Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-06-19

he WIS goingl Oh, heaven n.
never, never see him more! A eod A
seized upon Beatrice, her blood ,s..- -.'w
Stagnate. She trembled 50 much ~.
could scarcely stand Leaning forvs.s -
looked after him with such lace Of 49,
even the policeman, who had repeptad lA
his forbearance, and was returning 90.
her away, stood astonished The -.
had gone about ten yards when son.,ss'
induced Beatrice's friend 10 look h,c- ~
eye fell upon the white, agony stricken ~ -
now in the full glare Of the gas lamn
Beatrice saw him turn aud unders,oat
danger. "0h, good-by, Geoarey ~ ~ ~. =
INJURED, for a second allowing her heart -.
forth toward him. Then realizing wbst
had done, she dropped Der veil aua -
swiftly. The gentleman called '.T,ms i
never learned his name-stood for a nc.
dumfounded and at that instant Ga,s--'
staggered, as though be had been strBes .i.l
a shot, turned quite white and halted
"Why, said his companion, there { IL,
lady again; we must have passed quite a..
TO her. Sine was looking after Us: 80.
face in the gasfight-and never want n i.
such another.
Godfrey seized him by the arm. aWbs,.
Is shef' be asked, land what was She liksr
'She was there a second ago bs ~
pointing TO the pillar; "but I've lost her bos
Il fancy she went towards the railway =.
ton, but could not see. Stop, i that herr
and he pointed to tall person walking i
ward the abbey
Quickly they moved 70 intercept Der N,
the result was not satisfactory, and they IA
treated hastily from the object Of their sttaO.
tons.
Meanwhile Beatrice found herself oppoi,
the entrance to the Westminster bridge "a
ton. A hanson was standing there: he p,
into it and told the man to drive to PADDING.
ton.
Before the pair had retraced their steS Ia
was gone "She has vanished again. ssH
"Tom, and went on to give a description a
her 10 Godfrey. OF her dress be had unto,
tunately taken no very particular note h
might be one Of Beatrice's, or it might not Il
seemed almost nconceivable to Geoffrey that
she should be masquerading about London
under the name Of Mrs. Everston. And "a,
land yet-he could have sworn-but it sw
folly
Suddenly he babe his friend good night and
took a hanson. 1.-The mystery thiekensr
said the astonished TON, as he watched
him drive away. ~ would giyea hundred
pounds to find out what il all means OH
that woman's FACET haunts me. It looked
like the face Of an angel bidding farewell %
heaven.
But he never did find out any more about
it, though the last despairing look Of BeA-
trice, as she babe her mute farewell, still
sometimes haunts his sleep.
Godfrey reflected rapidly. The whole thing
was ridiculous, and yet 1t was possible, B.
yond that brief line in answer TO hlslettsr be
had heard nothing from Beatrice. lndeed be
was waiting TO hear from her before taking
any further step. But even supposing she
were in London, where was be to lookts
herr He knew that she had no money, sns
could not stay there long. 1t occurred to bin
there was a train leaving Euston for Wae
about in the morning. IL was just possible
that she might be in town, and returning b
this train. He told the cabman to driyen
Euston station, and on arrival closely que
toned sleepy porter, but without stidss
tory results.
Then he searched the station; there were %
traces Of Beatrice. He did more, he sat down,
weary as be was, and waited for an hour and
half, till it was time for the train to start
There were but three passengers, and none q
them in the least resembled Beatrice
1T is very strange, Godfrey said to BIN
self, as he walked away a could lave
sworn that felt her presence just for oas
second. 1t must have been nonsense lhks
what comes of occult influences, and tlA
sort OF thing. The occult is nuisance
II he had only gone 10 Paddington.