, 1888-09-30

himself When | knew him to te at some
distance | half opened my eyes. and saw
to my horror that he appeared to be try
ing 70 open the window Suddenly he
desisted. and | heard him murmur. No.
this side won't do ! want her to fall
into the moat and then he won't find her
The bedroom windows the one
He turned his steps toward the bed.
room. which adjoined.
sprang 10 my feet. gained the door
which opened into the hall. as supposed.
and found myself in a long, dark CORR
dor Down this | ran until reached a
narrow staircase leading upward Ag
ouizing fear len wings to my feet.
gained the upper floor. and went swiftly
down u long corridor which ran the length
Of the opposite wing Of the house, hoping
to find some maid servants door ajar. for
it was impossible TO leave the house in my
present dress. or rather. undress
Fortune favored me. At the far end
was a large closet. or. more properly.
a.nall room. around the walls OF which
were hung the servants Sunday dresses
| appropriated one of these. a black shawl
and plain bonnet. the veil of which would
serve to mask me well.
| felt no fear as | glided down the three
long flights of oaken steps which led to
the back entrance hall. and in ten min
utes gained the high road which skirted
the park walk. | set out bravely for
my three miles walk to NJ. where |
could take the earliest train for London.
Here | knew could dispose Of one of my
p~lainest rings to pay my fare to the city
In M posted one line to my mother
When | can forgive you" wrote, you
shall see me again"
My disappearance was hushed up. but p.
afterward learned hat Lord Silurian. my
mother and one other moved heaven and
earth to find me. Two handsome rings.
by which | might have been traced, sold
Immediately in London. and long before
the money | thus gained was exhausted
! had been introduced by a young woman
who lodged in the same house with me to
q manufacturer of artificial flowers He
gave me work, and thus | lived. if such
an existence can be called living. for three
years
Strange to say, my landlady came from
near Limestone Towers. and through her
| learned that the Silurian heir was gen
orally supposed to be queer at times.
and always dull. brutal and heavy, that
his unfortunate mother had been mad for
years. and that some poor young lady haG
finally married Lord Trenton, but had left
him the next day never to return.
One evening. more weary and down
hearted than usual. | was dragging my
tired limbs slowly homeward after the
days work, when a passing hanson
stopped suddenly. from which sprang u
young man, who seized my arm, crying
Thank God, Olive, you are ound at
last"
1t was Jack Beaumont. Jack, good,
dear, handsome as ever
"Oh. Jack" | cried, breaking down ano
sobbing pitifully; tell me all about them,
mamma and the girls. only don't tell them
where an else they will want me to go
back to LORD Silurian, and | can rcver
forget him. never"
"Old scoundrell | should think not.
But he ant modest you. dear Olive: now
that his miserable son is dead he has no
more authority over you than | have"
Dead! Jack, | cried.
Yes. three months ago. All, Olive,
naughty girl to hide from me, If YOU
knew how | nave suffered"
On my twenty first birthday l became
Mrs. John Beaumont. My mother to this
day thinks herself the aggrieved party;
and has to remember that my purchase
money enabled her to find suitable hus.
bands for all her girls before she can for
give me for refusing to profit by her ex-
cellent bargain.-The Evening Wisconsin.