The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-06-29
Fl New and Fascinating Story.
BY II. RIDER HHGoHRD.

YES he answered, laughing, ''and so is
my body. Shall be able TO go home Soday?n
81 think So said the doctor, ''but not be-
fore this evening You had better keep quiet
till then. You will be glad to hear that Miss
Granger is getting on very well Hers was
a wonderful recovery, the most wonderful l
ever saw. had quite given her up, though
should have kept or the treatment for
another hour. You ought to be very CRATE
full to Miss Granger, Mr.. Bingham"
II am very grateful" he answered earn
estly. ''Shall I be able TO see her today?"
eyes, think so, some time this afternoon,
saw ct O'Clock Is that your little daughterl
What lovely child she IS Well, l will look
in again about L. All you require to do now
is to keep quiet aud rub in some arnica."
About an hour afterwards the servant girl
brought GeofFrey some breakfast of tea and
toast. he felt quite hungry, but when it
came to the pinch could not eat much. Effic,
who was starving, made up for the deficiency,
however; she ate all the toast and a couple of
slices Of bread and butter after it, Scarcely
had they finished when her father observed a
shade of anxiety come upon his little daugh-
ter's face
''l1hat is it. Efie?n he asked.
81 think" replied Efle in evident trepida-
ton, II think that l did hear mother outside.
and Anne, too"
''WeH, dear, they have come to see mel
eyes, and to scold me because l ran away
and the child drew nearer TO her father in a
fashion which would have made it clear to
any observer that the relations between her
and her mother were somewhat strained.
Efie was right. Presently there was a knock
at the door and Lady Honoria entered, calm
and pale and elegant as ever. She was fol
lowed by a dark eyed, somewhat impairment
looking French bonnie, who held up her hands
and calculated, Mon DieuI' as she appeared.
81 thought So" said Lady Honoria, speak
ing in French to the bonnie. ''There she is, =
and she pointed to the runaway Effie with
her parasol.
''Alon Dieu!n said the woman, again. 'Vous
VOLTA enfin ct moi, qui suis acca blee de peur
ct votre chere mere aussi; oh, majs que c'est
mechanic; ct regardez done, avec IN soulieI
settlement. Mais c'est affreux!n
"Hold your tongue, said Godfrey sharply
'and leave Miss Efie alone. She came to SEE
me-"
Anne calculated, mon Dieun once mors
and collapsed.
"Really, Godfrey" said his wife, ''the way
you spoil that child is something shocking
She is as willful as can bs. and you make he
] worse. 1t is very naughty OF her to rel
away like chat and give us such hunt. How
are we to get her home, 1 wonder, with onl,
I one shoe!n
/ Her husband bit his lip and his forehea
! contracted itself above the dark eyes 1t wa
not the first time that he and Lady Honori
I had come to words about the child, wit
whom his wife was not in sympathy. Indeed
she had never forgiven Effie for appearing i
this world at all. Lady Honoria did not be
/ long to that class of women who think ma
I ternity joy.
Anne she said, ''take Miss Efiie an
carry her till you can find a donkey. She ca
ride back to the lodgings" The nurse mul
INJURED something in French about the chill
being as heavy as lead.
''Do as bid your she said sharply in tn
same language. Ellie, my love, give me
kiss and so home. Thank you for coming I
see men
The child obeyed and went. Lady HONOR
stood and watched her 80, tapping her littl
foot upon the floor, and with a look upon he
cold, handsome face that was not altogethe
!
1t had sometimes happened that Geoffre
in the course of his married life returne
home with little bit of that added fondne.
which absence is tabled to bSet. On the:
occasions he was commonly 50 Unfortunate a
to find that Lady Hoaoria belied the sayin,
that she greeted him with arrears of grie,
ances, and was, il possible, more frigid tina
ever.
Was this TO be repeated now that ne la
come back from what was SO near to bein
the longest absence OF ala II looked like i
He noted symptoms Of the rising storm, sym
toms with which he was but too well a
quainted, and both for his ovya sake and f,
her's-for above all things he dreaded tho
bitter matrimonial bickerings-tried 10 thin
Of something kind to say. 1t must be owne
that he did not show much tact III the su
ject he selected, though it was one whiC
might have stirred the sympathies of son
women. 1t Is 50 difficult always to remerub
that one is dealing with a Lady Honoria
'If ever we have another child" he begs
gently.
Excuse me for interrupting you" said t
lady with u suavity which did not, howeve
convey any idea Of the speakers inwal
peace, ''but it is a kindness to prevent "
from going on in that line. One darling
ample for me"
We'll" said the miserable Godfrey, wi
an effort, ''even if you don't care much abo
the child yourself, it is q little uureasonat
TO object because she cares for me and W
; sorry when she thought was dead. Real
| Honoria, sometimes wonderif you have al
heart at all. Why should you be put out |
: cause Ellie got up early to come and see IN
an example which must admit you did L
t set her. And as to her shoe" he adde
5 smiling.
E ''You may laugh about her shoe. Geoffrey
: she interrupted, but you forget that ev
little things Ike that are no laughing m;
: ter now to us. The child's shoes keep
0 awake at night sometimes Defoy has L
f been paid for don't know how long. ] ha
S a mind to get her sabots-and as to heart
We'll broke in Godfrey, rejecting til
!. bad as was the emotional side of the questic
;, it was better than the commercial-''as
y hearth"
You are scarcely the person to talk of
that is all wonder how much OF yoJ
l you gave meg'
S REALLY, Honoria," he answered, not wi,
out eagerness, and his mind filed with VIC
o der. Was it possible that his wife had
o perienced some kind OF ''calln and was aba
e to concern herself with his heart one way
L the otheri If 50 it was strange, for she b
never shown the slightest interest in it
n fore.
YES" she went on rapidly and with ga
:. ering vehemence, ''you speak about 70
heart"-which he had not done-"and !
you know as well as l do that if had beer
girl of no position you would never have
n fered me the organ on which you pretend
set 50 high value Or did your heart r
i wildly away with you and drag us into lo