The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-04-05

refused absolutely to stir from her
comfortable berth. Miss Elliott had
made several pretty little offers Of
assistance to the suffering lady, but
Miss Mamie only shook her head.
"Best leave her alone. We can't
do her any good; she would have a
fit Of Mysteries if she were to see such
big waves" j"
"Dr. Stuart tells me we shall he Mt
Queenstown tomorrow" said Miss
Elliott after n pause.
Miss Mamie looked ut her sharply.
care you glad or sorry?" she asked
in her abrupt way.
The other gave u little sigh, tears
were filling her eyes and her lips
quivered. 'I-[ should have been
glad once, hut now there is no one to
greet me. | am alone, not even u
friend left"
81 guess you're wrong there; you've
got me-"
Miss Elliott turned impulsively,
"Ah! how can thank you? How
good you have been! You are an
ungrl!"
Miss Mamie tried to laugh at this,
but somehow she felt wretched. 1t
seemed to her dreadful to contem-
plate an existence utterly, entirely
alone, then jacks eyes would follow
her, and down ut the bottom of her
heart there lived an uneasy scnsa-
tion which was not be be clearly de-
fined. She consoled herself wllen-
ever IL qualm of conscience followed
on the thought that she was dcceiv-
ing her mother by remembering for
the last three days she had scarcely
spoken to- MIR. Dudley alone, and
that consequently her conduct was
not SO rcprcllcnsiblcas it might have
been.
That evening she and Gladys ELL
lott sat together in her cabin, and
with Il view to amrsc the English
girl, prompted, it must be said by
evident desire shown by Miss Elliott
to l'c permitted a glimpse of the
others treasures, the American
produced all the pretty contents of
her cabin trunk and spread out
her jewels.
II guess they're pretty enough"
Miss Mamie allowed as the other
broke into loud ordinations of ad-
miration, "tllis was IL gift from DR..
Bi,l,lolph; I'm going to marry him
you know. Now, Itlink you've had
enough of this stuf1,y place; let us go
on deck"
Miss Elliott watched her hastily
throw the little leather eases into
the travelling bag with dccpintcrcst.
"Is that quite s;fc!" she asked Gag
crly. Miss Mamie showed her the
lock. "Qunint, isn't it, and awful
simple! But you See, no one could
open it unless they knew just how"
Upon deck Miss Elliott and MIR.
Jack Dudley came together in the
dark for one minnie, and it certain
ly was strange how much two COM
parative strangcrs-two moreover,
who expressed such u strong and
mutual .lisIikc-had to say to one
another before Mamie appeared.
Everything was confusion us the
Griselda reached Queenstown. Miss
Mamie received IL perfect budget of
kilograms and letters, and she went
into the ladies' salOonto read them.
Scarcely had she entered, however,
before she became aware that some
one was crouclled in u corner, weep
ing, and looking round she discover
ed Miss Elliott.
In two minutes she had learned
all. Gladys had expected a letter to
reach her ut Queenstown with some
money in it. This letter did not
come. Truth to tell, her account of
this WAS SO confused and broken
that, had Miss Mamie been less en-
cited and impulsive, she might have
been !, little doubtful, but. as it was,
without Il moments hesitation, she
walked down to her cabin with much
! determination. On the way upag,lin
! she met Jack Dudley.
81 am afraid, after all, that the
poor girl is in great trouble" lie
said, drawing Miss Mamie To one
side. "a shw her face Just now when
the mail came in. DO you know, |
hclicve she has not cent to bless
herself with. Lifts horrible. and
! tr,lced awkward, too. should like
to help her, but you sec IL man can't
do that sort of thing without in
sllitlr%; | wonder III mean-look
here, drar'-tllat "dcar' was a
%rch, shock 7" MISS Mam'e-"wIll
you llril' me: l nave only got my
rh"rk-booE with me, but L have writ
ten nrheck tor t2o; perhaps you can
cash 1t on board, ana then you can
offer to lend her the money, and she
Will never know that had anything
to 90 with it.
MISS Name held out her hanh.
tive me tue check, she sad, quiet
w: ~ wlllclsh IT. ana put your loan
with 'nlll"; Tor us f'lnly, isn't 1T,
btlt was Just about to 40 the same
thing; There was u little pause,
ana hen she s;l''i, softly: IL knew
you il!d Il real gnod heart all along,
Jack, ANA with that she went away.
IL was with some difficulty Miss
Mamie induced gladys Elliott to az
c,ept the loan OF SO large a sum, but
by dlnt OF roaXmg ana common
sense argument she succeeded htlist,
ana the envelope lncloslng the bank
notes was slipped into the others
hand.
As soon as she was alone, Miss
Mamie ,lniulcd Jack 'scllcrk. "For