JVEKI PUBLIC V,WfrUAlJA TOBDj CEMBBmO, 19fe ",, lJL , r : : f''" : " " r" z ' 7 . cwt,f Smith I j?i 52dfney Smith Whe one unwanted GVNWTlt (r 5Tf uyiuuj. unce Auther of "A Bacheler Husband," etc. Ctfvrleht ev Whttltr SvniUalt, Inc. ,i: Vr ! J . - I I I I i I I H Jl . I ' . - VQU WTrlM- CAN'T te.RE.'S SOME. WJ 0 I CVeU eWt MK(irS 0- frVeUPOW't V "" - ru. fe6l voe rAY J r $m -wNT wwjv MgSA Hm.- V ' CTnKOlNS THK STORY I.l "JflfO KM inr brt'.'Vui. On her arrival the V . lfrtrfe. IC BHVVfl w T Si A Ac? or net wpl; K.S?a T.. 41M "c "."". i. i 111" ... i.. 6rP"7 "" ' "P- '"" ,lff,,',,i,-i,Jue OS Lionel '''"-.H irAe ccm curt ufhen . nmt M we'.""""-' ---":- H 'd had ruined his father. nil " " .... e SnHi. awl when tidily' cniWC- i i 'id WU i vri " Mr. i. - . , a fc i-? ";r; jV '. .:,, e 'Ae wortjeflM Ae fteMa ('f,!:M. nroeertu. "Avp HEUB IT CONTINUES i .. i.l n mnrrlpa vel! I T.111 free hi hUmortgep. every . ii innr weiming uui. .- Af II. Ull v - UTii it deei net 'wait Wi hlten't finished." he A mta what Wm. "K W" --... .w ,n,l yen, U '; riampiei comes aflain nni a me- added, ns he dee.H give me a Mt'vw PtC' . . . J.. Mnnblv. Ku a chance? What chance?' . Mlered. and somehow it made ' i,v mucb younger. fjBn a QDamv iv .. - v" t .,.r.i at hira open-mouthed. wvu-te-marry me?" I gasped. 4St-but Nell?", hiucKcd hi" Hhoulders. 'Sell Ij nothing te jne." . 1 iNPed backward for a chair and !rtppe4 Inte t. "W,-fe ve e.j .. I Vnew." . . "And, besides. I'm cngacect te be urrlsd," I reminded mm. icu as u re in a urcnin. "I knew all about that." he told me - nittlT. 'And bcln; cnnaciif itsn i en- Sietlmts. Well-what de you w? 'Hut It will be n very bad bargain - jeu," I said. "We shall cot mur Icd and you'll have te free Mr. An- '... l ilie mnrtirnCG." I'll have already told you that I will m that a a wedding prcbent te you etl. and I am a man ei mv weru. "ItMnV you're a dear," I said. He winced, as If I had said some i!j iinVlnd. "Wfll. It's nil f-cttled, eh? Then I WiA I'll be going." ' He took up his tiat ana suck irem lllii table. "Teu are writing letters," he sain. ,""fea te tell mother I am going te married." He looked at me for a moment with it sneaking, then he said earnestly : '"Yeu are very young, llttle Mis Ulj. Are you sure that Andersen H Mterl(Qt mnn ler you "I knew that I leve him, I answer- I. lie gave a quick little nigh. ''Lacky man.1' he said llshtly. "Well. W-by." . )nt shook hands and I followed htm 't tb deer. I ''Se there is te be no rldine lessen wthe present," he said. .Ne," ''Well goed-nlght." I ihut thr deer after him. nnrl went luck Inte the kitchen. I felt that the Wl halt-hour had been a dream. I Lionel Chnmnien. thr- touch t.nf for ! m tlch! The man whom my mother Bid wesen for Nell preferred me ! jt was absurd '. Incredlble ! 1 1, who had never been admired in no ftii or. received the lenst attention. iu4 mclf all at once with two ?'tril What en earth hnd Lrnuchi Lbeu aich a change? r. rtiucrry came Inte tlin mom. 1 PI looked round suspiciously. I 'It a all tight; he's gene," I fWt y. "And ,ou need net loel said fiPiul ii or Irtrilr (i f Ft lite that. I'm net eelni: te tell pjjm engaged te him as well!" Meres the pity," said Mrs. Alberry "W" Me itoed watching me. . pet's gene. .Miss Sail)," she 'Ii alter a moment, t awwered without looking up. tl UOesn t mnftK,. 'I'M. ...... . notrew. if. ,'.' .'.:'" V"B". i"' Im. i i. '' " " ,,,r '" ineiner r'f 'Sim engaged. Won't she he wpnscaj" . Albeiry Ha: hesitated, then bhe "I may eh will tell jeu, Miss Sally, '"t She linn't !,.,..... l .. .. i' '"'labt night." it ,il: ',J,cl,M'-ted me te be nngry, lliT.i,.i v "rsl tec"ng et amazement wr "utcd, "Oh. wpIi !,.. i.. .i.-. - . ait d.ii i"'" "' nun i;ibc i ueeu ?' bother," I said. "T i.i ,....iii.. - . leu ve "veil me the trouble. Heh! in i,a,i 01llj. Unewn! CIIAI'TKiTxMH Opposition en All Sides Uit)i t,n.i . . . Wth him"?" I?'1 tl,k0 ,,, t0 Unm ittdli n 'I1 ,h." ,r,,)' ""' l ,'n1,l alth.imy br,;!,1fR Wr eveltement Ctt f fcI,5,n'"R leiw day j was L " ,ernltc morning; the 'was henw ,,,,.1 It looked as If It tdT!Vr.al""-'nte. but w..i..: .""' ""n rinrr i nn,. ,.,-- ", ! 1 I if X. wh'i-li i, ,i i.' ,l. "ill- ...;"" ."",. Miie iiiu.tBi,"',nn" boy -jw. arnhhe.i i. .... . .. fkfteck TiV " "' "n" tnni8t it Inte my L 1 IT UIIK IIA tm.t. . I.. . I 1 t nnk n.""' r "" .?'"'?" tPPNntm. ... '' "'! "" Willi (IIS 2 aun hi,. kPtthUkhn If -"" Cthcr!1!"""""' tlu;e,,Rh hrenkfa c there nH knock nt the eutei n Bimill thine nil wns re perfectly happy. ist er tiPmrvln..Ji,i,n,Ped.n'' WW" a ',lnHy fht room """ Sl'ie" out 01 h. ..L. ... . ie earu nimest lit enre wltli mv nintp. brought It," Inte et. hut irwer With Mrk. Alhnri-v nn.l fucc, Yeu knew that, don't you? If nothing Intervene, wc will go te Lang Lang Ien tomorrow. Tlu then, remember that I love you. MAntf." I kissed every ene of Its rather ordi nary words, and I slept that night with it under my pillow. ' I Wns jenleuu of the but-lncM that was se urgent he could put it before me, but I comforted myself with thoughts of tomorrow and hew wonder ful our meeting would be. I weke In the morning te the tteady eund of pouring rain en the reef e( thq Iiouke, and te blj drops chasing ene another down the window. I sat up In bed and stared lugu brleutfy at the wet world. What a dla. inal day when ene wns se happy! But the weather never had any power te affect my spirits and I made an e-tra special toilet that morning, being con fident that wc should go te Langton, no. matter hew hard It rained. I put en my thickest beets and get out ray big mackintosh, and hurried through breakfast nt top spd; but Mark did net ceme, About ten o'clock, the rain stepped, and a watery sun struggled out from behind the clouds. "He'll come new," I thought confi dently, hut I was wrong. I read hs letter through hundreds of times, and each time somehow it vound veund ed oelder, and its words gave me less, comfort. At lunch time the postman came and brought a letter from mother. She had written hurriedly, she said, as she. had heard from Mrs. Alberry that I had done a foolish thing, and with my usual impetuosity had engaged my self te a young man whom I had met only a half dozen times in my life. ., V.1 .lw't wunt ,0 te hard en you. Sally," se she wrote, "but, my deaf child,, you must knew what a rash pro ceeding this is. A strange man whom neither our father nor I have ever seen. However, we are quite willing te see him, and hear wha,t arc his pies- i''"i civ.-. -, se ii lie miepia ine only proper course and writes te us. the matter shall be considered " I laughed as I read it. As If it mnt-. tcred what they said or theurht! I was going te marry Mark If the whole world objected, se their opinion counted out nme. l am alrnid it wai very un dutiful, but they had never meant any, thing te me, nnd new, when a chnncc of happiness came, It seemed unfnlr that they should htcp in and try te spoil it all. But I was very surprised at the mild tone In which mother wrote. I hnd expected angry words. A hur ried recall home, or perhaps a flying visit from cither her or my father. Te tell the truth. I wns relieved. ATnrts IVmllfl .(.. .n llinm aV ttnttmar. '..... ...it.... ,,..v iJ ... .'111. ,lfc tuuiDt;. I Oe and see them, tee, if they wished it. 9he would be agreeably surprised I wnen (.no bbw- mm, I was sure. it was raining again. The watery sun hud vanished; the world was once mere an unbroken dreariness. Why did net Mark come? A dozen times I was en the point of putting en my nnt and going in search of film, but pride held me back. He lived se near. If he wished te see me it was no trouble Just te walk across the field path and up the lane. CHAPTUIl XXIV Hie Bitter Truth Tca-tlme came, but no Mark. "You're net eating, mlssle," Mr. Al berry said with kindly anxiety. I started; I hnd been straining my cars for the sound of a step en the read outside. "I'm net hungry," I said. "Yeu haven't get a chill?" his wife nsked, her shrewd eyes scanning my face. "Yeu leek Hushed. Mlsa Sally." I felt flushed. My face was burning, but net for any reason that she under stood, nnd there was a gnawing anx iety at my heart. I went up te my room and stared out Inte the darkness. I could sec the light frnm a yltulew in Mark's house, and I longed te go ever nnd see for myself what he was doing. Was it Nina who was keeping him? I felt I hated her. I went downstairs nnd out te the weed house, where the hey Ned seemed te spend his llfe chop ping weed. But he was net there tonight, and I wns just turning nwav when I heard bin volce in the dark yard outside and the heavy sound of his htep. I waited, and presently he came into the shed. He had nn old sack ever his head nnd shoulders, nnd It was wet through with the steadily falllnc rain. When he saw me he grinned nnd produced a note from nn inside pocket. "Krnm .Mr. Andersen, no saiu. I almost snatched It from him. The feeling of relief was tee great for words; I sat down en the old chop ping bench with the absurd desire te hurst into tears. Presently I found my voice. "Ned. who cave it te you?" He shook his head and solemnly shook the lain from it before he an swered. "Mr. Andersen himself, for sure." "Mr. Andersen!" I g.isned. "Has he been here, then? When did he come? Wliv didn't you tell me?" He staled nt m with owlish ejes. "It was only just this minute," he nhleeted. "He wns in the yard there talking te me it minute afore I came In here. He irave me the note te gire er. mlis. 'Give It her yourself,' he vas. 'And here's two shilling for jeu.' " I moistened my llns. "Is that all he said?" I asked. Ned nodded. "And did he he's all right, isn't he?" T asked painfully. Ned considered. "Well new I '"me tn think of it. he did loek'mlghtv bad." he said, with a slowness for -h!eh I could have killed him "His face was nil gray, new I come te think of it. or perhaps It was ' 'Mr8 Alherrv shouted from the house nt thnt moment nnd he nmh'ed off. leavlnK me alone in the chopping Miftd. the rain iintterint uewn uvcrmmii A..H.flll Liiilml. I wn :frnid te enen Mark's letter iist''','t tOKI me worn ' '-" for I am sure I sat there a long time before nt mm i "''' courage te icnd what hn had written. Though I burnt the letter the same nleht everv word of It Is still unfor unfer gettnbly printed en my brain. r nm ut nt te VOU iieriuijic t inn ,.. . , , .... !- I II I . - . ' i " ' SOMEBODY'S STENOGPMurt of tht Ben Slaving at Christmas Time Copyright, 1081. by Pui'Ug Ldtr Company By Haiwerd i " .. r . -v. ,. : vss 'nw TAbe 1auri3ht Wmrltmk' ? masmb JISalOYOir- f$ you're im Soeo J tACK. nAVB fi t 1 1 r r-jj . . 'iBli alBiiwKV -AIE LET HIM aoeoooo 0 i V ... vc-- flHvm JMPORTAA4T tRQ4J . DK ISQD 5lave if HE Wakts ' ' ' I y I i , - lHJBfl The Yeung Lady Acress tha Way DAD'S CURIOSITY SATISFIED By FONTAINE FOX The young lady across the way says she supposes danger of creep ing paralysis Is ever when the child begins te walk. ( WeT IM OCUCIt 15 H WrtiTirfO 9 I I I "SMC JB I lesN J&f J. "1 tfrtO1K IP iWt's VRlTlNG . v 1 O L fe XMAS . iv. Arfeiiy inYl rufcwfc'n , SCHOOL DAYS Bit DWIG Mowers. 'samitw ewe Veo wamT we te de re j GTNf wreiv, v a- Te e TOwH rOrX WT v I PETEYDreamQ Always Ge by Contraries Anyway By C. A, Voight I was net going te , ... .""'.. "". rt'err,v nn I ;."..', :"". mere Ntiirlne at me. .''T'',.11K,0 r',"10 ",ern ,cn' ill, alienee!" hrtnUns ,,,e ""bear- lidr!.4i!:h;lry.,(,a'cd his threat, and EL"1!", Peer mnn t i.-n... n.... ., with Mnrk nnd me. hut JPjpathlicd 't he u admit : itMi inn ntr,M n his wife te Wvfl an T ,. i i ""in iiiu riHiui tin WlettVsS' nml WCMt 0,t ,0 ri,ml 321 ?t yri. in.. nlnil love letter! I iFlll i ,n,n the world. I oerT! ,.n,lly I Pruml It wns me the vct most ninpese tnlned. IrtAt ."WHY 1IH I tl.,iinlwn.l .1 u .1.1. :?"w nn ,r. .:...."..." Vi"" " te an ... i V V .thi,c iiuiic mr dn,.; .,V.xer. te meet n mnn en shall nut priimihed, be able tht i Whl-J0 not.have gene 1 tean;;'.'"".11 hecry Inte before tee much of n coward te nay what must h" sa d. Sally. I had no right te have ever old you I loved veu. and I must ank vei te forget It. I cannot ask von te forgive me. neither can I explain vim s neMi'b1e. Tim kindest thing veu can wish for cither of us Is thnt wc mnv never meet again. 5 "MARK ANDnilSON." I don't knew hew long I sat there In , ne old chopping abed, the letter C'"lt(fch lev will ten'hend te feet! even mv Hits seemed te be frown. One of the farm dogs came and looked ,11 mind the open deer at me. and then tin ted iivly forward, thrusting the muzzle of his soft note against my hands flMVpU?ednhlmenwny. I think mv mndn ess I struck l.l.n. for he crept off with n little whine of repreach. CONTINUED MONDAY GASOLINE ALLEY AN OFFICIAL REBUKE : : T : : By Klnf' (SKEEZiy'j (KEE2lx"h fh I iCnuA AellI mob Your " I if V I Mlll JJ I uem ii.. ic c CMiie I v - V y I new nnric l vr uvi i T " ' "A 7 --. : , 3Sss I A'VYMiNT APT6E All ! J , I 1 r ! L: rfc 'X' V' t. . . 1: 1 - ii... r -' ..--' .'1' ''. '.i ;'.' '. i''- As ii;.bi( Lfc, .V I ...,,, is,' i L t iajST Jl'-" -ir AtlV -N l-'-rM " any Tyay possible te re- .v-va
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