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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Sentinel, 1881-03-04, Page 6_ " • eft : 1.! A Curling Song. TUNE-. Bonnie Dundee." The keen frosty breeze frac the northward did blaw, And white were the meadows LUC fields wi' the snaw ; As a brave band o' curlers cam' marchiu' alang With their weapons o' warfare, and this was their sang- -Come shouther ye'r brooms, lads- ye'r gearin' prepare, The ice it is keen, an' the snort will be rare ; Tae victory we go, e'er the daylight is gene, Three cheers for the broom an the 6raw chan- eI smile." To his brave body -guard our trus:y •• skip" spoke; " Come, follow me, lads, e'er the lee it gets brok-e Au' each curler keen whit loves honor :old me. Let him play wi discretion, but-f:traight to the tec - Come shouther ye).- brooms, litcls,'! et.e. When oot n the rink let gude fellowship reign, As the channel stane " birrs." wi' iiii!ht and main ; Nae wiener we'll gie, Iwo, the game is alive, But for v ictory.bau idly and honestly strive. Come, shouther ye'r brooms. lads," etc. Noo gloainin' wears on -the game it is dune, The victors retreat by the light o' the mune ; But far in the distance ye, adding may hear • The cnrlers' ant toast -the curlers' lotcl cheer. • " Come. fill up your cups, lads. and fill up• your can, 1; pstanclin', hantionious-together is sale ; 'success on the ice tae oor aiu gallant band, Victoria, oor. Queen, and our clear native land." AGAIINS'r THE LAW. (A Novei-:-By Dora Russell., CHAPTER XVIII. IN PURSUIT. It is almost impossible to describe the scene that followed the discovery of Laura's disappearance. Bingley's rage and consternation w ere fearful to witness. • You must know something of this," he said to his sister, furiously. "It iosa trick. I nave been cheated and ocussed amongst you!" ▪ I. swear- .I know nothing, ilichard!" said Mrs. Glynford, -beginning to cry. the wisaoth, Then, da " saidEingley, turn, her, the lifa prescribed:11h consequence It seems', -furtherrnare,:: indubitaW-ulyiaford, e_mpha.ti- if it Womau miss. alio- • It is- that, between -renouneed 11, *:.„..‘-his poor lass to end Tnk-----" said Bingley, turning -egain•-and shuddering. - iSte-r111-y.; -•'._thaVthis-unnatUrat-Marriageint.a..•'whieh. .you Were about•to force her -yes, force li-er i -has upset -the pacirgirl'S Main, and ;that Meat likely we:Shell_ find her the bottina - of the fisli-pond,orin the i-nud of.' the diel -not speak- for ai moment- or twcx.::.. He staggered to a. seat and _sat: Staing blankly attito -tVeddipg'-.dre:sS- _.hinging_'opposite to hint.; .- • - • = s7,2Theu suddenly started.- to:his2,-feet again,' and -went to the - and Opened the pursethat Was fyihg. there. WhatineneV had S-11.6 ?-.7 you (eve her any that• r hich von - :had: front Me on her aecOunt-r'-, •:-. • - _ Gdynford. flushed. a. - . •, n' ' • " Yes," she ansviered.,•:after a.=.ntotitent"S. _thought.. "-_.I. -gave _ herton ye$tea- I day morning.' -. „7. - - 7!_fhen-13ingley_eptinted out the g)Idin the "purse, and: with ,alinest agroau laid it doWn. • upon_tlle table, . Much is there? said Mr. GIs n, - fad, eagerly, neW, approaching,-Alie - peunds;"-faltered • that caSe," said Mk: Glynford, in -reticent' tone; ' "-Nie May haVe_..setne „hope-. th at-thi$ poor -girl has not pat -an Untimely ' end.td herself;•. /or i know that'slie had. • . more; than ten pounds in her possession. Yesterday ,-,--.xiterning,„ in- fact; 1.1 . encIogeel 'twenty pOunds.la--An enveiopeher._ haif - year's salary -and sent it upto her, as I : did not-Iike her to-Jeave -hay-hi:Moe Without •. a little pocket Money Of her •-- -; Then," said dashing his- hand down on the table before iiim. "1 consider • that; 'in "-doing that, 'yeti acted in =:a ; Most ..-interterin‘r ritest iniproper. I -manner: - What. hUat1.- eSS had volt with her pocket .money? D'ye- think have let her: go without pocket-rnoney after she was My wife?" • rda not require tO-_be taught •hiryous how to regulate tay aCtiona:. ' answered 31r. -01Y11,. "But the'fact ten -mina the ,same74 ,- gave h_nr• tha-pagney-, and if it has---•.-disap- •.. - &area,' she, probably, has fled froth -a. mar- - riage -which - was evidentlyhatefal -to' her; withitihlier-possessioms - Inint her out; thert.:" sad Bingley 11. slie's above- ground: Aind her, and make-- her pay 'heavily •*.for what she-haadonethi$ - And, as he spoke, -he seizedtlict •.ss hinitigs new -hat Which -be- had --phrehased for -his - - -":She'11;11.nd-friends_rea:c1Y-6 defend . . 7:retorted:Mr; GlYnford„significantly • • frienclOan defend her," saidBiugley,. - savagely.-- . "Neither friends: 'nor Xrioney -.Cap -defend her.. -1 have her fast," Wait -till'yciu findd-her Anel-,-...thenefet.niernent,- with a Curse- on - B ingrey lad -left the. attie;l.and, :after litirrying:down thestairease. he threw into Iiiii:•grand new Carriage s;-• and. with his -lc:attires- 7,diSterted with --_rage, _.--shonted 6OReIlLORII to _drive -straight- -baak to and•tathe ranWaY- tion there. •• .: - • - - • • 'After he had left - the and Mrs. _ . .-Glynford_lookeffat each other. - : • • "What could he mean ? saidMrs,-. Glyu- forci. - What po.wer.Conid he 11a,vo -Gym- -her?'" • , " . . . "Now_ 'listen to Me, Maria," said -Mr, 0.1ynford.. -craPhatically. ;"Theiigh- that Malt ia your brother, lieenters this _house no, naere.•;, and, another thing, I'll do 'my best, and aril ship., will William,.to-dis- Over where -this- poor- girl has hidden her- selL And when"we have-fo.undler;& We'll ••-••••:- find .me . also to defend '11er -Biug= • ••• ley, scoundrel that.lid.iSRO to perSequte an • innocent:gtrI ' • " Glynford fired -up at this.: , don't think you need Call him that," she • "for c.ffering- to marry • a, •gtrl without a penny, and behaving inthe-- - handsothe mauaer.that he lina -done!-Leak •• at MeV" 'etnititined Mrs. Glynford,--pai • .ing tragically to her Wedding -dress. "'.Do know leDiv muoli life -3646 -On itcost- A surely between us we shall hit upon some- thing." After saying this, Mr. Glynford also quitted the attic, and Mrs. Glynford was left with the finery she so much admired. This she carefully collected before descend- ing to her own room. She also took charge of Laura's purse and all the ornaments which Bingley had given the unhappy girl. And while doing this, Mrs. Glynford be- came further convinced that Laura had not committed, nor contemplated, self- destruction; but had merely run away to escape "a marriage which her husband had truely said must be hateful to her. She had two reasons for coming to this conclusion, and these were that the locket which her nephew, William Glynford, had given, Laura was not among the jewels lying scattered about : and also that Laura's ordinary hat and jacket had disappearecl. "She has run away," decided Mrs. Glyn - ford. "1 have thought her very strange lately, and believe now , that she has gone - quite out of her mind. She must have locked the attic door behind her, and taken away the key, so as to getmore time. Well, from first to last, this has been the most extraordinary affair I ever knew." Meanwhile, Bingley was making the most minute and particular inquiries at the railway station if any one at all answer- ing the description of Laura had gone in any Of the early morning trains. But he could gain no satisfactory informa- tion. One or two women had taken tickets; but no one at the station seemed to have taken -much notice of them. One man re - Membered younggirl in black passing him ; but he had not looked at her, he said. While Bingley was still pursuing.his in- quiries, William Glynford and his uncle also arrived at the station. Bingley glared at William Glynford ; and when William proceeded' to take a ticket for the south express; which was shortly expected to pass, through, 13ingley's exas- peration broke all bounds. - He went up to the two Glynfords, and rudely addressing William, asked him for Witelt rAlrlInzec. 1:3P/p ":‘,041. EiLaftizaii; • " For if it's anything to da with Miss. Keane!" eontinueaBingley, "1 may as well tell you at once it's no geod." - - -• - William Made no _answer. He stared.at• Eingley;. and, faking the arm of his uncle, drew hine-liWay. : - . was' found tor -be shut tip, and- the mother - ' wished so much to see you this morning was to propose that you and your young daughter should accompany me thither, so that together we might search for Laura." "1-1 do not know how to manage it," said Mrs. Keane. "The truth is, Mr. Glyn - ford, I have no money to go with." "Oh, I would supply that! " said Wil - ham, eagerly. "It will cost you nothing. I will take rooms for you, and pay all your expenses." Still Mrs. Keane hesitated. "Is there still a reason to prevent you going?" said William. "How can I," she said, sobbing, "-tell you, a stranger? But -but I cannot go, because we owe money here, and the trades- pfreoompleouwr oduelbdtsth.,,ink we were running away William Glynford was rich and generous, and, moreover, he cared very deeply for the young girl, whom he now believed had loved him too truly to marry another man. With a smile, therefore, he held out his hand to the woman, whose sense of shame, at least, was not completely lost. "Mrs. Keane," he said" please do not dis- tress- yourself. Will you give me a list of. what you owe here, and I will settle all your accounts; or, will you tell me the amount, and I will give_ you a cheque? Please allow me to do this. It will be a pleasure to me to think that I am of use to -to Laura's mother." His voice faltered as he said the last few words, and his unexpectedkindness quite overcame Mrs. Keane. "How -how can I thank you?" she said. "Ali, Mr. Glynford, did you, then care for my darling girl ?" aw"aYyehsi,s" liaenasdw. answered William, and turned weAr:tesorotnhims acodnef.essioni their arrangements Never before b..d Mrs. Keane had such an amount of -ready money as she.possessed on the following day. She went from tra,desnian to tradesman, and,- with a rather loftY air, paid all their accounts. They supposed that her pretty daughter was married, and to a rich man, and, -therefore, she wao treated With the utmost politeness.. ' But the sable afternton, to the surprise 'of the :Whole • _village,: the old gay fitone -hemp= where the Keaneabad 1iedvso- long,-. • " Has it -anYthing= to do- with - Mi', -dAugliter,=the -gossips learned---hefore Keane? saidthe draperifallowing-Jhern, and sneaking so loudly that -several people _ looked round. ." Perha_p_s, you: know where she. has gene ?-: Perhaps thisie tt.• -.plant bet Ween,'_ YOu ? But if it is, -she'll 'Alto. day..- I've Only to .give information to!o.' -her in the..conarncin-jitil !." . • :-.. said W.illiana Glynford,looking roMidsharp1V- - '• -7 - - ----Yes,"' said Binglev,-lieside blinself with _ . passron; I.., could lodge her hi- a - conith on . _ and I've paid hunclredsto IKeep her out of ade,;..atad this is her gratitudel " • . -.G1v-nford'turile,d-very pale, and _ . _ threw a, 1001cof COntpliipt -c:'So this.waS liov/3:6u..foreed, ber _tp;:promise marry you ? he -said. -•". Yon _knew setne, - _ thing that - this. poor girl had.. innocently. -done-fer I am. surethat -she.•.eanimitted _no-.eritne-1 hat yen faund Put :Something -.about her,.1 Suppose, --and. 'so. coinpelled her te 'premise that which lias almoSt -broken her heart ?:"" - • -2. = • (faite- break her -heart before I have CIO :1-"a" her!" Said -13inaley- clenehino. his 11and. : • At..tuts.Incituent the South express.steani-. ed kite thew'. t. • • " ' s-. had no .. ticket, -and- -William Glyn ford had.. therefore,' ran to getomi and -thus the.ttwa men. Were •aepa,rf returned,. panting, to•-tlie• platforria; could:se.e.nothffig :tho ,Glyn- fords:- Tie. therefore junapediii to -the train, Without - knowing Whether Wilhatir had started in --it or not. He: • had :not; -haying- . . at pie-last•moment Changed his mind. • - I Will go first to Seaton-liy-the-Sea," .had. said to =11.1s- Her ire:Other inay, know goinetliing •may. be. able to give Me- _ -someclue. - " Then 'keep -out- of Bingley'S way," Said his 'Uncle.' • --:Come- TOUnd. .liern." . And- .:Williana followed bini, and from. the refreOh.,.- met:tram-it. windews. they _saw Biiigley 'start In -t116- South expreiiii: - . . _ _ ' •"' STILL 7-.04iT - • • . -•. • . 1 • i‘Viltiara.crlynforci- arrived_ at Seaton-by- -the-Seain-the &Veiling; _:and niadc his ay .t0 the:Old'. gray" house -where Keane. and lier young daughter lived. -• • . asked.ite:_see_-11faud; laiid -presently,' flushed- and- exeited • she- cattiealinost _ _ _ . ning-,L-into the room:• It is you, -then! she said. .,•"Iwasse- surpriSed-. -when I- saw 'yd'ur ' card! -..Yerti -havecorne,a.boutmy_ book?-.".. - _ " No, -Miss Blaud," Saias•Williarn,-.takirig- her_.lete,a N'ery gra\-ely _have cerne about. your sister.".. , • " Abotit Laura.?.._ 'Why;--this••-is.her dingday is married new. I suppose?'' -said Afaud:T. - ansWered:- and proebeded to, . , tell the 'astonished girthoW Laura had.di.s.-- appeared:- . , ...' Before his story Wata :finished he Maud. knew nothnigabout er sister, :The..I-106r-.Young indeed,- was greatly overcome •••• •••• _ _ - - • It is all that -horrid:mart " she said• . • •, . „ :'•-tliat horrid • Bingley ! :When slid -wrote -and _said She._ was going: to Marry hinaT thauglif she muStlaye gone mad. ..We _have not heard :Frain her since, - but has.writ- ten to our 'mother, and • Made sorts of tine..offers. ,B.ut whore- can she have gone ?_ You clout think she lias -dope anytlaing to, herself, cl.b you?"• -no; --me And yet. ha.ye nie time abeen tempted in my misery to end_it a11 -before Yen about -iny hook!" - • - • . Weean. but hopethat She is 'safe " said Williain,..with -quivering:. lips.' •" .But .,yon- Inuothelp me to find her, Maiid..'„ .1_ see your mother to -night-?.".• - - - ••• faiil liesitated.,.;and colored. • • e dauot-knoW!" elle said, _ looking t6N-Vards:tlie doer. - - to -morrow, then ? "he said,•unde.ri, Standing the- poorgirl's-.ein.batrassinent.• : And 'the- next morning -lie_ did see Mrs. Keane.. .• . • -.He-fain:id her itt pitiable stath'of excite,: inent and -alarm; for: Maud.. had broken to lier thc. news of .Lania's difiappearance. Cau. have happened sto her, - • - - •_ . -. • . • - • - lotig;liadsta,rtelltegelther for --London: . - '. This 'wag - all their iyoung -handmaiden . ,_. -•kne*. Mrs. Keane had:. paid her her wages a,ndelischarged,her..,andhad giyerino hint -as-- to •Whenthey: int tided:to - rethra. to .Seitten-lay-the-Sea:::- is ' I •-: '-:- -.. • '. . ", . . 7 -s:-So;little by little j._theii neighbors ceased fol. talk -of theni.-.. ' -..--;_:--_. 1'1 -. ,- • --'.7 - -; .... ' --. The,old house, with it.' Closed' shatters,: --aeareely jloolted. -rnote deSelate than it had done' :--while Mra,-,Keahe:" and . her .-„yoh.bg. (.11,111gilt017 were living in- it.: ,-,,: • 0 - . - .. • :: - . . . -. The spring:Caine, andttlie shit la-egat1- to - shine:2_ on it '--i.tnei the . birds: tWittered _about 'the closed witlaWs,'unellsill the Keanes- did .not-returin... ---, ': -::- .,7"---l- - - --• " ' • - - _ .4ixiid the -mighty .Massesaf. a great•eity they ,were,lookingfor.ene they: could not "' - Laura; - Keane - liad..disappearecl,._:.;ancl neither mother no lny -ri :catild-disdever. a trace of her.. .- CilAPTE 'N.i....- ,. - : .:,-... ... AVMi. . - - T - -' About two -mouth -S after • Mrs: Keane had left Seaton7by,the-Sea, ane hot sunny after - 110011 in.Lendon, a pale.i, Wearied looking yoinig ..,'Weinan.entered a -fashionable- :per, fun.ier'S shop in one 61. the great thorenah, _ . . . , , . . r, fares, carrying- a Small:. • arcel in lier hand: - She had a- thiek-gauze veil,.and.her. Ian= gind -anoVenients gave :r Utile .impression .that she",was suffering. -great bodily fatigue. 'She. Went --bite the. perfurciees-- -:olipp... also with a: faltering,. Step, and apprcielied - the Counter; asked.the-Wel-dressed,-..:self:Satis-, lied4oOking . wornan..-Stfindiug • .behind :it if they bought -fans pointedly ladies . . .. NeVerl " _answered' thisperson i- without one glance of pity rat -the drooping fei:niVf the applicant, ,-;":. -• . :-:. ' ; .„,.- --: - --. .."-- ... , - "•Would-Weiild• you look at one ?'" 7 said the young wonnin ; -and as she. spoke. She 'unfolded" - her parcel- and held a "whit.e _ . .. - . . . silk .: fat, le7efy ileliCaiei painted; for - :the person behind ,the countertoinSpect.-_-:::-: -.. She just "glanced.a.,t it,l_and -that •Waa .all;, "We --never ' buy such things„" - she said. ,-, . . .. - .. ".LadieS-_,_paint :their- O-Wn false very-- Often. now--;a4layS;:and-Pam-t. thein.itolerably Well, , 'tee. No; it Weitid. be of:nen:se to- us." -- - , -- Witli"•asif.411 she douhl :not •:•siippres.s..,:the owner- of the fan -replaCed it -in its...f.Criner• cover...-, ,f "Inlep yen yelit _neyergive . any- thinci out tabep•ainsted?1-. she asked thnidly. . -- -"•.:1,Ve, .1have -regular - people who :do- our. -work," replied.:thel,SnbStantial lady behind- -the -..cotiiiter. ..". COnie,-..t.;-..oung,: Wottaatx,. if 1 thaV is all ymir lausine. a,.... yen -May -as well •moVe seff;. to We hvin nethingler you.", ...., - - • -- - • •.. - -- :._.-. - • 4= 1 - • . •• - uch- was the -answer she get ; and:- this, -was the third ,Shop to' which this poor; tired girt had ::earried. li er fan- lib • § aMe- aftertoen. :She- had paid twelve shillings for tlie--- fan before she had panite.dit,- and had drawn . design after design.beferetoucliihg.lier fan;* ' :Ilion:, she had painted' it -d:elicittely- and ..Well;"While-half. fed,.1isrear_y.: ,s.and heart -sore, But, -when she had finished it; - She . was sure it was:good„-and s ecarrip: 4 it out to lisell. • . . _ i . .. ..; It." was -.- five o'clock oW; and She lind ti=e64 snit since -three.. She had -eaten:nothing:all daY,:bilta penny bun, and was - faint and weary, had-. reCketted UptinSelling her fan pay for her lodging aiidte--"taiy--soruething to eat, and .had- reckened :upon .receivinh,/...*.orders for -more 'fans -perhaps "ctpecting pleaaant. -Words and complitnents upon iher industry • andekill.. :. ..- • . Alas !'slielad got .nothug. naonej.,-:, cOMPliments 1,.. t .She.,_-:_left.thetierfunier-113. 'shop, and With faltering stone- Proceeded . thelliot streets. - s...1 • -.7 Ilvery.one eeernedliusk.-andhurrying onwith soiue piirpere.‘-But the- pear,: tired- girl; with her rejeited' fan, knew. not Where to turn. • • - • The landlady.: -of . thel miserable - 'little room ". in an obecure-Strf t in- the neighbor- hood - ChelSea,,whee for the ,feW •Weeka - she had' hire& inRo.d, had 2 -.that .;,-.. . l It was her one ' locket i had never el Through all trete? day. For it wa her troubles, this her wanderings, in Glynford had gi very day tha able entangl her throat night nor e kcket which William n to !Laura Keane on the ad contmenced her miser- ent wit]ri Bingley. And, witi a moan, ale now remembered that it Ei the only article of any value f that sh gd left ! I The/ uu came builning down on her achinehead, and the rash of carriages went past Aer and, faint andl dizzy, she stumbled on. She must part wiilh her locket -part with the inanimate thken of a love that she felt would never epange ! It was cruel -too clruel 1 Tears rolled &win her pale cheekti as she walked on. Then suddenly she thought of the river, the dark, cold river, seeping beneath its bridges from which imany a poor, weary spirit had taken flighti! But as this gloomy' temptation passed through her mind, she looked up, and was attracted by a pawntroker's slier). on the opposite side of the sltreet. Then she re- flected that, perhaps she could pawn her locket, and redeem iti some day when for- tune was a little me re kind to her: and, after hesitating a, I aoment or two, she feanrdeeavared to cross tile crowded thorough- fare. But she was faint ilaad giddy, and there was a. rush of carriages; and somehow, in a moment, he felt tat she was struck, and, blinded and terrred, she fell, while a heavy crushing wheel' passed over her arm. She was caught iiii and dragged from beneath the carriage y the sturdy arm of a policeman. He pul ed her to a cab -rest, and a little crowd gat lered round her. But the poor girl neither saw nor heard any- thing of this. She lair like one dead in the big policeman's arms Who had rescued her, i and the - report got about that a young woman had been killcd in the streets. , But she was not killed. When -sense and memory retuned to her she found herself lying in tli accident ward of a great hospital -one bilid the many Peer injured creatures wh ' were Writhing there! 1 Two doctors were , ex4,miiting her arm when she -came to -_he . senses. • . "A ibad compound fracture,". oda PM, handling'. her arra, and giving her intense Ipain. . . . -. - . :-• 1 . "..Yes,'Sitia.the-other,lookingitt the -girl:. - - lie: was thinking hevr pretty:she:Was. ----.= _1•Ipt- many so 'ones Were -:catried. .. . I -I into.thatward, : . -. -.._ .1:--,.:i r , .MOStly TOUWthell., 1;V/10v hard and werk- f Worn features, werol. ought there..:._ ; • .. And this girl - na •, rally attracted the doctor's attention.: ,',' --"".•1- . - - -- - • .- . • - e" -Alli .- you are.cona- tig --round ?-'," he said, . addressing Laura, forille Isaltv that'she had, now:recovered consciPpsness: , .,„,- .., :‘ -.' -. : --", Ye.4 "' she- -anslred lin a low-- voice. "IAM. Ihadly turt2'' ',oh asked' the next inotrient.• . - - ' - . f•-', .' - - .! ' .- - • !: -. - -"..Y,olip arm is broli.,:eii,' said th e-._ docter,. "Ent.you must lice-pc:at your heart, .. -ata it _will': be.all right.: : V.; -ere -you:alone' _When • this happened 9 '' 3.-.' "" • • ' :'•‘..:Y.e-S," again saialli.aura..-- _ • . . 7.- , ,. ..: Humphf".-- said the doctor; and then they, proceeded to set 1):ertar.in.- . •- , - •-: :It was very seriou •1Y-iniured.. The Cate 'flesh was niane red, bani torn by - the - cruel:Wheels; asweill.0,-..the -.bone broken -in two plaCeS:-_, .i. -. •• -Laura's 'seitsitiVe organization could not; bear- the pain she war called -upon to endure. chilli& the inexthainteuri, . • • • ,-,. - -I. . , -.. • . .010 relapsed intaiiisenibi4-py, ,44.w4iie- t she :. was -hi -Uri. 4i-coiad: tion the. doctor 7.4,..0 , - had. So: admired her .11- ticed,while endeavor- ing to reVii.e.lier;-thei, anelseree geldlocket: that Waa-suppended round her neck:, . '. locket-. in bus hand, t ien-saw the :Valuable 1 . He was a youngishMan-,:pale, 04 some-. what cynical,: and wil ha Smile lie lifted the diamond and. star inf#. Centre, and stood -- looking nnisingly at. Kaiirkt: •-•.- . .---. -: ..- .• -- . .- He was wondering',• ho she sscouldbe,;_. : -! . .A. girl .pickea-np•ii: the:Lon-den,. - streets, without any address or Money about herl • • -Thisilidn't Seeni-oi.,...irespeetable thought : the doeter ; but theres..-WasSonaesthings_inher; leoke-Whichtold-a. di erent storY.' - - -. -".-:She has runaNiftYifolilhothe,nerhapa;" lie reflected, Still gazi _ g-at-lier. I -rile -called one .of th i : !nurses and pointed. • out Laura's locket to laer, i . .- - - - .. -: J,Nind. it's a valinible One" ife-said ,e eb. -106k after it." -- - .., . ---,, .. ,-• - -_ ,!‘ -'. : " - , 1-.' "1 wish you.would-ake eharge-4 it, Doc- tor 114,'-!.said.the nurse. -'-. -: -,'-:Doctor---Ilay<Watit-t11.1-honee-eurgeen,of-the .hesPital -into viniiali L 'urahadbeen carried, i and, after a reetheiit',... thought,. he .240C-ided: .0 takeeharge ofthe :,locket.. -,:. - - •• ',7: i "... ' 1Tlif-asten it.from lier '',..neek;,,,ifuree,"'he said,z"..and-I Will lo k it • aVirpT: ,-...t'.§. too. Valuable athing tos-be':- round. the neck of alt -insensihlo- -won:tan, -and- pin •,-can - tell.: her .*ben. -She Cotnes: Id -herself. Wino is taking bake Of it." '-.- -. - • ' i- '--:- :: " 14.e ''..../alise. -unfast . ued IMO locket from -1_,aluffes -fair; ....slender;:throat,.- and plabed it in the -elector's hands =-,.• =.- • :i ' .. - -,. He -looked -at -it with :Sorcie--enriooity.-:-It: . „ . :was-.sucla a Contrast -tis),:esverythingielee that -Laura-wor& - I • ; . -i ' ... - , -- .'.. - - " There is a,:.-iiiixter,Ty about .it,:" decided the doctor as he ;c.triftillN,I.:Inekeil- it away. ...During the next tli.red da;ysLapra Keane .Wae-very ill.- The shock thieli herlsystein had received had beim a Mast :severe .One, and -1Or ' aoinetinie A lie-. doctors had grave Wedding -dress, Whiclx site lever faileied Wass doubta-Whether-she i onid- survive it. She was-delitiOU4 at time ; -arid .talked,- about a, hanging besideher-bqc1, - This idea seemedtb lialMt :her.; -and, One day, .P.octor-Flay-•st.-;cd listening While.she rambled on -about 'brilaIrObes _and ••shroin:16; the tvita words iningli.'ig in her thoughts ,a.p. parently With. strangG: perietency.- -.-. :. ''.. ' • ii - - -Her disjointed talk ffirther-bonvineed the doctor that -she had J,a, hi'Story.;. and When thenurSe who "-atteln: ed. On • her ..told• -him that ber.first conscious --Sfet was le Put her hand talher throat,,atiait•b,nxiou.S1Y:What. had benonie of her led, -et,' s helonse-surgeon r deterinined;i4heri her restered it -t� -her, to inake'seme'ingdiries i las •t� - her. _past • big- iIe did this the •saine:day..1: • - --- - : -- : :.- _'. After.he had exairinedt, her- injuries; lie .Said, half -jocularly, --"-Well; *-•1_. have s'orne- propa-ty here of youi e to restore." , , -- . And he •held- 'Otit;:•. is . he spoke, Laura's locket- towards her. .;::. '...! • -;_.. •,- - . : ... : -:_TheYoung:girreolded 400piy."; - = morning. demanded her week's' rent- from -i:- - " Thank you! !' she f raid, i stretching out -. - - • - ' ' ;her uninjured- arra. - -" -, ' - • . . . ..Stili the doctor did not give it--t-o her. - ..:- : "It's a love -gift, 1,-..-supposer s he. :said, . ligmiling;.., - . , -,-. t .. T • .-- • ' ' ' . • , ••• - "It waS given to •M ebyeanie-ene whoni -I love," answered Laursa,inher•Soft, Pathetic voice; ,- . = - •-- : -. "He's a happy fellow, then," said the doctor.' But how comes young 'lady," he added, "that this happy fellow allowed you to be rambling alone about the streets of London?" " We. -we are parted," said Laura, again coloring painfully, and turning away her head. "In all human probability, I ithall never see again the friend who gave me that locket." "Then, if I were you, I would forget him as fast as possible," said the dactor still smiling. "Life is too short to be passed in regret- ting a lost love." "Not when you really love,". answered Laura in a low tone. And the doctor felt abashed before the girl's rebuke. But he was not a bad fellow -was, indeed, a man with generous instincts an kindly heart, though, as he often said, th ir of a London hospital was n6t coud ve to general philanthropy. Hundreds of miserable beings carried in to be under his care, and hundreds limping out, had g-adually hardened the doctor's heart to the sufferings he saw endured, and those that he well knew had yet to be borne after his patients had left his charge.. But Laura really interested him. To begin with, she had very pretty features, and a soft, musical voice; and, to go on with, he was a youngish, unmarried man, and she was a yonng woman. " A.nd desperately in love with some other fellow" he thought, rather discon- tentedly, as ,he went through th' wardson the morning afte he had had t e brief conversation with her about her locket, nd had restored it to her;.,.and the nurse had by Laura's Wish, fastened it rou her slender throat. After Doctor Hay had finished hs morn- ing's work, and had examined nearly g.,11 thoSe who lay' in the accident ward, the matron of the hospital -a- --dowdy woman -tapped him on the •Shoulder just as he. was about to descend the staircase Of the hospital. " I -want a Word with you, doctor," the said, and motioned tolima to -enter her own sitting -room. lib followed her -in, And thareatron "It's about thatloung girl -in the accident- ward -tile pretty girl;' with the .-componna. fracture -in her left= - 411-a-sie just had my,application -about :her- f rom--a detective - --- officer., It Seetas-thati:young.girl.J7answer- ing ;the_ description -"given of -her by stile . policeman who picked her - up.in %he -streets . tinder the carriage -wheels t6:the detectives --- ran away ...from_ the town of ..-Parnharne. about two rnonth.sago, and her -friends -are - greatly anxious concerning- her, -and have - offered a...roWard- for teeov.ery, • The':.. -policeman who 'picked her up -andlarought her her& aPplied to -the: detective thlt-hp,„ the caoe in,hand, and who now has cane :to me to -knew if that young wornan la still hira of ceurse • that she vas' 'and:he _ asked• leave to brin,g .oho ofher_ frietida to -morrow, •on.,:the vierthi,g day, for . qin-.pop o 'se '70f identi6ing her. -What do: : you sayto " : Tinunplo '? said the' aielise-..suraeoni put- ting bit= hand through his hair, wl7icli'lias a • bra Of his. when he was tensidering any- thing... The idea WeeR". unpleasant to • him - somehow:, -and vet he -felt thit-it might _not.. to be unpleasant. - "I have thenght," presently, that there- Was,somellistory, or rertery,.: connected:with *-- - " She's very =pretty," said .the matren, looking -at the doctor. ' • "Well," he said, ".'We -.xnust, of course, '- alloW.lier friends to see her. Ilowever, . • , stand by my .fait 'patient when the visitors - conid "F-or•One thing, she is too 1)0, . exposed to any -sudden shock; 'fer another; perhaPashe had very. gopd.'reason for lung away.. : , "And after said the matron", ."" She - . •- • May not be the ,girl.' they are -looking for.'' 44.31iOstlikely not,-"; answered the doctor. Yet, "nevertheless, When the visitors were -allowed to .enter the wards of -the hospital on the following, _d.ay„lhe doctor- took his place hy iLaura'S-bedside. . " " 'forgot to telryou this .nataining' lie said toiler, .". that this as the afternoon itt the 'week :when the patients' friends arel allowed to visit then:1:-. so you must not be" - frightened at seeing strangers. collie jn.:•'' • •-:,"•Iliay.e:iio friends :come," 'answered • - .• . Laura, -.rather -anxiously. "-coiila-: I not ha.ve a screen placed:So as -tvonceal .rne q", I 'ani afraid not," :eaid. the d.optor. Presently . --the =-visitors -r-canae :streaming-- poer,.pale-iOoking, hard -Worked Women; -who. came to .sep-some injured bus- badia Laura -Was .lying in a'snitall ward -•into -Which Only -wonaen'and one or twe .men ;(friends Of -the suffeters);. -entered.: T- _ - - I Then, bv-andbY, ',Caine the =aften, -and- With linr -1-inrn:two -. • -•r.- The thatren advanced to the- bed on which Laura waS. lying, with ,the. ,d6ctor.. atanding . and ?then Ricked back fer the two mem to - 'They -did.so,.And.:Taii.ra looked At -the- - first bile -who; Was -aistranger to hr Then. sile. glanced towards the other.;:and beheld Eingley. - • - • • - - - • A - fTobEi CORtinnedl " liana the lace !" said: :Mr. Glynford; _ . . _ her young lodger, who had to pay . -%-. ... . - - . toinpletely losing his- -temper.- "All I, it in the afternoon, -and had gone out hope- -- know iR that yeu. an&Bligley between you Mr:, _Glynford ? .• she said; , why did she fully, tarot-Urn:filled with despair. " What ' have - driven a nice, and; I believe, IV geed._ rgh:p.way I.. •I: --I ca,nitot Understand it!" . 'shall .I- do ?-?' She thought ; and a: inennent, -- ,girl; Perhaps, to aestrattion;_-__But-„p11" not - '.."-We must try to find her," said-Williain.- later - had put her hand up to her . slender •:waste Jpy. timetalkiiig to you. - Ill. go into. --",The Most likelyplaceinWhich tedigeiner. throitt„.-and, with a bitteil sigh;liad clutched the town, and see -William at once.; :and her s is, :-.-I. think, London... Now, s why .1.-. at alarge gold loCket.susrliided there. - • • _ , • • • -.7 , CltAREILIE ROSS. Rig Entlirepi ILIrxiiinir. of Complcte. c z.,_. , -1 The following letter has been receivedJay ' the gentletna-xx.who sent Photographs of the - • Suppoted. Charlie •Itoss- in •.Aldborough t • Philadelphia. : , . . • i'imanm,rm.A, Feb.14,1881, .. . 3,1r,. lIeury trill, X. P.., West Lorne„Ont. DE,in Stu, -The pictures of the boy, with -your letter of the 12th inst., are -to -hand. I am stir-. prised -that anyone having -A description Of My... son should insist that this boy comes up to it: The boy certainlyis near 11 yearS' of =age, with' '- light cp.* Coarse features, audjargew puth, ,.. ta m *and there Isnot-the slightestm reseblelco to that 1 . Of any of my children, „The trouble is at .when: people work for a Supposed reward, they-are:apt ' to find eVeryth i ng favorable -to their -theory and, . Set aside everything that would uiisef. T have -. no doubt but that ' this boy . has -been: in- : strpctedby'some ono to make up lies, or that he has heard' persons tallthig. about some of the - circumstances counected with the abduetiOnof my. son, -Ina has used this conversation in answering questiOns that are Pnli to him. -- I ani . not in the lea,st disappointed in the result, and . 'should not 11111.V0 pursued the inatter after my. first decision made in October had it net got into :the new_spapers, an11 then -came to the knowledge of naywife, who became an5tionstor me to take it up again and thoroughly run it out. This IS 8. - 'thing I have to do every -week, and Sometimes - .. . • two 'and three:times a week, and it -takesup, inuch 'time,_.Uesides- n great .e:pense. • With - thanksfof your trouble Itim yours- ete , ' - -. : • . CniasnAti R. Ross. . , . -- • -.ems!' and velvet dresses for visiting are trimmed with all sorts of fur.