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CHAPTER VI Continued
Instinctively sho glanced down
toward the shop Tho doors were
open but no one was there The hens
pecking around the doors were tho
only visible signs of lifo to her anx
t lous eyes Unconsciously cho began
L hulling tho strawberries with me
chanical but steady fingers
Times is dull nough pears to
rae the woman proceeded First
item there want o rain with- thcr gyar
din a dryln up spite o the care we
Siv ct then as though thet warnt
rough hyar hems ther accdnt ter
ther mare o ther jedges son an any
o us likely to he ketched ef twarnt
thot splclon rests in one direction
special
It was coming Dolores waited with
hated breath A heavy sense of guilt
fell upon her sho could not meet the
gaze of the eyes bent upon her and
cho went on hulling tho berries
waiting In silence for what she knew
must come
An them as knows says thyars
a great feelin ower in ther town yan
der bout ther mare the womans
voire struck in on the girls thoughts
an says et pears sue were worm
a deal o money an now nobody d gev
a copper for her an theys workin
steddy to fin out who done ther deed
an gettin every one theys ken ter
prove thar spicions crect o a certain
person
Dolores was waiting It was com
ing now she felt certain She crush
ed some of the berries in her hand
in a sudden frenzy
Theys holdin court amost eveVy
day an workin as though twere
some groat thing thet a critters
gone lame But theys wont do noth
In with ther spicioned feller tell
thars mo ground as theys calls et
though young Green do feel pretty
sartin who is ther guilty one But
theys got consldrablo proof an
theres ter be a great time ter morrer
an they wants yer feyther ter go ter
prov thar spicions crect
It was out at last Dolores seemed
turned to stone she neither moved
nor spoke she dared not lift her eyes
from the red berries with which her
fingers were dyed Her head was whirl
ing there was a din in her ears as
though a legion of spirits repeated
and shouted in wild horror
Theys wants yer feyther ter go ter
prove theys wants yer feyther ter
go they wants yer feyther yer fey
ther
Her eyes were like those of a hunt
ed animal half hidden beneath their
long lashes her mind was filled with
a great longing to go to get away
from the tiny room out on the moun
tain nnrier the nuiat heavens where
ji Tie winds were free from the watch
ing eyes
The woman at the other side of
the table arose with an injured air
She had received scarcely a word of
thanks for her berries scarcely even
a show of interest in her story
Thyars them as takes an intrest
in thyar feller critters anthyars them
as dont she said tartly an
thyars them as has thyar spicion o
things
Dolores watched the womans tall
gaunt figure go down the worn path
her purple print dress brushing the
scant grass with an indignant sweep
the cape of her sunbonnet limp and
flapping over her shoulders When
she disappeared from view behind
the shruboery of the road side Dolores
put away the dish of berries and put
on her gray sunbonnet to go out
It was early afternoon The rocky
road like a yellow thread wound in
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Waiting in Siienca
and out among the scrubby bushes
and tall pines that murmured in the
breeze To the ears of the girl they
kept up their monotonous sobbing
about her father as though they were
li7ing things
She was listless no longer she
walked as oae who had a purpose as
one who had far to go Her eyes look
ed straight before her her lips were
set in a straight stern line
She met no one on her way there
was little travel on the mountain the
thriving town over on the other side
had connection with the world in an
other direction
In all the twenty years of her life
Txilores had never been over the
moontain what lay beyond it she did
not koow except from the rumors that
drifted into them from the men who
had been there men who had strayed
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THAT GIRL 9 JOHNSONS
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Entered Aecordine to Act of Congress in the Year 1390 by Street Smith
In tho Office of the Librarian ol Concrcit at Vasbinctoo D C
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in huntfng going around to the oppos
ite mountain and returning across the
town
Sometimes when the atmosphere
was heavy and the wind in the right
direction the smoke from the tall fac
tory chimneys drifted around to the
settlement and tangled in tho pines
like gray specters waving their shad
owy banners above the scattered
houses down toward the valley Many
a time Dolores had watched these
smoke wreaths and her mind had
gouo to tho place from whence they
came and she wove from them fan
tastic shadows born of dreams and
she clothed them in garments of the
living and they brought her many
many fancies of the life pulsing just
beyond tho piny peaks
Now her mind was filled witn the
one subject so much discussed she
turned it over and ever viewing it on
all sides now reasoning with herself
as to this or that possibility this or
that decision but eventually return
ing to the first conclusion which was
to her so convincing that it sent her
over the mountain to tho town to dis
cover if possible the truth and at the
court was the place to learn what she
wished to know if there were any
place to learn it ere the whole world
should know
As she passed over the mountain
and down on the other side the town
lay out before her a thriving town
smoke arose black from the towering
chimreys the whir of machinery the
rattle of wagons and din on every day
life were borne up to her as sounds
of a strange land Theknowledge be
gan to grow in her mind that the life
in the slow little settlement beyond
the mountain was too narrow 00
shut into itself too lacking in energy
and growth But this was a new
world to her and she shrank from it
not from any foolish feeling of inferi
ority such a thought could hold no
room in her mind but as a wild ani
mal instinctively shrinks back to its
natural world Then the feeling left
her the old thought drove every fear
every other feeling away she had
come for a purpose and as yet it was
not accomplished
- She passed steadily down the road
looking neither to right nor left The
court house was at the farther end of
the town she had heard them say so
A long low white building with wide
steps and a bell in the tower
At length she came to it she knew
she was right a long low white
building with wide steps and a bell in
the tower
She walked up the steps and turned
the handle of the door but could not
open it This ending of her journey
had not entered her head For a mo
ment she stood in doubt what to do
People passing on the street looked
curiously at her A boy who was
sitting astride of the fence called to
her that the door was locked but if
she wanted the lockup it was down
around the corner
She did cot know he was laughing
at her she walked down the steps
and spoke to him She asked him
where she could find the judge She
was looking at him with her straight
level glance and he was disconcerted
The judge he said lived in the house
on the hin if she came down the
main street she must have passed it
Not a bit of her resolution was
gone as she retraced her steps but
she walked swiftly for it was grow
ing late She found it without trou
ble she mounted the steps and knock
ed at the big door She did not know
she should ring the bell No one
came She knocked again and louder
then again she waited No one came
If the judge were gone where should
she find him
A step sounded on the gravel at the
side of the house she turned and
faced the new comer
Dolores exclaimed young Green
in astonishment
A red flush crept in her face
I want to see the judge she
said gravely and there was a wist
fulness in the large daric eyes raised
to his for an instaHt that caused his
heart to throb strangely while a flush
also arose in his own face
My father He is not at home
When the court adjourned at three Jie
took the train to N If you wish
to see him I am sorry Will not I do
instead Come in Miss Johnson my
mother would be pleased to meet
you
She was unused to being called
Miss Johnson and scarcely heard
the unfamiliar name
He opened the door waiting for her
to pass in
I wont stay she said The judge
is not at home I came to see the
judge
She turned down the steps and he
closed the dcor following her
If you will not go inside may I
walk with you Miss Johnson
She bowed her head and they pass
ed up the street together in silence
That the people they passed and
whom her companion greeted turned
and looked curiously after them she
did not know had she known it would
have affected her little She came on
an errand and could not accomplish
it that thought was uppermost in
her mind blended as it always way in
thinking of it with the faca and
eyes of the young roan beside her
Dolores he said at last when
they were climbing the rough road
beyond the town unconsciously using
a
- jjsz
the name Dolores why did you
wish to see my father to day It must
be something special or ycj would
not have come Could not I do as I
well J
Some way his kindly heart was
aching for her with the remembrance
of that swift wistful glance of the
brown eyes into his own and ho
would comfort her if he could j
She did not look at him her gaze
was fixed on the pines away on the
mountain behind which the sun was t
setting But he knew she heard and
would answer presently j
I came to see about the mare sho
said slowly her eyes still fastened on f
the pines upon the height Then sud 1
denly with a swiftness that startled
him she added
You know who did it You -have
known from the first Everybody
knows who did it It will be proved
to morrow beyond a doubt
He looked at her amazed at her
vehemence
We hopo
prove it to morrow
to
Dolores watched the woman
GIRLS MAKE THEIR CHOICE
One factory has marketed
electrical flatirons this seaaon
60000
he said We have had our suspic
ions from the first and iioav we think
them well founded We are depend- 1
ing a good deal on your father we
have considerable evidence but his
will be conclusive
She knew nothing- of law or its
terms the words held a terrible
meaning for her
It was a dastardly deed he Avent
on his face darkening The fellow
shall suffer the full penalty of the law
for it My beautiful mare that was
almost human in intelligence
Her hands were clasped fiercely
her eyes burning when she turned 1
toward him to make reply and for
the moment he forgot all else but her
face
And it is right she cried it is
right What if his people do suffer
for it That the name will cling to j
them forever It is only right that
he should suffer It is just It was
a dastardly deed Only only dont
come with me any farther I had
rather go alone
He obeyed but followed at a dis
tance The road was lonely there
were no houses till she reached the
settlement below The sun had set
in the east above the opposite moun
tain the full moon rode A soft haze
arose from the valley far beneath
floated and wavered noiselessly up
toward the moonlight
Up on the heights the young man
stood motionless watching the girl
passing from him in the moonlight
The light was full in his face It was
an earnest face and good one to be
trusted never to prove treacherous
He watched until the girl dimly dis
cerned down among the shadows
paused a moment on the threshold of
the bare little house and then entered
And to him as he turned away his
thoughts in a tumuh the mysterious
mist and the moonlight seemed to
have swallowed her up
To be continued
Countries Where the Gentle Sex Does
Its Share of Wooing
In England leap year is supposed to
confer upon the fair sex the privilege
of choosing life partners for better
or for worse but tho custom is mere
honored in the breach than in the
observance The gypsies especially
in Hungary enjoy and make a very
extensive use of the right at all
times in accordance with an ancient
custom Thus a marriageable young
gypsy girl in the land of the Magyars
as soon as her heart is smitten takes
good care that the smiter shall hear
of the iavoc he has wrought and
have a chance of consoling her With
this praiseworthy object in view she
has a love letter indited places a coin
in a piece of dough bakes it and
throws the cake and the billet doux
during the night into the bedchamber
of
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FUNERAL PROCESSION OF A POPE
The scene pictured is the funeral procession of Pope Pius IX passin
Vatican on its wav to St Peters where the remains are placed in a s
WOULD TAKE NO CHANCES
May Irwin Thought Life of Cook Too
Valuable to Risk
May Irwin has a colored cook of the
kind usually referred to by mistresses
as a jewel Not long ago mammy
was taken ill and Miss Irwin sensibly
decided that the patient would be bet
ter off in a hospital than elsewhere
The cook recovered in fine shape and
was about to return to her kitchen
when the doctors decided that a slight
operation was advisable Mammy
did not like this prospect but left it
to Miss May The latter listened
carefully to what the doctors had to
say and then gave this decision much
to the patients delight No Shes
too good a cook I cant take any
chances And that same afternoon
mammy once more reigned over her
pots and pans
Mme Humberts Daughter Popular
Mile Eve Humbert daughter of the
woman of the phantom millions is
now said to be living in a charming
little German nook in the valley of
the Weser and near the green West
phalian woods Mme Humberts
daughter is the guest cf her former
German governess a lady of some
means who has taken pity on the pu
pil whom she initiated into the mys
teries of the Teutonic tongue and
whom she taught to read Goethe Schil
ler and Heine It is said that Mile
Eve is a great favorite with the peo
ple of the little German town who
regard her as an innocent victim com
pletely in ignorance of the doings of
her family
Joke on Carrie Nation
While Mrs Carrie Nation was buy
ing a railroad ticket at McKeespcrt
Pa the other day the agent was smok
ing a stogie She resented this and
gave him a lecture to the effect that
her bridegroom elect Then she 1 hjs body became impure as a result
sesses ner soul m patience and I j v 11 t rn t
possesses
awaits developments The Burmese
maiden begins her marriage cam
paign at a much earlier stage In
order to get tegether a goodly gath
ering of young men from whom to
choose she places a lamp in her win
dew at night it is known as the
lamp of love and entices all those
youths who are candidates for the
order of benedict In sunny Andalu
sia the peasant girl whose heart has
been stolen by a stalwart young
bandman prepares a tasty pumpkin
cake and sends it to his home If he
eats it and the ndalusian girls tak3
good care to mak it highly edible
the pair are forthwith Lroth3
London Telegraph
and he would not be fitted to enter
heaven While she was lecturing the
ticket seller a gang of men decorated
her luggage with whisky labels She
discovered it and tried to scrape them
off but had to hurry aboard the train
a walking advertisement for promi
nent brands of rye
Encyclopedia of Journalism
Alfred Harmsworth of the London
Daily Mail William Hill of the West
minster Gazette and Maurice Ernst
of the Vienna Tageblatt are an
nounced as editors of a new interna
tional encyclopedia of journalism to
be published in London and in the
English language but to deal with the
history of the newspaper in all days
and its present development Bio
graphical sketches of famous journal
ists are to be included
ANSWER PLEASED THE POPE
Pontiff Enjoyed Heartiness of Father
Farleys Assurance
When Pius IX died in 1S78 Arch
bishop Farley who was then plain
Father Farley and secretary to Card
inal McCIoskey journeyed to Rome
with his eminence for the purpose of
participating in the election When
the cardinal and his secretary arrived
Leo had already been elected Before
leaving Rome the young priest sought
an audience with his holiness who
happened at the moment to be in a
mood for raillery Cardinal Mc
CIoskey did not votQ for me said the
pontiff eyeing Father Farley with
mock severity The priest hastened
to assure his holiness that it was only
because he had arrived too late And
would I have had his voice asked
the pope The young priest exclaimed
emphatically You bet When the
phrase was fully explained to Pope
Leo he laughed heartily
Ex Senator Wolcott in Society
Ex Senator Wolcott of Colorado is
managing his social campaign in New
port in a manner that commands ad
miration of the 400 He has rented
an expensive cottage and there will
play host to Lord and Lady Minto
Few mere distinguished personages
have visited Newport than the Ca
nadian governor general and his wife
It is an open secret that Lord Minto
is not by any means a rich man He
has two lovely young daughters Lady
Eileen and Lady Ruby and the young
er set in Newport are in hopes that
they also may come to visit the Wol
cotts
Ex Ccngressman Aliens Joke
Ex Congressman Allen of Missis
sippi stoutly maintains that the na
tional capital is a fine summer re
sort I am free to declare that Wash
ington provides more real comforts
when the country is sweltering than
any ether city he said to a friend
But the thermometer does climb to
great height in the summer John
was urged Yes said the Missis
sippian with characteristic whimsi
cality but that has nothing to do
with the case
Britain and Her Colonies
Sir Gilbert Parker has ccme forward
to re enforce Cecil Rhodes scheme
for the knitting together of higher
education in Erglish speaking coun
tries by calling a conference in Lon
don to discuss this and related topics
It is expected that a permanent im
perial council will be formed to have
supervision of these matters The
confererce is to be followed by an al
lied conferences dinner at which Mr
Balfour will preside
g down the grand staircase of the
arcophagus and sealed up in a wall
CARDINAL HAD SIMPLE TASTES
Head of Roman Church in England
Was Without Vanity
Tho late Cardinal Vaughan was
probably tho handsomest and most
distinguished looking of the Roman
ecclesiastical hierarchy Just as Card
inal Manning looked the learned
ascetic so Manning looked a true
Roman prince of the church But he
was most simple in his tastes and
habits Several times Roman Catho
lic ladies presented him with costly
robes and on one occasion they pre
sented him with a carriage But they
found that he sold their gifts and
spent the money In charity They
therefore at last lent him robes and
a carriage in order to oblige him tc
retain them
Big Estate Melting Away
Suits instituted by women are fast
melting down the immense estate left
by Charles Broadway Rouss the pic
turesque Marylander who died in New
York Within a month after his dem
ise three such suits were instituted
two of them being successful One
woman sued on behalf of a minor boy
who she claimed was the son of the
millionaire clothier She secured a
verdict of 115000 Now another suit
has been begun this time by the
widow of Charles H B Rouss a son of
the millionaire The estate is now in
such an involved condition that it Is
doubtful if one fourth of it remain tc
the original legatees when all ths
suits are settled
Why Eliot Was Disqualified
When Gov Crane was chief execu
tive of Massachusetts he was ap
proached by a delegation of business
men who asked that President Eliot
be appointed one of a commission to
report on the proposed construction of
a dam across the Charles river The
governor demurred Would you mind
stating your objection to President
Eliot asked the spokesman Well
replied the governor the law says
that the commission shall consist of
three men If I appointed President
Eliot there would be only one
Hear Different Calls
Edward Davis for several years
pastor of the Central Christian church
of Oakland Cat has forsaken the
pulpit and entered upon a stage ca
reer He has written a play with a
purpose and will himself assume the
leading role Practically reversing
this process James Barton a leading
player in the Grand Rapids Central
league baseball team is about to dis
card his uniform for the robes of
priesthood He has been a profession
al baseball player for years but has
devoted his spare time to study