Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-11-08
A FAMILY AFFAIR.
BY HUGH CONWAY.
CHAPTER XXXII.
DTTnGT-En

For hours and hours Mrs. Miller re-
manned bliSsfully ignorant of the fact that
the wheels which were bearing her to her
destination bore Also sorrow and ruin in
the person of Maurice lie:vey.
But sometime after the train had left
the Paris and Lyons station Sarah opened
the door of her comfortable compartment
and in the narrow gangway of the train
came full upon Maurice Hervey. He was
smoking and watching the flying landscape
through the glass windows at the side Of
the narrow passage He turned looked
at Sarah, and laughed in cruel merriment
as he saw her gaze of horri ed surprise.
~ ou' she gasped. You have follow
ed me. "
. very step since you left my humble
abode, my dear Sarah. ~
Sic turned and re-entered tie
compartment she had left. llerve
followed her and with laugh
threw himself down on the seat neares,
the door. The train was not full, and the
conn artmentS were small ones, SO it hap
pened that the two people were alone.
oh. yes, Sarah, " he said jeeringy; 81
followed you, and | shall never leave
your Il c until you lead me to my beloved
wife. It's no good thinking you can give
me the slip. TO ave trouble l may tell
you l know you are going to Munich.
What clever woman you are, Sarah. |
am so much Obliged to you"
She wrung her hands convulsively
then covered her face and mOaned. She
had acted, a she thought for the best
but this mans craft had overcome her
Her mistress was to be made to suffer and
through her. Through the one who
would willingly sacrifice body and soul to
save her from pain.
don't be sulky, Sarah, ;" said Hervey.
1.-THE games up now, you may as well
give in. Here, make yourself useful and
fill my pipe. can't use this COMPOUNDED
right arm of mine. "
She took no notice If his request but
presently she raised her head and looked
at him.
'Be warned, she said, in low tones.
"Once more, / say, be warned in time.
Leave this train at the next station. Fly
while you cam"
lie laughed scornfully, 'Now is it
likely? he said.
She made no further appeal. She sunk
back into stony silence, and from that
time no remark, no question, no taunt of
the mans cOul draw a word from her
thin lips. Hour after hour went by and
Sarah Miller sat in her corner motionless
and silent as a statue.
No food had passed her lips since she
left London. All de ire to eat had left
her when she FIRST caught sight OF Her.
vey's hateful form. Her hands were hot;
her veins eemed full of fever, and now
and again a mist seemed to close round
her, from which she emerged only to see
once more the cruel face of her tormentor.
So the hours went by.
Hervey had food sent into the carriage.
Id l,f al a. la int
walls with brandy and water He bought
cigars, smoked them. and grumbled at
their badness Sometimes he rose, walked
out into the cangway and stretched his
legs, but he kept keen watch on the
woman. Not a second time would he fail
from lack of vigilance. For amusement
he now and again tainted his companion,
and his ieers apparently unnoticed, drove
her to the verge OF desperation. Her
hands grew hotter, her pulses beat with
fiercer rapidly.
Shortly after leaving Stuttgart the
stewart 10 Ike in and in broken English
suggested hat the beds should le pre-
pared. Mrs. Miller shook her head, and
signified taat she had no wish to retire to
rest. Heryey ordered more b andy and
also declined the pro Fered couch. The
steward wished that he could have the
and the time to occupy it, shrugged his
shoulders, an withdrew. The travellers
were once more alone, In less than five
hours the journey would be at an end.
Suddenly wave OF inspiration flooded
the poor woman's harassed brain, An
inspiration which made all things clear as
day. A strange brilliancy shone in her
eyes In a flash she saw. or believed she
saw, to what end these things were lead
ing. Gods hand was at wok.
Once or twice she turned and looked at
her companion, and by the same strange
fancy which had before seized her, per-
suaded herself that the something which
she imagined she saw In his face and
which betokene approaching death,
grew more and more distinct. She felt
no pity for the man nor would she have
dared to attempt second warning; but
she gazed on him with kind OF awe,
raised by the thought that In brief
space of time this wretched creature
would be lying in the place appointed for