Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-12-26
CHAPTER V


CHAPTER V.
Two vc"rs elapsed and there was no news
of the MISSING Mr. Munro. Letters arrived
frequently fro:l different parts of America
from Mr. Bob i:Id;len, who evidently found
his task 10 lie more difficult than he had sup
posed. AlncrIcr was large continent, and
it was not 50 easy to find one particular man
upon it. Poor hHry amused herself by read
ing hooks AID p r';Sing maps She liked to
wonder j! q 'a.-e were Therefor there. AMI
what sort of plce it was. She arranged all
Mr. Bob %:r.licH'S letters Of intelligence in
chronoi"-lca. or,;cr and compared them with
the books AM thc mapS, aud 50 traced his
progress. Sc always knew when an Ameri-
can letter arrived by an instinct for which
She was 1T I"~s TO account herself; but for
all these s"rr'"> of consolation, for all her
mothers ana fathers solIcitude, she grew
weaaer ard we1le:. sac took TO air but in
IN invalid cn".". Fer father walked by her
sde grave and detected Steadily shad-
owS tool; possession OF tho bankers house.
Thy fitted on the windows, fingered on the
stairraSc' md hun" about the passages, and
tine good folks Of 3ramlinclon looked sad rs
they passed tie bankers, over which, as over
those Il contained, there hung the sanctity OF
u great sorrow.
Two long. long years and two long, long
months hucy waited AID hoped, each day
her pale check growing paIcr, and her light
unable - he lifted from her bed. DR. Top
ham said Ihai he had exhausted the resources
OF his science. and when the poor girl turned
fevrr'Shly, a'.a. with slight access Of de-
hriunl. as'ct Tor the fif;ieth time if there
were no news, the doctor beckoned the banker
and his wife from the SICK room and said:
'Ivern Gr1, This cannot last long-sEe
MUS; be Q"iotcd somehow. She keeps ask
ing for news; now news from America
would eve, her and >ha might sleep"
We have nu news" said the single minded
banker.
NO replied the doctor, "but we can
make some"
MAKE s0n"!'
"Fahri'a'e it-irvont it. Don't you sce!"
go doctor" remarked the fearful mother.
"to deceive Il poor creature on the threshold
of death"
''To snatch her from death" said Dr. Top
ham. 1T must he done. 1t is the last
chance. W. must write letter from Stud
den this very night
"But- but-hut-iti is forcery!" stammere;
tn banter.
"Bcsid's," said Mrs. Dawbarn, "Lucy
knows Mr. Studdcns hand and always ex-
amines the envelopes"
Then" said the doctor, 1--WE must do it by
telegraph
"Tclegranh!"
eyes. In n few minutes you Will receive
n telegram from Mr.. Bob Sudden, saying
that he las just arrived at Liverpool with
with companion"
"Who'll send it9"
81 will" said the doctor.
But whell-whcn she finds that Sudden
Is not in En%,and-what thens"
"Wc must think of something else" said
tho undacItr1 Topham. 1.-THE case is des-
perate. and something desperate must be
tried. Go and talk to her, Mrs. Dawbarn,
and I'll send the telegram"
With strong feeling Of conscious guilt
M anl Mrs. Dawbarn put into their dauch-
t.. '.r'' . telegram containing these words:
From Robert Sudden, Adephi Hotel, Liv.
erpool, TO Charles Dawharn, Bramlingdon.
81 have just arrived in Liverpool. have
news of Mr. y. hope to be in Bramling-
don by THURSDAY
Lucy read the telegram and sat up in her
bed.
10 CO1e. SEle SAID, ana her
eyes flashed and her cheeks flushed. "He
landed IN England this morning-I felt no
did-about o'clock. lie will be here soon,
George wili-very soon-very soon Mamma,
please tell Eliza to put out nv lilac frock. He
liked liac-aud to como and do nv hair
nd-and-and-tel Eliza to come to me
and can tell her what want myself"
The father and mother exchanged glances
that said: Here is the consequence of our
deception. What can be done nextp' The
thought had hardly been interchanged be-
fore a smart rap was heard at the street door,
and u serva,l: came in with another tele-
graphic dispatch, which ran thus:
"From r. S.u,iden, Adelphi Hotel, Liver
pool, to c. D.wbarn, Bramlingdon.
"Just arrived hero with Mr. Munro. Shall
start by night train, leaving here at l:3O.
NJ. and self vii! he at Brainlingdon to-mor-
row. Telegraph backn
"How abs,ri of Topham 10 send two tele-
cramsn saii NJ. Dawbarn. when he and bis
wife were alorc. "as if one would not bring
mischief enou,.h He must be mad.n
DIR. Topbom entered the house. and in.
uuired how his Ian had succeeded.
"Oh Lnrv is very much delighted and aci-
tatel" answered Lucy's father "Wbat We