THE WEST SHORE.
lit Inn? and 1 " H w00' yu draw Tommie for me? mv ari ia
1U..U, it ...! a.ll-r much, b- won t Ie long, . giviDg him &
tUn ou'II marry .ho I ,('To be flure I will, Mies Bab," he replied, while
, 7 'u rt'll h right to a gonial smile gave an almost handsome expreBBion to
'! hfreckled visage, and soon they were out of hear.
r M lr Lr hi tm S ,Dg :X C me? - asked Bab, 1,
1. . with r-a or f-ii;!j- j'K-ulKrity . ei' 811 J , T , , r uv
riyLt, uih)U he'll N' d. ad by that time. He must be "To be sure M.ss Bab I do, to be sure ' .
.l:,l,LuuIm1,.ty,1ii;now,ain-the?" I Ned'- vocabulary -leaned always limited when
Hud, Ml r.W H had litt I the presence of his heart s idol; but if there was a
that ratter. rouU l lja.Ud easily, and had pre- human being in the world whom the honest fourteen.
I,N him..lf f..r an M'H to the prophet. Wilful year-old street Arab adored, it was Bab Leslie. His
aml.tul.Un .he might k hut the would not dare to j own home was but a mockery of the name, and no.
ttiiUUnd him. Th'ii-it w.- k, however, the ancient j body cared for him now, since his sister was dead, nn
UtM pati.tr aid endurance forsook him, Bnd he j less it was Bab; and, to serve the latter, he would
irwtitil hirnwlf in person to urge, an immediate ; have laid down his life.
uarriagr, ami tur father, not daring to do otherwise, "Can you keep a secret, Ned?" was the neit
question.
Again the answer, " To be sure, Miss Bab, to be
round hia importunities. Fiercely Bab set her
whit teeth into the ri' lip, ere the answered, pet
tishly -
" He here, father, Mr. Dunham, I don't want to
marry at all; but if 1 munt, it will not be one hour
Mm I laid, ami all the prophet, priests and elders
sure.
" My life depends upon your faithfulness. Do you
understand?"
" To be- oh, Miss Babl what do you mean, and
iu Halt Lake can't make me." i what makes you so white? Be you sick? "
"Hut, HarUra," lan Mr. Leslie, when help j " Sick at heart, Ned; but now walk close here and
cam- fmra a aourco least ciMcted. I listen."
" lluKh Lli., don't U a fool," snapped Julia. j With each a hand on the cart handle, they walked
M iUh young one alone. You ought to know by j along, sometimes talking out in careless tones to the
thia titn that when a woman makei up her mind she ! baby, again lowering their voices to a whisper, as Bab
ain't like a man, changeable ai a weather cock." ! told him of her difficulty. Rash it may have been to
1 ..r thf i fir.t time iD hor life, Uab was con scions of ! thus confide in a mere child; bot what else could she
Ming of KrataudH.ward the (Klious woman. Die- j do? They were within a block of home, when she
pwK at letlKth, llrother Dunham took leave, bade him go no farther, and whispered a final injunc
fl,r,g hia tUrrd .-n.ual, bUl.hot eyes on the tion in his ear.
T2lZll n h"',,1,M ''I!? l,h lML " To be Mi88 Bab to be sure," he said, ear-
T ' i'i. 7 M VM m ne8tIy' " if they kill me, I won't tell."
X The next morning they met again, and when they
Lh? parted he was tightly clasping a bit of folded paper;
lu K,,l and Tom ... 2 1 , 8 , t then 8ho hfld doDe could. But alas! how
.ai . u Li u, X wit a ,r "'I ' liUl0thRt a11 "rth she could only wait
f ' ' 7 Uh M h,,n,",, with hope and despair alternatinp, wear her mask and
I play her part Velma Caldwell Melville.
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