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Graaa4 flmor,
'III Br Hulldlaa.
I Bat In my bath chair at tin corner of
the square alone, for I had pent my man
to dispatch a telegram and It vns plrm
anttr for ma to watt on that quirt spot
than In the busy thoroughfare. It was a
warm day In mll-Octo!er. The sun shor.e
with soft, mellow radiance on the yellow
leaves that were clinging to the trees In
the garden of the square or fluttering
quietly to rest on their parent earth. No
paaxengers were to be seen; but for ths
dull sound from the fnr-ofT streets the
silence was profound.
Tho melancholy of autumn that season
of pent enderivor, of slow decay, of rest
was In the air.
Most of the houses In the square wero
shut, their1 owners not yet returned from
the country; but one very largo house was
evidently Inhabited. It filled the center
of tho block facing the square on my
right I was wondering what It could
be, for the building seemed too largo for a
private dwelling house, when my atten
Hon was attracted by ft young man a youth,
I ought rather to jay, for he did not scorn
to je more than 19 or 20 who was slowly
pacing along the pavement close to the
railings that enclosed the square garden,
looking all the time at I he large house I
have Just mentioned. It aeetned almost
as If he were expecting or hoping to see
the face of some one he knew appear, at
one of the tall windows. And what par
tlauarly struck me was that ns he walked
he touched with his fingers every fourth
one of tlio Iron uprights that formed the
railing.
lie came nearer and nearer to me, btill
touching ns he went, and then when lie
had reached th corner without noticing
me In the least, he turned rflund, and re
traced his steps, still touching th rail
ings. Hut It seemed to me tnat he did
not lay his hand on the same uprights
that he had touched before.
This circumstance stimulated my Idle
curiosity. Those who have known ns I
have what it Is to lie for many hours too
weak to read or talk, a prey to wandering
fancies, will understand me when I. stiy
that I became Intensely anxious tor know
why he wns touching thone railings. There
am not seem to be any way of satfsfvlmr
myself on this point, and I strove-thls
win explain my state of mind as well as
Dlivllilnw T r
...... s , ton nuy i mrnve to make sure
tnat he wns really putting his fingers on
different uprights from those he had
touched when he was walking toward me.
There was a ready way of settling this
Point Every twelfth upright terminated
in a spike some Inches l.igher than the
others, and I observed that he had touched
tne high ones as he came toward me. If
be touched one of them now. I was
wrong; if ,e touched the next to one of
the high ones, then I was right.
A few - seconds told me that I was right.
The youth laid his fingers on the upright
beyond the tall one every time. And so he
went on till he reached the further corner
of the square.
I thought he would turn and come back
again. I was sure he would. He li
touching the railings as before. And this
time he touched the uprights on my side
of .ha tall ones. That meant that ho was
systematically touching evrv one of them.
My curiosity, satisfied on this point. Im
mediately reverted to tho more Important
question-what could be tho young man's
reason for behaving in this extraordinary
way?
He camo slowly nearer, and Just as he
was about to turn around, obeying an I
pulse, I called to him.
He gave s little guilty start .is If cware
for the first time that he had been ob
served, and hesitated as If. he had made
up his mind to walk away.
"Don't go." I said, and my voice reached
him easily In the quiet autumn air. -You
see I can't do you any harm. I only want
to speak to you for a moment."
He left the railings and came up to my
chair, and then I saw that he was really
a very nice looking boy wlfji an open,
pleasant .'ace that Just now was slightly
flushed. -
"Would you mind looking dSwn that
street," I began by way of breaking the
Ice, "and telling me If you see a man a
servant out of livory coming this way?"
He stepped aside so as' to obtain a view
down the side street and said that no such
person was tn sight.
"Would you like me to wheel you a lit
tle way?" he added.
"No, I think I will stay here. But your
kindness in offering to do that encourages
me to ask you to do me one small favor."
"Oh certainly."
"Then will you tell me why you touched
every fourth upright In the railings as you
passed along Just now?"
The young man's cheek flushed with
shame and annoyance, and he rep'.i' d
rather sharply, "1 can't conceive, sir, how
that Is any business of jours."
"You are perfectly entitled to mako me
that answer," said I with a smile, "and,
to tell the truth, I quite expected that you
would. But as you see, I am an invalid,
and, being unable to go about as you can,
little things are apt to acquire an unnat
ural Importance In my eyes. My curiosity
has been( roused, and if you can see your
way to gratifying it I should really feel
obliged to you. Besides, you know you
promised to do me a Javor. "
"Oh, well," said the ypungster In an off
hand way and with a tows of his shoulders
that I thought became him vastly, "if you
care to know, the fact is I was seeking
for a mark on the railings a signal."
' "Yes?" "
"You see that big house opposite? It is
s girls' school and one of the young ladies
there "
Ha stopped and hesitated for a word,
blushing furiously.
"With whom you are In love?"
"I suppose you would call it that. She
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Is very 111 and I daren't go to ask how she
la. They wouldn't tell me if I did."
"But why?"
"Because she Is a ward In chancery, and
they havo got an Injunction"
"Against you? Vpon my word, my young
man, you are beginning early."
"Don't make fun of me, please, sir. I
can't stand it, and I might say something
that would not be respectful and be hor
ribly aorry for it afterward."
"I nssure you I am not laughing at you
nor thinking of such a thing," said I. And
as I looked Into the lad's Ingenuous face
I wished I could have had such a boy to
call me father. "But I don't understand
et nl out the signal," I added.
"It wus Carrie Embleton, one of the little
girls, who promised that If Winnie was
better she would make a sticky smear on
one of the railings, but I haven't been able
to find it. And I am afraid she will not
get better; she may die and I shall never
see her again. "
"How would it do If I were to go to the
house nnd nsk for her?" ,
"Oh, sir, If you would! And do you think
I might go with you?"
T pondered for a moment, and Just then
Jenkins, my man, came round the corner
of the street. That gave me an Ides.
"Suppose you take my man's place ftnd
wheel me up to the house?" I said. "Then
you will have to help me up the steps, for
I can't walk by myself, nnd I can make
the excuse that I want to have you within
call to bring you Into the sitting room.
If you are not afraid of being recognised
that might do."
"I don't think Mrs. Melrose would recog
nise me coming as' your servant, and If
she did It wouldn't much matter, she could
only turn me out." As he spoke he laid his
hand on the long handle of the chair.
I dispatched Jenkins on another errand
and the young man wheeled me up to the
big house. On the way I asked his name,
and he told me it was Edward Hetherlng
ton. "
We were admitted without difficulty, and
as we waited for the mistress of the house
to appear my companion whispered to me
something rather Important wh ch I had
quite forgotten. The young lady's name, he
said, was Winifred Gordon, and she had
neither father nor mother.
Mrs. Melrose swept Into the room, s well
developed specimen of her class, and cams
up to me when she perceived my helpless
condition. Hetherington stood modestly near
the door.
"I called to inquire," I said, "after the
health of one of your pupils In whom I am
Interested a Miss Oordon. I was told that
she was seriously 111."
"She was, but 1 am glad to say that she
is better. She is to come downstairs today
for the first time since her Illness."
"I am sincerely glad to hear It," said I.
"May, I ask, you the nature of her Illness?"
"Oh, nothing infectious, I ctfure you. A
sort of low fever. The foolish th Id fancied
herself In love with a very presumptuous
voung man. Perhaps you may know the cir
cumstances?" 1 said I knew something of them.
"Well, she was so silly as to allow that
to' upset her considerably. And this news
about her uncle has, of course, re arded her
recovery."
Her uncle T"
'Yes. Have you not heard? It Is really
the most scandalous thing. Mr. Gordon
waa believed to be one of the wealthiest
men in Bombay. He was very Indignant
when he heard of the love affair I alluded
to aid Immediately told his solicitor to
settle 100 for him on Winnie so that, .he
might make 'ner a ward of chancery and
be r.ble to get an Injunction ugalnst the
young man I forget 'bis name.",
"Jletherington?"
"Yes, of course, that is It. Well, now It
terns out that the man's wealth was all
sham and pretense. He has been prac
tically a bankrupt for years, and I may
think .myself lucky that I was paid my
lost term's bill. Of course, I shall get
nothing for this term, but fortunately it
has Just commenced."
"Then you mean that Winnie must go out
to India?"
"That would be a wild-goose chase," said
the schoolmistress with a little scornful
laugh. "No one knows precisely what has
become of Mr. Gordon at least, I have not
been able to learn anything of his where
abouts, and I fancy more than one of his
creditors would giVe a good round sum to
get his address."
"Then what is to become of Winnie?"
"That is Just what I should so very much
like to know. I hoped, when the servant
told me you had come to Inquire for .her,
that you might have something to propose
something in the nature of a home to
offer her."
I shook lny head.
"Then what is td become of the poor
child I ennnot Imagine. She Is too young to
earn her own living much too young., I
cannot send her to the workhouse, and
yet I caNyiot be expected to keep her here
for nothing."
"No one surely would be so unreasonable
as to expect that you would voluntarily do
a thing of that kind," I exclaimed, und the
lady looked at me very sharply to see
whether I was speaking Ironlcully before
she replied, "I must try to get her Into
some orphansg, but 1 Kar it will, be very
difficult."
As she said these words the door opened
and a girl of about IS came shyly into the
room. Bhe was not strikingly pretty, but
her expression was gentle and sweet and
she was pale aa from a recent Illness.
I beckoned her to come to me, and with
out noticing the young man who stood hat
in hand behind the door she came closa to
my chair wondering, no doubt, fwuo I was
and what I wanted with her.
Mrs. Melrose considerately left us to our
selves, and my temporary servant drew s
few steps nearer as soon as the door hod
closed behind her.
My dear." I said, taking her by the
hand "there Is some one here wrio la very
anxious to see you."
Bhe followed the direction of my eyes
and then with s little scream her hands
went up to her breast. And the next I
knew was that they were In each other s
arms.
1 had forrotten all about tne rnuncery
division of the high court of Justice and
Its ridiculous Injunction, but It waa scarcely
worth remembering now. when there was
no one who cared to enforce It. Perhaps
If I had had the use of my llmba I might
have thought It necessary to go out of
the room or at leust to turn my back. As
It was. I might have shut my eyes, but
this did not occur to me. It was taott
touching and beautiful to watch the Inno
cent raptures of the two young lovers.
There was no time for words, and it was
plain that they had s better language
than any verbal one. A broken sentence
now and thn waa all they seemed to
need. The lad's face was radiant, his
eyes burning, his whole frame quivering
with excitement, and as for Winnie, she
seemed to be literally drinking in great
draughts of happiness.
As I looked I made up my mind.
"Hetherington. my boy," aald I. "be
good enough to retire for a few mo-oents
to the other end of the room or outside of
the door, whichever you prefer. .iinlu.
coma here."
Hhe cume close up to me, and I said.
"Give me your hand."
Bhe put her slender little hand in mine.
"I know your story, my child," aald I,
"but you do not even know my name. Aa
1 you aee. I am an old man. at least, co n
I pared ts you, and S cripple. I have an
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Winnie? It may not be for very long, for
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you know, marriage is a Kniou thing
and there ought to be some oiw to aee to
things for you. Will you let mo bo that
some one?"
Jler bonny brown eyes opened wider with
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Into them. -Finally She beut down, restsd
her arm ?l my should-r, and lightly
kisHd me on the cheek. Hphore.
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