The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1888-05-12

tortured her-to hide with her bruised snd
broken heart from all the world.
Ingot left to call Sarah, whose brother
had arrived and taken his place in the SICK
room.
1Miss CAROLS quite broken down. / want
you to put her to bed and keep Der quiet"
be advised, and turned away into Lyman's
den, where he threw himself into an easy
chair before the glowing CRATE. $
at DON'T know how it is, but that girl can
wind me round her little finger when she
likes. I don't begrudge the week it it brings
her to mo willingly, and she'll keep her
word now she's given it. She never prom
ised out and out before, only left the idea
That she gave liz as shoS believed, but now
thero,s not loop-hole left her. Lyman
wasn't quite so bad as I took him to be III
his cold-blooded plotting. The wonder IS,
50 long as he'd made up his mind TO take
that way out of his sorape. that he didn't 40
something in the way Of making restitution
10 Eyerleigh. Hang it all, how am know
but he ditls'
With this new thought in his mind, Mr..
[ngot was no longer quiescent. He spfanS
M and began pacing the room, casting une
sasy and speculative glances about him.
What had Lyman been doing during those
long night hours at the bank? Tho book
keeper had held the opinion hitherto that
the extra work was only meant to keep
down an uneasy conscience, but it occurred
10 him now that he might himself be placed
in an embarrassing position il Lyman had
left confession for Mr.. Everieigb.
He had no scruple about searching the
desk of the injured man. It was easy for
him to invent an excuse for obtaining the
KEYS to it, and five minutes after his search
began q thick envelope, which was adj
dressed to Althea Eyerleigh, lay in his
hands.
"Made up mostly of 1noonshine, but with.
enough Of unpleasant fact in it to make 1T
safer there" he muttered, as ne consigned
the missive which he had opened anu
glanced over, to that bed OF glowing Goals.
This little incident robbed Mr.. lngot OF
the light spirits which Carols concession,
had given him. 1t opened mp problem
which he had not yet contemplated. There
could be no doubt but that Carol would
insist upon making the restitution
when she should recover from the
shock and horror Of the time. Now, the
idea Of wrestling fifty thousand dollars from
Lyman Childcr's unwilling hands had
lngou's former pleasant dreams: and his
brow clouded over at the prospect Of reli1a-
gushing his golden hopes.
"After all, it's the girl want more than
the money!" he unused. Cpd rather have
Carol without it than Miss Eye1'leigh with
it, for al her beauty and pride.''
Through the dark days that followed. In
got remained in the house. Ho took the
reins OF government in his own hanas, and
III every way possible spared the stricken
girl, who had ei'ept baclz to hcr place by her
brothers bedside, only leaving it when he
came and led her away, commanding the
rest CT the refreshment which she never
seemed to feel the need Of herself
What was she thinking Of as she sat
t1iora through the long, weary days, far into
the gruesome nights, with her lnournful eyes
resting always on the face Which. pressed
the pillow, now pale and drawn with pain,
now flushed with fever and wild with de-
liliu1n, as the sick IMAM raTelL and tossed in
che grip Of tho fever 1iend? There was no
sign to tell, but q weight. like lead lay upon
her heart
Only once had there come any thing like
a CLEAN Of consciousness or reason to Ly-
man, and then waking out OF y titful stunt
Der, he fixed his burning eyes upon her,
with a wistful smile trembling OF his lips
''Why, sis, what q time you've been COM
ing TO 1ne,'' he murnured, reproachfully.
"I thought you cared more for a fellow.
Oh, there! do you see? He has come back
from the grave---froln the gcave-to punish
me for the trust J. betrayed. Keep off;
tell you. keep OFT"
He sorai1Ey up i'll the bed, screaming ana
waving back the specter which his fcyered
hands to his breast fell back heavily, swoon-
ing, Carol thought, but i'll moment more
he began babbli1lg with only low and then
an Ineligible WORD or sentoace,
Edson---Edson Confound tho young
jackanapes! why must he rake up that pack
age. You can't have her; Ingot--I]l die first.
You'll find every thing made straight, Mr..
Everleiyt. I tell you, it isn't stealing whe.1
d IMAM only takes his own"
And SO on and so on for hours at q stretch.
while the restless head rolled, and then he
would relapse into stupor which had little
rest in it. The doctor was Of the oplnion
that bis fever was not I'D much the result OF
hiS wound ;.s ct some intense mental strain
or nervous shock which preceded it.
"There was Ito injury to the head. you
see. This brain fever would have had him
in it's clutches in day Or two more, j.
fancy, had there been nc other trouble, and
If he dies can't conscientiously swear that
the wound killed him." he conhded to In
got.
"You think he will die, then2'' ="
"There's no telling. he stands e. chance,
unless blood-poisoning sets ID. He seems
to have been q young man OF exemplary
habits, and that much is in his fayor''
lngot made the most CT this report to
Carol, who never asked a. question. She
knelJ down by this bedside after he left
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