Show che odthe 7 il y GRACE A MILLER Z WHITE WHIT E aw as y sy taw v A now ance or of ahe ho af orn boullit artt D D SYNOPSIS CHAPTER I 1 lonely and almost friendless donnibel Ton nibel teon deon livinia on a canal boats boat child of a brutal father and a worn out discouraged mother wanders into a salvation army hall at ith ithaca aca N Y there sho she meota meets a young Sal Salv vaHon ablon army captain philip maccauley CHAPTER IL II urlah uriah devon davon tonys father returns to the boat from a protracted spree and announces ho he has arranged arran ered tor for tony to marry a worthless companion of his reginald brown mrs devon and urlah uriah beats beata her she intimates there Is a secret connected with ith donnibel Ton nibel CHAPTER III in clothes that urlah uriah has brought tony finds a babas picture with a notification of a regard for its ita return to to a doctor Pend lehaven sir S h goes to return tho the picture CHAPTER IV with the Pend Pendle leha havens en a family of wealth live mrs curtas a cousin her son and daughter katherina Kath erlna curtis and reginald brown katherine Kather lne Is deeply in love with philip maccauley CHAPTER V Ton donnibel nibel returns the picture to doctor john and learns it belongs to his brother dr paul pendle haven it Is a portrait ot of doctor pauls child who had bad been stolen in her infancy and her loss has wrecked doctor pauls life doctor john goes with tony to tile tho canal boat and ministers to mrs deon she eho Is 13 unconscious CHAPTER VI returning to conscious D noss oss mrs deon Is informed by tony ot of her visitor slie she Is deeply agitated hakea mak tony swear she will never tell of devons brutality and disappears disappear 3 Z CHAPTER VIL VII tons tones personality and her loneliness appeal to doctor john and lie he arranges to take lier her into his house as a companion to his inalia brother brothe CHAPTER VIII tonys presence in the house has a good effect on doctor paul he begins to take a new interest in life visiting tho the canal boat tony finds reginald brown there ile he attempts to klas kiss her captain maccauley appears and throws the man into the lake uriah devon orders maccauley oft off his boat CHAPTER pan APTER IX with the girl a captive von insists that she shall marry brown on 0 her perI persistent stent refusal he beats liar brutally throws her into thi the cabin un moors the boat and starts to leave ithaca maccauley follows in his canoe he takes the girl into the canoe through tile cabin window the men believe tony has committed suicide maccauley declares clares his love and tony acknowledges she abo returns it the girl returns to the Pend Pond lehaven home CHAPTER X at dinner detiner in the pendle haven home MacCa maccauley ulcy not knowing of her presence in the house mee meets ts tony and his affectionate greeting alarms katherine Kather lne and her mother chaitt CHAPTER ER XI 1 I 1 love you moren the whole world one late afternoon philip maccall lcy Icy started for the Pendle havens desirous of seeing tony devon aither ine file saw him aiding piding his hii car up ill the ron ronday bonday day nicil f 1111 att i 0 di loir ta to anel him her anile little ww was especially specially lapiant for she he hit ciul begun it to lol loe livi birr feir fear about s oer hint sit phil slie she mothers sick ick today regale almost sets tier into allt phillp still rem remained alnea standing iii and bouc kept abay so much dear boy complained the girl it you dont care for us any more 1 I do though but ae been busy replied phillp philip not able to think of any other otylior excuse but youve aldays been busy more or less tile the girl shot hot back and yet yo you it cattle came 71 mother and I 1 have conic come to the conclusion that you liae been deiy deiv much interested in in cousin pauls you uon enen asked about tier her philip coughed embair then lau lied tile the fact I 1 cine to see tier her to adny fly lie ile exclaimed Mith erino went wax ax white what do bolt want to see her for she asked hardly har ply oil just to talk to tier her replied maccauley MacCa ulcy awkwardly Xa catherine therine shook tier heild 1 I dont abeliene you can she protested dubiously cousin john wont let any of it go up to pauls room and slie she nemr conns comps down any more whole s lt Keg eggie gie demanded the lie boy oil it lies hes gone coile ti to to tiny answered katherine Kuhe rim listlessly kni and I 1 nm all biti of it I 1 agh wish lied lie il nener neer conic come hack back lie ile keep mother in tears most of the time he lies s here and cousin jolin john I 1 want to ask asic him if I 1 can take miss its reon head went eilt up lit in disdain till 1 I know t ou want ant to ask him she interrupted tartly but noll ou waste nour 3 our sympathy on oil that devon girl hut but mamma sa sas before slie site could tell him her mothers er 3 opinion lon the alie door opened and dr walked in fit cousin joint john said philip abruptly going to him bilm may I 1 take miss miss deum out for a little ilde ill promise to bilag tier lier hack back in till an hour the doctor looked nt at the boys dark plead plen dilla lne cu es looked and then smiled Pei Peili liap aps wont have any better luek luck I 1 have find son oil lie answered with inith a little lauli laugh tc ic almost been down on oil my knee ames to the child und and slie site absolutely es 1 mothers alother s dreadfully against tier lier ald ing lit in our car cousin jull john 1 mitt katli toi erine cried lit in thin throaty tones e the thought of it iliah tier lier sick your mothers not really sick biek my dear katle antl rine crine the doctor its asserted arted all ah heie bete she is 19 atherIne lC was 21 just speaking of you my dear sarah A aeiry twinkle canie came into ills ekes ees as lie he turned on ills his cousin now nov was she smirked mr mis cur tn what were ou baying adyln kathle Kat lile lifted tier lier eyes with passionate anner anger that you would dislike cousin pauls I 1 mean that girl up taki aikin ii out for a drive replied kath orane mrs cut cuitis US caught her daughters ct cc dresdon pres slon and looked at dr john then at philip well I 1 should siy say I 1 like it slie she ejaculated theres a limit to all things what in the world would the neighbors neighbor say to such an all outrage dr Pendle havens face gathered Rather cd a dark look if shell RO go with philip sarah he said 1 I give a hang what the neighbors said come along up phil and ask her cousin john cried mrs curtis and oil oh cousin jotin john gasped katherine Kather lne but tit the doctor was anas too angry to pay any heed to them you really want to take the child toy roy lad he asked smiling at mac C Ys do let me blurted the boy lets go up tip now they lind had no more than closed tha door when katherine burst into tears and mrs curtis plumped down into a n ch chair nItIn in a spell of hysterics tile the little ti trollop she cried oil oh id I 1 like 11 e id the like to kill 1111 her burst forth mother if you dont do something for me ill ile die oil to think of it lie in takes e tier lier out when he coult could take tile me oil godl god oil 01 dear god help tile me I 1 iter her dang daughters liters terrible out outburst buist brou brought lit A mrs curtis directly out of elf dont Katl ilc slie she said in a ahls lit per 1 I really had no moil idea ou oil caird for him so much I 1 will help you por dear ear john hall liten listen to tile me ill this night light lie certainly shall meanwhile Ton donnibel Tonni nibel hel looked up tip with Inq ekes as dr Pend lehaven walked in ill ui ue had closed philip on the outside ol of the door the girl gave him a smile the doctor came forN forward Nard and took hold of tier her liand hand paul lie he asked looking at his brother could you ou spare our little girl for an hour 1 I want her to go out donnibel Ton nibel remembering her promise to philip rose to tier her feet 1 I dont want to she trembled id rather stay here id really rather ather i stay here Pend lehaven went to the door and opened it and philip walked in holes it a young man miss tony bexon lie he said laughing at the sight of the girl s puzzled face who tells ram U 7 she stooped and kissed paul pendle haven impulsively me he wants nou ou to drive with him NL now ow ni aliat hn t to do you sn so T say s darling tony philip ejaculated sparkling eyes oil oh liow flow tile the land lies iles Is it said dr john under ills his breath then aloud 1 I know this thin tiling had gotten to allt alie darling point philip Ton donnibel nibel b s face grew poppy ced ed and she stood with tier lier eyes cast down and her fingers interlocked nervously oh how she walli wanted ted to go no now her ber boy had conic come for tier lier you will go tony begged philip its ills face deiy led bioni johns speech if if the girl john Pend Pendle lehaven hiLven laughed site can call go cant she Pa paul ill lie asked phil will ill take good care of tier lier paul all and sighed of course site she can call go slie she ought to lie said site she stas s in ill too close cloe ive told tier lier that every day go along little mald maid hut but conw conn back to your old uncle lit in a little while tile philip seized tier lier liand hand to lead tier away but tony turned to the hod hed then slie she stooped and kissed paul pen impulsively oly 1 I love you she blie whispered und and knebbe only lie be half an hour before im back to nou ou for ninny many ini after the lie car started philip paid attention to its ills drining and allo allowed Ned herself thu the luxury of taking it a sl Mi delong lelong look nt at him now and then once within sight of becho lake captain maccauley slowed down arid and stopped god how ive prayed for till tills minute lie he exclaimed turning on oil her suddenly 1 I have lave too said donnibel Ton nibel lit in it a shy sweet voice 1 I thought aoud oud forgotten about me why I 1 do my work half way NN well ell ie thought about noll ou 0 so o much cried the boy and ive be been planning a lot for you and me you sec dr john Is a sort of a guard guardian lall to tile me and next year ill be three then I 1 hive have ill all my own onn money I 1 can get married then if 1 I 1 want nant to oil said in a queer little V yes I 1 believe in early marriages philip went on emphatically it a queer thing that all the while I 1 was haunting the shore ion aou were nvere in the house my house almost you SOP see I 1 live just next net door to noll iou oil tony said again something hail had hurt tier her dreadfully something lie had ald sald s ile he might be married next year and of course it would be to katherine and time and again I 1 heard hear liow low much sonic onto little girl was helping dr paul lie went anent on but somehow I 1 neer heard your name and tile last idea he stopped then lie he slipped his arm about tier 1 I know she was my little girl lie he finished tony closed tier her eyes kit all the unhappiness of the past weeks loft left tier her that moment like a vanished burden lie he had said she was ills little girl irl how ury nery lovely tile the world was nas lean against me dear murmured philip and this time oh tony dont leave me today without telling me you love me a lot tony glimpsed him with one little upward glance her eyes were 1 I love you moren the whole world she trembled moren I 1 know how to tell it any ones affair just how ninny many times phillp philip made tony tell him shed marry him nor Is it any ones affair how many times he kissed her but it Is our business to listen to philips conclusion im going to tell cousin john and cousin paul tonight that were going to be married lie he said and Ton donnibel nibel had no inclination to forbid him with daik thoughts eatherine Kather lne was watching for them to conic come hack back again slie site siv saw the happy shining face of the girl saw philip lift the little figure front from the car and draw her up tip tile the steps her tooth teeth came together in shoup misery as she turned from the window and went upstairs CHAPTER XII A little drop of something 1 reginald C in ald w was Is sitting in III ills his mothers room that evening when ills sister opened the lie door and ente entered the girl looked about for mis cuirn then picked up it a cigarette and lit it she was so white milte and drawn looking that tier her hirthe in other stared at it her ber thy the matter sis lie asked no particular interest intel Inte est iest in ills his voice 1 I liate hate ec rhody in the world snapped the girl whew onie sonie s hate laugh ed cd resale katheirne threw herself down donn on tile llie divan foist of any one I 1 liate late paul pen lle aleh linNen nan anil and next well nell neat I 1 liate hite couin john slie she said bet between tier lier teeth 1 I wa wish 01 oh how I 1 niall w ebli paul would ile die tonight toni glit id almost almont like to kill ailin myself if it Ne rent fur for him wed till nil have money and if it elent for that girl him lied hed die well I 1 might alicer you up tip 1 a I little if I 1 told iou that perhaps before long your couin paul will lie under the still sod the girl sat up and state staled at blin dont be a fool reigle reggie she he with ith it a bittor cousin john say paul will vill be able to go out of the lionie cay ei v soon oon that by next week lie cin call go lie likes like reginald got up tip lally lie ile ald under its ills breath tant made ids his ister struggle to lier her feet site she stood it a moment and gazed with aith sini lied led ene at the door that had closed on oil the he other ot bior side of it now he mein mean by that site she Nion wondered dered dully what did lie mean by fraying raying that it if lie could lie help lp it cousin paul would A never drive again I 1 wonder onder jut ju jn t ni what lint lie meant by that reggie know knew what lie he meant by ills words if metherine Mt therine ile he intended to put dr I 1 paul uil out of the hie way thus helping liel ping liis ills mother as 1 I arll nit ns himself hini self lie it wanted into to set get away bioni ithaca to lea lene c the town that always put him lit in igind of devon the least wind that blew brought brou lil back the abill n w fill moment when nhen lie he and devon lint dl ill alio girl had dro drowned Nned hei elf and lichau p v of liis ill tormenting conscience conci elice lie he drizik iran moie every e IT day 1 ay aflfe abit r leaving his lit sister lie he went ent tu to liis ill i indin where lie filled himself if up ill with mill brantly brandy the rhe drunker ile he got the more dim kiew grew tile lie picture tire of tonna pule little fave face lie ile slept IL it N for till an hour or so and only aake nhen lien it i sei ral balled led at the lie doo doai and told film dinner was wag midy Iv llly lie was too ill to get up tit und and liy staring hopp about tile room then suddenly out of the shadows lit in the lie coiner floated devon lit lie groaned and turned slowly in the bed instead of getting better lie he was as getting N worse ore the kwost of devons daughter was nias haunting him in every one of lila ills sober hours he hated ithaca and every one in it if dr paul were dead lie ile sat up his head whirling ile he crawled to the floor went to the bathroom and soaked lils his head la in cold water then lie he sent a servant for or it pot of strong coffee so happy was dr panl to have ton nibel back that lie he instated insisted on oil sitting up to hla dinner it was a long hour my dear he said si smiling but im glad you went out iier a nice fellow philip my brother and I 1 have often wished our young cousin would pattern after him hut but it does seem as aa if nothing can call he 40 done with him even hla 1113 mother has haa no influence over him ive never seen him stated ton nibel hos scarcely ever at home answered dr paul and the worst of it 19 he b gives alves no explanation as to whore where he goeb apel then after rinner |