The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-03-15

Johnny looked at his watch on receiving
this information, and groan burst from
his lips.
Then she's gone" he said; "the train for
the south passes the station at half-past
eleven, and its IL now-EizabeUh,d did YOU
. know anything Of thisin
Not one word, sir" answered poor
Elizabeth; "she just sent me up to your
place with the letters TO got me out Of tho
d p
IN go to the station ut once, but it's no
coed, answered Johnny, who seemed half
be Nldered. ibid she write Co you, tcof
| ~ 3, sir; TO Did me gOod-by-Oh, the
poor, poor ssie, she's surely dementm
Johany Campbell said nothing more. he
rushed from the house and ran all the way
70 the railway station, only there to have
| his fears all confirmed. The station-mRster
knew Miss Helen Drummond very well by
sight, and had received note from her the
night before, requesting him to send a oar
riage to Ardleigh House In time TO catch
the half-past eleven train.
A Johnny listened TO this he looked so
white that the station-master asked him II
/ he felt unwell.
mo" he answered, briefly, and then
turned away, feeling utterly miserable. He
went, however, back TO Ardleigh House.
to tell Elizabeth that Helen was actually
gone"
"What did she mean, Elizabeth 81 he said
hoarsely. II asked her yesterday to marry
me, and she said she would never marry
that there were most painful reasons why
| she should not, and in hec letter that you
| brought this morning she says she will
never return, and asks me TO take the
dogsg"
Elizabeth shook her head.
There were sAir trouble In her family
long ago" she said, land Miss Helen
never knew until of late, and its Just
preyed on her mind-that, aud her dear
aunt's death"
"rl try to find her, said Johnny, with
quivering lips "She talks of working for
her own bread-but we'll seen
Then he whis.led for the dogs who knew
him, and believing he was about to take
chem for q walk, followed him, as he went
on with downcast head. He had received
great blow, and for the time at least all
interest seemed TO have passed out of his
| life.
And the news of her sudden disappear
ance was great blow also TO Lady Ennis
| more. Elizabeth sent on the letter she had
left, and Lady Ennismore received 1t on the
following morning as she was sitting oppo-
site her husband at breakfast, and as she
read 1t cry unconsciouSly escaped her
lips
whats the matter, KatieY" asked Lord
| Ennismore looking up from his newspaper.
ut is from Helen Drummond," she
answered, with faltering lips; ''the foolish
girl has left Ardleigh, and"
Left Ardleighl Where on earth has
she gone, thenp
"She does not say-thls Is a terrible
thing" And Lady Ennismore rose from
the table in great agitation.
Nv nat does she say in her letterp asked
Ennismore, putting out his hand for 1t; but
Lady Ennismore held it fast.
II cannot show it to you" SIZE said "there
is a secret Of Helen's mentioned--I-I must
| go upstairs and think what is to be donen
She went to Il nall morning room OF her
own and again re-read the farewell words
that Helen in her farewell words had ad-
dressed to her.
| DEAR LADY ENNIsMoRE: When YOU
receive this l shall have left Ardleigh for
ever, and passed away from all those have
ever known, just as il were dead What
you told me indeed killed all that was worth
| living for in my life, and mean to change
my name and wish my brief existence to DO
| forgotten. But there Is one request have
| to you; for Aunt Margaret's sake will you
see that her faithful servant, Elizabeth,
| does not starve, and | wish her to have ali
the furniture at Ardleigh. / am not quite
without means, for amongst Aunt Marga-
| refs papers there was on envelope contain
ing two hundred pounds in notes, on which
was written: "For my dear Helen" have
taken these, but as the money was prob
ably saved from the income you allowed
her, will you take this sum out Of what she
| left me by will, which belonged to her
father, snd is in the bank at Oban. There
is three hundred pounds there, and the
other hundred will be more than sufficient
to pay anything owing here, and Elizabeth
can have the rest, as | shall never want 1t.
l should like 70 see Julia once more, but 1t
cannot be. HELEN
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