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strong man sat down on the first chair no came
to- and covering his face with his hands, went
few delicious tears over the supposed despair
of Kate over his own loss.
Loser watched him cynically, wondering IL
Kate's memory would be so deadened by tho
potion he had administered to her as to enable
her to play the part he had assigned her in tho
tragi.comedy about to be enacted
Suddenly Stanton lifted his head and
asked
when can 1 see my dear girl must
Judge Of her condition myself, and she had
best be prepared to receive me. Her mother
can do that"
to know how he should deal with this impetu-
Gus man, and quite certain in his own mind
that his sudden intrusion into tho sick girls
apartment might produce results as fatal to his
happiness as to Kate's life.
After pause, he replied
You do not understand how low Kate Is /;
she is sleeping calmly now under the in1u-
ence of narcotic and hope for tho best re-
suits from the first quiet sleep she has en-
joyed since the commencement of her illness.
My wife is utterly broken down by what she
has gone through, and have had to use my
skill in her behalf, too her nervous system is
Frustrated, and she Is lying down now, trying
to sleep, and Edna is Watching by Kate's bed
SIDE. You must be patient while, Dick"
Patience never was my forte you know Of
old Luis" replied Staunton, obstinately, "and
what you tell me Of my poor darling only in
creases my uneasiness and my desire to look
on her sweet face again, oven II she Is unable
to spring to my arms and tell me how true she
has been to me through all that long and
weary absence. / feel as If every moment
away from her now is a wrong to both Of us.
Please send Edna to me-"
OF course I'll go but wouldn't It be bot
ter for you to tell mo something about your
self before / seek Edna2 Tho child will ask q
thousand questions, and, perhaps, be unwilling
to leave her sister for q moment. She knows
that this is the crisis of tho fever, and that
everything depends on careful nursing"
Staunton regarded him with a searching
stare, aud then impetuously said
Before the Lord, Loser, / could almost boz
lieve that there is something wrong here, aud
that you are in a quandary as to what course
to pursue. | am losing tho last grain Of
patience that is in me-" he cried, almost furi-
ously. Words words words do you think
l am to be put of with them, Luis, when my
very heart Is aching to see that dear face
which has been my beacon star through all
the efforts | have made 10 make myself rich
for the sake of the smiles it would lavish on
me in time to come. Go-go-I will not DO
trined with another MON ent."
Loser thought it best TO obey this imperious
command, and got out Of the room as quickly
as no could; but he paused "A moment in tho
hall to review the position, and reassure him
self as to his power to manage the compica-
ton Of affairs SO rs to bring about salts
factory denouement, we'll knowing that if
Stanton got the slightest clew to what had
taken place between Kate aud Harry Conrad
he would wreak terrible vengeance on them
all.
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