Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-07-12
AUNT AND Niece,
OR. a.
The Mistress Of
HazelWOOd.
BY GERALD CARLTON.
CHAPTER XlV--Continued.

VIII pressed the mans hand, and stag
gered away from the hotel.
From the road he glanced piteously at the
VII There was one which had its
blinds drawn.
Was the blind hiding the dying Emily or
stranger?
He returned to the station. Wild as he
was he had the sense to properly employ
the time which must elapse be fore he could
be allowed to satisfy himself.
lie went to the telegraph office, and sent
three messages to London lone to Mrs.
Graham, one to Jack, addressed to the in
surance office, and another to him, ad-
dressed to his lodgings in Camberwell.
The wording of each of the kilograms
was the same:
Telegraph here. Did Emily start for
E junction this morning at 11:55.
Answer paid"
One or two answers would in all likeli-
hood arrive after he had satisfied himself
II the answer said no." all would be we'll;
II the answer said yes" and the young
woman lying at the hotel proved to be not
Emily, there would be only one conclusion
to come to, namely-that Emily was the
young woman who had received slight ex-
ternal injuries, and disappeared.
He questioned the station master and a
cabman. and with this result:
They had both seen girl between eigh-
teen and nineteen, with a slight wound on
her forehead and kerchief bound round
her head. emerge from the ticket office,
crying, and apparently expecting some
one.
They could not describe her; she was
decently dressed. The cabman had seen an
elderly woman accost her, and minute
afterward, the two driving away in a car :
riage. He could not say whether they knew
each other; but he rather fancied they did
not-that the elder woman had simply taken
compassion on the young one, and kindly
offered her shelter.
Neither the station master nor the cab
man had seen either of the two before.
faint hope illumined Will Tryfoils
mind.
He returned to the hotel less wildly,
and waiter showed him into the coffee
room.
The hotel keeper and one Of the doctors
entered Immediately afterward
Poor Will almost smiled.
1 think have been Mistaken" he said,
his voice trembling; but"
The doctor interrupted him.
There was positively no hope, he replied.
Less than an hour would end his patients
sutferings. There was nothing left to do
she had been delirious, but was perfectly
conscious now-she was past feeling pain;
it would be well to withdraw as quickly as
possible after he had satisfied himself that
the young lady was not the one he sought;
on the other hand, his presence would do
no harm. All was virtually over.
He followed the doctor noiselessly up the
hotel stairs.
They stopped outside the door of the
dying girl.
Hope was powerful within Willis breast.
The doctor placed his finger on his lips
You know the young lady you are seek
ing very Intimately" he whispered.
Will nodded
"Then You will know before seeing the
poor child whether she is the one you seek.
have said she has been delirious During
her delirium she repeated several times the
name of apparently some dear friend OF
relative"
What was the name?" gasped Tryfoil. in
. hoarse whisper.
The doctors hand was on the knob of the
door, and he smiled sadly as he answered:
"Will?"