The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-12-03
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patiently. For how long The ten
years have two to Jun yet"
res, hut [ am eighteen to day-of
legal age. NJ IS Chandler says she
verify bel ewes that some word or drec-
ton VIII come soon"
1t Wa an Cd stors gone over now for
the huaGre III tine. bat there was new
interest II q $ uss.ng it. They talked
of their plans, OF their hopes, Of the
golden future life seemed to pre- sage.
Il must so now, spoke Edna at las.
Why, | have been here nearly half an
h ur l Y Gated to tell you about the
recept.o tomorrow evening. MI.
Brinsey is to take me. He is Miss
Chandler cols n AM l want to please
her
Raym nd's eyes shovel ris ng token
OF jealousy, bat he was rrudenIy silent.
IF he does TO go | shall write you,
AMI you must be my knight errant.
hope he does not. Good-by. No. Be
atriee is looking this way. Be patient,
Raymond, aud above all, do make 50 ne
progress n lat tire somc, nevcr-to- be
finished picture.
She was gone as she had come, like
a flashing, dainty sprite. Raymond
Marshall followed her with his eyes,
until the bushes shut out the remot st
view OF her pr tty, mold ng car.
"Picture!' he murmured, with a sigh
as he pa :ked up stool and easel w ho
could IA n with such a fac haunting
every glance AMI thought? And she
bids me wait, Wait, to be tortured
every time see her in the company OF
that fellow BrinsIev, or making a con-
tidante of Beatrice Mercer. How l dis
trust h"ri
Yes, Miss Beatrice Mercer was
thorn in the artists side. Why. he
could scarcely explain. She was pretty.
young, apparently devoted to his fiancce,
bat III re than once he hal caught her
eyes fixed on Edna with a latent, bale
ful light, n on himself with passion
a'e. pleading expression that mystifiei,
repu sed him, he knew not why
But all this wO aid soon end: ah, yes,
it must soon end The mys cry OF his
fancee must some time cease TO be a
mystery. 1t was not an unusual case.
1t would probably have a very Irosaic
conclusion, with the long-lost father
returning and EXPLAINING that he had
placed his daughter in Miss Chandler 5
charge because she was motherless.
Then they would marry, ana life
would be worth liv.n,, and all the dis
tressHg lritte5 of the present would
vanish. 1t must be so. Edna had pre-
dicted that word must soon come from
her mys ferrous relative.
Her faith as hopeful as his own, Edna
locked her arm through that of her com
anton, AMI did most of the chattering
the way back to the seminary.
Miss Mercer wen straight TO her own
room II Edna ha | en- her as sh
threw herself on her bed and lay con
vulsed in a raro&ysm OF tears, rage, a I'd
emotion for over an hour, she might not
va My have guessed at the cause of the
varying moo IS o. thi- strange creature.
As to Edna, she studied for an hour
AMI started to find her friend again,
In mixing OF Rai mond's handsome face
dr1p te herself, and Raymond $ anxious
wsa that the obstacles to their union
W r. removed that word would come,
and the suspense of waiting be aIlevi-
ated
"Oh, Edna, Miss Chandler wishes to
5 'e you at once, spoke Il fellow stu
dent, as Edna crossed the hall
Particularly murmu:ei Edna, with
a smile
Very much so. She sent me for you,
and seemed greatly excited. Something
has happened; | don't know what, but
she acted very much agi.ated.'
Yes, Something had happened, and
Edna Deane knew what, few minutes
la'er.
Something hal happened in way d.
rectly in ace ordance with her thoughts
and Raymond Marshall's impatient de-
sircS
Word" had come,