Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-10-10
ENGAGED IN HASTE.
BY MISS NJ. e. BRApDoN.
CHAPTER MI.

good thing for Grace and EVERYDAY 81,
II this young adyenturer were TO die: bu
as an honest, God-fearing man. weldo
Stnkely knew that it was his duty to II
and save hiEI. He walked home quickl,
not much the worse for the sacrifice of hi
ulster, thC1gh it WIS a sharp Octobe
morning tie entered the hall with th
air of MAJ who had been for a stroll i
the gardens just as the eight-dsy cloc
was striking 2.
No gong sounded for meals in this tim
of trouble. All noises in the house wer
hushed, save the musical chime of tn
clocks.
Dora Darnel was coming down-stair
with her key basket on her arm lik
a jailer.
What is the last reportf" asked tn
colonel, when he had wished her good
morning.
The night nurse says there is an i'm
provement, but am always afraid to trusi
these people" added Dora, as if all hire
hngs were yipers. However, Mr. Fried
ricson was TO be here to-day, and we shall
get the truth from him"
Has Penwern started on his mission
YETI asked the colonel, trying to seem
careless
iic "Sht out AT . lnls morning..
Good, thought the colonel; lit must be
10 before he can be at Mrs. Jaker's with
the warrant"
The famous London surgeon was to be
at Darnel at IL that day; and was TO ex-
tract the bullet, if he saw his way TO , er-
forming that operation safely Lady Dar-
mel knew that this day was to be one of
crisis in her husbands fate, Before the
dAN she txnull
whether he was to be spared or lost to her;
whether joy or despair was to be her DOR
ton. She awaited the issue in silent
agony. She would not leave her room ex-
cept TO creep into the corridor and crouch
listening on the grouni outside her hus-
bands door. She would see no one except
nurses and doctor.
The nurses favorable account OF last
night was the first gleam of hope,
you think he will get better nowf" shs
said, clasping the woman's hand you
believe that we shall save him."
Il couldn't undertake to say SO much as
that. my lady, but Sir Allan certainly had
much q quieter night" the woman
answered calmly.
When Mr.. Friedricson and the local
doctor came upstairs they found Lady
Darnel standing in the corridor. neatly
dressed in her gray cloth gown and linen
collar, beautiful, calm as a statue; but
there was a straiued look about her eyes
and forehead, a restlessness in the muscles
OF the mouth which told the great surgeon
how her nerves were racked, her mind
distracted by fear
The two medical men were closeted in
the sick room for more than an hour
Lady Darnel and Grace and Dora waiting
In the corridor all the time They stood in
a little group at the further end of the :
corridor, not daring to lie near the sick |
room lest they should be in the way at |
some critical moment Both the nurses |
were in attendance. Everything had been !
prepared for the operation. There was no |
rushing in and out, there were no sudden |
unforeseen requirements, no confusion.
There was only intense and agonizing
anxiety for those who watt he'd and listened
without.
AT last the door opent Lady Darnel
rushed toward it, white as death. She
met the famous surgeon, a man of tall,
figure, a man who looked a
tower of strength in the hour of calamity.
Her lips moved as she looked up at him
but no sound came from
them.
do not agitate yourself, my dear Lady
Darnel; everything has gone most
tavorably. We have extracted the bullet
There is every reason for hopefulness."
Praise be to God" she cried ferveutly.
May go to my husbandr May stay \
With him and help them TO nurse him,"
Not Yet, Lady Darnel. II is more than {
,ver necessary that he should be kept
luiet" |
But l am pining to see him. 1t has /
'een such a weary time. / should be so
luiet. believe he would be happier if t
we're there. Has he not asked for mes" 3
He is hardly conscious at present The |
ever is much abated, the deIirium much
nilder, but he is not in his right senses /
et. When he is he will be sure to ask
or you" f
Unless he is strangely changed" said
'lsre, with touch of bitterness. q
She knew not what trouble might wait L
or her in the future, even when her dear
ne was snatched from the jaws of death. q
-He must be kept veey quiet; he must
ee no one except his nurses for the next c
ew days. We have every reason to believe |,
hat all will go we'll" d
Every reason" murmured the local b
"
@But in such a critical case there is no J
uch thing as certainty. The uttermost r
are will be required, said Mr.. Friedric- c
On o
This was all. But, oh, how much it was |,
D be able to hope Ii
After breakfast the colonel had an inter "
lew with his valet, and between them they z
lade out plan for the disposal of Victor (,
q EQrnillar Tho z-alar had an old 10
he spoke of her as an accident in his life t;
who lived in a pretty little street off o
'lington Green, and who let lodgings TO e,
ngle gentlemen. There had been a
earth of single gentlemen lately, or a
ather the supply had all been absorbed L
y the musical families who had tennis Ia
WINS and bathrooms and agreeable a
aughters, and who eked out Somerset -
.ouse incomes by psriial-boarding single d
entlemen: 50 that the Wallets old mother ST
ad TO bemoan the emptiness of her W
,oms. IA
"She cooks for them and does for them -
etter than they can be done by in your h
labby genteel musical families" said the "
alet; -but they're all alike, taken by a bit
show-a few flowers and fal-lals about cl
he rooms, and young lady to play the p
ano TO them" q
Ii was settled that NicoIls, the valet, Il
lould take Camillac to his mothers b
1use, hire a nurse for him, call in a lii
,ctor and put him in a fair way of re- h,
very. h
The colonel had his own ideas about G.
citing the young man out of England so dl
on as he should be well enough to be q
1t on board ship; but there vas no occa- h,
on TO discuss those ideas with Nicolls
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