The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-12-25

CHAPTER v
Two wears elanseI and there was no news
Of the missing Mr. Munro Letter. arrived
frequently from different parts Of America
from Mr. Bob Sudden. who eyidently found
Lf. task to h. more difficult than DO lad sup
d sci America vas large continent. and
IL was not -0 easy o. find one particular man
upon TO- Poor Lucy amused herself b. read
inc books aud pelusing maps SHE liked CO.
wonder IL George were tlere-Ol there ana
what sort OF place it was she arra%sed al
~ Bob Studdaus letters of Intelligence ih
chronological order and compared them viii
ns books afd the maps. aut SD traced hs
procre,s She always know when nn Ameil
can letter arrived boy Ala instinct for Which
size ua.s Of u los % account herself but TO-
ali flies. sources ol consolation. for all bel
mothers and fathers solicltude, she grew
weaker and weaker. She took no AIR but IL
an invalid chair Her father walked by hen
SIDE grave and detected Steadily shad
ows took posi- ssion OF the bankers house
They fitted on the windows, fingered on the
staircascs and hung about tine passage and
the good folks Of Bramlingdon looked sal ~
they passed the bankers over which. as over
those It contained, there hung th- sanctiiy o.
a great sorrow.
Two long. long years and two long. long
months Lucy waited and hoped, each dag
her pale check growing paier, and her Ign,
form LIGHTER. and toward Christmas She Wa
Unable ~ be lifted from her bel Dr Top
ham said that he had exhausted he resource
of bis science. and when tho poor girl turned
faverishly, and with a slight access OF de
lrium. asked for the fftioth time II Their
were no news, the doctor beckonei the banker
and MS wife from the SICK room and said:
Two am idea This cannot last long she
must be quoted somehow. She keeps ask
ing for news. now news from America
would quiet her and She might sleep.
1--WE have no news, said the single minded
banker
NO replied the doctor, but ne can
make some"
Make somel'
"Fabricato it-invent IT, Don't You seer
20 DOCTOR remarked the fearful mother,
ito deceive a poor creature on the threshold
Of death
TO snatch her from death said Dr. Top
ham. 1T must be done. It Is tue last
chance. We mist write letter from stud
den this very night"
But-but-but-iti Is forgery " stsmnered
tn banker
Besides" said Mrs Dawbarn. Lucy
knows slr Studdsns hand and always ex
am.res the envelopes
Then, said the doctor, I'VE must do 1t by
telegraph
"yelegnphr
"Ycs. In q few minutes you VIII receive
n TELEGRAM from Mr. Bob Sudden, saying
that he has Just arrived al Liverpool With
with . companion.
Who'll send it,
CT viii, % said the doctor.
"But when-whc1 she finds that Studdsi
Il not in England-what thenf
I'VE must think OF something else, sal.
the undaunted Topham. Tho case Is ces
perate. and something desperate must b
tried. Go and talk 70 her, Mrs Dawrsrn
and III send tho telegram
With o strong feeling of conscious gull
Mr. and Mrs Dawbsrn put into their daugn
ter's hand o telegram containing these words
From Robert Sudden, Adelphi Hotel, Liv
ernooi. 10 Charles Dawtarn, BramAngdon
II have lust arrived in Liverpool hav
news a. Mr. II. hops to be ia Branding
don by THURSDAY
Lucy read the telegram and sat up ID he
bed.
nHe's come, mamma she said, and be
eves flashed and her cheeks flushed Ii
lauded in England this norning-I fels b
dld-about 0 o'clock. II, will be here soon
/ George will-very soon--very soon. Mamma
please tell Eliza to put out my lilac trock. L
+ lied lilac-and 70 come and do my hair
/ nd-and-and-tel Eliza 20 come 70 me
and l can tell her what I want myself
The father and mother exchanged glance
that said: Hero is the consequence OF on
/ deception What can be done nextT In
/ thought had hardly been interchanged o'
/ forea smart rap was heard az the street dool
and n servant came IN with another tel'
graphic dispatch, which ran thus;
1From r. Sudden, Adelphi Hotel, Liver
rool. 70 c. Dawbarn, Dramlingdon.
'Just arrived here with Mr.. Munro. Sha
start by night train, leaving here at Isl
~ and SELF will be at Bramlingdon to-mol
row. Telegraph back
"How absurd Of Iopham TO send two te'
rralns!n said Mr. Dawbarn, when be and b
gife were alone, "as if ono would not brin
mischief enough He must be mad
DIR Topham entered the house, and II
ouirad how his plan had succeeded.
"Oh, Lucy is very much delighted and as
tated, answered Lucy's faiAsr. What v
shall do with her when sho finds the mes
not true, do not know. But, Topham, VII
the deuce did you send two telegramsP
"Twor echoed Topham 81 only sent one
"Ycs, you did"
"No, didn't
sYes, you did. Here II Is"
Tho doctor looked at the second TELEGRAM
and said, IL didn't SIND this
''Nol Who Them
"By Joysl He did Sudden, nsa'
Dawbarn, hex comet he's GOMEZ only q
ticipated the truth. 1t was medical insI
ratiou--and my patient viii yscovsr"