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CHAPTER VI.-( Continued). ‘ Atthe opening of the larger street, and Clive from the sad and bitter reverie which, had held him. and saw Elisha fiddling away in the garish gaslight. Elisha‘saw him. and. stopping his fid- dling. shuffled up to him. to tell mm. to thank youâ€"" Clive's hand fell upon the dwarf's shoul- der. and stopped him; and turning to Quilton, he said: “You can find your way home. Quilton, I suppose? Right! Good night!" "011. is it you, sir?" he said. "I wanted 'Tibby. you’ll understand. Mr.â€"â€"-â€"â€"?" pression in his face, and walked off; and Clive turned to Elisha with a suppressed eagerness: for not until that moment did he realize how constantly the girl,. Mina, had been in his mind. and how anxiously he wanted to hear more of her. p.â€" cnlp'rsn VII. "You are a long way from home. Eli- sha." remarked Clive. as they walked along. , "Not so far as I sometimes get. sir," said Elisha. “It donit do to stick to one place; they get tired of the same tunes. and more tired of you. Why. even the swell players and singers have to go on tour sometimes." he added. with his sad shy smile. . "That’s so.” assented Clive. He did not ment that his more fortunate brethren and sisters travelled first-class. and put up at palatial hotels, instead of tramping through the London streets to a second- floor back in Benson’s Rents. “I wanted to thank you, to tell you how -how surprisedâ€"regularly staggeredâ€"we were by the piano,’ said Elisha. with a flushed face and a tremulous voice. "But I didn’t know where to find you; the man that brought the piano said he didn't know who’d sent it. If Tibby could have found out she'd have sent it back; as it was. there was a~â€"n. row. and I thought she'd have made ’em take it away in the van again." ' Clive nodded. "Perhaps that's why I did not let them know who sent it: but I was afraid you'd guess. I hope you forgive me, don't think I‘ve taken a libertyâ€"" Elisha shook his head. “No. sir; I knew it was meant in simple kindnessâ€"and so I told Tibby.” “And Miss Mina. was sheâ€"~annoycd?" Clive could not help asking. "No, sir; Mine. was very quiet at first: and hasn't said much since; but she was flawed. It's a magnificent instrument." e went on, his eyes kindling with enthu- siasm; “ a. beautiful tone. and a touch as kind as kind could be." He spoke as if the piano were alive and sensitive- “It was very good of you, sir, and I’m kind of overwhelmedâ€"it's as if I couldn't thank you properly." "That's all right." said Clive. "And has Miss Mina begun her lessonsâ€".9" "Yes. sir. as soon as we’d get the piano in place. She was all eagerness, like a young hound straining at the leash. It was like a starving person going for a piece of bread. She was just wild for it. All she wantrdnvns to thank you; and ~ she'll be pleased to hear that I've met you; though she‘d be more content and paci- fied if she could thank you herself. of course." . "You think she would?" said Clive hesi- tatingly. They had got into the White- chapel Road by this time. and Clive hail- ed a solitary hansom. "If you are sure I shall‘ not he intruding. I should like to come‘home with you." He opened the door of the cab. but Eli. shu hesitated and looked frightened. “It's a long way-11 biggish fareâ€"there's the 'buscsâ€"â€"" “I'd forgotten the 'buses for the mo- ment." said Clive. "Never mind. Jump iii-take care of your violin." I Elisha. screwed himself into his corner. and looked about him with a. nervous and fearful joy: he had never been in a han- som before. and only‘ once in a four- wheelcrâ€"‘on his way to a hospital after an accident. He was so absorbed in the no- velty and the luxury of this shabby. dil- apidated vehicle that he started when Clive. who had been musing on the strange fate which seemed to throw his across the dwarf‘s path. said: remind this humble musician of thepave-l | Naâ€"Dru-Co ‘ Laxatives accomplish their purpose with maximum efiiciency and minimum discomfort. _.Increasiug‘ doses are not ' deeded. 25¢. a box at your Druggist’s. x74 ‘ Radonalnruaandmemlcal ' C olCamMUmlled. Quilton nodded. without an ounce of ox\0hve but she’s not one for her books. She I “Elisha, I want to ask you something. You won’t mind. won't think I’m imper‘ tinently curious?‘ I've noticed that Miss Mina talks much better thanâ€"” IIe paus- ed. “She has been to school. of course." ' “I know what you mean, sir. Yes; you've noticed that she speaks better than most girls, almost like a ladyâ€"if I may make so bold as to say» 803’ “I’ve noticed it myself. and I'm proud of it. of course. You see. it’s V,this way: Mina’s different to the other girls in the Rents. different even to ’I‘ibby. oh. very much so. I'm not saying anything against As Elisha hesitated, Clive gave his name, but the cab had now reached one of the crowded thoroughfares, and in the rattle of the 'buses and carts Elisha. only caught the Christian name. "Tibby’s as good a. girl as there is. Mr. didn’t take to schooling; there was rows between her and the teachers; most nigh every day: and she soon chucked it. Whereas ‘Minafiwell, Mine. was all the other way. She was quite a scholard. and took to her books like a young duck takes to water. Never missed a day, she didn't; and not a. cross word with the teachers. They was all fond of her. and proud of her, as you may say. They were anxious, she 'aving passed the standardâ€"you know what I mean, s1ri’â€"â€"for her to go on in the continuation classes. as they call ’em; but Mina. though she wanted to bad enough â€"I could see thatâ€"wouldn’t hear of my spending more money on her schooling. and for all her gentle ways. she’s as ch- stinate as other women when she's made up her mind, Mr. Clive." “I see." said Clive. “She preferred to go out with you and earn some money." "That’s it. sir," assented Elisha; “and p’r'aps she was right. Of course we take a good deal more money when she's with me.” Clive' took out his cigar-case. "Have a cigar; Elisha?" he said. “Yes (10, please;, I always enjoy a smoke better with com- pany. Got a match?" Elisha leant back and puffed at the Icigar with nervouslenjoyment. and Clive smoked in silence and profound cogita- ltion for some time; then he said: “See here. Elisha; I want to make a bar- gain with you." ' The dwarf looked up with his big path- etic eyes. ' “I‘m afraid it‘ll be all on one side, sir," he said, shrewdly. l Clive laughed. "Well. it‘s this,” he said. "I think I can get you some teaching to do. a pupil or two. If I can. you’d like to spend a part of the money in this extra schooling for Miss Mina?” The dwarf's face flushed with grateful appreciation of Clivc’s tact. If Clive had offered him money he would have refused it. “ I share your belief in Miss Mina's future musical future," Clive went on quietly and in a matter-of-fact way; “and I think you'll agree with me that she would stand a bet- ter chance of succeeding if she were bet- ter educated, properly prepared for the position you would like her to rise to." Elisha nodded eagerly. "That‘s it, sir!" he said. "It isn‘t the voice only; it's the style. the manner of saying her words. .that will tell. A girl wants to speak and look like a lady. if she's going to be a concert singerâ€"” . “That's what I meant." said Clive. "With so beautiful a voice as here. so promising a one, she should have every oliun(:eâ€"â€"â€"" "‘And you're going to give it to her! 0h, sxrâ€"J’ I “Excuse me,” said Clive, "you are go- ing to give it to her. not I: don‘t forget 'that. Elisha. You won't find teaching the violin easy work by any means; and you'll earn all you‘ll get by it, for certain. Here we are. aren‘t we?" He stood on the pave- ,mcnt hesitatingly'after he had paid the ‘cabman. "I don't know whether to come in or not." he said more to himself than to the dwarf. “I hope you will. sir.” said Elisha. "It will ease Mina's heart to thank you. And 'l‘ibby will be out marketing,” he added, naively; "she gets the things a bit cheaper if it's late. and Saturday ’specially." “Well. then." assented Clive, but still hesitatingly. As they went up the rickety stairs they heard the sound of the piano: five-finger exercises; and Elisha glanced at Clive with shy pride. “She'd keep at it all day if I‘d let her, sir." he remarked. They entered the room, but Mina was so absorbed that she did not hear them; and Clive stood and looked at the slim. girlish figure. and the small head, with its dark silken hair. bent forward as if the whole body were in rhymth with the notes. Then. as Elisha said. "Mina!" she turned, at I first with dreamy eyes that seemed scarce- ‘dashed. the pale face was suffused with l dark grey eyes fixed a boundless gratitude. ' yourself." room. and held out his hand. fully you have got on-â€"" ' “Seems to come natural to her. sir. ' said Elisha. "It is so with some people. 1 'ad ly to see them; but in a moment the eyes color, and she sprang up and stood, one 3 hand resting on the piano. the other press- icd to her lips. as if to suppress a cry; her , on Qlive's With an ' 'nexpresslble wonder at lus presence, and She did not move until Clive crossed the l i “I'm more than sufficiently thanked by the pleasure of seeing you playing. Miss Mina,” he said. “I can hear how wonder- s. brother as played by car: just let him hear a song or a piece of music once. and he’d sit down and play it. and play it cor- rect, too. But I don’t want Mina to play that way. I want her to be able to stick up apiece of music, and play it at sight.” Minn. looked from one to the other with breathless eagerness; then her eyes rest- ed on Clive's. “Do you think I ever shall?" she asked. “Yes; I think you will: I am sure you will." he said confidently. She drew a long breath. "Yes; I will!" she murmured almost inaudibly. "Why did you send it?" she asked after a pause. Elisha laid down his violin, and, in do- ing so. had caught sight of his hands. and he went into the next room to wash them. By this direct question Clive was some- what embarrassed; but more so by the steadfast gaze of the great childish eyes. “I meant it as a little remembrance of our adventure the other night.” he said. "You weren't angryâ€"offended?" "No," she said. Then. after a moment. her eyes fell. and as she raised them again there was a faint doubt. trouble in them. "Ought I to have been?" "No. I don’t think you ought," he re- turncd with a quietness and gravity that reassured her. “Let me put it this way: if you were me, and you had sent me something that I wanted very badly and could not get. would you have expected me to be angry, offended?" She shook her head at this piece of so- phistry. “Butâ€"but I told you about the piano; it was as lfâ€"as if I had asked for it,” she Isaid m a low‘ voice, the trouble more :plamly showing in her eyes and the quiver of her lips. "Nothing was further from your thoughts, I know,” he said. earnesly. But she was not satisfied; and she stood. her handsâ€"once again Clive noticed how long and slender they-wereâ€"workiug ner- vously. "I did not thinkâ€"I was so glad. so pleas- edâ€"it was as if it had come from the skiesâ€"that I did not think that Iâ€"I ought not to have it.” “If the sight of me has made you un- happy about it. I'm sorry I came.” he sald. There was silence for a moment; then a way out of the difficulty occurred to him. “See here. Miss Mina--" She raised her head quickly, and the col- or rushed to her face. 1 “Why do you call me Miss Mina. as if â€"â€"as if I were a. young lady?" she asked half-resentfully. Clive drew up a chair and sat down; he knew that she would sit,,.‘and she did so. "If I were so impolite as to call, you ‘Mina.’ you would have to call me ‘Clive', â€"and you wouldn't like to do that," hel said laughingly. | “No,” she faltered. her brows bent. “Then why should you think'yourself better mannered than I am?” She sighed as if she knew herself van- quished'by his argument. but was not satisfied. “I sing in the streets for my living; I'm not a young lady." she said. ’ “Excuse pic; I don’t agree with you. But we won’t argue it. I was going to make a proposallf She looked at him wifh a shy suspicion at the corners of her delicate lips, and kept her eyes on him. "If you'd rather not accept my little me- mento of the other night. you shall have your way. and pay me for the piano." Her eyes and lips opened. and she stared at him. "Pay you! Why. you know I couldn't. It must have cost a. great deal of money. Elisha says that it is one of the grand- est and most beautiful pianos he ever heard, and Elisha knows." “Quite so.” said Clive. “Well, when you are a great singer, earning so many pounds for a couple of songs, you shall pay me for the pianoâ€"five-and-twenty pounds. Is that a bargain?" She drew a long breath. and her face paled. “Do you think I shall ever sing well enough to~to earn enough to pay for it? Do you? Ah. don't say ‘Yes‘ just to pleaseâ€"just to deceive mel" Her hands gripped each other, and she held her breath for a. moment. her eyes searching him as if to wring the truth from them; then she went on. in a lower voice. "I don’t know why you are so kindâ€"I don't understand. Nobody. even rich peopleâ€" you are very rich, I suppose?" Clive was about to declare laughingly that he was anything but a Croesus; but he bcthcught him that his modest in- come would seem an enormous one to her, and contented himself with s. non-com- mittal shrug of the shoulders. “Other people don’t give away pianos.” she said. ' “You forget our bargain. I'm not giv- ing you thisâ€"" Elisha came back with clean hands, and moved to the piano. “I’ll ask you to hear Mina sing to it. sir." he said. nervously. “It gives her voice a better chance than the violin does." He put a hassock on the chair, lifted himself up. and began the prelude to one of Hope Temple's simple melodies; but, strangely enough, the girl-11. street singer ~ceemed shy and reluctant; the color came and went in her face. and her lips quivered with timidity; but Elisha struck the chords again. and looked up at her with faint surprise and interrogation. and she began. Her voice shock for a moment or two; then. like all true artists. she for- got her audiencc, and the notes rose clear- ly but with infinite softness. It was a. pathetic little song. and deeply moved Clive, whose love for music amounted to a passion. He did not watch the girl's face. pale now, and spiritual with the artistic afflatus. but sat with dowucast eyes and compressed lips. . “A beautiful instrument. sir." said Ell- sha; but the exquisite melody of the young voice was ringing in Glivc's cars. "ch," he said, "it's all right. But Miss Minn. must not sing in theâ€"open air again. It is too delicate a voice for so fierce an ordeal." Elisha nodded a quick concurrence. "You hear. Mina?" he said, as if they had been arguing the question. “It is far littter to wait until you can get a show at neon- cert; there‘s more money in it. isn't there, Mr. Clive? It‘s what I've been telling you." “Far better," assented Clive emphati- cally. “And you'll be able to pay me all the sooner, Miss Mina." She flushed. lm’l her eyes rested 0.1 lim with mute appeal. “And now‘I must not stay any longer." lie held out his 1. 1nd. and she put Lers into it. He felt the sleirlcr hand siake and quiver with the flutter. the warmth, of an imprisoned bird; then she withdrew it quickly. as if she were ruddenly cont scious that it was trembling. and turned away. Clive went down the stairs and into the street; the gweet voice was still ringing in his cars; he felt confused by an emotion which he could not understand. much less name-to himself; and hesth for a mo- ment outside the door as if in deep thought. The‘ little cul-deâ€"sac was almost crowded with iwomcn and girls coming from their marketing at the costers' barrows; and “The gentleman~Mlfi '(‘live-we met, and, . ‘ . .r . _ I thanked him, Mina.".stammered Elisha;- “my r301” 33am“ 11"“ “‘1‘ the" "as ’ "but I told him you‘d like to thank him heis'of fish and meat and vegetables. Some of'the' women had children hanging on to thé'ir' skirts. and one of the mites stumbled and fell close to Clive‘s'feet. He picked it up, and held it at arms length as it yelled lugubriously. "I don’t think you're hurt." he said in a confidential tone. and with the smile which, when it shines in a mans eyes. children find irresistible. “A his little \m he, Pat?” asked the occupant. bought a gramme of $87,500 for hospital and Suit Your Sugar Taste. 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