AN IDYL OF 1)
and giT you toy chill; then li l n to
nt - a Leg rvt, far I'm tinL"
The chill of a gret fer fU on him
m he remetulrel 0oe two mounJa, ly.
inL. 7 -, is, lL
He gatheml and hll her cloe to hi
hart, that f r fire yera LjI kept imd
tnt vigila fur her-that for fiteyeara
hiul ha.1 do other thought hut of thia
hur.
" Vni will promise?" ahe hij-rL
In all her life, he had netcr lenie
her anything witliin hi wer to git e.
He coul.l not now refuc to grant thia,
her lat re.jucL Yet ho coull not trunt
hiiaa If to-aL For atiawer, hetpol
anl laid hia firt kiw nponher Imw.
" Dear lien! " aho aall, aoftly atn.k.
ing hia clM'k. Then, uillenlv remetu-U-ring
her Ia1, ahe would hare led him
to MH it
" Not now," he ahinperM, hoanw-ly,
while hia breath came aul went in quirk
patiU. Ft en the chlKl ahouM Lot come
tetwen them yet
They were again climbing the Sierra,
in the aame old, lutul-rirg roach that
hail hlought Keith down from the hap
py mountain home Cte yeara la-fore.
She hal Imrue the journey bravely, but
waa looking wan and fble.
" Li l.jn, chil l, you lak ery."
" Ye. I'm tirel - tirejL I want Ui
U ret-l when I get home," amiling
faintly.
He folhl a hal uU'b-r her bal and
pr-d hi greatot orer hr, for eten
in inidafU-rnoot, the air a chilly in
the mouLlaiijL Then he aat dontp
jiU' her, with the chill io hia artn -her
chill; zA he gnaabed hia Wth
alJte the oy fane on Li bret. m he
thought of the. unnatural father.
KVIL'S til'LCH Itt
The afternoon wore on. They ha. I
len winding up the pulrh, and wl
an la at home. How woqtvdly they
lth alept, through the rattbrg an. I
lurching of the 4l rt'h' The lot ray
of the un were gil ling lh Sierra with
k radianon ikorii ow here cImv He want
el Keith to ae it, he retm-mlred how
he uM to oe the mountain ur.U
She waa Ijir.g with her chk on hr
hand, in the oil, childish way he rull
neter forgL
M Keith'" he cl!e. ...flly. She .1-1
not anawer. He leane arrtwa and ten.
b'rly touchl her hand, then threw lwk
her tetl -
"Keith' Keith!" he crie.1
The chill awoke iu audden alarm and
clung to him. but the mother did rt
atir the lirr mother, who wanlM to
m reateol hen ah hoe. She
woull neier ! tirel any iivre.
Tolay, in San 1'ranritoik, tl.era ia iu
name that ia a yin)m for greu-r
ealth. or that hr.l a larger of
public an. I private lenefrtiof, than
that of l'-rn Hepaorth, the o-ik-Urn
miner of 1'iil a gulk He i a gr-
railriavl magnate an4 litr in a a!a-
on Nob hill. ()rneetrry )"ar, he makr
a pilgrimagn L the "nf(Titi" ail
laya a wreAth of blue t.trlin tiM
o one of the thr gran- utlr th
ha.lw .f the pitum Tl whit ahaft
l-ara the one worl. Keitli."
In one of the rt private uvling
arhoo! tn the city, U ai"tb-f Ketth
Conway, with the gltiou e)r arlg-b.
tie mature of the mother, ho la ltr0
a l'-0 Hepworth'a a.il ilacghUr,
anl who will tiu day ptaiU otrr hi
home. UZM .IW'V