Telegram-herald., 1889-12-22


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"Slx-uo. seven ulrmlred Leslie.
counting chem 81 uach a1aaseIelr
OF lhe led ss.s ela-0le.la lalf = displayed
= masculine dressing gown. w~rla and
gray and s9it. AS thls l-sg u-et Ler yle.g,
Leslie zhan1oned herself O. the asou-es
u uoiseiess lslgate
poor fali0wsr she said half aloud.
chow good of them. ana ye--how
fUDav.7 Here she chosed again ~Qh,
what would Aul, Priscilla say, How
nice they sneclaly Capt. Darrell
And how very strange that should MAKE
his acq Haintance d. such IA Outrageous
way. OLA enoueh 10 pc ray faIaer he
said Wen he do-s uot look H. / wou
der how much brandy he put ia ghls,'
regardirs vltA uulh Gltaste th tum-
bier she h1l 49,, el down
She too1 ot Ler drelcled Lt,le gown.
aud her equally drenehel boots and
stockinzs. ana having put them to dry,
brushed CUT hcr lac with aa IVORY
backed brush on Nt-cA an iueztrlc-ale
silver monoeram G9urshed. battling an
her efforts T. t.c.qher b. Ihen se 49,
amiled ht..e $40 ~ books which las
on rho mantelq -c. consisting of "a
couple of French novels. d railway time
rable. and u small morocco bound Bible
oa the ny leaf q this last was written:
..r er.elot r DARRELL from his loving
mother" II WIS his room. then. the
GIRL tboncbt with . curious sense of sal
faction. At thi, point she became
aware that she ,,,s feoIin.- rather slcepv.
40 she obeyed DqrreTs Instructions T.
tho letter. extinru. ned the candle.
Jumped INFO bed. and in two minutes
Was fast aslcep.
when she awoke tho fire v-ascut. and
tho room IN darl-ness. So She promptly
went To slecD again. From Ills sleep she
was awakened bv footsteps pass.a- her
door. and bv the sound Of subdued
voices. Sho cot ort Of bed. liz her can
de. and looked at her watch. II was
twenty minutes 10 twelve. Surely il
must be more than that. she thol -.t
IN some pa-plexitv She felt 81, If
! he had been .sieen for . lone
time. All al once she became
conscious Of a strong. pervading odor of
newly made coffee. mingled with the an
petizing fragrance of fried bacon. Was
it possible it could be nearly twelve noon?
She drew aside the window blind and
locked out. 1t was pitch dark. Much
| puzzled, she examined the clothes she
had hung to tho fire. They felt quite dry.
BY this she knew that many hours must
have elapsed. Besides. the room felt so
cold that she also knew the fire must
have been out for some time. Like
flash it occurred to her that the snow had
risen above the windows, that, in fact,
they were literally showed M!
She made q hurried toilet, then, can
lie in hand, she went out into the little
| hall. At the same moment a door Oppo-
site opened. and Carruthers came out.
/ Good morning, Miss Heath. he said
Darrell and were lust holding coun-
/ ell Of war a. TO whether or not we ought
/ 20 let you know that IN spite Of the dark
ness, il is time you had some breakfast.
"O'> we are showed up, them she
said in Il troubled voice.
Very much So was the laughing
reply.
Good morning Miss Heath" said
Darrell. as the girl advanced into the
room. How did YOU slcepY trust
you are none the worse for your vettingl"
he added, with a shade Of anzio,y in his
tone.
Il slept very we'll" she answered
slowly. And am not a bit tie worse.
Is it still snowing:"
Il am afraid so. Come and have
breakfast. | am sure YOU unuct want it.
I'VE kept yours warm for you, said
Carruthers, carefully lifting q covered
dish from before the fire. "Ve must
apologize for being rude enough not TO
wait for Won. but we were awluily hun
gry-at least I was.
'Wcll, so am |, confessed Miss Hath,
seating herself at the table. and accept
ing a plate Of bacon FROM Carruthors and
a cup Of coffee from Darrell But g"
she said suddenly, with a funny little
smile and uplifting Of her eyebrows.
"has your servant come hack: And If
he has not-who cooked the bacon and
made the coffee
we did replied Carruthers with
pardonable pride AT least. / fried the
bacon and Darrell made the coffee. lie
says the bacon is done q death. and J