Show I 1 10 i 11 6 6 6 ll 11 I 1 the cretu return M of by W R X e A 1611 MM the th air WM was growing chin in the early twilight mary jilt opened the th little ate end went swiftly down the seth to br her fathies 1110 boam now IM I M everything a look adl dt bw fv few abue 16 15 jew years hil had no doubt the greatest rea chugs chui wu was to confront her bar within the th alj bom home she bb upped through th the tb UA locked doore into the ui kitchen there WM WAS a youn young woman there them a young woman who looked ad op UP with startled eyes ale lien a mary entered bat but berr her prentence pretence pre tence 14 to a few word words and me young woman whose beut been tender listened with ft a of 0 teen la in her bar eye eyes and gladly second ad d her and MUT mary I 1 earned that the YOM won bonum iru wit the dough ter ot of is k neighboring turner tamer who ho bux bad come came over to care can for or gilbert blair ml andi his hlibon home no taw tit old man vu was not as MM ad f red la in falling health he lie wu was feeble it wu wait true led and kept to chair ud and his reading more hat but he WM was dot tel yes be he waa wait the iltha room now la in the th old rocker by the fireplace the lows young woman bad jut just fixed the temp lamp for or him and be bid had taken op up his book would miry may go to ln lm BOW now no HUT mary would wait a little title As be ebe looked about the familiar room mom memories rushed upon tier her that fined filled her eye eyes with ter gentte gentle mother who bad passed away when she needed a mother most the aunt ml rule bad ed the child i life the father whole whose iron will had bad found in her ft a will ully fully As strong and end whole whose hanh harsh word words had drifts hr her from in bli his door and tato into the treat great world beyond perhaps she ha bail had been wrong to brt bravo him as she ib did but bt her soul rebelled against the narrow limit limits of her life to in the th dull little bout boullet let she won wanted ted she he wai wu ted tail ocleta society then there bad had been a wordy wife and she bad had rone gone forth later on when she be bad had established herself in the be city by the lak lake bud rod the cruel met days of the early struggle it seemed passed she ib bad written to him but be b ted kind not nat answered she wrote again her letter wu was returned no wu was very hard and biery liery 11 Oce selon 1 ally she ib heard beard of him in indirect WAYS once she met a man from the neigh bor bood and he told her bar that her bar father never spoke boox of ber ul never per ulsted her name to be fc mentioned in hl his be hearing rt and so 10 ito the year years passed IS 13 of them and then a great reat longing to ses M ber bar ta to ther came to her it came to tier bar after the death of her chad child and so ibo she was bars miry JIM pot put a bar hugs apron over her tray filing dress ud and went ta to work she ah bid bad not forgotten her cunning cunn lii th the abiding plum places of the lithe dishes came back to bait the tb redpa of long IOB ACO 0 o were swiftly dittly witt ly recalls tb th woman wilt ebed her quick movements noT ement with ayol mry wanted to t the th a toning 1 meet blaue ud rod ill h bad tier her wy way presently wently Pr aa he 91 a ADZ lonely wholly at the th dock clock then slid ib smoothed down ber bar apron abot an I 1 went forward to th tb sitting room door tb the old nun man did dot not bear ber bet approach she looked at him a moment before she ih poke no he wu wait not greatly chanted frayer and chimer tf that wu wait all IL tather Tt ther the she wid it he looked around why ira if i mary he be 1 1 we wait jut just dreaming dreim ln of you yom I 1 had fallen deep asleep bo so yo you bay corn come tick bilcer may did not more may tron from the doorway YM she he uld aid 1 I have cam come back bikel A smile fluttered guttered stroll her let cue tm do yon you want wheat cakes tor or apper supper tonight fht fathera the id mia MAO lam a little then he be nodded lod and turned and looked closer at t big hi prompt daughter but bat the she did not wait for or him to speak apik very well wait 1 the uld owl I 1 mid and vanished hed she laughed cubed as ili he cams back to the kit kitchell cholL there wu was of 0 id old la to ber her merriment hot but she he go it with ber her it I 1 Is the right riot way she tb sai uld sail L bhe she wa was buy busy with her cakes when A light nolle note in the d doorway drew ber bar attention loo she turned ud and saw her bar father looking at her 1 I dreamed d mail juit just now 1101 that you came i to me 6 and laid said you bad come back he cried ad la in a querulous one tone yes I 1 hae halo come back returned an a slid he bent beat agala spin over her cake takes if its really you miry mary to 1 it yel muttering llott erin softly to I 1 himself the th old man tamed turned froin train the tn doorway and sought till lis accustomed A place by the tb fireside ai As be he mated nested himself a a lao n I crept pt over bid feet eit it wu was a of triumph amien mary bad the men mal t quite rady ready bon ae he left ft affairs in chirp charge of the tb fowl young woman and sought her bar father a 1 looked ke 0 ai eack be 0 paused in ills tb daa doorway rw 1 y V Us do h bad aa b been aith cirit fir tb th oell of at triumph ifill lingered red on bli big tinkled wrinkled fee SO you to corn come back maryt mary hi he aid acain a if ifo he lond wiled ur the wand of ur the T TK at bar 1 I knew yoe you ww would cde cried 4 the old in aan an 1 I knew you vew I 1 told yoe you you d 4 be siaa lad t corn came back 1 I am glad lad to corn come I 1 back ACL father nodded as if with tl th the old man f actton action if it a a atter world 11 mary a bitter that disobey and rise rl world for or those against abnit their iden elders i aad so 4 naano their foolish prid pride tu world to t vea ry much what we w snake 14 it father tand and abot bau balto yoo you mul ewe of it us M arr 1 I have tried tri l to make disk the bt beat ot of lit it father and yoa you he have come bacar tan father tho the amil iran of triumph deepened and widened you bar bays come back ad I 1 aid said yon you would cried the old man you have bad low on day of at pride and had folly fally and you have come to the books and the humiliation then you thought of at th the dear old borne home the th and on place where you would find a welcome and a belter shelter a and ad you have corn come back I 1 knew lt I 1 knew know tt it all the ibm yeam I 1 knew the of the prodigal would break your haughty spirit I 1 knew know yoa you would come back HI III cotest bad had risen as bai v blemence increased but tt it dropped at the th doting closing word words and be he tank unix back bulk hi in th the chair then mary went around the little ta to ble and faced ber bar father father she b aid sold and her voice wa was clear lest and calm you an are quit quite wrong toor your dream ban ha been it tala false one on look at mae my father and he she drew ber bet self up before him and hia we atone faded jig a he be axed gazed op up at ber her with troubled arec do I 1 look like the prodigal pro diga day up cont do I 1 look took like one on whom tle the world baa hall cut no ray father I 1 am jim a an 11 honest woman and a good worn wom in an and there la Is naught la in my pat put ol 01 which I 1 should b be ashamed aab amed it I 1 to not the tory story of a prodigal that I 1 am about to tell you it la is the tory story of a woman bo ho went out into the world and fought ber be way war upward and kept herself un an stal through the th struggle at tour your dream waa was all untrue my father she paused and leaned her bar band upon the table when I 1 wen went from you she b retained resumed 1 I 1 wu wait determined that I 1 would not return until I 1 bad hown shown ma in independence tou you called it a wicked pride but it wai was that that kept me up and purred spurred me on the great treat city heaed ad cold and forbidding but I 1 did not despair I 1 found a place where honest work wa was hone honecy itly rewarded I 1 wai was al and loyal and my less lc were appreciated I 1 made nad friend friends a 94 1 I rose on one of them a young man la in whole whose ambitious hope hopes I 1 became deal deeply interested ed it mined tool lib felt but we fueled faceted we could be b of greater help to each other if we wen were married now we knew know that we were right she paused aidain tin tour your dreim dream wu wait all 11 untrue my father the old man a mile bid bad quite faded and od there wu was no in hil olal tour your pride Is f still till your muter master be he aid said but yon are ft married woman T ye yes father IOU oi bare bay ft a homer home I 1 fee yes a beautiful borne home Chil drear 1 I bad had two but god ad took one from me it was wa that I 1 think that turned taj my thought thoughts to you we bare have a boy bay a tardy fellow of 12 do you care to know his name it Is I 1 gilbert blair hamerton amerton 11 some a du V in m I 1 hall ban 0 at him the old man win I 1 abw a hitler your husbands conmell homerin toni led aei T father P alp ilp luvertoa toa the old maa man a baided ded his bead ba 1 I 1 hall not forget the name be he mattered redL it is the lame same ai as the new mentoe sen le toe miry mary smiled rho same name aad and the name am maa father the old man started up my your bulandr your ion son in law tatter father your husband bui band the old man mif aured the othe idol of the public the maa man who may be yel yen father 1 aid said mary imil Ind when he cornel comes he will tell you that la in all he h hai had accomplished I 1 han bays been his hl ad liter 1 and bli his faithful helper comat barer here I 1 cried the old maa MAIL te yag father rather I 1 left him behl behind ad at tuda northmore it with instructions to follow me m in an in bor boor a will mom be bebbere baire beire I 1 the old man clutched the arms km of 0 his chair and bared stared at bli his child the oc male alan were dropping from hia edtl eye the blindness of prejudice wa wait goni one I 1 he saw that the b WM wait a worn WOM an straight and ad supple of figure clear of eye ye with dignity and character ex as pressed by every movement A warm warin ways urged surged across bli big old bearl and add M be b caught ber bar glance a tender mile smile overspread ber her baca faca tb the old maa man dropped bli lis pile ue ills 1 hands trembled il miry tary be murmured Bumm red it wu wait I 1 w wicked dreama dream a wicked dreama ight bb was oa on ber bar knee knees by bli big tilde la 14 a flash with a loving band caressing hill bt pay lock yes my father the he softly uld said it wu was a wicked dream tad and like all wicked doimi the sooner we cin call ford or get it the better but alber father dear let m ue 0 have the prodigal i 8 kim loss of forgive 1 0 feea eaf maryl Jar yr the old man brokenly murmured irl ried ad an she he arote and no now if for or the upp upper erbe atle upper supper that li to to bow show yog you that I 1 baren haven t forgotten the lessone I 1 learn learoyd ad in thou those early year years hark I 1 there li Is philipi I 1 bear his footstep oa on the graveled walk the old man aboss ai its she be turned and hurried to the door there were tear team in bli big eye eyes mary vary line ha come back M be very plata plain dealer |