The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1893-04-29

| man mounted, with much grumo ding,
| into his seat, and tucked his horse-cloth
| tighter round his knees.
| They tried No. first, then No. Q; Mrs.
| Carol was not known at either house.
| The cabman advised trying Is or 10,
| both fruitlessly; at last, in despair, they
| tried %, and this time were so far sue
| cessessful that they found that Mrs.
Carol had been there.
| The Minister shivered as he saw the
dirty, poverty-stricken look of the place.
| The landladY, an aggressive-l0Oking wo-
man, with her black hair twisted into
! curl.papers, parlor, small room, with
uge-patterned drab paper and two vases
of waXhowerS, yelled in coarse yellow
muslin.
| She began talking at once.
"If you're the friends, sir, you ought
to look after her better-that's ali l can
| say. Here she comes. that weak and i'll,
| as l thought she would have died on my
| hands: but when / asked my rent, she up
and paid me week in advance. which,
as she had no reference, is customary,
| and"
But the Miniser cut short her endless
flow Of talk, asking
"Can you tell me her present address,"
L
full whether any one herea bouts can, for
no one notices where them goes as have
paid up every penny they owes, for a real
lady she was"
'WhY did she leave you?" asked the
minister, his heart sinking very low.
WELL" began the woman, twisting up
her apron, "she was a deal of trouble,
and the baby was handful, just begun
with its teething"
you sent her away?'
"No-not that exactly; but / put on
sixpence for the child, and its fresh milk
came to tenpence."
$50 it was want Of money drove her
away" said the Minister.
He could hardly speak for sorrow and
| indgnatiOn-he shook the dust off his
| feet as he crossed the threshold of the
woman's house.
Where should he go next? how should
he pursue his inquiries? He had no re-
| sources but to conflde TO the cabman
| that he was in search of a lady who could
| not be found.
! They went to all the petty tradeSmen
near, consulted cabmen who might have
remembered carrying a lady, and her
child and box, somewhere; but all in
! vain. ASSunta was lost in this huge Lon
/ don wilderness.
| At last, weary and disheartened. Mas
| ter Malcolm returned to his hotel. The
| common room was now full of men, talk
! ing and smoking, and he made his way
| up to his own room.
He sat thinking gloomily, when an
! idea suddenly flashed across him. As
sunta had promised always to send him
her address; that she had delayed writ
! ing from Deal street might be accounted
| for by the fact that she remained there
! so short time; but in all probability a
! letter was waiting for him now at his
! own manSe, in the very north of Scot
! land. telling him where she was, perhaps
! that she had already arrived at utmost
need. Master Malcolm sat down and
/ wrote at once to KerenhappuCh desiring
| her to forward his letters, should there
| be any; and bitter were his regrets when
! he considered that at least six DAYS must
/ elapse before he could hope for an an
| SWer.
! He thought that no time during the
whole course Of his life had seemed so
| long as the next week, for 1t was seven
| days before the answer came; he had no
occupation but wandering about the
| streets, or rcadiug the papers.
The letter arrived at last Master
Malcolm was right in his conjecture
She had written to him, and as he read
her letter, his heart died within him.
''My only friend" she wrote, sorrow
| has broken my pride; am changed now.
Send me money, for | know not where
/ to turn! Tell Lady Grisel that | accept
/ her otfcr-it is for Evans child. ! am
very Ill, so i'll that can scarcely see to
write, but they are very kind to me and
to baby. Send he" the letter broke off
abruptly, and the direction was written
J in strange hand.
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