Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-06-14

house, nearly knocking him over in her
haste.
/ ooh, sir, are you a 6octor?" she cried.
clutching his arm. Come quick! 1 fear
the lady is dying.
/ Guy Vaudeville followed her into a
bare and eomfOrtless apartment. Lying
On rude bed in one corner he saw TOin-
cite, sick and deliriOus.
J He staggered against the wall, uttering
an exclamation OF surprise and GRIEF. The
! sight of that flushed, fever smitten face
touched his callous heart. If Toinette
died, all his hopes and schemes would
/ come to naught.
/ Slowly taking advantage OF the woman's
mistake, he flung down gold piece, and
scfaWllng harmless prescription SAID:
/ This is a critical case. 1 must call in
another physician to consult with me.
! He found one, told a story cOncocted for
the occasion, and pledged the good doctor
/ to secrecy.
The sick girl is my sister, he de-
/ clared. We quarreleds and she ran away
from home. Don't speak to her of me at
! any time; it would only excite her. But
must be near while there is danger and
delirium. Let these people think am q
! physician like yourself. It viii account
for my presence here.
While the examination was going on he
/ walked the floor in agony of suspense,
which brought cold, white beads to his
forehead.
~Weu?" he said, huskily, when Dr.
Flagg turned to him at last.
"The poor girl is very i'll. I shall do
all that is possible, but the result rests
! with God.
/ Guy drew the woman who aecosted him
aside and questioned her eagerly. He
! learned that her husband, who was a fish
! erman, had picked Toinette up for dead
/ in the river one night, and brought her
home with him.
I'VE used hot baths, sir, and brought
! her to life without calling for outside
| help. Jim ana I are very poor; we can't
! afford to pay doctors fees. The poor lady
/ seemed to be getting along very we'll IN
/ til to-day, when she was suddenly taken
| worse.
For long hours Guy Vaudeville walked
/ up and down before the door of the cham
/ Der, listening to the means and rawlings of
| the sufferer within.
/ Had TOinette thrown herself into the
/ river with the deliberate purpose of ending
/ her life, or met with an accident?
His first impulse had been to send q
! telegram to Major Yillars, apprising him Of
! his wards illness; but later he felt glad
! that he resisted it.
! On returning to his hotel that night, he
| found a brief note awaiting him, which
/ read thus:
Come at once. I have found TOinetts.
| She is now at BOnnyview Hall. Set your
/ Wedding-day. VLnARs.
| It was dated that morning. Guy read it
/ several times over in a state OF intense be-
wilderment. Toinette could not possibly
| be in two places at one and the same time.
And yet Major Villars was not man to
| play jokes.
What is the mystery?" he asked him
| self, WOnderingly.
! He sent no answer to the note, but an
| early hour of the following morning found
him again at TOinette's bedside.
/ The fever was scOrching up that young
life like a consuming fire. She looked at
! him with wild, CLASSY eyes, in which shOne
no CLEAN of recognition.
ooh, God, let her live and viii try to
make myself more worthy of her!" prayed
| this wicked man, in his anguish, bending
over the couch, and holding that burning
| hand in his clasp.
Toinette began to toss and moan.
| Guys startled ears caught her broken ut
! terances.
Philip, why don't you come for me? I
| know my enemies are searching everywhere.
I am sore afraid. Though they kill me, 1
will marry no other man.
A bitter oath sprang to the lips that had
/ breathed prayer a moment before.
Even in delirium my hated rival fills all
her thoughts, Guy muttered, his face dark
/ with anger.
In the next breath, the sick girl said,
eagerly:
EDulcie is my living image. Why
can't 1 persuade her to go to BOnnyview
Hall, and marry Guy? If she played
her part we'll, no one would suspect the
cheat"
At these words Guy Vaudeville Ieaped
/ to his feet, and began pacing up and down
the room in wild excitement
"Ah, now I understand the meaning of
| that motel" he muttered. This Dulcie,
| whoever she may be, has assumed
| Toinette's Northumberland even those
r0,@ Ff4a To- [r0A
| the impOsture! She must be marvelOusly
like TOinette to do that.
An evil smile broke slowly over his dark,
| handsome face.
"FOrewaTned is forearmed. It will be
strange if I cannot spoil this little scheme
of my lady loves, or, rather, to turn it to
my own advantage"
When he next approached the couch,
Iolnette was saying IN shudderlng
tone:
How cold and deep the river is! Oh,
God, who viii save mel 1 have played in
the water from a child, and was never
afraid before. 1 thought to reach one of
the little boats below, and leave Dulcie
to think I had persisted. But unseen
| hands seem to be dragging me down,
down where all is darkness and horror.
| have Tlsked too much. The great waves
are sWishing over me. Oh, God, 1 am
drowningi"
The delirious girl uttered a wild shrek,
and lay painting and shuddering with
/ terror.
From such broken utterances Guy gath
cred the whole story. Though IOinette' S
scheme was perfectly clear to him, he de-
cided to say nothing to Major ViIlars IN
til the result of the girls illness was no
longer a matter of doubt.
At length the crisis came. Toinette re-
covered the use of her reason and was pro-
nOunced out of danger.
. of r0T7Tga fba EchaTniT7cg villain 5iaeGu-
/ tinued his visits 1t did not suit his pur-
pose that Toinette should know who had