Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1888-11-29

enough of unpleasant fact IN IT to make it
safer there" he muttered, as he consigned
the missive which he had opened and
glanced over. to tkat bed of glowing GOALS.
This little incident robbed Mr., Ingot of
the light spirits which Carols concession
had given him. II opened up Il 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
dea Of wrestling fifty thousand dollars from
Lyman Childers unwilling hands had
made no inconsiderahle part Of Hiram
| Ingot's former pleasant dreams, and his
| brow clouded over at the prospect of relin-
! gushing his golden hopes
after all, it's the girl want more than
the money! he mused I'D rather have
4 Carol without it than Miss Everleigh with
! it, for all her beauty and PRIDE
Through the dark days that followed, In
got remained in the house. He took the
reins of government in his own hands, and
in every way possible spared the stricken
girl, who had crept back TO her place by her
/ brothers bedside, only leaving it when he
came and led her away, commanding the
rest or the refreshment which she never
seemed to feel the need OF herself.
What was she thinking Of as she sat
there through the long, weary days far into
the grHesome nights, with hermournfnl eyes
resting always on the face which pressed
the pillow, now pale and drawn with pain,
now flushed with fever and wild with de-
lhium, as the sick man rayed and tossed in
the grip of the fever iieni, There was no
sign 10 tell, but weight like lead lay upon
her heart,
Only once had there come any thing like
CLEAN Of consciousness or reason to Ly-
man, and then, waking out Of fitful slum-
her he fixed his burning eyes upon her,
with a wistful smile trembling on his lips.
..Why. SIS, what time you've been COM
ing to me-" he murmured reproachfully.
81 thought YOU cared more for a fellow.
oh, there do YOU see. He has come back
from the grave-from the grave-to punish
me for the trust / betrayed. Keep off; |
tell you. keep orr
He sprang up in the bed, screaming and
waving back the specter which his fevered
imagination had coniured, then clRsping his
hands to his breast fell back heavily, swoon-
ing. Carol thought. but in a moment more
he began babbliug with only now and then
an Ineligible word or sentence.
Eds0u-EdsoL Confound the young
iackanapes why must he rake up that pack
age, You can't have her lugot-rll die first. !
Youll find every thing made straight, Mr.. /
Evereigh. / tell you. it ism { stealing when 7
a man only takes his own
And soon and ~ "a Tor hours at a stretch, |
while the restless head rolled, and then he I.
would relapse into stupur which had little /
rest M il The doctor viis Of the opinion
that his fever was not So much the result of t
his wound as 81 some intense mental strain 1
or nervous shock which preceded II.
There was no INJURY to the head. you 4
see. This brain fever would have had him |
IN its clutches IN Il day or two more /
fancy, had there been $50 other trouble, and |
il he dies / can't couscieutiously swear that
the wound killed him, he coniided to In
got
"You think he win die theni"
There's no telling he stands chance,
unless blood poisoning sets IN. He seems
Ia have been young man Of exemplary
habits, and that much is in his favor.n
Ingot made the most of this report to
Carol, who never asked question She
knelt down by the bedside after lie left
her and laid her cheek against Lymau's
burning hand
"Oh, my brother, you did mean 10 save
me AT a frightful cost. but things have
changed now, and will save you. For you
will live, dear, live To redeem the past. |
know
Needing nothing that went on outside Of
that chamber, She did not know how often
Althea had come to sc met by the one au-
swer-" Miss Carol would see nobody
And, indeed. The poor child would have
sArunk from aiieil d meeting had the matter
been left TO her
And meantime, MS the weeks wore on, a
thought which had dimly suggested itself
70 lngot as he stood listening to the doctors
words, took shape IN has mind. Suppose
lyman Childcr should die. who was there
o say that the money he had claimed In the
name of his sister and himself was not
ightfully theirs Tie could retraet his
statement 10 Carol, could manufacture some
lewiy-tliscovered proof Of Lyman's inno-
'ence perhaps. and if she were not con
'inced, why, "A man can always find the
means Of controlling his wifes actions. il
lot her thoughts. Let Lyman live the week
'ut, let Carol ia her spirit of sacrifice be-
'ome his. and the sooner death bIooded his
black wings over that unhappy house. the
'etter for the plot which was forming in
hat subtle brain.