The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-09-13

/ her in Hindoostanee with triumphant
/ smile.
All" she replied. still speaking the
/ language of late most familiar 10 her.
| NV failure is due to YOU. Had you not
! insisted on my meeting you, had you not
| kept me last night, | should have been
| at my post and this audacious girl should
/ never have gained admIttance nat
/ enemy sent that telegram? Who dlscoy-
cred me? Another week and snolid
| have been his wife, his heir. Come let,
| me leave this accursed place. You have
| destroyed me"
| The Eastern. rapidly in his own tongue,
| murmured something, and she replied. as
| if scarce conscious OF what she SAID, IS:
| il is destiny You are my Fate" and
| rushed from the room
Ruth clasped her hands, For heavens
| sake" she exclaimed, lose no more time,
| even now We may be too late TO save Cap
| tain Carew from this dreadful charge. Go
| Brett Go TO the bank. Lose no time"
But poor Ruth's inCoherent directions
were interrupted by the welcome appear
| ance OF Mr.. Heartwell, who soon put
matters in trim.
Having had short and exceedingly de-
| cisive interview with Mrs. SOmcrs, he
counselled Ruth to stay with her brother
till the arrival of Lady Hastings, who was
expected in the afternoon. RE managed
10 calm the invalid's miserable fears and
wrote out short statement OF the facts
and gave IL to Hastings, who signed 1t with
an effort.
LET Mr.. Hastings servant dress him."
said Heartwell, and prepare him TO leave
this. | don't think there Is really much
the matter with him. | will return TO
town Immediately and telegraph to YOU
the result OF my interview with the man
ager'
He rang the bell as he spoke. and the
man who had admitted Ruth appeared IN
stantly.
He received his orders. and Immediately
burst into apOlogetic explanations OF how
ne only knew the nurse by the name oil
Smithson; how he was engaged to attend
an invalid gentleman, and how he had be-
gun 10 think things We're not On the
square, etc, etc.
Further details may be anticipated.
Hastings statement entirely cleared Carew
from the charge about TO be preferred
against him, and the weak but well-inean-
ing hypochondriac was soon established at
the Grange with his faithful! khodja in
attendance.
The distinguished specialist called in to
advise him declared that his nervous sys-
tern had been much tempered with by
chlorOform or some treatment of that ma
ture, and IL would be some time before he
could completely recover from its effects.
IL was decided TO make no attempt 10
punish Mrs. Somers. The lawyers, in ex-
aiming the condition of Mr.. Hastings
affairs, found that his expenses had been
we'll managed, and no charge of embeZZle-
ment could be brought against her. She
therefore, through the special protection
supposed TO be extended by MS Satanic
Majesty to his most capable servant, es-
capped, where many less tiendlsh Culprlt
would have suffered.
Refore NeuteFu her had closed Val (arayV
was once more the guest of Lady Hast
ings. This time 1t was parting visit, for
he had effected the change he desired, and
was to sail for India in few days.
Il can never thank you enough, Ruth, "
he was saying, "for the pluck and prompt
ness with which you acted on my behalf.
lou saved more than my life-Iny reputa-
ton"
Before she could reply, the butler an
nounced that MacDougal was in the hall,
and very eager to speak with Captain
Carey.
show him in" said Lady Hastings,
and in a minute he entered looking more
gaunt and dreary than ever.
ION, MacDougal," cried Ruth. Il have
been dying to ask you about that tele-
gram. We cannot find out who sent it"
1T is just about that | came To speak,
mem. | hear the captain has been making
inquiries about it. and | have come to beg
he will not, or I'll likely lose my place"
How so MacDougal?" asked 'Carew.
Just hear my story, sir. You'll re-
member, Miss Ruth. that Sabbath evening
you was alone in the grounds, and told
you how | met khodja and how he said
where he had tracked that she devil?
Well, Miss Ruth was in sore trouble, and
cried as if her heart would break. Her
sorrows seemed just TO enter into my soul
| never knew what was ct the root of the
matter before so | went away home fairly
Il l. =. =.
which was not truth or reality was Just
hiding the right road, and you could not
sweep IL away. | fell asleep thinking of
you, sir, and Miss Ruth. and it seemed a
minute after | heard the telegraph bell
sharper than usual. jumped Up and ran
into the office, the letters came quick and
clear. Just what would have
wished. so | hurried on my
clothes and across the fields as
light as if an all-powerful hand held me
up. Anyhow. | found myself inside the
gate here and Miss Ruth speaking 10 me
out Of the window in no time. She let me
IN, and then | had queer sort OF q turn
and sat down in the hail, when I seemed
To come to myself all OF a sudden, and |
knew | had been walking in my sleep
Miss Ruth did not come back to me for a
few minutes, so had time TO think Saws
| TO myself: IN let it be- It's a regular
telegraph form, ana it NAV be of use To-
feel 1t was; and if you go and push the
head people about il and the truth comes
out I'll be sent adrift. How could they
trust man who has a special wire in
his dreams
This is most extraordinary" cried
Carew, You ought to send the account
10 the Psychicai Research Society. It was
I lucky dream for me, Mac DougaI. You
have saved me at terrible crisis | see
that We must keep the affair dark. | will
tell the authorities that | have discovered
the sender OF the telegram. which is the
truth, vet viii conceal the truth"
Dear MacDougal, some friendly High
land fairy must have inspired YOU" cried
Ruth, shaking hands with him.
!, Alter some further talk respecting this
curious delusiOn. Lady Hastings took
MacDougal away To give him a book for
his daughter. and for a few minutes VA
and Ruth We're left alone.
Il have dared to speak 10 YOUR mother
Ruth, cried Val eagerly. but she is in
eNorabie. She say, | must show that I am
proof against temptation before she would
entertain the idea Of giving me her treas
ure."
You must accept her terms. Val she
returned, sadly. Il, too, want you 70
prove yourself
But you believe me. You trust me
Ruth p" ~
When 1 trust thee not. chaos is come
again. What are TWO years of waiting
compared 70 the happiness We hope for"
sad Ruth, yielding 10 his embrace.
And, added Carew. though there i
70 be n" acknowledged engagement. this
- on true oetrothal." He benz 10 fasten