hunger and want he beird the of A heels beels and raised ased tin his bead A little wagon dhawn by a stout pony whose driver was aas a rosy curly bedded beaded countr aladj not over twenty tars of see age was rapidly ap and at eight ot the driver his cheek agall clubbe and a alid d smile bf f wreathed his tb abin in lips I 1 lb bit pony a acH ened his rare pace as a he drew near neat the bridge and john jolin kent hent raised bit bib hat to the curly beaded driver good mor morning Us miss Ob orner he said and the pony flopped short well weil I 1 de cle clarel claret tried ella 0 oi borne borno in iu a clear cleir tin ringing wing voice it 11 16 job JohnJ y Cent cut counis back to ell middle too tour r 1 I 1 he C young man nadir yes it ital is V be he aid said I 1 in going to take a it last look at the ol 01 old farm I 1 and where bave you been all these beals since your uncle Uni leSini sam died in the west be answered with a the be band in that direction 1 and you biaka your fortune I 1 kojl no I 1 come back poc er or thin when I 1 went away abato too bad I 1 be she taid said pityingly have ive vou 0 u leen n u op to tee see kater abee I 1 catl called ed on g misi is ip merriman as I 1 came from the train she was wu at home borne but not to nie me the aroud proud stuck up thil lal er cried ed abb girl irl indignantly dignen tir 1 A though you t to a bood as abe any dayl well declared Ide de clarel 1 I I 1 I 1 V would oula have nave been royly welcomed up if it I 1 bad returned a rich mail or been as I 1 once hoped to be the oven er of the hill farm well borne some people are mighty queer in then belt fi now when I 1 ro in any wy a friend 1 I 1 in n otil 01 sad d out their friend and when I 1 ion don I 1 t like them I 1 tell them go 10 it wouldn i have hurt her to rom come down and taid said how dye do I 1 in glad to tee you although you IOU nn bin t looking fo so well aa as when you belt middleton I 1 ye va been beet 1 tick sick taij said kent I 1 and I 1 ye ve worked very hai hat d the I 1 wt I 1 ear now that you ve e got back home you wull take a lona rett rail I 1 ather w II 11 be lat ity glad to gee you ya eie eta lin iriina at the larm arm now MAY he a 0 the factory you wouldn t know the old plate if its changed I 1 dial ino ou on were there im just mt going up to the tore store to izet rome tillage and if you will wait here I 1 II 11 hurry burry and give you a ride lck back thank youl sold kent ruefully gratefully and ibe the fir airl touching the pony with her whip drove on she at least is honest and eta sincere mused kent lenning leaning on tha the bridga Lri ini rail and gazing into the wati watt r blis bli ai ways wats was straightforward and out a apolen V ke n R and nd she 8 crown grown to be a very le 1 n f it 1 woman chere was a school of little nib fish just under tha the edge of the bridge and he am amused use himself by watching their eliy fill gambol until the pony came trot tin ir back ihen ilien he clambered in beside ibe the girl and under the influence of her cheery minner manner bis his face 1 brighten d and be talked freely about shoat tand and hi his act ad ventures n y hill fal faim in is 18 lit thill owned b by Y ni 13 cousin hj bi asked yea nick wainer ll 11 still toaster and aad as mean tg as ever ties has waiting richer every day what wilh with the farm and the is factory atory and ad the orchard but bat be fats beets no pleasure out of his bi moll money and and worl works eaf avny ay iy day like a lave slave het hea cutrow ullin ff down all the woodland wood lani and this morning mornin gr gave ave ciders that the big elm that ovet overhangs hangs iha the eastern corner of tie 11 a house be idled felled athass a p lyl ITI said kent it was wa my uncle favorite favorit at tiu 1 ito my great preat great grandfather who b was an in officer in washington g ai ID y planted it I 1 have beard heard the story often one day be he enter tl it a I 1 of his us coun court ti kiy y and some embers in the old man lion sion they th t roda rods over aiom the head bead qua quarters T 0 of elthe the continental army which waa was then at 9 gener I 1 waha washa a riding whip was wa a im roiti m g rich alen be d to po go back my great great grandfather noticed notice cl it and present edthe general with wilb ins his own riding whip la in rem marance of the bother of his count be he planted the e in branch and it grew to bo be a oren preat t tree I 1 ree I 1 would I 1 lave ave valued it but my louain aubin wetter is not it man of poetic ament and v would very quickly sacrifice a amily family relic ifft if it added to his b revenuer reve nuen these reflections led kent into a rein rem inn cent vein and ho he regaled ina tair listener with itoney and quaint anee doles dotes of or his bia anc ancestors eiton who had leca amona the hist bettler an and bad r prominent men in the infant colony if 3 our uncle had on made an in other othor will beffie be la died aa 82 everybody believed bo bb intended intend rd to do taid said the kill alit faben hen be had tin on shed I 1 you ou would lave been matter mast erat at hill faim I 1 ye yes be he answered with a sigh of regi et and rela reaped pied into silence when the pony turned into t the be well remembered carmea carriage road which led b by the graveyard gravey aid bleie la the bones of itis aisi ie io aby y ic loop and anally finally moun mounted tod the little ti bill hill en CID whose brow the tenant houa house wai was built ellit ella oil 01 na noticed that there WR was fears learann in her com companion a eyes and h her e r hand touched bu his with womanly sym sy in pathy 4 1 I am vorre john the fhe aid said I 1 that it eel co so bad baralt 1 biti m all right now be he ans answered were bravely ol 01 y daina away the tests an I 1 bumping flom the wagon agon wa walked aked through the neglected grobi to ILI great elm tree at whose base two turdy sturdy goodu en were industriously chopping HB he watched them awhile with misty eyes yeo and waa was abut tu ining away when an exclamation hom one of the this choppers laught bit ear and carusd bira to dach neat er 11 1 awan swan tim I 1 said the man to hn his com companion patio n we vie ve avelind bad car labor for our pains T the lia old tree is 11 och a shell and it is 11 lit fit for bolh ng but toya store wood the bosa boss will bo be ni at niad as a it hornett hornet I 1 the t br h and the resumed their cutti cattiny nir like luy my john kent watching them thom ibe the old tree ii Is ad k illusion pre antly it beyan began I 1 totter and the hadju hadin t Z time to jump to one side sije when hera it fell with a pi eat crash and twig arid Ws bittof of bark flaw in bif all dirre direction tiong una one oft of the he men chimed up ito hollow bollow bunk and aril began iop hinr 11 ll ff the limbs jot botn a kent steppe topped intend ind ing to mic for L piece of the old tree s ar a su when tho tb man rim unions onu I 1 tbt imbi limbs dropped hia his a ax lad jumped ex to t tha a ground ft round ito HoJi jim iut I 1 ha be cued cited I 1 tier hernia i is a tin b ox w aged in a the fork maybe there a rold gold in it for old 8 sint wi kant wasi was con id erable le of a in her er and this may be onto stole I 1 abat I 1 lat is certa certainly iril r a box that belonged belon eed to 0 my uncle said hent approaching 11 I 1 am mr kenta nephew 1 iho be man who had discovered the box pulled it from its it biding place and muttering a x abou niri aig b jant ini keepings passed it over to kent with trembling bands the y young lu man wrenched wre nihed of offal 1 I a 0 rusty lid a and d alil the men man bent forward eagerly to tee see whit it t contained only a bundle of papers with age gre and tied together with 1 a faded ad ed piece ol 01 blue ribbon only pa capri the they aneil in chorn chorus to and nd away in d agust john kent boever ro bo ever the pac pack it age and brus bru bina AbivA aside the mold lead this on the tle topmost papa I 1 I 1 last will and ana festa testament le meat of samuel simuel kent yoeman found hi at last aho be cried joyfully thank flea heavens iio dropped the tn to ply box and waving III the paper triumphantly um in the be air ran toward tor parr ella E a osborne Os borna r 0 w who was ad voicing to meet him ibe will is forrill he cri cried c and bott very much tie excited cited pro ceedee to decipher the crabbed writing of the moldy document it wai was indeed the old farmer i a lau last mil ivill and in it be he bequeathed all fill bin his property proper lyland and cattle and pod blocks to hii his dearly eloi ad neph nephew N john brint stint it ill 1 perfectly leyal legal document said nicho as warner carneri Var when the mat plat was im ld d before neri him r we will KO no la to a lawyer to morrow 1 mr ur kent and I 1 will turn over to you yol the promptly tty an fani i ito for the last five year years then ws of john kent fd tor tana lane pread spread like wildfire and a ad co cou U gratzula ions poured in on him fro frota ra every quarter he viita atlo Iril village lage next ni al W day MIM kate att him ou on the street and him 1 I tin am to so torry sorry aid said she ta with arith ft P bo be wt t himm smile that I 1 did trot arit you abon you callea called yesterday 0 I 1 be servant told irm me yote wera were not a t home to f nic me aid said km colde I 1 but ella osborne has to a e my wife aud and after a I 1 abill awat always be at bome home to oil |