Show s his only love g by MURIEL LEE NN b 0 wearn newspaper union TIU h warden wardell began a dream and tried to livie live it out lle lie wils was humble obscure ib but the gentle influence of a beautiful girl bad instilled a lasting impulse in his soul to make himself worthy Nor of lier her ue ile was eighteen years of age when his father aled hugh had find not known a to ta others care since he was nias a babe rhe old ruin of a house they lived in was as located on oil ahe shore of a great western estern river and for halt half a century gabriel warden wardell had made its ills living by fishing ashing I lugh was still a buy boy when voicy he be was left jeff alone glotte in the world for some time he had assisted ills father at lifs ills daily work ork and fishing was all that he be knew anything about half a nille away lived homer reese keese and d his only child a daughter Alir miriam larn was as just tile the age of hugh like the latter after alie be noler aimi r know knew a Ino mothers illers love this deprivation naturally brought boy and girl together in spirit mr air ileese was getlir getting of old lie ile made a proposition to blugh to live at his home and condi continue jue ills his busi business share and share alike at tile best there aias as nothing better than a bare living iri assured but tills this was enough tor for hugh as long as he fie had the sweet companionship of 0 to tile hie a ardent lad she was as the all in rill all of life As to herself the sincere admiration ant and friendship of lluvia liucci made tier her almost satisfied with her ber humble lot sir mr rece lad had secured the exclusive ush fisli ind and shell rights to a long strip of river shore and the fresh water claras clams were abundant augh had traded his bli fathers boat for a horse and wagon under the guidance of its his more mature partner hugh entered upon double duty ten miles distant a button factory had started and there was a regular dem demand ild tor for clam ia shells during off season fishing spells with rake arike and pronged fork hugh loaded shells into his wagon and couves fud ed them to market As lie he received receive us much as sixty dollars per conand ton and oid six sl s ions tons the first year this extra rn en deavor meant considerable in ili tile the way nay ill if income many a thrilba alien alone with ain ili tho the old man mail regaled ree aled his hopes and ambitions regarding Al miriam irlam my ivy daughter must have an education 1 he said earnestly it Is the file ob on thought in my niland mandlay day and night ii it Is so slow earning nod and 9 saving that I 1 I 1 get dis heartened at times you liean mean she will bave to go away from here to school asked thigh hush blankly yes bugli blugh there is a girls college ai at ironton and she has an old aunt li living dirig in that town poor floor but willing filing to look after her h I 1 am sure mire its the first fitting out the getting barted then I 1 know miriam Is sni smart ar t enough to work her ber way throna college after that hugh began to work nod and scrape aud and save just as mr reebe was doing to add to the slowly developing surplus of their business s it was about a week before miriam was eighteen that blugh came into the house looking eager and excited ex cited me fie sought out ills partner to tind hil him vo in the attic mending it ft fishing jet ina hiriams Mir iams sweet noice ice could lie fi id singing downstairs so lie knew ahat they aliey would be free fron from interruption ive made it mr roose an announced ced blugh almost oil oh the rare luck of itt it ie held beld between thumb and finger a beautiful pearl lt dazzled air reese kerse pure and perfect lie spoke where dilyou did you iver ever get it spilled over a in an fn loading I 1 stepped on it and noticed it it weighs thirty eight grains and the gem people made a price of eight hundred and fifty dollars you ore are to take it as if fr you were the finder Mir miriam farill and hughs eyes were radiant iller bor education 1 and hughs lips quivered so it camaj about that miriam went anwa anway fully able to lo enter the lie lists of learning with money enough ia 0 o see tier her though tl bough a two gears course blugh kept ills his eyes open for a new find but it neer came about some ome small Itu imperfect perfect peal pearls Is eq mine toe bl ills way py but it seemed as it if destiny 1140 bulked it its favor for one con concrete erele need only lie would out dream of the gi great eq t future futin L in ili store for li find and II Ide alle palle liow she jie would marry some one of 0 the hie cultured city men maybe visit thern them innee once in a N while but the hope of evvi ever winning the love or of one 0 so o far above him had bad been abandoned long since I 1 she came bajck back to the 0 old id diome ns as though it was wads hut yesterday that ole had left it slie fell into its old anis prepared to bai gaiten it up I 1 but it with 11 no expression of desiring other houi uin alp than thaia that of its In inmates malv one day mr reese came to t IIi 1111 irli all my boy hu he remarked my cont relence mould tit let mr me keep hoop the ruth from froin miriam about file pearl that tier her to tier what did sho alic say ballf faltered eted hugli hugh slie she cried was the reply aro and th then on fhe F he lie tile open opel winlow window fit at you as you stood bit hitching ching up hie team there th w wn was that in ill tier liar bonny ees ee of fondness that told of a world of love noble rind and true nl it iva nays she sobbed and lilt her tace on oil my shoulder and softly and ob baliber fa ihor liber how I 1 love him I 1 so 90 had a found haphazard bri brought to tile the longing soul of hugh Wati lell the great wish of his life |