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The Girl of the
Orchard
Copyright. 1901, by Charles W. Hooke;
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i want your advice. The girl is a
]niece of Mrs. Witherspoon, without
means and something of a drudge here,
I'm afraid, in a polite way. Trask has
persuaded her to sit for him and Sibyl
,while they were sketching and has
]kept her a good deal in his company,
I should judge. I have no suspicion
• that he has ever deliberately entered
into a flirtation with her, but you
know his way."
"Yes," said my father, "I know it"
What would he say if I should tell
him of the scene that I had witnessed
between Trask and SIbyl? Better not
mention it until I should be more sure
of my ground.
"Poor little Lucy Ann Witherspoon,"
said I, "is likely to suffer bitterly. I
wish we could do something for her.
She oiight to go away. She is an edu-
cated girl and fit for better things than
to be a slave to her aunt. If Sibyl
could come to know her well"—
"Does she know her at all?" he ask-
ed, foreseeing what I would have sug-
gested.
"Why, of course," said I. "Did I not
say that Sibyl and Trask made a model
• of her?"
"I don't think you ever saw Sibyl
:and Trask together," he rejoined. "I
,understood that no man"—
Ile paused.
"That no man went down to the or-
•ohard," said I, completing his sentence.
"However, 1 know very well that
-Sibyl comes to the house."
"You are mistaken," said be.
"Wait!" I cried, rummaging in my
-desk for the print that I had brougbt
'with me from our house. "Who is
that?"
Where did you get this thing?" he
exclaimed. "You haven't the other
half of it? Well, well. This is ex •
-
trnordinary. I really ought not to tell '
you"—
"It is not necessary," said I. "As
you have spoken of the other half of it ,
of course I can't help knowing that it
was originally a portrait of two girls.
The other was Sibyl. This is Miss
Jones."
"I may as well admit that it is," said
my father.
"This young lady I have seen," said'
rI, "and for many reasons I have be-
lieved her to be Sibyl."
"She isn't," he rejoined. "Make your
mind easy on that point."
"Tben Sibyl has stuck to the or -
.chard?"
"To the best of my knowledge and
belief she has,' said he. "At any rate,
if she has come up to the house you
haven't seen her here. But I'm telling
,everything. It is just what might have
been expected of me. Really, you
mustn't cross question me any more."
I laughed.
"We will return to Miss Wither-
spoon," said I. "She is a great little
girl, and it's a shame that she should
suffer. What can we do?"
"If I had only seen her"— he began.
"I wonder that you didn't " said L
"She usually attends to the feeding of
;the prisoners in the orchard."
"You don't mean the girl that brought
down the luncheon?" he exclaimed.
And then he flushed to the line of his
silver hair.
"So you lunched with Sibyl today?"
said I. "Well, I knew it before, or, at
least, I knew that you were there. So
don't worry about the revelation."
"What did you say her name was?"
he asked. "Lucy Ann? That's the girl.
1 remember"—
"Hearing Sibyl speak the name?"
"Yes," said be. "You drag everything
• out of me. She was a very neat and
nice appearing girl, and I must say
that she seemed cheerful enough. You
are sure you're not pitying her need-
lessly?"
I convinced him that I was not de-
- ceived,
e--ceived, and we spent considerable time
devising plans to help this poor child
bear her burden. There was nothing
else for us to do. If the Bliss Jones
whom I knew was not Sibyl, my rea-
son for summoning my father to a con-
ference had vanished, but I was very
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cause of the pleasure it gave me to see
him, but on Lucy Ann's .account. If
she were not the better for his sym-
pathy, she would be the first that ever
saw it fail.
Ele could be with me only for a
night. We had an early breakfast next
morning, and then he rode with Jimmy
to St. Jo.
During the forenoon I -bad a little
chat with Lucy &nn in the main porch.
Her own affairs did not become the
subject of our talk, but she touched
closely upon mine at one point. It may
have been the sight of Jimmy driving
back from town that brought the mat-
ter to her mind.
"Ills sister's coming in a day or two,"
said she. "I think you said that you'd
met her."
"Coming here?" I exclaimed.
She stared at me with her pretty gray
eyes opened very wide. • ,
. "Why not?" she asked.
Naturally I could give no explana-
tion.
"She's been here before," said Lucy
Ann, finding that I did not intend to
speak. "We shall all be glad to see
her, all, including my aunt and uncle,
the north tree, the big east tree, the lit-
tle east tree—and you."
"Why do you think I shall be particu-
larly pleased?" I Inquired.
"Because it has been so dull for you
here," she replied. "You've been so
much alone. I have tried to cheer you
up, and Jimmy has done his best"—
"Yes," 'said I; "Jimmy has done his
best. I am deeply indebted to him. But
you can't have known that."
"I know you don't like him," said
she, and at that moment her aunt
called to her from within the house.
CHAPTER XIV.
wIIAT I RIGHT IIA.VE GIIESSED.
TURNING to my room, I met
Derringer in the hall, and it
struck me that be would like
to hear my news, since he had
known the young lady in New York.
"Lucy Ann tells me that Miss La-
moine is coming," said I.
He was taken by surprise, but he re-
covered in a moment.
"Coming?" he echoed. "She's here."
I had just opened my door. Ile pass-
ed me and entered the room.
"Here?" I exclaimed. "Why, it wasn't
two minutes ago that Lucy Ann told
me"—
"Never mind what Lucy Ann told
you," said he. "She and your friend
Jimmy are merely two wheels in the
machinery. Listen to me, and you will
learn that Miss Lamoine was here be-
fore you or I came."
I looked closely at him to make sure
that he was not the victim of a half
digested idea. His manner was com-
pletely satisfying.
"It is inconceivable to me," said he,
"that you should not have recognized
her."
"I haven't seen her."
"You have not met her face to face,"
he rejoined, "but you have seen her. I
was on the point of telling you the
other day when you were writing to
your father, but for certain reasons I
thought best to wait. In one particular
I was not quite sure of my ground."
"Derringer," said I, walking up to
him and laying a hand upon his arm,
"you don't mean to tell me that Miss
Lamoine is the girl in the orchard?"
"How can you doubt it?" ho return-
ed. "I recognized her almost imme-
diately."
"I can't believe it. Why, the girl is
,a blond."
"How do you know? Did you ever
see her head? I mean, have you seen
it here? Doesn't she always hide be-
hind an umbrella?"
"It's her clothes," I protested. "She
wears colors befitting the blond com-
plexion. I'm an ignoramus in such mat-
ters, but there are a few little hints
that a fellow can't help getting. Still, •
you know her better than I do. I never
saw her except in New York."
"Nor I," answered he. "My acquaint-
ance is only a few days longer than
yours. But it mattered more, perhaps."
"Derringer," said 1, "this thing has
tomo to a point where we must speak
straight out. Sentimental confidences
between men are painful absurdities,
as a rule, but we seem to have acquir-
ed the habit. Is it possible that Miss
Lamoine is the girl you mentioned to
me when we first met here?"
"I will answer yes," he replied,
"though the main fact of the whole
matter remains still to be stated. From
the moment wheel 'I met the young
lady, at Cushing's house, I had but one
wish or hope in the world. Such things
do happen, you know."
"I am the last man to express a doubt
of it" said L "Yet I think I was not
hurt so badly as you were."
"I wasn't hurt," he replied. "Do you
Imagine that I regret it? No, sir. 'I ani
twice the man 1 was before, for any
useful purpose in this world. Do you
think 1 have come out here to pine
away and diel Far from it, my friend.
I came to get a bit of a grip on myself,
and I've got it, and nOW I'm going back
among the• workers to show what I can
do for the love of a woman who is
'Worth it."
�'"i►fr dear fellow,' said I, "why go
back so soon? Upon my word, you
»mare me. It f ever Saw a man who
didn't ICDA like 'a 'quittct,' a-oU're the
tudividuat'. IT9W cab pit give up ilke
THE WINGIIAM TIMES FEBRUARY 16, 1905
! this? 41s I understand it, you haven't
given the lady half a cliauce. You have
had no refusal."
"She needs no question," said he sad-
ly. "You have met her. Tell me, is it
necessary to speak a word to her? Does
not she sen, straight into your heart as
easily as I look out of that open whi-
tlow?"
"I used to think so," said I, "but
now, to be frank with you, I have my
doubts. She has an innocent delight
in mystification. It pleases her to play
pretty tricks. Have you observed her
brother?"
Derringer smiled a strange, sad
•
smile.
"She hasn't any brother," he said.
1 was pacing the floor and had pass-
ed him. Turning quickly at this speech
of his, 1 looked beyond him through
the window, and there stood Jimmy
Lamoine on the, driveway. Without
replying in words I pointed to the boy.
Derringer's eyes rested for a. moment
upon James and then met mine.
"Ile is not her brother," be said, "D4)
you see any resemblance between
thein? No; and there isn't any. I re-
member your telling me that Lucy Anu
mentioned to you how much the boy
Ino]ced 111te ds sLnter,_.Perhans,he does.
You and I have never seen Miss La-
moine."
"Derringer," said I, "you are becom.
Ing hysterical. What is this nonsense
supposed to mean?"
"The simplest thing in the world," he
replied. "Let ale review the matter.
I met the young lady whom we have
known as Miss Lamoine in New York
a few days before your arrival. The
effect upon me I have described to you.
It is the rankest folly to say that she
saw anything in me worth loving, and
yet I can't help believing it. Heaven
forgive me. Then you came, and what-
ever impression I had made was utter-
ly effaced."
"Oh, see here, Derringer," said I,
"she never cared a penny for me.
Don't disturb your mind with wild
hallucinations."
"\Iy friend, I have her own word for
it."
He spoke with convincing earnest-
ness, and I was staggered. My mind
was still confused by Ills previous per-
plexing statements, and this upon the
top of them was too much for me.
"Let me try to get this straight,"
said I. "Do I understand that you
asked her to marry you and she said
something which led you to believe
that I stood in your way?"
"I did not commit that absurdity," he
/*plied. "She rend my heart. She knew
that she need only lift her finger to
bring me to my knees before her meta-
phorically or literally, confound it, any
way she wanted! And instead what did
she do? She told me a very pretty sto-
ry about a girl who was an orphan and
had been brought up under the care of
one who had been her father's friend.
As soon as she opened her lips I knew
that she was speaking of herself. This
guardian of hers was the finest man in
the world. She would die to please
hint."
"She?" I cried. "Miss Lamoine?"
"It pleased the lady to omit names,"
he replied. "She was telling me the
story of a friend. It appeared that the
guardian bad a son who bad been
much away from home, abroad during
the last few years. He was returning,
and it was his father's best wish, his
dearest hope, that ther`?r should be a
wedding,"
The perspiration from my forehead
ran down into my eyes, and it was
cold.
"He was a dutiful son, by all ac-
count," continued Derringer, "and
would undoubtedly rnarry to please his
father even if it broke his own heart
and the girl's. happily, however, there
would be no such double catastrophe,
for the girl loved him."
"She loved me?" I exclaimed. "-Sibyl
loved me? The thing isn't possible.
Why, man, I was a brute to her. Tbo
only shadow of kindness I ever showed
her was to sing sad songs to make her
cry."
"The girl loved him," said Derringer
firmly. "She couldn't remember a time
when she hadn't, and, being the right
sort of girl at heart, she was afraid
he would pretend to love her in order
to please his father. The idea became
a nightmare with her—a night and day
mare. So she bit upon a plan in the
midst of her desperation. It seems that
her looks had undergone a remarkable
change since girth*od, so that she felt
quite sure the young man would not
recognize her. 1Ie had never paid any
attention to her when she was a child,
and, besideo, there's a sort of family
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tiling Like that, But you seem to see all
sight "
"1 sec too well," said I, "It's the
salve with my father, it was so with
his father. We see a face precfsoly an
it and if it changes in the least it
isanot another e
r f ace
to us. We do not carry
with us the vague and varying images
of tbosc we know, which serve best
for purposes 1 P es of general recognition.
We hold one accurate picture, and it
either fits or it doesn't, Do you un-
derstand? I probably know more
about your real looks than any other
fellow who ever saw you. But If you
should dye your mustache a shade
lighter I might pass you on the street
without a notion that I had ever set
eyes on you before."
"I think the young lady endeavored
to express some such idea," said Der-
ringer. "You may readily believe that
I was In no condition to grasp a com-
plicated subject however, be the ex-
planation what a. . .,7, the young lady •
was perfectly convinced that the gen-
tleman in question would not know
her. She had resolved to play a strange
comedy with flim, Well, she played
it in New York and was not satisfied
with the result. At least that is the ,
rational inference. So we have bad
the second act, with a changed scene,
and the romance has come to a perfect
conclusion."
"It has?" I cried. "Why, man, I
haven't spoken a word to bor. I have
not been within a hundred yards of
her."
He shook his head and smiled sadly.
"I have no right to pry into your af-
fairs," said he, "but I should be insane
and blind if 1 did not perceive how
completely you have come under her
spell. Otherwise it is obvious that I
could not have told thls story to you.
Yet because I ani the loser and am
going away, I really wished to speak
one frank word to you. I believe that
you are a fine fellow in every way. I
know that you will do as near right as
any man can. and you have my best
wishes, my most earnest congratula-
tions"—
HIs voice was unsteady with emo-
tion.
"Derringer," said I, "you've gone
completely oil' your head. You're right
as to Miss Lamoine, of course. 1 was
a fool not to have seen It before, and
if we had had this conversation•in New
York I'm afraid you would have seen
me dance a jig in the presence of your
grief. But that's all changed now.
That imp of a brother"—
"Lunatic," be cried, "he isn't Iter
brother! Don't you see that she baa
merely taken Miss Lamoine's name?
She borrowed her friend's personality
with the connivance of the Cushings,
but she was and is Sibyl Wayne. The
Miss Lamoine whom you and I have
met is no more a sister to Jimmy than
to the man in the moon."
I shook my head, holding it at the
same time in my hands.
"It doesn't make any difference," I
insisted. "She'll always be his sister so
far as I am concerned. Jimmy bas set-
tled me. I knew the boy was an emis-
sary
devil
y of the as soon as I saw him.
And he has done his work well. You
wouldn't believe that such a trifle could
turn the scale of a man's destiny, but
hearts are queer things. If Miss La-
moine
a-moine is Sibyl Wayne, I'm going back
to South Africa."
"This is no subject for a jest," said
he.
"Jest," I groaned. "I am worse than
serious. Derringer, I'm speaking to you
from the Innermost depths of my soul.
Go in and win. Don't think that my
father's wishes will defeat you. He
•
doesn't make any/ difference," I in-
sisted.
will be the first to take your band. As
for me, a change has comp over my
heart. I say that Jimmy caused it be-
cause I can think of no better explana-
tion. But this is certain—whatever has
Happened to me, it has taken me out of
your way."
"But I thought"—
"That I was singing with her by the
lake, that I had fallen wholly under the
spell of that glorious voice, that we
might have spoken to each other across
a little expanse of water. I would have
said myself that it must be but a ques-
tion of a few days 'when 1 sbotild be
beyond rescue."
"I read it in your face," said he, "in
every word you uttered. I have seen
you look toward her as she walked
down through the orchard of an after-
noon."
"She Is a. splendid girl, Derringer,"
said 1, "worthy of all your love, all my
admiration, all my father's praise. Ot
course it is plain enough now that she
ran away from New York because she
loved you and considered me in the
light ot a duty. There can be but one
result of such a situation. I shall be
mighty glad to have you in the fam-
ily,"
Ills face was flushed with excite-
ment.
"Ilut 'what did she mean by telling
me that she had loved you long ago i"
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"It was the easy way to say you nay,
my boy," I replied. "I lied to her in
precisely the same way. Don't ask me
to explain. I did it, idiot that I am.
And now let'S consider the facts of this
Situation. Why did Lucy Ann tell the
that Miss Lamoine was coming here?"
"Slip is probably coining out of her
seclusion," said Derringer. "Shall I
stay to meet her? Terry, I was never s
coward before. I swear to you that it
isn't in my nature to be afraid. But if
I lose her again"—
"Answer me this," said L "Why did
she wear the pond lilies?"
"Trask's? I don't know."
"Numskull! She thought they were
yours. She had seen you and Trask go
out with Jimmy, and she drew a natu-
ral inference."
Ile seemed greatly encouraged and
presently went away in very good spir-
its. But when he had gone I thought of
the rose that had fallen from the rock
and of the voice that had found its way
to my soul. These had been sweet,
sweeter than I had known, but some-
how the spirit had fled from them. 1
thought of thein a long while, gnawing
my lips and wondering what a man's
heart could be like that he should love
a woman. and then so very soon should
desperately wish to love her for the
sake of a voice•and a rose, yet be una-
ble to do it.
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CIIAPTEIt XV.
TIEE BLIND MAN.
Y conversation with Derringer
had cleared all mysteries ex-
cept the conduct of Mr. Sco-
vel. Whatever change had
taken place in my view of the young
lady whom I had known as Anna La-
moine I could not conceive that any
man should run away from her because
of her looks. There is vast variety of
individual taste in such matters and
yet not enough to satisfy the conditions
of the problem.
Either Scovel had seen somebody else
or the young lady had assumed a form
of disguise, perhaps upon a warning. It
was not improbable that Jimmy bad
guessed the lawyer's intention, seeing
him go out for a walk equipped with
his fieldglasses, and bad promptly con-
veyed his information to the apple tree
lodge.
I was considering this matter as I
walked in the north grove after lunch-
eon and was really very near the truth
about it when I came somewhat unex-
pectedly into a path that led me to the
familiar scene of Mr. Trask's artistic
endeavors. My first clear view down
the path showed me Lucy Ann, and
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rheumatism money in every pocket. Ifs
so twisted and deformed and out of
shape that you can't count it unless
you smooth it over with a hot flatiron.
Others fold their money neatly. There
are all kinds, but as a rule the chap
who pulls out a bloated collection of dol-
lar bills is carrying every penny he has
in the world and a good deal more than
he'll have many hours unless he's care-
ful."
CAPTURING A HUSBAND.
Bold and Dashing Lady Was the
,Mother of Robert Bruce.
Many a marriage suggests to an ir-
reverent curiosity the question, "Did
the woman propose it?" But one sel-
dom finds actual historic proof that she
did. A recent delightful book on Scot-
land has an interesting and apparently
authentic story of a case where the wo-
man not only took the initiative, Gout
took it in a high handed fashion.
The young Countess of Carrick was
left a widow by the death of her hus-
band while on one of the crusades.
The king became her guardian, and she
had good reason to fear that he would
force upon her a marriage of policy.
She was a famous horsewoman and
often rode for a Clay through her own
forest, attended only by a small mount-
ed guard. One day she encountered a
young man to whom she was at once
much attracted. She asked him to re-
turn with her to her castle, but he had
some gallant adventure already in
hand and ungraciously declined the in-
vitation.
At a word from her her men-at-arms
made him a prisoner and bore him off
to Turnberry castle.
Two weeks' imprisonment brought
him to a proper sense of the charms of
his fair hostess, and knight and Lady
were wedded with the reluctant con-
sent of the king.
The son of this romantic marriage
was Robert Bruce, whose splendid
patriotism and brave deals are well
fitted to justify his mother's coura-
geous audacity.
The 01d Falationed Wife.
A pretty young married woman said
to a friend the other day: "Diary is
such an old fashioned wife. She has
such queer notions about her duty to
her husband and home. Why, she de-
clines all invitations unless he is in-
cluded and never under any cireuin-
stances is away from home when he
returns at night.
""Then she always gets up to break-
fast with him and even goes so far as
to prepare certain favorite dishes for
him instead of leaving such fussiness
to the cook. She does not go away in
the summer until he is able to go, too,
and, in fact, she fusses over hien in
the most absurd fashion:'
After the pretty creature had van-
ished to join a party of friends at din-
ner a reflective Mood stole over the
friend. and she thought how much bet-
ter it would be if there were more old
fashioned wives.
The Tarantula.
Tarantulas are plentiful in the rough
broken country in the southern part of
California. They are repulsive looking
creatures, with fat, hairy bodies, over -
plentiful wiry legs and cruel poison
mandibles. They stay in their bur-
rows during the dry season, but as
soon as the rains begin they sally forth.
The tarantula constructs a very skill-
ful burrow and nest in the ground. It
has a cover so nicely fitted that it can
scarcely be detected from the surround-
ing soil. The cover opens and shuts
upon a hinge, and on the inside are
holes, into which the occupant thrusts
his mandibles and thus "holds his fest"
uniust Intruders.
Business Is Business. Y'"
Aunt Jane—Did Mr. Sweeser propose
last evening? Carrie—Flow did you
happen to guess it? Yes, and I'm going
.to take out a policy for $1,000. Aunt
Jane—For mercy's sake, what do you
menu? Carrie --Well, you see, he be-
gan to make love to me, but the chance
to get a new applieant was so strong
he couldn't resist. IIe's a life insur-
ance solicitor, you. know.
The Judge nt Repartee.
"Did yell ever try any of our whisky,
judge?" asked the dealer.
"No," replied the judge, "but I tried
a man today who bad."
In Tueatan there are no fewer than
sixty-two ruined and abandoned cities.
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The Grunting 'Ox,
One of the largest of the mammalia
of Tibet is the yak, or grunting or.
Standing between five and six feet
High at the shoulders, the bulk of this
strange looking creature is not a little
exaggerated by the enormous growth
of hair upon the lower part of the body
and tail. Beneath the outer coat, more-
over, there is a layer of wool known as
pushim, which is highly prized for the
making of cloth.
IKANAGI.1t WANTED.
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airiness in this county and adjoining territory
or well and favorably known house of solid
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ud Expensees, paid each Monday by check
sheet float headquarters. Expenses money
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