Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1892-09-15

room, it was not to sleep She sat
patiently in a chair till the clock
chimed eleven, and then, wrapping
herself in a shawl, she crept quietly
down the stairs, and, opening door
in the rear Of the house, stole through
the shrubDery and reached the wall
of the kitchen garden, in which was
a,Small gate communicating with a
lane. Opening the gate with a trem-
bling hand. she found herself almost
Immediately clasped in the arms Of a
tall, athletic young fellow, whose
shabby attire poorly matched his clear
cut and aristocratic features.
''My darling Nellie" he murmured
in passionate tones.
''Ohl Fred. how could you ask me
to meet you at such an hour?" and
the girl shivered more in apprehen-
sion than from cold, as she spoke.
because 1 knew you would be sure
to come, dearest. It is not often we
get the chance of a few minutes to-
gether. But, tell me Nellie, who was
that man that came down by the
6:45 train and drove straight to this
house? I travelled by the same train
and thought I knew him."
'Ohi that's some one who is gong
to take charge Of the practice for
three months, while dad takes holt
day. His name is"
At that moment the lovers-for
such they undoubtedly were-heard
the sound Of an opening window.
Nellie rapidly retreated through the
gate, and ran towards the house. AS
she did so she noticed that on the
first floor the window of the room
which had been prepared for the new
conner was open, and that st. John
himself was stationed thereat, evil
IDENTIFY watching her movements.
Keeping her face well shrouded in her
shawl, Nellie gained the door OF the
house. and reached her room in less
than ten minutes from the time she
had quilted it.
doctors daughter sweethearting
on the slY,'' saio st. John to himself,
as he closed his window. Didn't look
like that sort of girl, either. Still,
so much the better for me-"
Having duly introduced Mr.. st.
John to his patients and gone over
the case diaries with him, DR.. West
packed his portmanteau and departed
with the intention of rambling
through France and Switzerland, with,
| possibly, a run as far as Rome. Mel
lie continued her housekeeping duties,
| aided by the servants, VINO had been
| for many years in her fathers employ.
| Charles St. John was out during the
! greater part of the day, though he
generally managed to be home for the
] w
with the doctors daughter. waited on
| by the sedate man-serYant, who was
! butler, footman and groom, all in
one. From the first st. John had
declined the services of this man out
said, to drive himself, and he GER
tainly did not spare the doctors
| horses.
! 'sHe don't fog EN- said Sam, the
! factotum referred to, as he was bed
ding his charges for the night; ''he
| don't seem to drive 'em fast, for they
must cover a lot o. ground, for them
losses never was so dead-beat since
I've lad to do with 'em."
Sam mentioned the matter pri-
vately to his young mistress, but it
terfere, In fact she spoke as little as
possible to Mr.. st. John, who had
chosen TO make love to her in a cool,
nonchalant way, which was the re-
verse of f1atterIng. And when on
one occasion she had been tempted tc
snub him most plainly, he had re-
Piled
my dear Miss West, you can say
|
me. Why, you don't know how de-
voted I could be to your interests II
necessary. 1 believe L could even
Keep watch at the postern gate,
Came you never so late" and the
speaker looked significantly as he ut
tered these words. The memory Of
the open window flashed across the
girls mind. She blushed furiOusly
and muttering something about in
structions to give to the servants, ,
left the. room, conscious of u most
sardonic smile on the face of hel
prosecutor.
Some three weeks after the doctor:
departure, the community of Bewley
Stratton was startled with the new:
that 1.-THE Crays," the seat of one Of
the county families, had been broker
into by burglars, and a considerable
amount of valuable jewelry carried
off. The local police, aided by a de
|, tective from town, soon established
the fact that the ',job' was the work
of experienced thieves; and they were
busy following up clue-or at least
so they said-when they were called
to mansion some eight miles from
THE Crays," which had also beer
burgled. evidently by the same hands
Here the plate chest had been rified
, and the thieves had got clean away
without leaving any trace Of thei
subsequent movements.
These two burglarles gave the PEG
pie of Bewley-Stratton plenty to tall
about; and when, day or two later
news came of yet a third raid on tn