The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-03-30
said he had seen old Sir Huob.

sa'u ne nad seen old Sir Hugh. l
know it's respectable thing to have
a ghost IN a house and but for YOUR
care, Miss Marsden, the Court might
have boosted another in my person.
But never believed it. May I ask,
blythe way, if you ever saw or heard
anything? Though I'm sure Sir
Hugh, with all his faults, would be
too polite gentleman to frighten a
lady,
"4es, Sir Philip" said Aleline;
Il haye often fancied | heard sounds
from the little room in the hall, and
on the night Of the accident l saw
Sir Hugh. I dare say you heard
that met the men at the door when
they brought you up
eyes, I did; and thought, perhaps,
you had heard the footsteps"
Il was warned by Sir Hugh. 1t
was an odd thing, was it not, that he
should appear to me, Marsden, for
such purpose y'
With that the conversation ended.
1t was an odd thing, thought Philip
Galveston was startled. despite his
skepticism, that a Gave,ton should
appear to Marsden in any other
guise than that of an angry man
scowling at an intruder. And Sir
Hugh had come to warn Of his dan
ger! What did it mean? Was there
some affinity between Adeliue Mars
den and himself, which made her diff
terent from ony others of her race?
Was it possible that through her the
two families might be united?
Philip Gaveston pondered long
over these things. and the more he
thought Of them the more he came to
the conclusion that, unless he deter
mined to ask Adeline Marsden to be
his wife, he had better not. remain
any longer at the Court, for he was
rapidly falling in love with her.
And this was very startling to him,
for he argued to himself that it was
impossible for him, Gaveston and
poor man, to ask her for her hand.
1t would be like begging the estate
of her, and Philip Gaveston could
not bear the thought Of that. No;
the sweet gray eyes, though he had
thought that he, on occasion, had
reused them to sympathetic glances,
were not for him; the sensitive lips
would never meet his, though he
might, under other circumstances,
have dared to WOO them, simply be-
cause she was Adeline Marsden and
he was of the race Of Gaveston. He
could never take from woman's
hand what he, as man, ought to
have had to bestuw; and, having
come to this highly honorable conclu-
sion, he was profoundly miserable for
the remainder OF the day, and SO fe-
verish the next morning that Dr..
Vincent looked sharply at him and
asked him what he had been doing.
Nothing, Doctor he answered
languidly; "but | have come to the
conclusion that | ought no longer to
trespass upon Miss Marsjen's hospital
ity, and that shall move down into
| Seaburn.'
! "Oh that's it, is it? said the Doc
tor, glancing at him sharply. "And
why move down into Seaburn pray =?
Isn't the air here good enough for
you? | should have thought it
would have agreed perfectly we'll with
! a Gaveston."
| "No doubt it does; but, neverthe-
less, must leave"
Something else damaged as we'll as
your arm, eh ," said the Doctor, mis-
chievouslv
Philip Gavestou flushed crimson.
LAS you will have it so, yes
'Then why are YOU going away 9'
Simply because I am never going
to ask for a hand that can bring so
much with it. Had I such place to
bestow it would be different matter.
As it is, / shall leave here"
"Bless me!'' said the Doctor
chow high and mighty we are! And
how about the young woman?''
II have no reason to believe that
Miss Marsden regards me in any 9th
t er Ii ght than as q FRIEND" said ST,
Philip with kind of proud resigna
ton.
'That's your belief, is it? Does 6
woman usually nurse friend so de
votedly and risk her life for him? ~
"Miss Marsden has nursed me lik.
an angel, and 10 one is more con
scious of, or grateful for, her care
:, thar I am, but I was not aware that
there was any risk attending it,
=, II know you We're not said the
Doctor. "Now listen to me. Yo,
were brought here nearly dead from
> exposure and exhaustion consequent
upon loss of blood. l had, in fact
T given you up. Did you ever hear o1
an operation called transfusion?"
eyes. The TRANSMISSION of blooc
= in certain cases." returned Philir
r considerable puzzled.
every we'll your life was savet
o by that, and the person who ran th
fearful risks attendant upon it, an'
J. gave her blood to save you, was AIDE
d line Marsden. Now, are yott going
d "Adeline Marsdenp.' he said stag
j. gering back. TRANSMISSION Of BLOOD
u What do you mean?''