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font believed in Colonel Hum phries, aDd
meant 70 marry him.
Indeed, the troussesu sas prepared, the
wedding day 6xed, ell was ready, and
Ida Hslifont believed herself to be very
happy woman. She once more built cas-
ties in the air. Her old sorrow seemed
to fade away in the distance. She was q
girl again.
At last only twenty -four hours Law be-
tween her and her weddinp.day.
She was busy in her sewing room on
this last day, finishing some ruffies in
lace and ribbon, and singing softly to
herself. when suddenly the house was
filled with sharp cries.
An old man.servant, while cutting
the grass upon the lawn. had wounded
himself seriously. The doctor was sent
for at once. but he was not at home. and
meanwhile poor Zebedee was bleeding to
death.
Suddenly Ida Halifont remembered
that Mr.. Humphries had said that he un
derstood wounds a. we'll as though he
had been bred a surgeon. Without this
il would have been natural for her to cali
mon one Who vaa 40 soon To he her nro-
tector in q moment of anxiety. She
would call him herself, that there might
DO no delay; and Selling her garden hat
she ran along little path that led from
her grounds to that Of Mr.. Humphries.
climbed a low fence. to save time which
would have been lest in reaching a gate.
and 90 gained the rear of the dwelling.
of which tomorrow she would be mis-.
tress.
She thought herself terrified and dis.
tressed. She felt rather injured in that
such an unpleasant thing as the wound.
ing of poor Zebedee should have hap.
pened on the eve of her wedding day.
Ten minutes after she thought of herself
at that moment as utterly at ease-won.
drously happy-for as she reached those
windows and peeped half timidly through
the curtains, q thing happened that made
all she had ever suffered appear as moth
ing.
The room, the window of which she
had approached, was one that opened
out of . conservatory. Within the con-
servatory she saw Colonel Humphries,
busy with some rare plants be had just
set out In the warm sunshine that fell
through the glass. ne had taken of his
coat ana rolied up MS sleeves. Now he
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