Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-02-16

the latter had desired to keep Mr.. Es.
mond away he made mistake.
On the following day Maurice drove
up to the door of Dan o. Bryan's shop.
Inc shutters were up. the door was
locked, and bill minated that this con-
Venient shop and house were TO let Maui
rice stood for few moments looking in
blank amazement at the tenantless
dwelling; then he stepped into the
greengrocer's next door. and sought in
formation as to the Whereabouts of the
OBryans.
"Theyve gone away. sir" answered
z little stout woman. a florid, good-na-
thred face, as she weighed out pound
OF potatoes for a ragged. unwashed girl,
who was glazing at the newcomer
when did they go?"
"About five DAYS SINCE" said the
woman; and then. looking at him with
a shOpkeeper's instinct, asked quickly:
They amt owing you anythink. are
theyP Oh, Tor, of course mott sees
You re the young man as had the first
floor. i ought to have known that It
was all square, because they was de-
cent people, and paid up everything
non rable."
II have no doubt of that" said Maui
rice, hastily; ''but am surprised that
they should have gone away so sudden
ly. They had no thought OF going when
l saw them last only three weeks ago.
Did they leave any address?'
mo; they didn't say where they was
goin' to. or what they was goin' 10 do.
But Teddy-that was the son, YOU
know, and always a queer chap he was
Teddy was loOkin' mighty big, and
talkin' about new gov'nors and new
laws in way that made one think he
was fit for Bedlam. OBrvan and his
missus kept quiet, and didn't see the
girl Lucy and nice girl she was, sir,
says it, didn't see her for dunno how
long (here's your taters, my dear)."
land did Teddy give you no hint at
all about where they were going to? did
he speak of Ireland:".
Now you mention it, sir, he did
speak about Ireland. and the rumpus
that goin' on there; and he spoke about
Ameriky, too. My belief is that it s
Ameriky they were goin' to, but that s
only my guess"
Maurice was unable to obtain further
information; even the pot-man at the
"Kentish Drovers," the tap-room of
which was fayorite haunt of Teddy
and his political conspirators, could tell
him no more. He did not know any Of
the friends of the o. organs, and there
fore his inquiries were brought to a
dead stop when he had called upon the
neighboring trades-people. Knowing
OBryan's enthusiasm for the cause of
Ireland, and Teddy's wild notions as to
the means of righting all her wrongs,
he could quite believe that the old
tailor and his family had gone to Amer
lea on some Land-League commission,
He readily found an explanation of
their silence to him in their discovery
of the secret of his name.
He returned to Calthorpe. His
father received him without any ex-
preston of surprise at his speedy reap
pearance, and in every way continued
apparently to treat his comings and
goings as ordinary matters of the day
He was, however. noting the changes
in his sons mood with keen interest
He had seen the eager expression on
his face when he started for London,
CORE ctly interpreted the CLEAN of hope
and half guessed the cause of the rest
lessness and depression which he dis
played on his return. He was pleased
TO know that Maurice was in frequent
communication with Arkwood, but he
was mistaken in supposing that the
subject of the correspondence was en-
tirely legal.
Maurice had made Atwood his con-
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endeavoring to trace the O'Bryans. He
had endured some banter from his prac-
tical-minded friend as to the folly OF
thinking about love instead of law, but
he had obtained the requisite assistance.
The result was as futile as the inquiries
he had made himself in Camberwell; he
could learn nothing about Lucy. He
still hoped that one of the family would
write to him-perhaps she would an
swer his letter. Even that hope was
dispelled as time passed and no sign
came from her. If he could only have
learned that she iOiShed to forget him,
there would have been some satisfaction
in proving his love by respecting the
wish and ceasiug his pursuit. There
could be no prolong ed hardship in doing
that, he thought; for, to his mind. love
was a free gilt, and not TO be won by
pleading. That was the love he sought;
and. while in doubt as to whether or not
he had obtained it, he would still be
haunted by the craving to find her
In this humor he visited Arkwood,
and that gentleman gave prompt and
decisive answer:
There is only one way out of it, Cal
thorpe. lake chambers and get into
harness. There is nothing like hard
work for clearing the head of all the
nonsense woman puts into it Treat it
like a cold. with plenty of mustard and
hot water. Try my cure"
Maurice did try it, without much sue
cess at first, beyond the satisfaction of
knowing that he was gradually acquir-
ing some respect among his friends in
the Temple as hard redder and an
authority on precedentS and decisions in
the Rolls Court. Arkwood dubbed him
1.-The Temple Book of Reference" and
his growing reputation obtained recog-
milton in the direction most agreeable 10
him. At the end of a year he discov-
cred that he had received fees amount
/ ing to nearly two hundred guineas, and
that there had been days during which
he had not thought of Lucy.
Her image came to him at intervals.
but the face became more and more un-
defined as the mist of time thickened
over it. Still, there were times when
the glance of some passing face. or the
sound of soft low voice, would bring
back to him all the old yearning to see
/ her. How long ago it seemed to be
since thev had parted! Then he would
wonder where she was. try to imagine
what she might be doing at that mo-