Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-07-27
THE GOVERNESS.

CHAPTER VI CONTINUED.

NllAL 1 EIt VI tCGNIlNIEDt.
'.Oh. rubb.sh!'' returned Jack short
". Here, Tremaine," to a Young
fellow near them talking to a pretty
girl. ''let us make up a set;" AMI
as soon as it was arranged he began
playing energetically. but vet was
COnsc Gus of every movement that
other girl in the white and scar eUmade.
each word she uttered, each laugh chat
rang out on the soft summer breeze.
and when he saw her, in trying a.
strike a ball, give an awkward turn
and fall to the ground, he was in IN
instant by her side. '' ct me help yOu
up, he exclaimed Offering his hand
mo; don't touch me, she returned
in low tones. becoming deathlY white
Are you hurt?'' he asked tenderiv,
still bending over her, much to Miss
LangdOn's disgust.
''Yes-nO; that IS, my foot has come
to grief
you are lying on it-makiEg il
worse. Let me lit yOup'
No, p" family Yet firmly; keep
away. don t wish. you TO lOucl me "
THAT q pretty plain peakin@,' he
said with a little panied laugh as he
rose to his feet. lit never struck me
before that 1 was a loathsome reptile. ."
% 3 on may be to some people, she re
tOrted, half wild with pain and wretch
edness.
Thank you.
Captain Drew" turning a pair of
implOring blue eyes on that indiyidul,
please help me up and get me a
/ chair
Are YOU hurt?'' enquired the young
1 man, spr nging to her assistance with
alacrity, and ordering why she re
/ fused NOrbury's aid, for though he
/ could not hear what they said. he saw
/ from her gestures that she declined his
/ help.
Il think so, very family; and then
/ as he lifted herfOr a moment she rested
+ on the foot, and the pain was so eXcru-
! ciating that her head fel back on his
/ shoulder, and she tainted.
Drew was over SIX feet, and proper
/ tiOnately broad, and he fled the light
/ figure with the greatest ease, and bore
/ her rapidly towards the house. Jack
following closely on his heels. and
/ enYYing the privilege of carry
/ inc such a precious burden clasped in
/ his arms
/ Mrs. Morton gave a little affected
! shrek when the young man entered
/ her bUudOiT, ard after Il few words of
/ explanation, had her carried to her
room, while Jack dashed OF for the
! do ter. When he arri ed he pIOnOunc-
ed the injury to be a bad sprain, and
/ ordered MEG not to Sc her foot for at
least a weeS-an order which she
heard with a feeling little short of dis
may, rs she felt she could not do her
/ daily duties by Dorothy. and that ut
first she would not be able to 90 10 Mr..
NOrbury of an evening. But he sent
/ her a kind message, and said she was
M Hn lrr hot hr
/ would be very glad to see her when
/ she was able to 60 to him.
/ This cOmfOrt-d her q little, still she
fretted considerably at not being able
TO minister to his comforts, for she had
grown very fond of the eccentric old
man. and knew he would miss her.
So she tried her hardest to get we'll
/ soon, and on the third daV was assisted
by two of the maids to a small library
on the same floor as her own room, and
there reclining on a sofa, she busted
herself on a smart muslin pinafOre she
was making for OrOthy, and watched
all Mrs Morton guests as they eXerted
themselves to fever heat at tennis.
Every one seemed grouped on the
lawn, and it was therefore with a start
Of surprise that she saw the door open
and ack NOrbury enter, and a sudden
flood Of color dyed her pale cheeks
crimson, and then receding, left them
VIII ter than before.
None of your friends are here, she
said, trying to steady her voice
Il am aware of that" he answered
cOOlly; ''Or { should not have come
here. 1 have watched them 90 out
there, 'nOdding towards the tennis nets.
lone by one, and hearing the coast WAS
quite clear, came up here -
For what?" she asked haughtily.
So or two things To see with my
own eyes how you are getting on after
your accident, and ask YOU to give me
twenty minutes converse. -
''I-I can't do not wish to con-
verse with you for twenty minutes, "
she turned nerTOusly. her ewes wander
ing round the room as though seeking
some means Of escape from him, but
there was none. She could not walk
anu there he stood before her, tall,
strong, imlnOvable, for tho time being
rs fate itself