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and an. littenst3 rv6tio:!: n t Pos-
Weston of her. Nmail the mathe gray
winter dawn did elle sink into a,
heavy slumber, arid 'when she awoke
•• she was still weary and her limbs
• ruelft•d with pain.
During the next few •days she bad
a sharp attack of nervous fever, and
the doctor noted the eager, auxiette
look in her dark eyes whenever he
, entered thr room.
."My patient at liarewood is going
oti very well," he would say in an-
swer to the . unspoken question; and
once he ventured to speak of her to
Sir Ralph Woodland.
"that pretty wife of ]Jr. George
Gifford's is ill," he said.
"Ill?" repeated Sir Ralph, sharp-,
"Yes; she fainted. last Wednesday
Morning, and X was 04...rit for, and
has been very low end feverish, eve
"Th )3 r
I
•
The two were sitting together in
the morning, after George had gone
.to Ids office, and the &Mold morn-
ing post was lying unopened on the
• table beside them. Laura was puuul-
, ing over some lunisehold accounts.,
which she could not quite make ex-
act, when Anna took up the news-
paper and began carelessly scanning
• its columns. Suddenly she gave an
exclamation. •
• "Good gracious! What a terrible
thing" she cried.
"What is the matter?" asked Lau-
• ra, looking up from. her aCeottllt-
book.
"A dreadful accident happened yes-
terday to Sir RalPh Woodland on the
• hunting -field. He was thrown, and
his horse • rolled over hint. • They
fear -e"
But here Anne stopped, for :with a
sort of ery Laura sprong to •her
feet.
"What?" she gasped out, "what?"
"They fear Ito Is fatally injured,"
Poetinued Anna with•her red, -brown
eyes fixed on the white, despairing
face before her.
Laura' asked nothing more. A dead-
ly faintness crept over her; the room
seemed to whirl around her, and.
with •a 'faint moan she fell senseless
on• the floor at Anna Lindsay's feet,
Per a moment or • two Anna
thought the shock had killed , her.
She rang the bell hastily; she. tried
to raise .1.aure,'s head.. Then, a serv-
ant ran in.
"Oh, Miss Lindsay,. What is the
matter,?" :said this woman, in die,
May, when she saw her mistress':
prostrate form and white rigid. face.
"She hie feinted; she is in a fit"• answered Anna. "Get home water,
and rob her hands." •:
The servant made hasteto obey.,
Then the other servants canto •in,
and Laura was lifted on a couch.
But still She 'lay motiOnless, and
finally Miss Lindsay sent for the doe,
• tor, and to the office for Goorge.
. There Was triumph in her heart as
she did this. • George should • know
of the false wife he had cherished;
she 'told herself,. and she ' eagerly
awaited his coining. • • • '
. He camo. in great haste, before the
%doctorarrived, end 'Anna met him in
the hall. ..• • :
• hWhat is this? What is the matter
witit Lanharh he asked, breath:1001y, -
."Conie in here.; George,", answered
Anna, and she Pulled .him -by ' the
hand into the dining -room, the door
.of .whieli was standing *OPen. •
.... George turned. (mite pele, as she clid•
hue,and Anna saw with jealous eyes
• this' sign Of eniotion.
•"She is not—" he gasped out with
trembling lips.- '. , •
, • '1- read- out the account of
'Ralph Woodland's 'accident yesterday,
on the Irunting:field,V she 'Waged.
forth,' When she `heard it . she
' fainted at Once -dead ewaY7•I've sent
for the .doctor, and I' sent for you
"What: nonsense.:• Where is she?"
held' George quickly. • • .•
' "She is in the breakfast-roo=
thought I had better tell* you the'
• ea,Use of .her illness," ensineeed Anna,
'when no one else' was near." -
her fionie medicine in a' quarter of on
hour, and will look in again during
the evening. She must ea to bed at.
°nee, and above everything, be kept,
perfectly quiet."
• "Very well, doctor," said George since, answered the doctor.
Gifford, slowly, And then tle) littki.:_cit*.e.u...-thisaSir Itelph used to ask
doctor bustled away, and after -4,1 day how Mrs. Gliferd was going
was gone for a 11101nOnt the cousin,e, one.reiljosini7weninui,tubulest, he was
nli
h Sieventret,,
looked, in each other's eyes, in w
Anna's were. written, "1 told you Unit and eager to be up agate, But
804" as plainly as if she had , spoken nout a week after his accident he
nii at hxoaiiitneti 1 hist Ier nt000dnr 0 boym. and ad doubt..But neither spoke on tee servant co
the words; in. George's, uneasinesS •1t, Vea. startledhiin
subject nearest their heart, •George ady wished to
left the room and: went into ilie sel WAIL
breakfast-ro Pen, wliere Laura was •
dark and
anbalosoodzorouwskihaedt haggard.
Sir t.Ralph'sitceat
now sitting in an easy -chair, support-
ed by cushions, •She• was stillex-
tremely pale, and one of the mettle st this ta. II throughinadoeyuoi neb, ()ll ni lot, a, pi iaentod: cite:
bottle of salts nar w, rwi I du al. it o pi is was holding a •e
her face. She seemed to see George she like?
as tr ahile ,enptiteercodu's. ltgldt int'llheelr.°•eywes7likike nw• 'elred-c"hisncister7taytiSi'l`Slhlea'lsithgo"t ,:nut;
one in extremo. bodily or nxental . of these thick black veils eye aad 1.
FainGeorge' but his Voice Was elle:aged
"Are •P'‘/11 better, Laura?" sate ,11ca°}1`ciu'Seldhutonioturhgsetlecihrotouilbop6tf,1:44esircatei.dw'sio:oirLcoallnuasrtlopahutto
from its usual frank affectionateness,
since his accident, so longed to see
• She °ported her pallid lips to .an- -
ewer him, -nut no word came forth. her, 0 tthoa
the ihelieved that she had
• him, and hie heart beat and
"The doctor says you must go to throbbed, and his strong hands
bed fit 'once," continued George, "sa trembled. A moment or two later a.
cook and I will help yon upstairs • —
CHAPTER X.X3-11.• •
George Gifford made ne anawer, to
his insinuations: He brolce
.hastily away teem her • aed • iverif into
the breakfast -red= and lying on a.
Conch, ' with the servants standine
around her,, he found hie wife. .•
. Laura" was deadly' pale, but a faint.
twitching and:contraction of her fru*
showed sane return to conscious- •
7 "She!s eoming round, sir," said the
reek, who was bathing Latira'A hands
With Coid. waeer, noW addressi,iig .her
• le
George made a stop nearer,, and
stood looking • at his wife with' ha
strange :feeling in his heart, But at
• ttis motnent the . doctor hurried into
the room, and shaking hands with
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George as he- :passed hiin,ttt once
comeienced to endeavor to revive
Laura
"Perhaps I had better go into an-
other- room," said George, slowly,
and. ha left the ' roe* as he .spoke,
and • in the 441 he met Anna
Lind-
say. . •
"How is she now?" asked Anne,
eagerly. ' , • •
'She. looks Very ill," answered
George, coldly; and then he aitiit inta
the ditihig-room, and shut' the door
behind:him and eat down .to thiek.
"Could, there be any trutit in , this
•stoeY ef Anna's?" he was aseing Yi.
S: • •
him -
tome, Laura."
He raised her up by hor. arm as he
.spOke,and. drew it Omagh his own,
end the 'critik' supported her on the
other side, All strength seemed sad-.
rap •catne .to his room door, and. his
servant . mitered. •. ,
"The ladY P, Sir," . he said;- and then
there lalowed hiin bite tho room . a.
tall; slender vvonaires form, dressed
nx.a Jong black cloak, while her face
denly. to ha.Va • gone -from •Latire.s was thickly veiled,
limbs. She tottered;•sbe 'trembled, I3ut in an instant—with the intui-
tion of love—Sir Ralph saw it was
not Laura: . Something'in the • walk
George :lef•t herwith thewomen;
hs though his viettor was -graceful, lack -
even. '
with the aid of George's stal-
wart arm, and they • had some, dt111..
culty -in getting her upstairs. There
• , • • ed . a' certain •clignity . which was • one
went back to his office, he sat down
to his desk; but still was thinking of
Anna • Lindsay's words. •.
And Laura lay stiU, with; a• great
burning pain in her .heart, and ail mde, Then the lady sprang forward
ai,j4. misery.' • •Italph.. Woodland tlYing is
Overwhelming souse • el •wretchednees
•"Ole Sir Ralph!" she -cried, "this
and. rushed to Sir Ralph's bedside.
—dying, •and. she 'could not touch his terrible! ;What X hane, suffered
hand! •. Anna Lindsay, with eeil in- . .
tent, addedh the Words "they fear •cident!" . .• • , •
since I heard of year dreadful ace
fatally," 'so Laura was • as one With, . 'Sir: Ralph Started violently in !bed;
out hope, ' .Slie stared at the. patterns it was tne Voice* of: Patty Mare:het
of 'the paper on the walls; ehe heard • . •
sounded in his ears. % .. • ... '
theclock tick; 'even - with nor Milled, ; . "And—why !have you ' treated • Me,
8401•Irh°
ri;detd'Eti.°ies
jneacifdratitii. -: ". Va.his With
come—wee:11d be ',come one her Wealth ef golden ' hair.. "Whet.
thosn .er'11" need , sweemitinu'ed Patty; removing '.her.
''ll• • s : veil ' some cautioe i arid showing
haul peening now?" she- was •tbinking...
I'VVottid '.he
nave X done that You •ehould retinei
eminentbefoi.e he went.?••• . • - letter? That—that' you shotild.
' The dmitor :sent heee a coMpoeing see.in.to ifirlah :our—friendship to end""
dratight, whielt morelitilly cloaded her: I .... "Why, are you: here?. This is no
brain,: '.'..and so. the eneseeetee it eurseheliee.;•far'' yoti;" eitsWaFed'•Sii:Ital.Oli,
passed 021 :at :. lengtieLin:,.seiiii-uno.oh- • sternly.; • oa he pulled, .thenano, away
.seiousnesse 1.3ut • ho..wee uneasy anoilt * froxn -her, which pattsr• flee eauget......
her conditilm, , anti Af.hen 'lie :Caine: id ' and deliberately bUrted. it • in the bad-
, the :.-eyerting, .egain impressed , on .: 'clotheS.
GeOrge the. 04:reine • necessity... or , !Thy'," said Patty. With . a . little
,
o .!
uietneas. : : - , . • . . ' sob; "because 1 cialici not , beae to.
If .• there is anything :preying ' on think of •••,,i•eit sulterieg alone, Sir
.her mind the cause should, 11 Pop-, • Ralph: Ralph! •What. have 1: (Irmo that •
slide, be reinord," 'he $43,td.. . . . pp4 ghoiad..turn•:away from. leer". .
And what 'could George, ensWer? tie • Vpoil this Patty fell doWn.. on '#er'
ItneW of nothiag preying on her mind . knees by the .bedside,: and if ever.. a.
Xcept - what -Alma' Lindsay bad: in-. mati felt himself. in a: prediCairunit,
e
•Sie Ralph certainly 'did at this mo-
.sinufited:,••13tit Law 11 . did not 'rally,
and heebeeenne ehtiernele. utteesy. At .rnent.' ' -. ''.' , .: ' ' .. .. , -
light . She ...beciiine • SO lo* that the :- • h.'This .. is. absurd;" lie ,.said, trying
..
i
dector'ConSiderecrit hie ' etity to sit .„ .; to nxoee hithself ,farther " • here.. ., the.
viaed :that a 111ii'SO.Sh011isi he seet.. , eh.
atid ed- Side. of the bed .by which:Patty knelt,.
But his- broken arm. th' .eplints, • and
tip With 'herefor ellen, hours,
eI have to go' to tierce 0: d early hie bruises and. benelegtis. inane this
in the morning, or •.I ..should 'not most , diffiehlt,. -, almost.., impossiblo.
leave even nOW11r171. • G i iTord;':' he.'' Thorp he lay 'Lls; Pattthe motet", RS. it
: . Were and he ffilt Anima at ehe situ-.
Said, at he• rose to Lo • •'•'1,1ut you
will have 'hettrd of. Sir Ralph:Wet:4e " 4.1'iun- in 'which :he found hfroRif • ' ' •
"What hay:0 / done?"
1:Md.'s •riecidint?" • . •, ,.. • - . : . .... repeated. Pat;'
ty, in a voted broken.6y sobs... Sla, •
of Laura's charaeteristics. The ser-
vant discreetly left the room, closing
the door behind *him, but also (lie -
erectly lingered in the corridor out -
Ire 'was Whinny theist' her as he said was rea,lly • crying. for she bad truly
liked- Sir: Ralph,. but ,hel'. tears did
not • add to his amiability
• "Yea had better go at 'once, Miss,
May: you: .are • only making us • both
this, with her :hand hi his:t.ncl:some-
. the start; M the siidd, n
,Nii)ration .of .her, forui,•; gavC •• key .to,
fits nente itS:' to. the . cif
rn,S; I . • „ridiculeus " he .remarked; angrily. .,
i 04 • l'efg 'Ye" .11e, '''RidjOuitaisf.!.:',.repeated the'weeping '
added' It, got a bad tiirable,.'and. 1'at4;y; yee.:- are.
" • • •••
broken arm, but he 1,1; pull through ail. gni Sp' unhappy' '•Why are ' •:you j so
right.
50 ill . and 1
•
'hard and cruert'Oinly tell 'me, what
1.41hra, gave 'e, gaslie and thenu• leiveedone " •
. •
vtrange .hySterieal :laugh broke' Ire heSir ' Ralph. :wits silent : for 4 • Ma-
ner qtfivering lips. The relief. was.' hin' °et,: and. then .he saki, with •gretit
se *shasP, eo 'sudden,. that her brain • „, bitterness, . .`'13y.• the' untruths ' • you
stetted to heel tuider the shock, The. ; told, rite; you parted inc. :from_ the
doctor wint o'n Speakine sootbiegle,, I. woman X loved—tlie woman X wiehed
to give het; time to recover' herself. to. make. My •wife.'
• "lle'a a splendid 'constita,tien,"• he I "if you mean that horrid Miss In-
said.
"herd as nein, and makes a . gram.' Said PattY,;;. with in in-:
• capital patient,1 •Ns`eis for as l•-etanteneoua change. teeter voice: and
soon as tht, a hide nt ince) rid on 1211111 1101', and 1 ilting her had, 1
tuesday morning, but jrSRansil Was told you nothingbut the. • teeth. .A
as cool as if nothing had: hams, ned." , soul* refin did ceene tosee her; and
'1 1.--tvill:Lhe live?'" • came. falter- she din go StheStift with'hinn" •
• ingly• front L11.111'n'S. Pale.. lipe, e hi le 1- "Yes, :her. fentilY,.1.e7Yei'• whnni 'She
. ;her dark eyea. weLe fixed beseeeliniely married.'" • ; • • .•
on the doctor's face, hi hey were the "I heard. ' she '`was n!eil'ieff;"
an-
iirst irords• Laere, had spoken since
she • had •fe.inted; and the ...doctor
thought • that 'he noir understood the
eixee: . . • ;
he ausWeree, "Te 'be, sere
he'll 'lye. leeht.• a tine pluekee,fellow,
and will. some be •oti his feet annie,"
•:ile hen...heard the goesip, we May
1)0 Sure,..about the Verde' Visit to
Hardwood, and about. 'Sir Ralpthe
calla et Red Hence°. Ife:hed Spa:Hely'
listened to, it, but now. ha was
tereated. • 1, •
'So', this poor yoeng 'woman has
(Olen itt love, I suppose'," he was
thinking, as he steed a few inainentii
longer by Laura's ,bedside, A Amigo
tad come over her appearame; her
dtill eyes had briehtened, a flush had
risen to her 'white cheeks. -
"Could you giVahne something: to
make me sleepe". presently said
Laura, in a low voice; •"iny head
feels so strange." . • : .
The doctor gave her abother dose
Of the composing draught, and then,
loft her for the night, George came
out of the dining -room 'as he teal
Crossing the hall to IeaVe the house,
''1 IOW does she seem now?" he ask.,
ell, anxiously.
"I think she IS it little better,: but
she is feverish and low, No one mast
speak to her to -night, Mr. Gifford.
I have given her it composing draught
end I hope she will sleep."
"Very well," said George; told then
the doctor shook hands with him and
went away:
"Poor fellow," he thought, as he
wended his way to Ins own hetne!
Where
an affectionate, bright-fact:a f
little wife was anxiously waiting hid
•
self. He also has seen the. account of •
Sir. Ralph's aceident • in the news- .
papers at the office, and it was. cer-
tainly extraordinary that' it • should •
have had sUch an effect on Laura, if
•Arina's words Were tree, • • '
• • • •
"Balt she was always jealous. of
Laura," George also reflected,and
then he began t� look, back • an Whet
had • occurred ettrifig the. last . few •
weeks, Certainly •Laura's sph•its had
net been good lately, and She had
been looking But ho • had
never noticed anything in Sir Ralph's
Wanner to her that was at all out
ot the detninon, He was e sensible
mart, but not it quick or. observant
one, and he was very mattee-of-fact; '
To his mind a Men paying attention •
to ft woman Meant t� be Constantly
at her,side. Thie certainly Sir Ralph
had not been*.
"It is just some folly of 'Artim'e,".
he decided, but all the same he felt
disterbed, • Anna's 'evil words has
not tenon oe unheeding ears. .
Presently the doctor rapped at the
door, and entered the room, followed
by Anna.
"I would like it word with you,
Mr, Gifford,"- said Doctor Wallace,
who was n little bright -faced, keen -
eyed, middle-aged man. "Has Mrs,
Gifford had any sudden shock lately,
likely to bring on this attack?
"Not that I know of," answered
George, a little hoarsely.
Anna Lindsay Said nothing. Sio
Wes 'standing behind the doctor, and
George did not care tO look at her
I
too,
"She M in an exeeedingly law state
Of health," eontiriued Doctor Wei.
late, "mod the action of her heart .is
Weak, and any sudden newe or AO.
Id it bl cense faint+.
swered Patty; in a relieyecl tone.
•."Web], there "was•no, harni ' eone,
, 'then, I supposo. she was efigaged to.
I hint' then?" • • • •
"tTo• harm • donel'' •repeated Sir_
' Italph, savagely. .."Yea, there ' Was
harni done--Nvorse than harnil" /le
forgot all ,about the absurdity Of the
situation—forgot a. pretty girl • eras
keeelieg by his bedside,. and .that•he
. „
•
eould not get away onlyremote-
bored. that Patty had Tailed bim
here Latira—that She had • hroeght
infinite pain, sorrow, and relent's° to
both their lives. •. • •
"It was worse than murder," he'
Went on,. passionately, his dark face
flushing and his eyes glowing. "You
heitit•dered the reputation of an inno-
cent girl; you wrote' both the anony-:
mous letters •that yoti pretended tO
be 'so shocked et—you know you did,
and yea lied when you told 1110 MiSS'
•,Ingrarn hadleft her 'rooms • ' With te.
f Yonne man, . The 'Whole thing wag a
hideous falsehood °and inV011tiOn, and
iheyht.sartiet, trAtrin
arrival, . .
1 But Lauta did not sleep for many
-hours, An ineffable sense, of joy and
,y relief flooded her whole being. She
tossed' feoin side to side; strange
nags, and she must be guarded fanclea canto whirling into her brain,
;i;ii text z Will isend 1
ee• .1.4"
*kWh*
now, when you know the truth, I
wish, 1 request you to go away."
Patty rose to her feet pale with
pesaion.
"You are a brute to el tedt to 4
weintin So!" she said. "1. With yoli
were dead; 1 could strikts you deed!"
"You had Much better go away,"
answered Sir Ralph, coolly: 'rhea he
• rang a hand -bell which ley near Jinn.
and his servant appeared at the door
of the. room the next moment.
3'Jitiueson, -show this lady out," he
°V.itili
rlela Patty turned on niui like 4
fury.
"If ever I tan do you anyharm."
she said, vindictively, raising e". her
hand' as if she -would strike. hint, "I
wilt. I will live to make yon pay
for the, insults tent have heaped on
my head this day."
"0Yoodn_mhoarnyci.n.g.
d7. me all the herrn
you can do," answered Sir Ralph.
„0
And without another word Patty
Went away.
• • CHAPTER XXIV, •
After Patty May had quitted' Sir
Italph'e romn with hasty and irregu-
lar footsteps, a sadden chimp.. .of
morel came over, her, and she burst
intoohlo, 4timaistiist, litsetecit'uiciaotl,eorob.
rsgood_
uses' sake," said Jameson. who was
Sir Ralph's velet, in n half,frighten-
'al• whisper; "all the people• in the
liouSe will hear you, and the doe -
toe's orders are that Sir lealpn ints
to be kept quite quiet."
"I 'don't care!" sobbed rutty.
"He's treated me shamefully,' most
shamefully!" •
Thitty screamed this out ut the top
of her yoke. She was going down the
front staircase at the time, her yel-
low' heir dishevelled, her eyes swollen
and stained with tears, altogether a
most distressfel-lookleg weinria, when
to Jameson's coneternatien, he saw
the „butler in the very aet of °Pelting
, the front door of the house; and per-
ceived •that Mr. George Gifford from
Suffoldwas stautling outside.
• "Oh, • miss, please be' toilet!" he
'PreYeti, hopelessly. But Putty took
no notice of entreatieS. She
strode recklessly- oti, scarcely. glancing
at the butler or the gentleman on the
entrance steps, -who WC1'0 both natur-
ally astooishee at such an apparition
in the Ilona° of a sick man. But Pat-
ty paSfied them without a word, fel-
'sawed by the trembling •Jiintestiti:
whoebeckoned to the 'dreier of a cab,
who was seated' on his bee , a few
yards .of!. The man drone itp at once,
and JaineSort hastily opensid the .car-
riage -door and handed' the weeping
I'ntty in' • • •
• ."Where. shall 1: say. to, • iniss?" in-
quired Jamesote ': • • ,,
"The railway' station at UPhD1,7
atu1-lvcred Patty. ti -a choked,
Ititen
dressing, the taitler, ,who,:
tress, Jamesery," said Gern:ge Gif-
neming the , station neart•st Time-
"Alowly ascended the steps .leading to
peat g Ora,' .WIto
wood: • • • •. ,• .•
. The cab -driver entitled and :die\ ef,
and .the butler were still Stand in .(C • •
nod ..micrinifort ably at his • ma. ster's
visit or.
•
the house On Which deerge. •thilTmel
* "Then , Sir Ralph is really going on
ell right?'' said ppop.) ad -
"The lady seems' to heln great dis-
George Gifford girdled, arid So did
frig • OM. • handsome gratuity °verge
had slipped• into his hand- on :leaving
Itarewoocl witq naturall3rinclined •to•
.4°les, Mr, Gifiord, hiti.s1.. 'as, he
possibly Could," answered elie• butler,
."4 was an uncommOn 'had .accident..
sir; .hut Sir Ralph, is •pel1ing1iirnee1f
together agithi, Tld' the elector •nopes
he will be up in no time. But won't
you walk in, W.. Gifford?' •Pertuips
Sir Ralph would see nee."
"No, not 1.0 day, :thank' you, Said
George-, and again, he Smiled. '-!..last
tell hint that 1 called to: inqUire hew*
he is going on,. and that, X ale ex...
etrotiunteLy..... pleased to :hear such. il-q"
The'another •.Ilttle friendly trans -
'action took place, .and half ' a.,ci•own•
was ti atisferrect •feorn Georga'S poekt.q.
• to the butler's; and , George walked
aWay, Vilth • a :Somewhat grim einile
voti.•• htoi sr.,. face, , thinking . of Sir 'It"! ith's
.. it was 'Only hutime nature to 'tell
the: little , episode. at .hateeh When
'George teaeliccl. :Ned 116040.'11e • .Wcnt
Upstairs to: inquire how Laura -.Wee
feeling,' and when he`entere.a, • the_
ntiese heff, the room, .• • •
• The • lever had phased awaY,... but she
was :Very low : and .week, ,and the ex-
' pression of, her: face wan very had,
and her; dark eyes' fell :of 'Metalled -
nese,' She smiled gently :•fts • George
approached, the touch on which she
..iven: lying,. and, held, onee'et. very thin
white hand, e'er shit 'had Mee seen •hize.
' before'. during the' daeh , • ; •
' "Goodeifteeneon, " 00.410, she
said
hew. are.'you. feeling to day
Laitrite Pointe., you look a little :bet-
ter, and I hesPe we • will soon have
you downstahee ' • answered George:
taking her' hand.- ' ••
Again Laura seined" that natio,
shadowy sznil�, • •
"Thank you, George," she said.
i'I've been to Ilatewooa, to inauire •
after •-e-4h Ralph," continued 'George,'
"and 'he's going on all, right. tete.
But a very fennythinghappened;
tattle; w•hen I was there." '
"What was that?" asked Latire.
.iitoli her ;.eyesfixed on her hosband's
fttlio.
• 'Well; just as I arrived' there . a..
good-looking, Weeping &tinsel, ' evi-
dently in great distress, Was going
away, Jamesoa, the valet', was es-
corting •her, and there had apparent..
lr been a scene upstairs. X fear our
friend must be a gay Young want"
And -George laughed. ••
"What was she like?" •
"Oh, tall, with golden hair, and
Weald hive been prettY. T selnieSe, if
hot' 00/1 had not been redwith cry-
ing;And loOked a little V1X011,
too, thought. X expect Sir Ralph '
7
cvol.
will have his hands full.'
"I think It must taw+ been a girl
called Patty May," said: Laura, still
quietly. "S'ir Ralph told nie about
her; she is very anxious to marry
hinl"Tz
omarry him!" repeated GeOrge,
ineredtdouely,
if it is the girl 1 mean."
"Teel she is his old tutOr niece,
George gave a• little whistle: it wee
a ilneerstory, he thought, and he
thought also that it was an odd
thing thet Sir, Balt% Woodland
shoUld confide Ide -love atfeire to
Laura.
But he did not say this.. And pre-
sently be- went downstairs; and into
the library, as it WaS not yet time
for dinner, and there Anna Lindsay
joined hiin. She had done her beet
since: Laura's illness to make every-
thing comfortable for George. and
George secretly -thought that she Was
a more experienced housekeeper than
poor Laura, and th.,at the dinners had
been decidedly better than usual ;lure
ing the last few days.
'How do you think Laura is look-
ing to -day?" said Anna, who knew
pi George's visit to his wife's room..
"Much better," answered George, -
"11 it were not such aberninable
weather I think she should go to tho
sea • for a, week or two, and that
would quite set her 'up."
"You think shewants chaAgo?"
seid Anna, slowly. '
"I think every:um) is the better for
change after a,n ilkleSS. BY the bY, 1
•-walked over to ilarewooci .this after-
noon to inquire after Sir Ralph."
This was the :first time that George
had mentioned. Sir Ralph's name :to
his cousinsince the day when she
had told hint that Laura, had fainted
:when she heard of his accident,
"VVell?" asked Anna, looking qiiiek-
lY up in George's face. • • . •
• "Oh, • • he's going me 41 right, it
.hseimernst.o-dilay, ebireedinitingy.`'
fitirlatlY. to v
itt
"'A fair • ladn?" •• • s• . • ,
?Yes." And then George told. the
story ever again that he had tote to ,
Laura upstairs. • • . • •'
• "Bow disgraceful!" pried Anna, in -
di •
gnantIY.. • .
:George shrugged his shOtlidOrS..
"Young men Will be.eyoung men, .
yeti know," • he .saiti, "and 1 suppoee
Sir Ralpii le like the rest." '
•• "Did you tell Laura?" -inquired '
Anna, eagerly,. .
• "Yee," answered George; and -then ••
he dropped the- eubJect, • . • •
' His cousin's words about: the be-
. ,
ginning of •Lattra's illness had .great- •
ly disturbed tint, Anotigli,. he always e
• told 'himself, • withoet reason, • and
, therefore • he never encouraged Ankna
Lindsay 'to talk about • Laura,. • Ile • .
. wished to leada quiet • life, Ani.
knee; thee .Anna, ..not .unnaturally;
was jealous of Laura.: •• .
"Her ,fainting • was just the.' come '
Menceinent of the fever, of coutee,
and 1 hope now she will .seon
melte". he repeated to himself, and to..
every one who, inquire.1 after Laura, -
Nevertheless days. went on, . and ,
:weeks, and still Laura did not get, °
.well. It was as . if some blight heti
lalien on her sapping aWay the life .•
bfroOolityikheiryoofadedounglife; wasting her
fiower
The winteiewore on •apeee, • Gloorey
Noirember inergen •• into :a
stehinY • December, • al d *stiti 1 aura •
ianginhed. though the doetor, dee •
dared all syneitonis of fever were
'gene.. She used to it in the. draw-.
ing-rdom .in the afternoons Old.
• Made some • attempts' to .coetinue..her
:Writing„: but it Was mere to 'rid her;
SeIf of Anna LinesaY'e company than
• for. any Work 'she-.cOttld really do. ,
can:net write if any • ene• IS 121
the rontre'' she mice • Said,•• irritalen,
and Anna LiiidsitY ' took the. hint„.•
She also emanated to act as. beefs"- '••
:keeper, and Laerxe•We'S too listiosi te
interfere- *1(11.11er., '
Thea .enc day.; ahotittlie •••
Dfterilber, . • George • mune' into the
. drawing -room 'Where Laura Was ' sit- '• .•
ting alone, and told herethat he had .
again been over to Halewood to; sea. .'
Sir Ralph. Woodland on 'blisinees.•
: "And, no* is he?". asked Laura, _
The, 'rooni was only lightedby the •
firelight, and George &Add not die- :
• tinctly .spe the ',face' of his young
Wife, Who, was sittieg in the shadow,
• as she *made. tine inquiry'
, •
"00, he ,says -he's .,neerly. -well •
, again, . but he Iteike111 haggardand
ill." -ansiveied George."He's••• •beeh
out; and, by the 'by, he ettid he was '
going to dine° into. Staked tei-nior7 .
row, and that.. he Woald call on •
•yete"... . • • . , , • .
.The fingers of Laura'e, thlii. white •
.hand,, which was lyitig :on • her tercets,
. contracted 'as. •George -.Spoke, ..and a.,
slight Shudder. passed through her .
frame. •, .• . • .
.' .£A;skd' him to stay te.difiner," ;
oco:,tsintuaeucclin:Ggeoortge.goi'in;buut.;.litt..dteoewli;i7d.: ••
, George was pleased that hp' had.
siSked.Sir 'Ralph to dinner, •and not.:
tillOWed,•"any :folly of Anna's" •to pree
vent his doing so. He wished to keep.' •
on good twine with his client, and., .
felt 'Sure that is•Sir Ralph :had de-
clined to remain to, dinner, and its he
was going up to town so soon, that •
all .Anna's. • insinuationWere* abso-
lutely Without foundation:. • •
.• "I Wonder 'he hag not (fona before,'"
said Laura, elderly, as if • she had
been thinkixig;' "et. must have been so •
dreary for hire being ill •so long all. '
alone at ItareWood." -' • .
-"Meese he had the yelloty-haired
young lady to- console, him," laughed
George. • •, .
• But Laura didnot laugh or ernile.
She sat very still a little while, after
George lefth the room, and thee
be-
gan .; to wander Up and down theloor.•
..restlessly, , with her brew contracted,
as though :in deep thought, She had
.riever gone into dinner Sine() her ill-
ness, nor did she de so this evening. •
She retired to her oWn room early,.
and old Mr. Gifford, George, and An-
na, Lindsay had their -rubber with a -
dtirmay as in the days, before Goargel .
• marriage.
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