Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-08-30
Ierself guided TO act tor the best.

Beatrice, who had some msg wings ON the
score OF allowing har faithful servant tp
make So long journey unprotected had
carefully loDkcl up rou es AMI trains She
fauGiei that Sarah would travel In greater
ease and safety If she went to Eng land via
Paris 10y the great through express train
which runs across Europe from CCnstan-
tinople To- Paris, stopping only two or three
times in each country which 1t traverses
SO Mrs. Miller Travelled in such luxury as a
railway train can offer.
She reached London without any mishap.
Here she went to frieuAs, the one to whose
care Beatriccs correspondence had been IN.
trusted After nights rest bal dispelcd
the fatigue of the journey she began the first
part of her misson--that of finding Maurice
Hervey.
THE task was simple one. She inquired
until she ascertancd where the register of
ticket of leave men rcsidcn! in Lpnion was
kept; then, upon applying at the propsr
office and satisfying the authorities that she
sought the man for no evil purpose the ad-
dress was given her. Sh9 took cab and
drove straight to it.
Hervey, who had by efiuxiop of means
been thrown from the lap of luxury on to
the hard floor Of tare existence, was housed
in what was little more than garret. In
deed the money which Mr.. Field paid him
on behalf of Frank Carruthars was the one
plank between him and starvation He had
parted with his rings anl ether valuableS
All that he could call his own was a decent
suit of clothes Tnis he hal clung to tena-
ciously, knowing that il it comes to- beg
glng, a fairly dressed man has a better
chance Of awak ming sympathy than one
who Is in rags and tatters The contrast
between decent broadcloth and empty pock-
cts is so painful that when askci one feels
compelled to do something TO tone il down.
He was sitting in his cheorless, sordid
room, smoking his short pipe and working
out schemes of vengeance and pluuder much
as he had worked them out in his secluded
state in Portland prison He was cursing
his own clumsiness and want Of foresight
as ind ed n cursed them at lea t hundred
times day. He was unwashed and un-
shorn. and his right arm, although nearly
mended, was still in one of those shiny
black slings. Altogether the man was in a
/ condition of body and mind far from envi.
able.
For hours he had been sitting and think
ing of the glorious life he would lead As soon
as he could ascertain the whereabouts of his
wife. Then he would lie able to soar out of
this slough Of poverty, and eat, drink and be
merry. No wonder then Wnen aIter the
ceremony of slight knock, Sarah Miller
opened the door and stood before him. a cry
of absolute joy sprang from his lips. Next
to Beatrice she was the one he most wished
TO see. Now that she was here, Beatrice
must also be accessible His cheek flushed,
his eyes frightened. If the privations which
he had been enduring had at any time urged
him to promise to himself that if good for.
tune brought him again in communication
with his wife his hand should rest lighter
upon her, the thought vanished as his visitor
| crossed the threshold His time of triumph
was at hand, and his one idea was to wiring
| all that could I've wrung from her whose
| youthful folly had linked her life to his. He
felt contempt for her weakness III having
| given him, by sending her servant to seek
him, the chance he so SOrey nee led.
Sarah, with her white, thin face as usual
thrown into strong relief by her sumbre
garb, stepped towards Hervey and stood
| looking at him with that peculiar rapt ex
| preston which at times came over her fea
| lures. As soon as he had recovered from
his surprise AT this unhop,i-for visit, Her
| vey eyei the woman curiously, but for
| while there was silence between them. Still
she continued to gaze and gaze at the man,
| not in anger, not in fear, but as one actu
| ated by motives Of curiosity 1t was a kline
| Of gaze which no one coul BE- expt cted Il
endure for long without showing symptom,
| of imDatieuCp.