Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-12-21
CHAPTER Y.


CHAPTER V.
Two years elapsed and there was no ne"s
of tho missing Mr. Munro. Letters arIl'eu
Frequently from different parts OF America
f.o,n Mr. Bob Sudden, who evidently iouhu
,,.s toa,, 70 I've more difficult than be had sup
n,,sol America was large continent anu
!. woe NOT 50 easy to find one particular man
roon it. Poor Lucy amused herself by read
j.i- books and pcrusing maps. she iiheu -
wonder if George were Thereon tnefe, anu
what sort of place it was, She arranged an
SIR Bob Studden's letters OF lnteiiiSetce III
chronological order and compared them WIN
fine books and the maps, and SO Traced us
rrorrcss Sho always knew when an Anerl' |
c,n letter arrived by an instinct for Which
sb., vas Mt n loss to account herself; but Tor
I'll those sources of consolation, for all Ter |
no,hor's and fathers solctudc, she grow
weaser and weaker. She took no air but IN
~, invalid choir Her father walked Ivy her |
sida crave and detected Steadily shad !
ows took possession of the bankers mouse
Thov fitted on the windows, fingered on the |
staircases and hung about the passages ana
the good folks of Bramlingdon looked SAD Is
they passed the bankers over which, as over
those it contained, there hung the sanctity OF |
great sorrow
Two long, long years and two long, long
months Lucy waited and hoped, each DAY
her pale cheek growing paler, ana her llglt
form lighter. and toward Christmas she ''ts
unable to tie lifted from her bed. DR., Top
ham said that he had exhausted the resources
of his science: and when the poor girl turne
fevershly, and, with slight access OF de-
lirium, asked for the fiftieth time if Their
uorc no news. the doctor beckoned the banker
and his wife from the sick room and said:
I've an idea. This cannot last long-shc
must he 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 tho doctor, "but we can
make some"
! Mako some!'
"Fabricatc it-invent it. Don't You see'"
40 doctor!" remarked the fearful mother,
''to deceive poor creature on the threshold
of death7
'To snatch her from DEATH" said DR.. Top
ham SIT must be done. 1t is the last
! chance. We must write letter from Stud
den this very night"
But-but--but-iti is forgery stammered
tn banker.
Besides" said Mrs. Dawbarn, Lucy
knows Mr. Studden's hand and always ex-
am!nes the envelopes"
"Then," said the doctor, 1--WE must do it by
telegraph
telegraph"
In, y,N,i,, Mill
telegram from Mr.. Bob Sudden, saying
that be has just arrived at Liverpool with
with a companion
who'll send itm
81 will,n said the doctor
But when-when she finds that Sudden
is not in England-what then?'
1--WE must think of something else.n said
the undauntad Topham. "The case is des-
perate, and something desperate must be
tried. Go and talk to her, Mrs. Dawbarn,
and III send the telegram"
With q strong feeling of conscious guilt
Mr. and Mrs. Dawbarn put into their dauph-
tcr's hand telegram containing these words;
From Robert Sudden Adelphi Hotel. Liy.
erpool, to Charles Dawbarn, Bramlingdon
Il have just arrived in Liverpool. Ihave
news of Mr.. NJ. hope to be in Branding
don by thursday"
Imcy read the telegram and sat up in her
bed
Hes come, mammaw she said, and he,
eyes flashed and her cheeks flushed "Eyt
landed in England this morning-I felt he
did-about o'clock. He will be here soon
George will-very soon-very soon. Mamma
please tell Eliza to put out my lilac frocli. IT,
liked llac-and to come and do my hair
) and -and-and-t Eliza to come to me-
and can tell her what want myself.n
Tho father and mother exchanged glance
that said; Here is the consequence Of on
deception. What can be done nextyn Tb
thought had hardly been interchanced he
fore smart rap was heard at the street door
and servant came in with another tela
graphic dispatch, which ran thus.
From R. Sudden, Adelphi Hotel Liver
pool, to c. Dawbarn, Bramlingdon.
Just arrived hero with Mr.. Munro Sbo1
start by night train, leaving here at 1.3
: NJ. and self will be at Bramlingdon to-mo,
row. Telegraph back u
How absurd of Topham to send two fol,
gramsF' said Mr.. Dawbarn, when he ami M
= wife were alone, ''as if one would not brin
mischief enough. He must be mad.n
DR.. Tophnm entered the hoJse, and /,
quired how his plan had succeeded.
'Oh, Lucy is very much delighted and n ,
tated," answered Lucy's father "Wbot "
shall do with her when she finds the new
not true, do not know But, Topham. VIII
, the deuce did you send two telegrams2n
"Two" echoed Topham II only sent ono
Eyes, you did" N''0
mo, didn't
Yes, You did. Here it is"
! Tho doctor looked at the second TELEGRAM
and said, 81 didn't send thisn
''Nol Who theng'
"By Joyel He did! Sudden. 7 ,noo,
Dawbarn, he's comet he's come! I oniv ~
= tlcipated the truth. 1t was a. medical ;,sr
! ratlon-and my patient will recover.n
= Mr.. Dawbarn lost n9 time in teleorar,i,
: back to Liverpool. At Lucys express desi
l Mr.. Sudden was instructed to telegranh
|, every station, that she might know bo
= much nearer and nearer her Georgo was
= her. The telegraph boys were up the who
: night, and Lucy kept the kilograms and va,
;. them until sho fell fast asleep
= When she awoke she found herself rro,
+. to rise, co resolved to receive her fntnra h.,
: | band IN state; and when she had Locked
the mirror che begged her mamma in