Telegram-herald., 1886-08-29

ghe parcel ifom ttS sit a ara ~4s ttal WITCH
concerned nae mosi deeply. Aes. ! rfnleln-
uersd lhs large. square euysiqpe DAISY had
lsea - hen sas wroie g. us. and serosS the
tstle ! coasa even l1entlfy uy darlugs
A4nd.sriti..-.
aasli nat take my syes ~ Branksaaaes
face as Le 4ead the lafter-iile fFst which -
- aao1 lt Was nQs very lals. tgt evidently
j gave tle docier saIus tLln1 o. Ftiiocf
upou he Geal IT ia secoud time ali ap-
parentf plH1erel iis coatenis carefully la
his oen mad. oaadsl4ly hs leekei az and
caught my eyes hxed ll-euUy upaa lial
-Ahl he sal3 nltl q sn.lie - c-n untsr-
stand hou much YEA must NlsA O. sss what
Daisy has written Nsl thare are ne
secrets. 81 FAR as 1 can sae. NliieA nesd pfs-
vent you reading hsr lvlter, and hs tosss'd
II lightly across 20 ine
Il was written in q tone ~ affection and
eouhGeace and II 1.ted some 81 TIE events
which had AaIrsasa az tae hall sinee brank
some left As tle lsiieT had been Vrltlos
only some three or four days after his ae-
parrure DAISY had uci much % tell blt
70 ms surprise and relief tbs news she tod
80 tar az il concerned herself. Was god
Her uncle she said had altered consider
atty during the last Two or three dayS
marked his teinpes Tor some time had al
most entirely disappeared -He is becoming
more like las dear cid self and hs no longer
treats NE ia the strange. cruel way ia wh4ch
he did al first @, ] DO pray So earnestly
that this happy change may oonuuue 0o1
grant that he NAV yet give me hack has love
and that tae cloud which has arisen beisv, en-
Us NAV pass away. You know. dear doctor.
what mean when say that-or rather yoS
know what l do not mean ] shall never
prove untrue T. Mr. fenton / have prom
ised him o. h. faithful, and though 1 may
never marry az ali, / shall never marry any
but him"
My eyes sparkled with delight as read
the dear words / could t-l that both
Branksome and Fosdy ke were watching me.
but J could not restrain the smile ~ Joy that
broke upon my lips.
~Where can he be-" she continued 4 ana
surprised that ] should not have beard from
him again. and sometimes ! fear that be is
IA. OF that some misfortune of another kind
has befallen him. " hen you return 70
England 90 beirend' me. dear doctor. and
try 10 ascertain where he is. ] am forcsa 20
trust every ything in your hands now. You
viii not desert Us bathf" There was post
cript 10 the letter which ] confess / read
with little interest compared with that with
which ! perused those passages that more
Immediately concerned myself. IL ran as
follows:
Il should have told You sooner that my
uncle has not been very well 81 late He
has not had the doctor again, however. he
is taking the medicine the doctor prescribed
when be first saw him y
III
to keep this letter, in which there SO
much that had the deepest interest for me.
But l was disappointed When he saw that
! had read il through he held out his hand
and received it from me.
"Now, Mr.. Fenton." he said presently, Il
am going 10 reason with you. Daisy's letter
proves, think, that Mr., Mauleverer is re-
covering his senses. You, who have seen
him when in his ordinary state OF mind,
must know how gentle and amable be Is
when free from mental excitement or dis
turbance. / want to plead with you for his
forgiveness. Can yon not see that when he
is himself again there viii be no man living
who viii be more Mortified at the thought Of
the outrage Of which he has made you the
victim than he viii bei'
l assentel 10 what Branksome said
"Wen. then, be generous 10 him Remem-
| Der his close connection with Daisy, and for
| give him for his conduct not merely by
word Of mouth but in your inmost heart
Il am quite ready TO do that; indeed, /
| thought / had already done 50.
| "No, there is only one way IN which you
can show at this moment that YOU are not
unforgiving That is by remaining on the
yacht. Yes. | see that you do not like the
| suggestion, hut before YOU reject il consider
one or two points First, then. YOU viii un-
questionahly show magnanimous spirit
which can hardly fail 10 impress Mr.. Mau-
| leverer in vOnr favor when be RECEIVERS en-
tirely from the excitement from which DC
has lately suffered. n xt. YOU viii be COM
| PLYING VITA what l know under such cir
| cumstances would be Daisy's wish DO you
not see in her letter how she recommends
| you 10 my protection' Wei, I am ready q
| protect you, SO far as I can do SO. IL you viii
follow my advice Lastly. I believe that
you will be- able to get to England sooner
by remaining with US than 10y any other
! way"
l waveTed-and was lost The truth is
that had no grievance against Brank-ome
or Fosdyle The former l had learned to
ike immensely and 10 trust entirely. The
latter was one 81 the most amusing Of com
panions Ii was unpleasant no doubt, 10 re
fleet upon the fact that Flinier was one OF
the company on board the vessel But he
had carefully kept out Of my way since my
release. and the ship was large enough 70 per-
NIT him 70 avoid me entirely If be wished n
do So ! took the outstrotchei hand a
Branksome and declared that woud finish
my voyage as I had begun il, on board fhe
| Golden Hawk.
Three DAYS we lay in the harbor az Boio
This is not a story Of Arctic travel. and
therefore ] shall not dwell uDon the move.
and interesting sights which I witnessed
during cur STAY in the little port Neither
| ihe novelty nor the interest 81 the thing.
| however, prevented mv rejoicing openly
when az last we started on our return ionr
new Thirty-six hours after quitting bpds
we were at anchor ia the port of Ironihiem
the ancient capital of Norway
We were not 20 remain long here. bu'
there was time. Dr. Branksome told me. G,
see the grand old cathedral Of St Olaf, and
the other sights OF the place Accompanies
by Brsnksone and Fosdyke ] went through
the wide streets 81 the quaint old city. Tbs
first place we visited was the pOstofiice
There was a batch Of letters here for Fos
dyke and one or two FOR Brsnksome. But
there was no further news from Great
Iorton.
sI.et rs 20 to the Hotel d'AnEleterre." said
Fosdyke. when we had done cur sightseeing
at the cathedral Suppose that we lunch
there. and have look AZ the newspapers.
eBv all means was the simultaneous "a
Div q Branksorno ana myself. and hefors