San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-10-21

ears and sharp eyes were quick to dis
cover the hourly increasing curiosity Of
their neighbors in the apartment house,
new and more. secluded quarters on
Kowenhaven place, near Sixty-seventh
street and Central park.
Being retired, well furnished and on
the ground floor, the new apartments
were preferable to the old ones, and
Miss Brown, the governess, who of late
had shown g coquettish interest in Mr..
Crawford, declared to Edna that it was
''a perfect little paradise of home"
To Edna Crawford, who seemed to
have lost interest in life, it mattered not
where she was or whittier she went, SO
that the place offered her refuge from
the haunting eyes of Dg. Watson.
| To avoid meeting this man at table
she feigned sickness and had her meals
served in her room; but the very means
used to avoid him brought him into her
presence with an eager tender of his pro-
fessional services.
When he was out of sight she loathed
| eyes burning into her face, or his fingers
pressing her pulse, while he pretended
to look at his watch, she was as power
less to resist as bird under the fascina-
| ton of snake.
| Fortunately, the doctor was now away
the greater part of every day, and Edna
| would take advantage Of his absence to
comfort herself with the magic violin.
She Stunned her father, because he was
forever sounding the praises of the doc
| tor; and, for the same reason, she avoided
Miss Brown as much as possible, though
that lady's increasing devotion to Mr.
| Crawford did not escape her notice.
| One evening after supper she heard
| Dr. Watson saying to her father in the
hall, Il expect to see a party from the
west tonight, and if there is anything
of Importance to communicate I'll wake
you up on my return after 49,"
To this Mr.. Crawford replied in
nervous voice: "f there is not a GER
tainty of arranging the terms, so as to
prevent publicity, we must sail for Eu-
rope on Saturday. feel as if could
/
strain"
After the doctor had gone out Mr..
Crawford came into his daughters room,
and, to his great delight, she was less
excitable and more demonstrative in her
| affection than usual.
After an hours talk she kissed him
good night, saying that she felt weary
/ I'D 1,. IN In
to tell Miss Brown that she need not see
her again till morning.
| As soon as her father had gone out
Edna quickly placed her violin and sew
eral rolls of music in the case, then hur-
riedly put all her jewelry and change
of clothing into little valise and low
cred the light.
Brown had gone to bed in the adjoining
room, then quickly put on street dress,
and carrying the valise and violin case
left the house as noiselessly as shadow.
Looking neither to the right nor left
she made her way to the Third Avenue
| Elevated road and took car bound
south.
She got out at Fulton street, utterly
| ignorant of her whereabouts, and quite
| as uncertain as to her destination, but to
her great joy she saw respectable look
ing hotel near the station, and this she
entered with confidence of manner that
in no way indicated her feelings.
She wrote her name on a blank card
''Miss Louisa Neville" and asked the
waiter who appeared in the parlor to
have her registered and a room assigned
| her.
She had $32 in cash, besides her jew
els, and this, so she thought, would en-
able her to live till she could find a
place for the exercise of her talents.
Although not hungry, Edna Crawford
went down to the dining room the fol-
lowing morning, and while waiting for
her coffee she looked over paper that
| lay on the table.
1t was copy of that mornings
World, and a glance at the."want" col
| umns decided her as to what she should
do next.
After the merest apology for break
fast she put veil over her hat and
hurried to The World Office, ON Park
row. She was about to write out an
advertisement, applying for the position
of governess, when a handsome, middle
aged man, with refined German face.
raised his hat and said, as he handed
her slip of paper:
''Blease to ogskuse me, mees, but /
am not sure if mine is goot English Is
dot spelled rider
With a flushed face and trembling