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The Heiress of
•a er on Hall.
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• I3Y LAURA JEAN LIBBEY
AntliQr of “M'SS MicIdleton'S Love" ..A. Forbidden ji/faxeie R.: rose pint: like a silvery nheea caught ; P eaY ee e , Y o, -t: PrObOblY the MOSt tragic state
Miss airew000es rage w Qum lietV .
age," ''Daisy E3rooks' Etc., Etc. g ides -whichever way she turned. I ge-nes_would die of grief wben she 7
I no bounds and Agnes -Door, natient
' - t ' - ted rush of prospectors from l'oit
. the dazzling light in myriads of steer- ot aftahe resulting from, the °AMP-
• "How wondrously beautiful! how • n - - haidez, Maska„ into the Yukon Val -
lovely!" was the cry thet went up ; beheld it. Ab. what should slie do?
Miss Kirkwood could not nil' her ' ley in 3.898-90 has just been brought
She threw back her curly bead end, from lip to fie, aud in an inetara ! to light in the report of Capt. W.
CHAPTER L r for what she natl. done. but she could
laughed. "I have hale a mind to try Helena was Voted the queen of the - R. Abercrombie, S3ecend theitech-
• t do far worse -she could throw her stelae beftiearye ia :charge of bend -
Work wade. work, it on anel see, just for fun, how I ; carnival.
into risen 'before the MO rning"0 -
Tin" toe beton begins to wire, i would look in it," she cried. under ; "How I Am enjoying I-rinse/1." she P : mg the Trans -Alaskan military
to herself, law -fixing and. blushing ; at that in:en:exit, glancing up, she 1-71'hlitern the world would know that, •
I - •
'Pili the eyes are heavy and clim. 4 "After an uneventful vOyage Of
ed, because the titlier lahlies lied (knee
so, and that nod of recognition, al- ,
though he knew it must have been a
mistake, he turned to advantage. ;
With her heart throbbing with exule
tation. Helena, was soon skiniraing I
over the polielied floor.
A hushed lnurntar of admiration. I
ran through the vast throne- aa she I
swept past them under the glow of
the lamps. *
The pink silk dress was tuelted up t
to her boot -tops -a bewitching. pret-
ty snatiug length -and the clustered ;
pearlsg over su ate( et
-
form piainly outlined against the ; ,EJLELLVILI _
VF Tld-EARUTIC 1
lodgings, and found Agnes's drooPil/g ,t-i-rwm-i-1 ,-. 4-4, , ,,, -
whiskey curtabe and she oeuld see ketijaffiligiarTe'she ' e -, on '',,et"eif5.
fia tie roctehi7er.
liSgarurely thiernegneeseti?;lahItires4 , Ihniefillehh F011'iti-0f5. 'E.` MEittAle bEe
.1Cirlov904'§:
'err
A coach stood before the door. It
must have preceded her.
Helena Heatlieliff stood. still in the Cant* In W. Anereromnie, S• Infantry,
pouriog rain, aud looked down at the rrinefit tate -News-erne Gittoial Denton
dress by the light of the flickeriog nas eausea eteatee omiaeio, tit here
go -11
fiANGSMENT1N YfifiON
A cry of terror broke from her 14an rer reet. Of the reouletion-
white lips; the beautiful pinle silk eito senerme From scurry.
art dress was literall ruined
Stu
Work. evork, work, i her breath. "What an idea," she said thought with a gay little laugh. And. Jight
Of 411 the tile dresses I have ever Met the handsome stranger:s eyes
1. made, I never thought of putting one ' bent admiringty upon ber, and she
! turned suddenly away blushing. :
on before."
It was such, an innocent pleasure- i At that instant one of the straps •
where was the real harm ? and un- of her skates loosened, the lighte Wad
nooking her own dress it was soon . flowers seemed to whirl around her, :
lying at her feet M a. (lark heap, and she lost her balance and would have
; then Helena breathlessly slipped on fallen 'with a • crash to the eliPPerY '
the pink silk robe. It fitted her slim, floor bad not the gallant serener :
e graceful figure exactly. darted. quickly eorward mid caught
I Poor sedate, quiet Agnes, how ; the slender swaying form in, his areas,
shocked she would be if she Imere "'Thank you, sir; I would haye
what I am doing at this particular fallen if it had Pa been fOr you*"
moment, or could see me," laughed she cried. struggling out of the arms
, Heierta. "how she would stare in which held her.
i speethless horror. I shall never dare , "I believe you would," admitted
to tell Agnes of this.".she thought, the stranger, smiling as he noticed
t catching up the lamp, and crossing tier blushing and. growing colifiasien.
over to the tall _mirror, which was "Your strap caused it -it hoe he -
the only arfiele of Juxury the meager come loosened. Yeti will permit, rele
room possessed". She held the lamp to festen it?"
' high over her head; and peeped bite ' lie hilell; down, bending. his heed
the glass. ' so near lter little white hands that
- The bright vision of girlish loveli- his fair hair breisheS against theme,
nese it refleeted, alineet took her ' "These skates are too large: you.
breath away ought to have had a BiZe to fit 011-
"M I really look like that?" she derella," he said, as he arranged the
murmured, refractory strap. "Will you go around
The vision the mirror reflected, it the rink with me. just once?" he
it bad been put upon canvas, would pleaded; still smiling, 'I can tell
have made an artist famous?. A rathe then if it will be lil;elY to annoy You
er tall slip of a girl. in a rose -pink ug.ain."
silk dress, whit% seemed literally cov- `I suppose you are MOSt used to
, ered with a. frost -work of shimmer- ice sliates," continued her companiCin
ing. dazzling flowers of pearl; a for 'wane of somethiog to say, "rol-
, brown curly head and dainty neck; a ler skating swum a little strazige."
- face flushed rosy red, and pair et "No. indeed." decleeed Helena with
dark velvety eees fairly' dancing with truthful frankness n "I have never had
excitement, and a pair of plump on any kind of skates before, but I
white arms extended, holdieg the alwa„es thought I could mituage them
"'Oh. 1 shall never look like this If I watched the other girls."
again," cried Helena, 'with something "You will learn Very soon," he
. g - ,-, a g
ping her little white lingers, her dark
eyes blazing defiantly; it's only the her red, parted live. And standing Heleoa shook. her head. "I Will
moues, we are to got for it that there breathlessly before the mirror, never be able to came to another ear -
the words Agnes saki rang in her nivol," she said, ruefully.
=aloes me no anxious to finish it. I ears: "You are so beautiful. Helena, "Why?" aelied her companion. I
hate her! yes, hate that rich. ugly darlin,g-if people could only see don't ienderstand -why that should be
old tuned, who has nothing to do but you, your face would make you your the ease.''
-dress fine and go to balls awl parties fortune."
while you and 1 haxe to work so "Ilow I wish peopie could see me "Of COWER you can't understand.
heed, Agnes. Oh, dear, oh, dear, it'e now• -just for one little minute," she whY," faltered Helena, blushing un -
bitterly hard to be poor!" thought; "It can not be very wrong eesil3e. and looking down caufusedly
"Don't, 'Mena, don't, dear." Feld to tvish that." and guiltily at her borrowed plumes.
Agnee, turning away witia a. heavy Pretty, thoughtless, Holentetti ven-
al& "our good luck neust, be all to ity was touched, itml the longing
come," she added, tying on her mod- grew; the very sprrit of mischief.
est little dark hat and looking anx- folly or fate unwed to inspire the
iously out ‘hotee-the itetipening gloam- longing' In her girlisn heart and pave
ing.-Von, 3111,ISt not feel lonely, Ilel- il, WaS tO its execution.
He says:
;Seem, and gusset. and band -
Band and gusset and seam,
Till over the buttons I fall asleep
And sew them on in a dream.
-Hood.
esereiene, darling." called a gentle
voice from the shadows of an Meer
room, "put up that dress, dear,' do;
it's geetiug too late to eew a Inca
moot longer. you will spoil your
pretty brown cote,"
She ex -cosset.% the meagerly furnished
event hurriedly, es she spoke, and
leaned heavily over her eister'S chair.
Y int could see by the Waning light
that they were both young. and the
youner a mere girl ; oea glatice at
their surroundings and you could
well judge that their doily bread de-
pended •upon their industry. Otte
tbreeeenti-twenty and the other seven-
teen.
1 A brown head running over with
short rings of glossy curls raieeri it -
wit from -CR' i0hbi Or thiumutrine;
pink sill; over which it lied been
lent. Helena ilealliclift tilted bach in
lier chair eeith a gee' little laugh, end
looked up at her elder sister.
. "It won't be dark for half an hour
Wet. Agnes," elit: said, briskly,-ano l'
enlist, sew these seed pearl flowers on
just as fast as I can. or Miss Kirk -
wood's party -dress weee't be raoly
for her by toonorrow.'"7
-And how terribly she will scold,"
'replied Agnes Heritheliff, shuddering
and turning Pale: "she said that it
extust be finished by to -morrow noon.
and 'Miss Kirkwood is so severe."
"I don't care that for what Miss
Kirkwood saes," cried Helena. snap -
'Of
/Ike sobbin elten bre !tin from. Said -
"---- ene., while I am away," she said, "Ilow lovely girls are when they
laying her thin white hand on her are dressed up," she said regretfully
sister's curly head, "to -day may be "and suck a positive fright as I am
the turning point in our lives. If 1 in my checked calico! Oh, my, who
.only could get that position as gov- would have thought it."
,erness that is advertised, in the 'Sun,' At that moment a bewildering crash
perhaps they might allow me to bring of music floated up to Helena from
,you with me, darling. You are so an adjacent block ittingled with gay
bright and beautiful, Helena. dear," vole. In a moment she remember -
;she continued, with a sigh, "if you ed wbut was going on. The hand -
were where people could see you, bills and posters all over the city
your face would win you a noble were ablaze with it. It was the op -
laver, you would marry well, and ening night of the midsummer fancy
.have a home of your own. It's bard dress carnival at the fashionable role
for girls to be bread -winners." ler-skating rink on the next block.
"Just fancy a girl of seventeen mar- Helena caught her breath with a
tying," cried Helena, with a rollick- cry of delight. "I wish I were going
ing laugh; "wOy. I wouldn't marry a. in -just for a, few moments to enjoy
king, do, not I." it too," she cried, "to skate among
Agnes smiled. How ridiculous it the gay crowd and be happy." Then
was to talk about love or marriage with a look of disappointment -
to a girl who had never had a lover. "Why shouldn't I?" and she burst
that you would not have to come to
"I may be gone until midnight, into a fit of soft laughter. I "Your handkerchief is marked
the door in your gown, for there was
Helena," she said, "it is quite a Young girls are always thoughtless I 'Helena,'" he said, still smiling, as
ti, gentleman with her. Miss Kirke
.distance to Harlem and back, espec- and act on the impulse of the moment he pointed. to the little bit of cam -
wood wants her pink silk altered, be -
laity whea self have to walk. Be alas, who ran blame them, and hald brie she held in her hand. "You will
sure and lock the door ,after me and them so strictly accountable for their ; at least a.dmit that," he said, and cause she saw one that looked like
.let no one in." somewhere. Of course we will
"What -a dear old goose you are, eyes,
acts of girlish mischief? smiled coyly up into his it
get extra. pay for doing it," said
I will go," she cried, with a . isalleee.only
Agues," laughed Helena., merrfiy. beating heart, "I will never look so , Agnes " • -
You me to take the dress
"If your relatives would not oh- -
'`'Lock the door indeed! One would down to Madame Hoyt's in the morn -
nice again. S will take half art hour ject I should like to go around the
imagine you were afraid of robbers of my life -time and enjoy myself. rii ing and give her that message."
rinle just once more," he pleaded
,paying us a visit in the fourth story he wondered why Helena's face
• back room of a New York tenement. she promised herself. • I anxiously, loath to lose her. §
be more than careful of this dress,"
• I Helena laughed gayly. "I have no grew so deadly pale, and when she
They enter only mansions Where jew- • Oh, if there are guardian angels flung her arms sp tightly about her
, one but myself to please," she an-
t•- * .els are to be found' ' hovering over us, why did not Hel- with sach a, bitter sob.
, setered, her face dimpling over with
• "You are a jewel, Helena, darling, entes plead with her to stay her .e. , .. "There was such a bandsome
- „smiled Agnes gravely, "and I should steps, and there would have been yourtg gentleman with her," contin-
i lushes, for I came here by myself, ,
she added thoughtlessly.
"You came here -by yourself?" he
echoed, aghast,' theh puddenly his
blue eyes grew more earnest, and leo
said, hopefully: "Surely you will
not find it in your heart to send
me away from you so soon?" And
he clasped the little 'fluttering hand
drawing her among •the gay revelers
again. •
.
The fashionable throng had com-
menced thinning out long since, belt
in the enjoyment of the witching
lights ' and the mesi c
"Too long she stayed -forgive the
crime;
UnconsciOns flew the hours.
Heedless falls tbe foot of time
• That only teeeds on flowers!"
• Who is tba oung lady frowning
at us from among the spectators?"
asked Helena, innocently, pointing to
• a haughty blonde who was watching
them keenly. .• X
1 It was now: Mark Forrester's turn.
1 to flush guiltily and confusedly, as
I he answered evasively, and with a
touch of bitter annoyance in his
j voice: -
t "It is a young lady whom 1 es-
corted here; she does not skate; her
1 name is Miss Kirkwood." .
1 With a low cry and a startled, dis-
t mayed face, she tore her white hands
' frpm Mr. Forrester's clasp, and
dashed wildly out into the darkness
of the • night, heedless of cloak Or
scarf.
A pouring rain had commenced fal-
ling,yet Helena flew on, her heart
‘
beating with fright, and heedless that
't - - Miss Kirkwood's pink silk
dress, she was exposing to the piti-
less storm. Her one thought was
to get back before Agnes returned
1 from Harlem.
I A coach whirled rapidly past her;
but she never glanced up.
At lest she reached her lenmble
"She is certainly some rich mans .
daughter," he thought, glancing at
the pink silk dress.
Ou some pretext he managed to
casually remark that he was an art-
ist, and would be pleased to have
Helena, visit his studio and look over
; his paintings.
. "Won't, you give me your address"
he pleaded, "I am going to aele your
relatives the great favor of allowing
you to sit to me for a. picture I am
painting for the Academy. I have
been looking for e'ears for my ideal
• face and have never foetid it -until
' to -night."
, Helena. took the card ho proffered
her and read the name:
• "Mark Forrester, Artist, No.-
, Broadwa.y."
"Won't you exchange cards with
me?" smiled Forrester, who had
I had made good use of tho few mo-
ments they 'were making the round of
the rink.
I Helena, shook her curls roguishly. •
"I can not tell you who I am, Mr.
Forrester," she said; "please don't
In borrowed Plumes. s le had purettes-
ed 0, few hours' pleasure by a terrie six days anChor WAS dropped at Itort
V ldApril 1899
ez, Alaska. on r
ble net of girlish folly. ; about 0 o'clock p. m. The Scene
that followed the arrival of our 'We-
sel at Valdez WAS one that, shell
not soon forget. Crowding abOard
Helena. Heathelife caught her breath - the eiteamer came the argonatits ef
with a long ars as the lull force of last seeseen's raslitz illt0 the COPPer
River Valley. T e,y now gonsidered
theinselves full-flefiged miners, a ,‘
cHAPTElt
her iterilous position buret, U.Pon flier
1
beWitaerea BellfieS.
he crept up the stairs and stood though many of them had never /An -
plotting before the door, It Wee their eeielthreyr bitoickihe°crau.sullteryve.1siuco
4.
verily ajar., and through the slightmure
opening alto could pleinly See NUS 211,0tIV looking crowd it would, be
leirkweed, and. beside her Weed hard to imagine. Macitineev sons et
all varieties end volore, faded and
worn by expesure to the elements
and their long journeys over the Vale
dee. glacier from the Copper River
Va"Ill'Iyiey seemed to be sadly &mere
dazed, she listened to the words thati
fell froot i1 ss Kirkwood's haughty alized,'and front. a hurried eonver:
ltps., eation I had with six or seven
I had known the year before I Wag
110,VO befit hastily sionraoned
from the City to attend, a friend's /e4tO belie"' /bat 1.4"11“11'''
.441n4 dying of starvation and scurvy be-
wvre
Mention," she was crying. rend the coast range, in the t.loPPq'
shall not return ft r fOrtilight, lifrer volley, most of those then in
probably, shall waut many alter- the settlement of Valdez had little
ations =de in the dress you are or no money, hut notwithetanding
reeking for me," she went on, bangle. thie ewe a wholesale orgy was fa,
tily. "for I saw one at the carnival augurated that lasted until mid -
to -night that must bave been taken night, the cabin and (leeks of the
from the identical new designs from steamer giviog evidence of the pet-
wil$eeh /1,4„ d ell°se" '11.3•"e' ,Y" tent influence of the liquor 05 thOSO
Must, tett ;Your employer, mamma nine had indulged so freely wed who
Hoyt, she must not exhibit my ball- were now wog around in various at-
tderreesds. ItastilileitcanhasiultIveeen aeoZpettoelloongaelr-
they had passed a terrible winter
Modes sleeping ea the effects. That
to make the cbanges." was beyond all question of doubt.
Her sister's rvtly almost took **One of the first men &era Whiten
Helena's breath away. could get an iiitelligent account of
"1 will bring out the dress and the condition of things Was Quarter -
you can aae what you wish nester's Agent Chas. Brown, whose
changed," said Agues, quietly. salutation to me was, 'My God,
Olt, if she could but cry out to Ag- captain, it. has been clear hell:
nes to stay her steps! yon the early days of Irontante
"Never mind at,.out it to-aight. were not a. marker to what I have
will send the directions to Madam gone through this winter. It WAS awe
Hoyt, your employer, in the cours
of a, week," responded Miss Kirk- "I noticed in talking to these peo-
ple that over 70 per cent. of them.
were more or less mentally deranged.
My attention Wan first directed to
this feet by their reference to the
One big, raw-boned
Swede, in particular, described to
Me 110W thiS demon had strangled
Ms son on the glacier -his story
being that he had just started Irma
Twelve Mile COMP (a small collec-
tion of huts just across the coast
range of mountaius from Valdez)
with his son to go to the eoast in
company with some otter prospec-
'tots. When half way eip the sinninit
of the glacier, .his son, who was
ahead of him hauling a, sled, while
he was Sobbed pushing, called to
him, saying that the demon. had .at-
tacked him and had his arms around
his neck. The father ran to the son's
assistance, _but, as he described it,
his son, being very strong, soon
drove the demon away, and they
Passed on their way up toward the
summit of Valdez glacier. The
weather was very cold and the wind
blowing very hard, so that it °made
traveling very difficult in passing
over the ice between the huge cre-
vasses through which it was necese
isnarity. to pick their way to the sum -
"While in the thickest of these
crevasses the. demon again appeared.
He was said to be a small, heavy -
built man and -very active. He
again sprang on tfict son's shotilders,
this time with such a. clasp that, al-
though the father did all he could to
release him, the son was finaliy
strangled to death. The old man then
put the son on the sled and brought
him. down to Twelve Mile Camp,
where the other prospectors helped
him to bury him.
'During the recital of this tale
the old man's eyes would blaze, and
he would go through all the n.ctions
to illustrate jut how he fought Off
this imaginery. demon. ' When
heard this story there were some 10
or 12 either men in the cabin; and at
that time it would not have been
safe to dispute the theory of tlie
existence of this deruon on the Val-
dez glacier, as every man in there
firnify believed it to be a reality. I
was informed by Mr. Brown that
Mark Forrester, the artist, With a
look of impatience on his handsome
blonde face.
Helena's heart almost ceased beate
jog. She (Jared not enter. Like one
w000,
"I will tell her," replied Agnes.
Helena beard the rustling of Miss
Kirkwood's silken skirts as she ap-
proached the door, followed by the
quick,. ringing tread of Mr. Forres-
ter.
With a, heart beating almost to
suffocation, Helene. drew back among
the impenetrable shadows until they
passed her, and, as her sister Agnes
preceded her visitors, lamp in hand,
to light them down to the first
landing, Helena fairly flew into her
room, uefastened the ruined robe,
bid it away, and slipped into bed.
But not a moment too soon, for
she had scarcely settled her head
upon the pillow ere Agnes gently
opened, the door, tip -toeing into her
room.
"Ahl" she said, drawing back as
she saw Helena's wide, dark, star-
ing eyes fixed upon her. "I ought
not to have come in, dear, and awak-
ened you. Just as I came up the
stairs, flee minutes ago, X met no
less a personage than Miss Kirkwood.
I let myself in with my latch -key, so
not caee eo have t em s ea you so 1 bk h t d kd
• ,• be sure and fasten :the door as soon
-as I leaxeSe
"Oh, „fiddlesticks," laughdcl Helena;
'`don't Worry about me, I shall do
• very well all alone by. I'll
•eew Mips ,Kirkerogd's pink dress .
until I finish it, then creep straight
hes ,
into my bed tronder, and sleep sound-
ly until I hear your well-known tali
on the dom.
Agnes kissed the sweet • rosebud
mouth of he.r sister, then turned and
• [left the room with a heavy. heart,
• whoee dark, dread impressions she
could not shake oft. ,
Helena, tripped to the door, fasten- :
ed if, 'then resumed her seat. She
he„,aught up her pink spool and was
soon 'stitching busily away again.
•Faster and faster • flew the little
white fingers among the glittering
crystal pearls and soft billowy laces.
• The darkness dreev on a,pace, and
• EIelena lighted the lamp, placed rt
• upon the window -.sill, quite forget- ,
. Ling .to draw down the curtain and ,
• sat down to her work again. 1.
And evhile Helena, stitched away,
she fell to imagining the gorgeous
• seettes amid whieb. this pink silk
• party -dress would be worn, and then
. she looked eround her own attic room 1
witla a little frown. i
"How mean it is that a cross hateful'
old maid as Miss Kirkwood can wear
. such lovely dresses, while I have to
' wear calicoes," sighed Helena.' "Ag.
nee has seeither and says she is very(
homely. I am so young, and so gay,
while Miss Kirkwood must be twenty-
five if she is a day." Ton young girl
• of seventeen, five-and-tweuty seems
• old, indeed.
ta"It would look so much better on
• me," she thoaght, holding the robe at
arm's length from her, and gazing at
it in rapt admiration.
"It is just my height," she cried.
"Oh, only fancy me in such a dress,' ,
eel short *glee light hair, the seatet •
a whom Hetena, had innocently benite •,
one ess ro en ear an. wrec e
young life.
She tied. a silken scarf over her
brown curls, and throwing a cloak
over the pink dre! slipped noiseless-
fleev over the pavement.
As she reached the enfrance gate,
a lady Mid gentleman who held sea-
son tickets for this very aristOcratic
and select affair descended from their
carriage, and Helena followed them
so closely that the ticket -agent al-
lowed her to enter, under -the impres-
sion that she had comewith them.
• But a moment after they had pass-
• ed in, Helena, lost them among the
brilliant 'throng so daintily anh
quaintly attired. She saw ladies pass
on to the cloak room and leave their
raps with the attendants in waiting.
Our imprudent little heroine did the
same with hers, and when she saw
all the ladies nearest her bow to a,
gentleman- skating gracefully past
them, she gravely followed their
example and bowed to him also.
The grand hall was magnihcently
decorated leith banks of roses and
waving silken banners. it was light-
ed with n . core or more of electric
light t l'CW a dazzling light
or ' of revelers.
,11.(1 0401 its shining
•young girls and
to and fro upon
late- parlor skates.
night of the
•s: of the skates was
.etrons of the rink, and
I ' • et e e es soon equipped. For a
moment she stood looking on cm e
lost. in bewilderment, while it gentle-
man standing not five yards distant
from her regarded her With an umus,-
ed snaii
A gentleman, tall and broad -shout-
• S f ce handsona' e
ane winning a thick fair nitistache,
ly down the ricke Stairs and fairly
•
uecl Agnes.
But. Helena did not hear it. The
white arms had slipped from her neck
and the girl had fallen back .on her
pillow in a dead faint.
• ", o or i ri! she's overworacd,"
thought AfV1ZCS in pity.
"The cluck Mme Hoyt's fash-
ionable ,dress emporium struck nine
as Helena made her appearance ,itt
the workroom, where a score or more
of pretty girls sat, stitching tinkly
• upon dainty satins and royal vel-
vets. One chair was vacant, and this was a common form of mental
that was Helena's. derangement incident to those whom
She crossed the room nervously it fear of. scurvy had driven out over
and proceeded to divest herself of the glacier, 'iv/ego so many had Per -
her hat and. jersey. and was aboat ished by freezing- to death."
to hang them up in their accUstomed The condition of these men afflicted
place; When the foitewome,n :strode with scurvy is deserihed as tollowp:
angrily up tci Helena and tapped her "They were crowded together, from
• insolently upon the shoulder. Ja 15 to 20, in log cabins 12 by 15
lier, feet, in the- centre of which was a
. Helenas•heart k • '
She could see, 133r the. grime relent- stove. They' spread their blankets on
less face, that something was amisS. the fiber et night, and lay , down like
• Had anyone who knew her seen her sardines in a box. Facilities for •
at the carnival, and. in the pink silk working there were none. Many o_f
„ e fainteditt le
.„. tl m ad frost-bitten faces, hands
then ,-. - lena '•' ' and 'feet. Their footwear consisted of
---- thought. ' ' tons of rubber boots cut, off and
"Never mind hanging lip your •••
_
things, miss mathellfr. please step manufactured into shoes. Around
this way; to the desk with me," she their, feet'othey had Ny
1 gunny sae s n a .. •
R. ,i pacc of seeks Across
wound strips of
sat' , icilY: • • the cabin. were suspencledl-ropes on
She took out her watch and looked whice were Ming various articlee of
at it deliberately, as she spoke:
apparel that lead become wet in wale
X,"I know I am late, madame," said lowing through the deep snow. •'49
Helena, vainly trying to keep back od or enamel ing. from the clothing •
lier tears; "but I trust you Win, ex- the sbre feet of tliose who were
cuse me this tithe- was ill a.:11. 11'02,0n, the saliva and breath of
night. My sister Agnes sat up with those afflicted wttli scurvy, gave
me. I promise you it will not oee •;fortli a stencil siniply poisonoue - to
cur again." - limn *leo was well, and meaning I
'The foreevoinnu tureed upon •sure death to one in ill -health.'
tv•
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