Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-10-25

Mary. who ia 10 stay 8 hcuss'
| came % 10 The bed-room stlef ms
"Isupposs, dear, i would no. ~ =
let the poor thing havs ; Ponna o. ae'
in advance, would ~" she asked ''m'
idly.
"Csrtainly not, +" replied promptly.
IL she had wanted IL, she could have
ssked for Il. Besides, hew do we Know
she does want itg She had left herself
something to fall back upon, to judge
from what she said just now"
Nv sister made no further remark.
sh. vent TO the wardrobe and got out
INV bonnet and cloak for me; but she
did not wait, remember, Is she some
times would, to help me put them on.
but went through 10 the dressing-room,
which was more particularly her own.
She had . little cabinet in there IN
which she kept her drcss-money--we
were always most particular to keep
our pirate accounts apart from those
Of the school--and knew tho click OF
the key In the lock quite we'll. 1t was
idle to say anything. knew that
too.
By and by I heard her rustling softly
down stairs, and before l set out my
self saw Nine. Laurie, water-proofed
and yelled rs she had been on the night
of her arrival, let herself out at the
garden-gate, and start at brisk psce
in the direction Of the shops.
III.
We were twenty minutes walk from
the station a. Inglewood House. If |
have not yet mentioned that we lived in
the suburbs, must be permitted to re-
pair that omission now--in which su-
burb never mind. 1t was described in
the prospectus as the pleasantest about
town, and the healtbiest, being upon
gravel soil and lying high, but do rot
care to particularize it here. We
walked faster than usual that after
noon--the girls, about dozen ofthem-
Miss CrisDin, the English goyerness,
and myself. The air was clear and
bright, the kind OF day on which it was
easy to step out; this, for one thing;
for another, we were rather late. l
should think Nine. Laurie had been
gone about q quarter Of an hour.
Just before YOU came to the station
at that time there was big blank
wall, covered with posting bills; and
as we arrived at it that day, or, rather,
as our advance guard did, they found
quite crowd collected round some
body who had been taken i'll, and was
being put into o cab. The road was
blockaded up partially, not entirely.
There was room for the girls to pass,
and could not understand their stop
ping. The breach of discipline was
explained when | got up to them. The
lady who was being packed of home,
having just recovered herself sufficiently
to give her address, wa Sladame Laurie.
Elsie Tanner, one of the two in front,
had caught sight o! her face and been
too much startled and too sympathetic
TO 60 on.
"Oh, Miss Mary, you can't think
what she looked like She looked
like DEATH" the girl said afterward,
describing it to my sister.
made them all stand on one side
and wait while went up to the cab
door and spoke to her, the policeman
who had come to her assistance assuring
me, as did so, that it was wonder
she had not been run over, as they had
found her swooning, half on the pave
ment, half on the road. The only person
who had seen her fall was child Of
twelve or thirteen, who said she was
not walking at the moment, but stand
ing looking at the colored pictures and
reading, and that suddenly she had
given little cry and fallen backward.
There had been nobody else on the
spot. apparently, five minutes before;
but now there was the inevitable crowd,
pushing and pressing. and craning their
necks for a look at the sufferer, as
though they had never seen sick
woman before. No wonder she looked
scared as well as i'll.
| was hesitating whether to send Miss
Crispin back with her-she assured me
the faintness was nearly over, and
and that she was liable to attacks Of it,
and soon got the better of them
when Elsie put in an eager request that
/ would intrust her with her charge
and, seeing that the girl really wished
it, and that the distance was so short, |
consented. 1t was we'll somebody
should be sorry for the poor thing and
ready to help her, and | was
ashamed of myself for the irri-
tation which possessed me with
her for having made scene in
the street. seemed to have neither
heart nor conscience where Nine. Laure
was concerned but there would be no
lack of pity when once she got home
to Mary. So | let Elsie get in with
her, and watched them driven off to-
gether, not altogether happy or salts
fed in my own mind either with my
self or her. The people who had gath
cred about her, and who had been
watching open-eyed all that was going
on, began to dispense; and | was once
more setting my party in motion, when
one Of the bystanders ran after me
with brown-paper parcel. The lady
bad dropped it. So said the child who
had been the only witness of her sud-
den seisure.
"Yes, Miss Moffatt, it does belong to
madame" one Of the girls said, as |
hesitated about taking it; 81 noticed
her with it when she was coming down
stairs it was too big to fit comfortably
under her arm. Should you like me to
take it for you, or could not we leave
it somewhere?
Decidedly l agreed it would be bet
ter to leave it somewhere, and we did
leave it accordingly at the little linen
draper's opposite the station, where
they not only took it in, but yolun-
taarad 20 oapd II IN IN tho honca for 1rc