the boat was in the explanation the young man and the allusion to his father opened a new train of thought my father is he well about as usual and very anxious to see you if the news of your steamer s safe arrival was in the evening edition of the boston papers he will sit up to night waiting for you your best way now is to take the midnight train and be at home early in the morning there was something in this suggestion that caused to break into laughter not loud enough to attract attention from others in the room but sufficiently strange to cause mr a good deal of apprehension had his friend completely lost his mind it was the kind of laughter that is often followed by tears but in this case the stopped short of that if you have really had no dinner you should eat something said nothing is worse than an empty stomach in the idea of and a was soon spread before him of which he partook with a reasonable appetite the effects of the their marriage bond were almost immediately apparent in his improved appearance i cannot go to boston to night he said when that subject was again but perhaps i will go tomorrow i have a little business to here for my firm yes i think a note stating that i have arrived might be sent home it will relieve father of anxiety in case he hears of the arrival of my boat was procured and the a messenger being summoned to take it to the railway station as it was too late for the you d better let me walk to the hotel with you when the name of that establishment was at last given to him i m at the and tomorrow unless you re a great deal better i advise you to be careful not to go about too much you gave me a start when i first met you upon my word as there was nothing to be gained by continuing to the city in his present condition consented to go home and to bed after his arrival there he for a time into his former condition of despondency it did not seem as if he could close his when the girl he loved so well might be already a victim to the and that would be set for her feet but tired nature had her way at last and he slept the sleep of an exhausted man till morning h their marriage bond chapter xiii you are a sick man when awoke it was with a start the which he had been obliged to face on the previous day was still in existence for a full hour he did not attempt to rise but though he thought of the in every conceivable phase its severity did not margaret had deserted him in a manner that showed how strong was her purpose to end all connections between them there was a possibility that to day or to morrow frightened at being alone in a strange land she would and come in search of him if she held out beyond that he did not know where to find further hope he could not long delay going to see his father but he resolved at least to wait in the city forty eight hours there was no telling whether the english girl was still in the vicinity or whether some of the trains that run to all points of the compass had taken her miles and miles away he would write a few words home stating that he had arrived and that a business matter would delay him in new york for a couple of days in the meantime there was the of the long streets and avenues the perusal of the newspapers the frequent returns to the office of the hotel where she had left him with inquiries and a careful to each of the clerks to detain any person who might call for him came around about ten o clock to inquire after his condition and who was then at their marriage bond breakfast got rid of him by a plausible story without giving said he was in the city on no particular business merely passing the time while the coffee was disappearing he took occasion to speak of edward and of the family but paid little attention to the subject there isn t anything that i can do for you is there asked as his friend excused himself i don t like to see you looking like this and my time is wholly at your disposal if it s of any use no was the reply i am upset a little about a business matter but i guess it will come around all right if you want any money pardon me you know you have only to mention it thank you it is nothing of that kind good bye he was very much broken up who knew him go well was perfectly certain of that but there was nothing he could do either to help his friend or to satisfy his curiosity and he parted from without either of them alluding to a possible after walking about for a time peering into the faces of every woman he met returned to the hotel and copied from a a long list of intelligence offices these he obtained help in arranging in some order as to their distance from the hotel and the direction in which they lay then taking a carriage he explained to the driver his desire to visit the entire list as fast as convenient and set off on that errand i wish to engage a young woman to teach two children the ordinary branches was the story he repeated at each office an english girl newly arrived would be preferred at two or three places they said they had exactly their 