Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1893-04-28

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she WAS ont OF the door by tue time the
last wor1 was spoken. A few minutes
more and she WAS in the room she had
- lately left, exciaimnJ:
"My chance has come, kittyl | start
for England in an nour.
KITTY rose hastily.
"Nhat can do to help you}" she
asked, her face Gushing with generous
pleasure.
Nothing" repHel Stella, "only to
write nm / let my mother know; and don't
work yourself into lit oi sickness be-
tore get back.
While talking Stella was putting into
her satchel a few toilet articles, clange
of undcrC.othng, 4 night.dress, Il pair
OF rubber shoes and waterproof cloak.
"Good-bye,' she said. And with a
warm kiss the friends parted.
Arrived at the steamer, Stella was
met by Mr.. Cruikshauk with a rug on
his arm and in his hands Il guide book
and a welI-tiIled purse.
az thought you'd need the rug" he
said, "and as this is Jour first trip you
migst not think of it,"
Thou III not handsome, Stella was very
pleasing in appearance. The severe lines
of the dark blue business suit, relieved
by touches of narrow gold cord, which
she always wore when at her work, were
becoming to her tall, symmetrical figure,
and ~, lnalthv nj 81. aDl On
was the little hat of dark blue velvet,
with bunch Of gold acorns, which rest.
ed firmly on her abundant coils of chest
nut hair. She looked alert, but much
calmcr and cooler tiau her employer.
Eyes he said, rs if answering some
unseen objector, 81 think you'll do it,
and if you do MI Apparently he was
about to promise something, but though
better OF it.
IL will DO it, she sail iruiy, with
out awaiting the conclusion of NJ.
CruikshanE's sentence, wGile 4 rIcn
GLOW mounted TO her cheek, and the
! light OF courage and sef,rc.iAnct cane
INTO hcr eyes.
eyes. think you will. I've Hatchc |
YOU a good while, aud kno" that yoI
have social tact and sodui business juig-
mcnt. You may depend upon it thA.,
though | probably should rot have
thought OF YOU had you not offered,
should not have accepted your oIcr t
20 hal not AREA iy kn,vn yolr qllh.
ties and qualifications. In this envelope
yyu will tnl full Instructions; but, d
course, your success will Deepen on tho
use yol maze o. them. GDoi-bye.
And shaking her baud cordially, Mr.
Cmik,hauk ran oil tue gang plank At the
la,t moment.
Notwithstanding the season, ia,
weltner was pleasant during mos. o
the voyage, aud Stella passed mucA tim
on deck, enjoying to the lutI the bTacja=
AR ana the sense Of freedom from car,
of every sort She knew that she Ia.
been ntruste with IN important matter
She must secure, and that quickly, tn
powers necessary to enable Mr.. Crulk
shank to act for the English directors il
a crave emergency. Some OF these dI
rlc,ors, as she hal gathered from the
correspondence, were distrustfuI, and II
the words applied to Carlyle by hi
mother, slightly modified, "Scy i'll t
deal wi :" but during the voyage Stell
would not allow herself to dwell upo
this, aud, on the wnole, she telt herseI
euual to the task she had undertaken.
The morning OF December foun
Stella landed in Liverpool just In tim
to allow her to call upon the two Ill
rcctors who resided in that city, auc
without waiting for dinner, to catch tn
train which, rushing up the 40 miles
, London, would get her there on time
, meet the directors before business hour
r were over. If curious looks were ca
at the ,lutet, self.posse5'ed young CIR
, travelling alone, and proving her abllit
to 10 50, she was too earnest to het
them. Every instant was Of consequent
r to one wac mad yet to travel about 81
I miles, to points rs distant as Exeter al
e Edinburrn, meet the directors OF tho'
/ two places and get back to Liverpool
time to take the "Servia' on the ate
r noon of December 5.
n In London Stella was subjecte
=, some delay, but, by dint of heI'
a "tips," WAS able to catch an EXPIRE
t. ain to Exeer Oh the evening OF ID,
t cember &. There was no sleeping CT
{ By telegraph she secured a room at &
e hotel, whica she reached not long aft
D midnioht. A few hours OF sound stu
> her. n successful visit to the two Exc:
: directors and hurried meal prece Il
Is the long journey to ElluOnr5h. IL
. heart leapai at the historic name, b
; she had no time to linSer upon ITS
II s5ciations. To see the f iinourgh q
;. rectors at their own houses before Drea
# fast. catch the train back to L'verpo
. and board the tug which carried pA'se
GERS to the .'S,rvla" just in time to
t cure her passa &c in her, was all Il
Stella could do; but she did 1t.
/ TIE homeward voyage proved m
:. crptionalIy stormy one, even tor Decc
Der, but the "Servia" reached Ne" Il
It on the Is. Az Stella stepped ashore |
/. wa, met by Mr.. Craikshank, into VIII
o hands she gladly delivered the 5o'mu
:. desired proxies. -.
10 The hour vas a little late for arrIy
= at the office; but, feeling that the de
,r was cxcusab.c under the cIrclm'tanG
st Stella presented herself at her desN'
). fresh AMI serene as If she had lett 1t &"
!. the day before. Another young wo"
was occupying her chair. oteI" tur'
N and met the smiling gaze OF NJ, Crd
ne shanks second in command.
cts all right" he said, rea''ur'na
N "Tnc best typewriter aud stenograp
we ever had has proved herself t.
n, worthy of bug advance. See!'
he showed cable dispatch from
or chief of the London office, recomm
that "NIiss IIardcnburg be promoted