The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-08-13
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hands wept few delicious tears over the
supposed despair of Kate over his own
loss.
Loser watched him cynically, wondering
ii Rates memory would be so deadened by
the potion he had administered to her as
to enable her to play the part he had as
signed her in the tragi-comedy about to be
enacted.
Suddenly Staunton lifted his head and
asked;
When can | see my dear girl? | must
Judge her condition myself, and she had
best be prepared to receive me. Her
mother can DO that"
Loser was nearly at his wits end, at a
loss to know how he should deal with this
impetuous man, and quite certain in his own
mind that his sudden intrusion into the
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 under the infu-
ence of narcotic, and [ hope for the best
results from the first quiet sleep she has
enjoyed since the commencement of her
illness. My wife is utterly broken down
by what she has gone through, and | have
used my skill in her behalf, too; her ner-
vous system is Frustrated, and she is lying
down now, trying to sleep, and Edna is
watching by Hates bedside. You must
be patient while, Dick. "
Patience never was my forte, you know
of old, Luis, " replied Staunton, obstinate
ly, land what you tell me of my poor dar-
ling only increases my uneasiness and my
desire to look on her sweet face again,
even if 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 wrong to both Of US. Please send
| Edna to me.
''Of course I'll go; but wouldn't it be
better for you to tell me something about
yourself before seek Edna? The child
will ask a thousand questions, and, per-
haps, be unwilling to leave her sister for a
moment. She knows that this is the crisis
of the fever, and that everything depends
on careful nursing. :"
Staunton regarded him with a searching
stare. and then impetuousy said:
| Before the Lord, Loser, | could almost
believe that there is something wrong here
and that you are In quandary as to what
course to pursue. am losing the last
grain of patience that is in me-" he cried
almost furiously. Words words! wordsl
do you think | am to be putoff with them,
Luis, when my very heart is aching to see
that dear face which has been my beacon
star through all the efforts I have made
to make myself rich for the sake of the
smiles it would lavish on me in the time tt
come! Go-go-I will not be trifed with
another moment"
Loser thought il best to obey this i'm
perious command, and got out OF the room
as quickly as he could; but he paused
moment in the hall to review the position
and reassure himself as to his power t
manage the complication of affairs so as t,
bring about satisfactory denouement
we'll knowing that if Staunton got til
slightest clew to what had taken place be
tween Kate and Harry Conrad he woul
wreak terrible vengeance on them all
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