Show ter ler he be the he one ter do it cause im coln ter bo be the dead one an harriot harriet I 1 there there please Thadd thaddeusa Thaddeu evist sl ive got ter see jehiel and hannah jane fore I 1 dle die but they come if no tile alicy y wont come weve were tried it over tin over again you know ne me haie hannah jane herself said that if iny thin serious came up it would be diffrient frent dif well im coin ter have serious come cupl up but harriet 1 now hov thaddous begged tile the homem almost crying you must help me dear ive thought it all out an its easy ais as can be I 1 shant tell tiny auy lies of course I 1 cut my finger today I 1 why yes I 1 believe so he no dazedly but what has that to do the accident thaddeus thaddena youre ter send two telegrams at one ter jeidel an one ter hannah jane the telegrams will say accident to your mother funeral saturday afternoon come at once jest ten tell words now all true aint it 7 she asked the accident is this cut the is old mis went Nv wort bs I 1 heard berday that they have it until katurd saturday ny so give us plenty of time ter tee get the folks here I 1 say whose fundal it Is coln ter be on saturday thaddeus I 1 ax want lint yer ter hitch up tip an all drive over ter ter send the telegrams the in mans ills now new over there tin an wont know yer you send eni em from hero here of 0 course thaddeus claaton never mover knew ew just how he allowed himself to be persuaded to take his part in this crazy scheme as he termed it but persuaded he certainly was it was a miserable time for thaddeus then hen first there was that hurried drive to though th the day was wn warm he fairly fu my shivered as he handed those two fateful telegrams to the roan man behind ehe ac counter then there was the lio homeward moward trip luring during which like the guilty thing he was lie he cast furtive glances from side to side even home itself cams came to te be a misery for the sweeping and the dusting Ity tIng and the baking rind the brewing which lie he encountered there left him no place to call ills his own so bit lie he lost his patience nt at last and moaned seems ter me harriet let youre a pretty lively corpse ills 1113 wife smiled rind and flushed a little there there dear I 1 dont fret jest think how glad well be ter see em cm she exclaimed harriet w was as blissfully happy goth both the children lad promptly responded to the telegrams and were now on their way hannah jane with her husband huband and two children were expected on friday evening but jolliet und his wife nod and boy could not pas possibly sibly pet got in until early on the following morning MI all tills this brought scant joy to thad dens deng there was alaya hanging over him the dread horror ot of what lie he had biad done and the fearful questioning as to how it nas nil all going to end friday dime came hut a 1 telegram nt fit the list last moment told of trains delayed and connections elised would not reach home until the next morning SO S it will was with a four seated that thaddeus th clayton started for the station on saturday morning to meet nl ot both of ills his children and their fal families lillieR the iraldo home was a silent one hut hilt once inside tile the house hillge jehlen and jano amid a storm of sobs ond find dies ciles besl besieged eged their father questions alio flamily were anere till all in the darkened sitting room all indeed zave save linn let lef who sat in solitary stat n the ham liar above her face pale and tier her heart almost illan 4 to it had hven arranged that she was not to be seen coen until tomo some sort of explanation had been given father what was it itt sobbed llan nali nab jane how did it happen it must have been so sudden faltered jehiel it cut me up completely ely 1 I on cant nt ever forgive MA myself get f moaned IIan Ilin nali nith jane hysterically ahe anted us ii to 0 o come dunst and 1 I nt my selfish selfishness nes easier to stay v vallere here I 1 was as and now now webe been brut brutes rather ut in jolliet with a shake in his voice all of us its I 1 ner nener thought I 1 never then di earned ined father fat lier con can can we see her in the lie chamber above a n woman sprung to tier her feet harriet lind had quite quit forgotten tile the stovepipe stove pipe ppe hole to the room below and every sob and morn find and Nv walling alling cry had been woefully distinct to tier her e ears ars with streaming ryes eyes and quivering lips she hurried down the stairs and threw open the sitting room door Je Jeli litel irl Il hannah linnah jane im here right here nilve alive she cried an ivr been a wicked wicked woman I 1 nev r thought bow low bad t was coln ter mak YOU yon feel I 1 truly never ne ner ir did twos only myself I 1 wanted yer so BO oh cht children wren children ive been so wicked so sn awful wicked echiel on and hannah jane were steady of hend head nind and strong of heart an and d joy it Is sold never kills otherwise tb results of that sudden in mhd th sitting room doorway might have been disastrous As AR it was it wonderfully happy film family party gathered around the table an all hour later and as jolliet led a trefoil tons lous gray grix haired woman to tile the sent seat ol of honor lie looked into her shining eye and whispered dear old In now that weve found th way home again I 1 well be tuning every year dall dat you |