, 1884-12-28


! touched my ,oife's arm. Come a,0dv.
Phiiippa,n I said. aI
She made a motion OF dissent Again |
urged her. She shook her head pettishly.
"Ah I forgot where you have been for
gmonths.n said the second tourist, laughing,
''ont OF tho pale OF civilization and news
papers We'll. FerrRnd was murdered shot
deadY' If..
"Phnippa, dearest. come, l implore YOU"
/ whispered.
1t was too latel The look on her face told
me that nothing would now move hsr-
nothing. She would hear tho dreadful
truth. told perhapI with distorted detnila
! groaned In wnrdly. Tho moment ! Ind 80
long dreaded had come. II | dragged her
away by force-if | Interrupted the speak
ers-what good could IL doi She had hoard
enough. She would force mo to tell her the
rest. l could only pray that she would in
no way associate herself with tho mans
death.
"Murderedi Poor fellow Who murder.
ed himr I heard tho first speaker say.
mo one knows He was shot dead on n
country roadside just us that fearful snow
storm Of last wintsr began. 1t seems almost
Incredible. but tho snow drifted over him,
and until Il melted the crime was not dis
toNtTrn- III No lubaFNuA tuo uiuTuhTtI hhuf
OF course, got Glenn away"
"Poor devili never heard any good Of
him. but what an endr'
| was not looking ut the speakers. l was
noting every change in my wife's face. 1
saw tho color fly from her check. I saw her
lips and throat working convulsivsly, as
though she was trying to nrticulAte. saw
her dark brows contract as in anguish. l
know that she was clasping her bands To-
gether, rs was her way when ngitatsd. Sud
denly she turned her eyes to mine,
and In her eyes was. n look OF horror
which told me that the very worst had
come to pass-that the dread which had
hauntod me was realizedi Then, with a low
moan. she sank white and sonseless on my
shoulder.
Though In n whirl OF despair, / believe
that / assumed n kind OF mechanical calm.
/ seem 10 remember that the two English
tourists offered their assistnnce; that, as we
bore Philippa 10 al e~xtomporized couch in
the Smallest and coolest place We could find.
l smiled. and attributed my wife's fainting
fit 10 the heatof the sun, the smell OF engines,
or something OF that kind. Little did those
young men guess what their chance words
had wrought Little could they think that
in speaking Of Sir MervYn Forrand's death
they had, perhaps, wrecked the happiness
OF two lives. My heart was fun Of grief and
fear. but 4 believe l bore myself bravely.
In spite OF such restoratives as We could
eusinistor, Phnippa's swoon lasted for n
sonsl,arable time. / troubled httlo about
lnne mo Indeed, 70 me II seemed we'll that
sineopo srpld have suporyenod. and, for a
she, oahnn@ the dreadful memories which
nau 10 suueenly .nvaded her brain. Could
most have Wished th ssn possible I would al;
continue until we roact-I Snssnda ~, a.
was not TO be 20. By anu nv she Sighed
deeply, and her eyes opened N,nscionsnass
md all its dreaded sequence was - anco
more. inv
Ispoko 70 her, but she made no reply. d..
turned her eyes from mine; she summed my
gaze; she even seemed to shrink from the
touch OF my hand. During tho remainder
OF that dreary journey not one word passed
her lips. She lay with her face turned to
the sido OF tho vessel, needless OF tho curious
Chances from fellow-passcngers, needless OF
my whispered words Of love; needless of all
save her own thoughts-thoughta which led
h0r. l trombled to picture whittier.
Through an those long sultry hours, while
the wretched Steamboat plowod lite way up
the broad muddy stream, ! sat beside her,
trying TO find some way out of our sorrow.
Alasl every road was stopped by the i'm
passable obstacle OF Philippa's knowledge OF
what she had done. For she knew it, ! was
certain That look In her eyes bad told me
so much The duration OF her insanity had
been so short that | could gather no comfort
from tho fact that by some merciful ar
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