Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-01-31
CHAPTER Y.

CHAPTER V.
Hour after hour passed after her hus-
band had left the h0u g, bu no slee)
came to soothe Mrs. Atwood weary mind.
She had heard h III open an shut the
front door, though he had done IL so
quietly as sea cely to make an sound.
er sense of hearing seemed t. be pain
fully intensified, an "a she stood near
the window Of her b d chamber listening
for every sound in the street, he distant
rumble of late cab ct an early market
cart was the only sound which fell Il on
her ear.
/ How the events of the day kept recur-
ring to her min l. First, her talk with
George about their domestic troubles. and
about her dislike to CAPITA n turgis. Then
/ her expedition to oxford Street with her
little packet of iewclry to try to raise
some money and her fe lings OF elaion
as she retu ned home with fifteen soi-
ereign, in her hand. Then how NJ ~
had poured forth her troubles TO her about
her brother, an how she had arranged 10
talk to him on the orrow. Again, her
disappointed at nOt being able to have her
husband Il ell, to herself, eager as she
was t. hand him those lew pounds which
were &c 81 @ over their present difficulties
Captain Sturgis had come home with
George TO supper Always aptain tur
giS! How she had longed for his depar-
ture, so that she could tell George what
she had done. Then-and oh. that was
the worst OF all that days weary doings!
came JAG Delaney's visit. The money
which she had amen as surpr Sc for her
husband had une pectedly been required
from her and then came the thought Of
lose dreadful cries in the street which
still kept ringing in her ears-h suspi-
ciOns, and ack s silent acknowledgment
OF his guilt
a, h, horrible-horrible F." she moaned
as she clasped he thrybbing temples with
her hands.
What else could she have done but give
Jack the money to enable him TO escape
Where was George? Had he left the
house? She would go aud see. She took
up candle and quietly descended the
stairs. The gas in the halls and in the
sittng-rOoms was all turned out She
looked ut the clock on the mantlepiece
il was nearly three Where could George
have gone at tn hour of night? She had
better go to bed. Men of her hush nj S
disposition she was well aware, hated to
think that they were being watched.
Adjoining their sleeping apartment was
a bathroom, hich George Atwood also
used for dressing in. She ave one glance
into il. It was Just as he had left it be-
fore pper, when he went upstairs to
wash his hands. lie had evidently not
entered it since.
At asst she put out the candle, and,
pull ng up the blind so as to admit the
first rays of light laid Gown to wait for
morning.
Four o'clock struck, and still she heard
no sound of its return. Presently she fell
into an uneasy slumber. She could not
have slept long when she awOke from a
frig tful dream with art
She sat up N bed aud listened.
What was that outstrps coming
sof ~ up tie ca pcted wooden stairs. lie
hear the stair aSc creak. : raining he
ears o the utmost she heard the sound Of
match being struck. Then the do9r OF
the ba broom WIS 'uetly opened and
closed. Should she gel up and welco o
him! No-so uething lie erred her rom
interfering with his movements. Some
drea I'll feeling warned her not to do 80:
and she lay still and listened. There was
sound OF water running in the ba II.
Was he going t. have bath Al this hour
OF the morning?
Thinking and thinking, utterly worn
out o boy and II ind. she must at last
"a fallen into deep sleep. for when
shs awoke the sSp was shining brightly
il Ipon he, face
She rocked at her watch--it was half
past ten She must have slept five or six
hours Then by degrees all the events of
the previous az came back with vivid
cruelty 70 bel e DRY.
Her hasb,no lay sleeping heavily be-
side her he would not disturb him; so,
quietly putting down the blind 10 keep the
lighl from. 81: eyes. she slipped Oh n morn
ing wrapper anc went down stairs.
E Breakfast had long been ready and
waiting bai she had 10 thought or desire
lol eating. The II orning pap-, lay upon
the table sci ing IT with trembling
hands, she glanced a; the headings Of the
news.
Yes-there it was The shouts Of the
newsbOys were only too true. The Dy-
; namiters-Attempt to blow up the House
Of Parliament This was the hradinQ
10 the para graph which met her eyes.
She rea on
"l.ast night a desperate attempt was
made to b ow up the Ho scs VI Par ia
mint Two fearful blossoms o c,lrre,
almost simultaneously In different part:
OF the Commons House at about half an
hour before the usual time OF the mcctin.
OF the members. IL is supp sed that the
Internal machines used were wrongly
timed. and explode sooner than was in
: >ended 10y the miscreants who had hidden
them in the build Dg. Had the house boei
fnll, "a 1t would have been later on Il
discuss the lr h land bill there would
have been rrea$ loss of life AS it Is.
part of the int iOr of the building WAS
wrecked. The police remain very rcticenl
"a to what they know, but 1t Is believed
that hey have long had heir eyes upon
some suspicious persons, and that arrests
will lie made in the course of the d y. >
"Wretched boyp thought Blanche, a'
she read and re read he above paragraph.
May Heaven forgive him. and spare him
TO lead better life in another land.
, pray that he may escape. Alas, II seem,
scarcely possibel"
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