Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-08-17

Nuhl fetifo early. 1 think. Good
night, anil God bless YOU. my hu,band.'
How s9lcmnly she say, it," cried
MIR Olphant. playfully. mo Good
bye, and goodbye forever could be more
sorroviul than that. Goodnight wife!
PlceSant llrrams and happy Nakihg. ="
lie hrhl her close fer 4 nipmeut and
kissed her upturucd face. and mo- more
than that other time seventeen vcsn.s be-
TORE lid he dream that thiswas 'F;ood-
bye, and go-l-lve forever" re-
Asoliiary gudforgottrn hgurc hanged
IN that stilEoPcR Undergraduates they
passed II.
You, Quc.t2 ilcm- VT? 1 Iorgot
YOU utterly. .Never mini 'the btSiu4s 4
whatever u W., tosnjgll.l III Roe yoa
hr,t thing IN the morning
h0py YOU have r,cOvrrcdfrum yOur
indi~ioshiOn, cir. Rather inprnAent.
WASH ~, tO stay out So latc?'
Quite recovered. thank you. Never
fclt better in my iifc.n
lie looked IL when they reached tho
lights, and his wife's anxiety was
allaycd. Those attacks Of vertigo had
been rather frequent once. hut NO one
had considered them alarming. IL was
still early next morning, not more than
hall past seven. when Mr.. Killuth wRs
raped up to receive n tclegraphic dis
patch. delivered by the village mes
sengcr: ..-... 2 'l-
"HrinAmadamc. withoutdclsv. aud uuoct me
w View York; St. "b.uSr PtNutNgroN. .
No word II explanation to account for
-ihis Suhgc demand. .Aft(r puzElin,y
over N Tor the space ~ five niihirtts -HIr.
ktIIVfh lot hsn.rIN It.....IF -
dispatch tO madame. who had not vet
risen. THUS II was that thosc two were
tho first to appear IN the breakfast
room. DaQa came next. fresh rs the
morning, for was not this q new day,
and would 10 not surely bring Launt?
"CUmo here, my DEAR" called
Madame harrington. at once. Now
tell rr-,-lrrv- You two absurd children
been quarrcling, or what IS the occasion
IT this?"
Tr girlRlauccd nj that summoninr
Tine, Rnd tbo radiance Of her bright
costchance .sfIs susltlsny eloudcA. ? y
'To think that Launt and / c0uti
quarrel, she replied. How strange
that he does not say why You are to
come. And NOS u word Of when we are
to expect you back. You will not take
Ipaf luggage, Of course, dear madame.
! suppose YOU will go?"
II will 60, Of course. Launt would
never send n message like that without
reason, hut wish he had explained.
And rs | travel with only one trunk. |
must take that wherever go. and be-
sides may not come back. You know
my plans.n
Madanie's plans were To Join friends
ot hers nj one Of the watering places.
and, completing her Northern tour. to
return with them by a Western route.
She had left her maid 10 pack. and al
ready wore her travelling dress; PROMPT
anil decisive, Madame hail arranged
that they were to take the ten O'Clock
-truin. ana Dana, fnding her resolved.
gave the order for the carriage to be i'm
waiting, and went hers Into iuiDrm her
parents, and hasten their appearance.
Her knYcSd toe door passed. uhheed-
eel, buttho way through tie dressing
room winch iutrvcucd ~bctwCcn her
own chamber and theirs was open.
Mamma Is up at any rate OBJ
served Dana, ~ she glanced around.
" And papa, too, thought you were
rivaling tue seven slccpcrs. II is SO
unusual for yuu 60 be late. papar'
Something strange in the still figure
lying back iH his chair i'm the shadow
room brought n startled cry TO her lips.
She llcw 10 his side, looked down into
his faCc-fa face upon which incfFable
peace was stamped. Stark and stiff and
cold, Power Oliphant sat there, MS he
hal sat M night long dead.
ThcVholc bonscholdNNas arrpscd To
tUsNuVM sa.UFtAta.. "A IL
iiugS. A doctor was scpt for; s,pnc one
J. 'rdcAcd hot ,rRer an,Ikueh rrstSrativcs
rs the cyieFgoneY -Sllggsdctlvhut Quest
put his hand oyst. thc- p'tl-slcst heart.
hitevttirc lir,v tu--tcus turu-r'IU CLASSY
Yes. and sept thSla awpS.s.y r r.
'sIhey' are al .no 49, hdgs,lNAe Aeaitl.
aud then his keen glance searched the
'rowdcd chamber. Where is Mira
pliph'mt. NJ asked.
Nobody knew. Nobody. apparently.
had missed her blfuc. Dana. rotpcd
from her trance ~ grief, remembered
her first impression that her ulotber was
up and dressed; BE must have gone out
into the garden. she thought, without
knowing Of this. But research showed
that Mrs. Oliphant was not in the gar
len. Meantime. Il was observed that
Tho bed had not been slept in. The
doctor arrived nthe midst Of the won
icring dismay aud after n glance nj the
gigid shape. pronounced death to have
been the result Of apoplcNy, and further
stated thaE \ bad probably occurred
some eight or ten hours before
Quest had gone quietly into tho dress
ing,rpop rs soon rs. be ,had-hearli dis
opinion, and, closing the door alter him.
stood there. with Keen and angry eyes
searching into every corner. = 10 7iT
f'GonSN'r he eS8ai terpdstNin sUKHcd
tdhes. Eyn away and escaped me!
QWecr tSat4 newer thought to Suard
Agjnst-that- >ConfonRlled hard luck TO
. bave him die just nowi like a fool, 1
have kept my secret too long"
10 It,tOas hard. from his point of view.
Tie was looking for some trace of the
fugitive, some note Of farewell addressed
10 her husband or daughter. but nothing
of The Kind appeared. ----.-~>. :,
While be stood there the chamber
within was being cleared of its occu-
pants. and Dana came into the dress
resolutelY pressing back the
gs6Ss' thstveSald hafeTisen. Her tear
ful eyes met those of the lawyer, and
she approached him hastilys Z
''Oh. Mr.. Qucstl has not mamma
come backP This will be-so terrible for
her"
"She hasn't come back. y Mr. Quest
responded; '.and what's more, doubt
n she will. Look here, Miss Oliphant,