Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-07-19
Continued From Sunday.
CHAPTER Ill

-Foa see I hare hunted pou douH-"
The young people returned to the
Ashley mansion to find that CelestinA
had been removed by the doctors order
to the Littlefeld hospital. and there was
good hope OF her recovery. They seemed
10 have grown quite intimate in this
half hour of intercourse. Fanny Ashley
had frank. winnipg How
strange it seems" she said to Edith,
'-thAt we do not even know your name.
xnd you are probs liy unacquaiuted with
OUTS l am Far ny Ashley. and this Is
my brother Ha-old. AS our acqusint-
ance has beguL 50 Economically, l am
sure it ought TO continue. lido hope You
viii let me one and see you"
"But l am a stranger in Littlefeld,
Mss Ashley, and shall remain only a few
weeks or months"
80 much the more reason why I
should see you as often as possible while
700 do remain"
Edith looked embarrassed. She thrust
out her shabby shoe from under the
SKIRT Of her old gown. The sight of that
shoe and Of her ragged gloves ought to
have told Miss Ashley the acquaintance
she sought was impossible. II live in .
part Of Littleield you may not know
anything abOut-Ford's alley, near the
railway. l lodge there with Mrs. North
up. If you cared to call of course l shall
be pleased. Ny name is Edith March
''Ford's aIleyT and Fanny looked at
her brother Harry. "Of course" said
he, with alacrity. ''It is that little place
of Grove street, running down to the
station. The Northups live in the house
with the pretty garden 1 know North
up, conductor on the Applicable line, and
. right good fellow"
Fanny opened her Eyes with a grave
~ 6cked up all tins information about
the Northups2 Edith managed to escape
rather abruptly. although she saw in
Harry Ashley's eyes that he had intend
ed TO offer her his escort as far as the
town It wa late twilight when Edith
reached home, and she felt too nervous
and excited TO set to work as usual in
the evening hours. She remained a long
time in the dark watching the stars
come out in the sky through her high
window and living over the strange
events of the afternoon. Poor old Celes-
tina's book Of poetry lay in her lap, and
she touched it with q Of pity. She
had planned TO go to the Littleield hos
pital and inquire after the sick woman
the first thing in the morning. Then
her thoughts turned TO young Ashley
and his sister, whom she could not but
like for these frank kndnesses. She
laughed TO herself when she recalled the
little 6b she had written that morning
20 her brother Willard about the supe-
nor excellence Of Lfttlefeld society. A
few hours had made al the difference
From utter loneliness she had leaped into
the hest LittIefeld set. The Ashleys
certainly were at the top Of, the tree.
And had not Miss Askley asked pennis-
siOn tocAR
'Efth March young Ashley kept 10
posting over 70 himseaf ~ hs restessly
wandered from the verAnda 70 the hail
md from the hall 70 the library. Where
had he heard the narnes It seemed TO.
haunt him BE went over to a pile Of
magazines on the library table, and 50
lecting one by chance opened AZ the t.
ble Of contents. by Jove, here it Is,
Fanny" and he dashed into the drawing
with the book In his hand. she
Is literary, and here is Of her stories"
"Of whom. pray, are you talking.
HAroldT
why Of that girl, Of course. who
found the old party up IN the woods-Miss
March The name has been haunting
me ever since I heard it And do you
know / recall now a letter l had yester-
day from Stevens, who is up at Tamerack
Camp with a young geologist named
March. He says he is q capital fellow,
and has a sister who writes OF course
It must be the same"
why, Harry said Miss Trevor, mil-
ing I'D at him from her reclining chair,
you look as if you had found a gold
mine"
Edith had been up three hours labor
ing at her story In the dewy freshness Of
the morning when q smart dog cart with
a groom on the back seat and a high
stepping horse driven by Mr.. Harry Ash
ley entered Ford's alley at q lively pace
and stopped at Mrs Northup's door. Fhs
good woman, when she answered the
summons. was electrified to find mil
ing young man on the doorstep who in
uuired If Miss March lived there, and de
hvered to her a dainty billet, intimating
that he would wait for an answer. She
came nantinc N tha stsna To Edfths