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"I should pine away and die at Dalton without her." "Then stay at Birchland," suggested Ned. "Plenty of room." "But what does the fellow want with the Burlock money?" asked Nat, getting back to the interesting affair that still remained so much of a mystery. "It's a long story," began Dorothy, "and it has not all been told yet. Burlock was, in some way, in Anderson's power.
There was certainly some hidden motive in his actions, as he had, each time, made an attack on some one connected with the Bugle's business, and the men quickly concluded his intentions had to do with an attempt to stop the Liquor Crusade. Miles Burlock also figured in the case they decided, although how this stranger was mixed up in matters relating to Burlock, and what connection Mrs.
They will want to know Nellie, too," and Dorothy looked from the little stranger's face to smile at the jolly squire. When the next afternoon train from the west pulled into Dalton there alighted from it a party that attracted the attention of all who chanced to be about the depot. The little blue-eyed girl, Nellie Burlock, was very pale, but "wonderfully pretty" Tavia declared. Mrs.
And how foolish she was to be nervous! "This gentleman," began Major Dale, "wants you to hear a story. It may be sad for ears so young, but perhaps the knowledge that you have helped Mr. Burlock to settle one point in this story may make it more interesting to you."
"I have known her to give him money to buy respectable clothes with, and, well there is no need to make public our brother's misfortunes. At any rate, it seems plain to me that this stranger was trying to keep the news of Mrs. Douglass' death away from Burlock." "Has any one seen Burlock lately?" was next asked. No one had; in fact his absence had been noticed by many present.
Since her indisposition the major had not bothered his daughter with any cares of the house or with the children, neither had he talked with her about the Burlock affair; but now, she had something to tell him Tavia had heard of a woman living in Rochester, of that name Burlock. What if it were the right party? The one so long sought for by Miles Burlock!
"I made a discovery in Rochester," said Tavia, when she had exhausted every possible point, covering the sickness of her friend, the fainting in school and all that preceded and followed that occurrence. "Yes, I found out that a woman there, who did washing for my aunt, is named Burlock, and that she has been deserted by her husband " "Has she a daughter?" interrupted Dorothy.
"Of course I shall never meet another Miles Burlock, and therefore I shall not have to make a personal appeal to any one again," and she looked sadly into her father's face. "Do you think we will ever find little Nellie?" "Yes, daughter, I feel certain we will soon hear something of the heirs of Miles Burlock. But there now," and he kissed her again, "run along to bed.
Now I am going to do all three at school to-morrow, so I may as well keep up a good, warm fire;" and giving her chum a hearty hug Tavia started off. Dorothy stopped as she neared the piazza. Surely that was a strange voice. A man was talking very earnestly to her father. It was Miles Burlock! What could that man want of her father?
Somehow, this strange story was unlike anything she had ever heard, and while it fascinated her, it also frightened her, for she had not before known anyone who had lived such a wild life. "And here is where your daughter, Major Dale, has come so strangely into my life," went on Mr. Burlock.
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