The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1890-07-31

1.-THE deucel Then what are we to do
with that girlT"
"Well-if we can't get out, suppose
lhe can't get out either"
"Humphl It's confoundedly awk-
ward"
u quite agree with you. 1t is awk-
ward"
There was a pause: then Carruthers
aid:
Curious that you should know her
people,"
"Yes, It was curious" replied Darrell
Is he struck o match.
"She seems nice little thing" went
on tho other. lawfully young, too. and
not bad looking"
Darrell made no reply. He was lying
back In his chair, watching the blue
rings Of smoke curl upwards to the Tafter
bound ceiling
"How do the rations standy" he asked
Iuddenly.
"Phewi I don't knowT" exclaimed
Gilbert, taking his pipe out Of his mouth,
and sitting up straight in his chair.
Now that I come to think Of II, there
can't be a superabundance, or Wellings
wouldn't have trudged to Prlncetown in
the teeth Of a coming storm. Old fool!
as II he couldn't have seen to things
sooner" be muttered. resuming his
former position.
"Well, we must inspect the supplies in
the morning." said Darrell TRANQUILITY.
by Jove, how the wind whistlesT'
Eyes, and the snow Is up to the lodges
of tho windows already" returned tho
other, sat least, 1t was steadily progress
ing that way when l opened the back
door. Heaven knows how high it'll be
before morning. It's an awful pity we
didn't go last week, Lance. knew this
would come"
"In which case poor Miss Heath would
most certainly have been frozen to
death" Darrell answered quietly.
Carruthers looked serious.
"Ah, yes, forgot that" he said.
Poor little girl, yes, Of course"
Meanwhile Leslie Heath, In the
seclusion Of her room Tor rather,
to speak more correctly, Capt.
Darrell's room) was inspecting her quar-
ters with some curiosity. 1t was good
sized room, quite as large as the sitting
room, unexpected, and Of severe, almost
military simplicity in its appointments.
1t looked very coy, however, in the
light Of the roaring heaped-up fire, which
blazed in the wide CRATE, and shone
brightly on the bare walls and on the
bars Of the narrow brass bedstead. A
gun case and battered portmahteau, al
most covered with half effaced labels, oc-
cupied one corner of the room, and q
couple Of tweed coats, smelling strongly
Of tobacco, hung behind the door.
Tired and cold though she was, a wild
desire to scream with laughter took pos
session Of the girl as she noted the ar
rangements made for her comfort. A
large bath was placed Immediately in
front Of the fire, and beside it stood can
Of steaming hot water. A pile Of clean
towels lay on q chair.
"Six-no, seven," murmured Leslie,
counting. them in much amusement.
onthe bed was conspicuously displayed
masculine dressing gown, warm and
gray and soft. As this last met her view,
Leslie abandoned herself to the agonies
Of noiseless laughter
Poor fellowsI' she said half aloud,
"how good Of them, and yet-how
funnyr Here she choked again. "Oh,
what would Aunt Priscilla say5 How
nice they are-especially Capt. Darrell.
And how very strange that should make
bis acquaintance in such an outrageous
way. Old enough to be my father, he
said. Well, he does not look It. won.
der how much brandy he put In this"
regarding with much dlstaste the tum-
bier she had just set down.
She took of her drenched little gown.
and her equally drenched boots and
stockings, and having put them to dry,
brushed out her hair with an ivory
backed brush on which an inextricable
silver monogram Aourished, battling all
her efforts to decipher t. Then sheex-
amined little pile Of books which lay
on the mantelpiece, consisting Of o
couple Of French novels, q railway time
table, and a small morocco bound Bible.
On the fly leaf Of this last was written:
"Lancelot E. Darrell, from his loving
mother" It was his room, then, the
girl thought with q curious sense Of sat
isfaction. At this point she became
aware that she was feeling rather sleepy;
so she obeyed Darrell's instructions to
the letter, extinguished the candle,
jumped into bed, and In two minutes
was fast asleep.
When she awoke the fire was out, and
the room In darkness; 90 she promptly
went to sleep again. From this sleep she
was awakened by footsteps passing her
door, and by the sound Of subdued
voices She got out Of bed, LII her can
die, and looked at her watch. It was
twenty minutes to twelve. Surely II
must be more than that, she thought
In some perplexity. She felt as II
she had been asleep for q long
time. All at once she became
conscious Of strong, pervading odor Of
newly made coffee, mingled with the ap-
petizing fragrance Of fried bacon. Was
IL possible II could be nearly twelve noon2
She drew aside the window blind and
looked out It 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 %
cold that she also knew the FIRE must
have been out for some time. Like q
fash it occurred to her that the mow had
risen above the windows, that, in fact,
they were literally showed upi
She made q hurried toilet, then, can
die In hand, she went out into the little
hall At the same moment o door oppo-
site opened, and Carruthers came out
"Good morning, Miss Heath" he said