The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1890-03-15

throuBh hefVOusnessi and ne fell. He
was up in moment, however, and hur.
rying into the house.
When May descended unsummoned 20
the parlor, which for the first time was
lit up, she found Guy in his shirt sleeves
and Mrs. Preston busy with cold water
and sponge.
Guy had cut his arm badly, and the
blood was pouring from an ugly wound.
Let me help you, Guy" said May,
amazed at she knew not what as she
gazed into his hard set face. run and
get some bandages, Mrs. Preston, while
lathe his arm"
"Ah, thankee, childl' said the worthy
woman. 81 couldn't do it all by myself,
and l didn't like to call you. know
girls don't fancy the sight Of blood"
May felt, she knew not why, that a
crisis in her life had come, and she braced
herself to meet it.
She rolled Guys right shirt sleeve up
higher, that he might help her. 1t was
the left arm that was hurt, and badly,
too, the flesh being lacerated deeply.
In one instant she had learned the fact
that this man who stood before her in the
semblance of her Guy, her own darling
Guy, the man for whom she had deserted
home and friends, had no mark on his
right arml
Her heart beat as if it would burst; but
in this supreme moment she kept calm
She knew that the slightest display of
emotion would ruin all.
She, as calmly as she could, rolled I'D
the other sleeve higher, and saw what
made her brain joyous and her whole
being become infused with delicious
thrill of relief.
The woman who had been SO cruelty
used in the woods had muttered some
thing about marks on Guys arm. All
they had heard was the word dagger" "
On the left arm of this man was n
cross and two daggers, and Just above
them the jagged scar Of a sword thrust.
At this moment Mrs. Preston re-enter-
ed the room.
81 am glad you have come, said May.
~ miscalculated my strength. Blood
always turns me faint"
And she staggered from the room.
When Mrs. Preston went up presently
to her with smelling salts and glass Of
wine, she found her extended on the
floor in a dead faint.
"Where is-where is Mr.. HarteyY'
were her first words when she regained
consciousness, and she gazed asif in fear
round the room.
ooh, he's gone" said Mrs. Preston
cheerily; she left his best love, and said
the clergyman would be here very early;
and that he would get you over to France
quick, instead of stopping here"
May quickly took her resolution.
"Thank you, Mrs. Preston she said,
''for your kindness in bringing me the
wine; but that is only stimulant for
the moment, and must have something
to make me feel strong and look bright
on my wedding day" (She shuddered
involuntarily as she uttered the words
''I will go out to the doctors, whose light
see at the end of the street, and get
him to prescribe for me.
The kindly look died out of Mr. Pres
toms face, and stern frown took its
place,
''Not tonight, miss" she said, edging
towards the door. al was told most
particular not to let you go out at night
and Mr.. Hartley"--
"Never mind Mr.. Hartley" " said May,
with mirthless attempt at laugh, as
she put on her hat and threw her travel
ing cloak over her arm. "Time enough
to obey him when have said the ortho-
dox words love, honor and obey Kind
ly let me pass, madam"
The latter words were added in a
hard, commanding tone quite unusual
to May, as she advanced quickly.
Mrs. Preston was desperate; she had
long seen that all was not quite right
between the "lovers," and she would
lose a big reward if she allowed the girl
to escape.
She stood, therefore, at the door tc
prevent her egress.
But she had entirely miscalculated the
strength of will existing In that youthful
mind and the power lying dormant il
that 1.-the young form. With on,
spring, May Fielding had darted for
ward, and seizing the woman by th'
arm, had swung her backward into th'
center Of the room.
Then, without a pause, she fed dowI
the stairs, out into the street, and ava,
toward the busy highway at the end.
She had money with her, abundance
for her purpose, and hailing a cab sh
drove TO the police station.
After an hours interview with yer,
delighted and astonished inspector, tn
brave girl drove off again, this time to tn
railway station at Euston,
1t was apparently very pleased an,
self possessed young lady who took
first class ticket by the express to DeeI
ford, who gave the porter half crow
to obtain her carriage to herself, an
who made herself cozy in a corner 70
her long journey,
But as the train began to tear madl
along, shrieking through the fields an
villages, May Fielding lay in tumble
heap on the floor of the carriage, obliv
, GUS TO ALL
Mrs. Raymond and Clare sat in tn
drawing room at the lodge.
The former was indulging in one c
her favorite maps; Clare had been pr,
tending to read, but as soon as the regr
laI Dreaming OF hef mOVher told hef lha
\ she was In the land Of dreams, she thre'
aside her book 10 think.
The flight Of May had caused the Ii
! most CONSERVATION; none the less s
when it was found that, in virtue Of he
.. fathers foolish will, she had transferre
! all her money ia the Alliance bank I
! Mr.. Thomas Hartley,
Glare. Of course, kept silent, refusin
: to judge her In any way only expressin
a hope that Guy L'Esrange would /
satisfied now of the worthlessness Of Il
girl with whom he had been 50 infatl
- ated.
That morning news had come that IL
injured woman at the iniirmary had r.
covered her senses and was able to
y carried to the COURT but as to the resul