Penny Dreadfuls, 1899 · page 33 of 68
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y bis en Os af | (me _A WEIRD RECITAL. wild eyrie place! Away aniong the rocks, ssme thirty miles from here, and get a hag full of sand.” Chif began to wonder if the girl, himself, ail con- cerned, were taking part in some visionary or Alad- din- like circumstance. ““T went—I had a hard time finding it, 1 tell vou! ] brought back the bag full of sand vesterdav 1orn- ne, but to find Mr. Ward dead. There it is, upon that shelf.’ | ‘Then it was not this one that you flung thron the window of ny room??? murmured Clif. The girl shook her head negatively. ‘Tam coming to that. The neighbor here told me he had notified a lawyer in the citv of Mr. Ward’s death. ‘The same man came and said he was to be cremated. ‘There was to be no funeral. I searched the house for papers and the like. I found none, and Tinade up my mind that I was left homeless and friendless once more, and that Mr. Ward: was a poor, visionary dreamer.’? ‘And then??? murmured Clif, infinitely touched by the simple, practica! bearing of this rare child of nature. *‘t found a bag with your name on it—I could not make out what it might mean, but I somehow thought it ought to be sent to you. I[—took it, de- livered ee “Tn an original way!’ smiled Chif.. “Oh! Twas sort of shy about going among so niany people. I got into the building, searched. for your room, got friglitened at the crowd, lid, stole awav, and-——~” “Delivered the bag through my room window, and, iucidentally, tipped over the guard later ou!” Tom smiled arclily. “There was no other way,’’ she murmured, apolo- getically ‘‘I] was hunerv this NOTHING, for there was nothing here to eat.. I went to the ‘toate louse, whiere I knew they had food. They offered fe all I oh ‘ ‘ -_ ° tm . ae’ “y ey ts > te ofS - 1 fa one vo .- Wer. Ul Per a z be a } “4 . Ws -m . - Pw bw'> wy . — ~* 4 . » Ad ~~ = ‘af Oes x Le we ‘ y aed ot . » ' ' 5“ ; “os , > - : a a > « s > - ra ‘ J a “af 4 : = “ot i ; - : > Pa ~ be al - : ™ x ve “i as Fey) Foe OSG FO A eee i ee A Ne : ae . " AY. ba’ OFS Pe Sd wpe yt. = i : o) , ‘i to Tae ¥ % ‘>> ( > - Ee 4h Ss _ , S » Fe! é 2 <* . x - “a MM « : az S”, y _ —' - m s ~ ' 7 ———— ~ ~y i —— ra —_ ~~ ——— = tli - > tll —_ « - —_ 1X. nt ¢q > . a "| -_ un? & ? ie ew ws as LC, ~~ y 4 ‘ : rf ir a* ~~. i+, = ‘ale ‘ * - ek + * , . ~ * “4 par > % - a . ; : : * . te i es 4 is fe? - Dats ‘ Ys La RO es wat, tier z se ies Fie ay - C“ _ , , a : - J ——— a “ys ey Ai: ‘ ; ‘ Poaelooke cam . P . ‘ > n a o. . ‘ be a v. te + +. zk 4, - 4 ‘ > a es . a 2s ie < nm "oR ” ry *! ' . ad s+ 4 A * » ay pel. Pe Diy a , ~, 4 R : Te. » : . : rp we * ~* 4 a ‘y.* af% 5 . ," f » oF. A ewes CALEB ee Bal we eet «Hew;