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0, JUNI11 I1hJh, 1940
By Redgrave
But Mrs. Johnstone understood sensitivenature of an Unusually 111 -
it all too weal when at last she ex- nocent and • warm-hearted girl,
tracted from her nursling a bare ac cruelly thrown' back on herself just
count' of what hail happened." as all her deem amotious het
"He mistook you for Miss Jean,' been awakened.'
elle said, '`1 never did hold with If silent curses could have killed
keeping you in the dark, my lamb, Gilts Boyden, he would, not' have
but the mistress would have it so, lived five minutes after her Nannie
kttpng you away from ocher pee- lead beard the story,
plc who might have told you, and
l.at.�.ng the papers away from yon.'.' ' She took the broken girl back to
She gave the stricken girl a brief the Glebe, sent an urgent telegram
arrc,iurt of the tragedy cf young to 11rs. Valliant—only to find that
Billy Swanage, and her stepsister'slady on the point of sailing for
share in it; but she broke off, 'find- South Americo. with her daughter
—
and • that '1Mery1 was not listening—
and then, in the pleasant best bed-
jn t staring vacantly into space, It room of the hotel, she set herself to
'"There, there, you come home { the task of nursing her beloved
with Nannie, love," she crooned 1 charge inch by inch bank to health,
,'She'll take care of you" { At Omit Mrs, Johnstone kept an
anxious eye on the newspapers,
expecting to find Mr. ReYdon bail
carried out his threat end poured 0.
blaze of publicity on this unlucky
marriage.
—0—s—
CHAPTER V.
Aftermath and the Consequences.
For many a weary week Meryl
Reydon was ill, with something to
which doctors put a long name,
out which in plain English was the
result of a terrible shock to the
Ilovever, she saw nothing, and at
last the good woman was able to
open a paper without an awful sink-
ing of the heart.
At very long last there came a
axises eards
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day when Merylmshe:d the
+sign, at' ltr paoveent, oav
She 'was stilt pitifully weak and
wept, caps+isle: of little more taia:r
Bing inertly on her pillows, but the
uiI''alling blankness wasgone from
the blue eyes, and in that respect
Meryl war herself again.
Did he tell everYbody he'd
da.or+tedi me?" came the pale lips.
Mie said he would:'
"No, my lamb. not a soul knows,"
said Monde quietly, "He's BY
dually thought better of it,"
"I think I'd have died if all the
world, knew,' came the half -audible
toper. ''Hee not enquired—but
of course he hasn't," she broke off.
weakly, ,
It never did, Mrs. Johnstone knew,
to keep Meryl in the dark, and she
resolved to be perfectly frank.
A fresh shock might possibly undo
the little good that had been done,
but in her opinion it was best to
take theft risk.
"My Minh," she said, coming with
a cup that tar the first time Meryl
had strength, to life to her lips. "I
never did hold with eonoealiugany-
thing from you, Therets been three
letters come from. Mr, Reydon
while you've been ilia"
It wrung her heart, and drove her
to a fury against the man who had
tortured her baby, to see the swift
colour that flew into the poor little
white face,
.So she still loved ]rim, that devil,
loved him in spite of the slight he
had put upon her in spite of tho
blow that for days had bruised her
poor little cheek,
Mrs. Johnstone's bleod boiled,
and she foundit difficult to subdue
her voice to the even nraaiter-of-foot
pitch that was so necessary if she
was to keep her patient tranquil.
"The first two are Fromm foreign
portst and the third is from the out-
landish place he was In before he
came to Sandbays. You'll have
them, my lamb?"
Yes Meryl would -Items the letters;
bull when they came in ,their thin
foreign envelopes she looked at
therm with dllla'ted eyes and could
not bring herself to touch them. *
"Open them, Nlannie, 'and—no.
dont read, them to me,' she shud-
dered 'Read them to yourself and
tell ,me if there Is anything I should
know,'
Mrs. Johnstone sat down beside
the bedt put on her glasses and
grimly opened the letter that had
arrived first.
At the first words her face chang-
ed and she gave an, involuntary ex-
clamation.
Meryl started trembling, and Mrs,
Johnstone quickly got herself in
hand,
"He starts off 'My own dear darl-
ing Meryl,'" she saddd levelly. "Per.
haps I'd better not read .any
farther."
She laid the letter near Meryl's
handl, but the girl did not touch it,
and it was a long time .before the
next faint little 'whisper came from
the pillows,
"Read 1t, please, Meanie, but only
tell me if there is anything really
important," thre pale liars breathed.
"Mr. Reydon's found out the truth
he begs you to forgive himy" Mrs.
Johnstone begant
"Con may skip all 'that. I'll never
forgive him.," said Meryl listiesety,
"There's a let about that, goes on
for pages" continiuedl Mrs', John-
stone, "Row he's on his knees to
'lakip all that. I won't hear It,"
said, Meryl, speaking more strongly
:than she had' so far spoken, "It's
of no importance."
Mrs. Johnstone turned over the
flimsy sheets,
"Here's where he says how 'he
found out," she said, "You'll want
to hear that?"
"I'd better," said Meryl after a
cause, "But doni'.t .read it to me,
Just tell me that part that matters"
emr. Rey+clon didn't expect to be
sent out again for menthe to come,
bit. hie flim 1 "
"Ihn not inteerstei in that," in•
terrupted Meryl
" It seebns he's. on the same strip
alt your mother and Miss Jearr r,
exolalmed Mrs-, Johnstone. "Of all
the coincidences!"
",So that's how he knows," dont.
instated Meayi' dully,
'Ile taut a shock for ' a moment,
thdnikinrg it waa you,'1
"That would be a dreadfnt shock
for him;" put in a bitter little volae,
• tutu . omtotaly ou hoard, who
knows the mistress, gotMilting to
n.rsr about rite
"The scandal," Meryl eapmlded,
'!es, go on."
"lea that. Colonel Pridentor'a, the
ni •ster's old ft"tend," went on Mrs.
Jci:,a:;ono, ".l'Ir. .Reydon could
l:ru•dly believe yea and 'Mists Jeaat
ara.Jt blood relations, being so
Nr; that M'is+s Jean was
ever a patch on you, my lamb," she
sniffled ,The Colonel explained a 11,
about Your own mother a314 tht
second Mrs.. Valliant being alone
both so lair, the sante build and
colm•cd eyes and hair and all Clot,"
"ri°nr not interested," said Meryl,
'*Mr, Reydon's coming back to
you-'-"
"He will not come back to me."
broke in Meryl's new and bitter
little voice, "I will never williuglY
see him amain."
—The very first roment he can
get away from his business," ended
Nannie laying 'down the letter and
lacking. troubled.
Meryl's hot liph were set in a
tight line, making the good wo-
mans. heart sink.
Aix a rule Meryl was all sweet
yielding, but when, very occasional-
ly, her mind was made up, her face
took on exactly this expression, and
Mrs. Johnstone knew what to
expect.
''11iy Iamb,"•she began hestitating-
ly, "I know you've a lot to forgive
Mr. Reyclon, that he misjudged you
cruelly and used you wickedly.
But after all, my lamb, he's your
'husband, and there's not a doubt
but that, in spite of everything, he
loved you, You Loved Mw, too,
Miss Meryl, and yon'11 love him
again some day, when all this is
done with and, forgotten."
"No," said Meryl in the voice Mrs:
Johnstone dreaded to hear. "Ile
never loved me. It was all a. part
of his scheme to get bock at Jean."
"You're wrong there," said; Mrs.
Johnstone sadly. "I'm not excusing
Mr; Reydon--,'
"There is no •excuse for him,"
Said Meryl
"But if you'd enily read this
letter, you'd never doubt but that
he loves you something 'wonderful.
lY" she ended emotionally.
"I hope he does," said Meryl
vindictively, , "Theo he'll suffer,
and he'll know a little of what I've
been. through. I'an not suffering
now,,' she carefully explained. "I
just donet
Mrs, rahss4on+e sighed. She
know it was useless: to say more at
present, She 'could only trust to
time to soften, the tender heart that
had been so brutally hardened,
"See what's in the other letters,
Nanmie," said Meryl. ,,But please
donut read, me bits about atoning
and love and all that wishy+wasthy
stuff,"
The second letter appeared to be
filled with the "wishy.rwasd4, 0 stuff,"
for when milts, Johnstone. had run
her eyes along the lines; she sdghed
again and replace dtthe fetter in its
enveilope.
"My lamb, here's news indeed,"
she.exclaimed on opening the third
letter lusts Jean's getting mar-
ried"
"Yet?" -said Meryl listlessly. "To
anybody I know?"
framo a rich gentleman, seeining11
South America, a millionaire,"
cried Mas, Johnstone, "What a
weight it will be off :the m1albreaste
mind, ge'tbing Misa Senn, so we11
married in sodte of—of GVerythdng"
1f she had heard Colonel Pride-
more talking to Gilee Reydon, she
might have changed her mind,
"The chap's a +bnuite, he's had
three wives already and is old
enough, to be the girl's, father," he
had said, "The little fool doesn't
dream of what she's running herself
into, or she'd draw back even now,
Millionaire or no millionaire,"
"I'm het so sure," Giles+ had acid
cynically; "weren't they his emer-
ahtdcs la belie Wetherien% wore Moate
night? They're marvellous,
"But they won't be herb," said
tate colonel, ''She'll wear wonderful
clothes and fabulous jewels; she'll
live in. a ]rouse big tie, a palace. B•u,
the, probabilities t
t es alta the ,she'll
never have a shilling 1u her pocket,
for Pm. sure she stluabslered all she
ever earned, and the jewels will be
no more hecto than they are mine. I
lanow the gentleman, and he'll clip
the little lady's wing, all right.
Billy's going to lie avenged,"
"I don't think I'll hear any murrey"
said Meryl weakly. '9And I won't
hear of any other lettetrs he may I ,
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write, Natalie. Tear them up, burn
them, anyway. Only," and here the
frail little figure shot bolt upright in
bed, eyes ablaze, a red spot burning
on either cheek, "you're not to an-
swer them yourself, Nauule. Prom-
ise you'll never write to him."
Her thin fingers gripped Mrs.
Johnstone's arm like a voice, and
alarmed, she promised, as site would
have promised almost anything, to
soothe her nursling.
Meryl sank back n ner pillows,
God for the next forty-eighlt hours
it Tooke{i as if all the good that had
been so laboriously built up was
lost.
Gradually, however, Meryl's youth
and good constitution told, and she
won slowly back to health and
strength,
Giles wrote again and again, he
sent frantic cables ,appeals dor a
seely; bat the inexorable Meryl
would, not eben' allow the envelopes
to be opened, auto. the fire they
went.
Giles's lawyer was sent to see
Mrs, Reydon, to miake financial ar-
rangements for her support during
her husband's absence, hitt Meryl
sot her pink lips in an obstinate line
and would not speak or listen, to
him,
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