The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-10


ant friendship rudeiy broken for "a
while. AZ seven sou win be ready then;
before that I val. settle with you. and
But. indeed. want no payment. -
All my household receive money for
work done, =" was the proud answer. You
viii receive more. You shall hear again,
through my lawyers. as TO the annuity L
propose 10 settle on YOU
IL was at the tip of Nclly's tongue TO
Nehemently repudiate the annuity. She
would never on any account accept one.
IL would be like using blood money. The
idea was abhowencly repugnant to her;
besides she would not have even the eX-
cuse of needing il. But she refrained
from giving this explanation 70 the
baroness. Rejection seemed to anger her.
Perhaps herladyship saw some struggle
going on in Nelly's breast. At any rate
she touched her with her taper fingers,
and said, confidentially, if cOncedingly;
81 think YOU deserve to be told a small
item Of important news. Mark Boyd has
been found. He Is at ApsdendOr, near
Culverdale, staying, as it seems, with
great old friend of ours Gen. Dane. How
he got introduced there is a mystery, but
he has effected it, and in disguise more
over, he is on the point of marrying the
gene rails ward-an orphan, with fully
half a milliOn-pOOr Hudegarde Wren,
how nearly she has been sacrificed. The
wedding IS fixed for Tuesday next, Roy
says luckily for her and us he will be
safe in prison then. He is TO be seized at
once. ="
Nelly spoke not. neither moved. Lady
Grey de Lucerne gave her a searching
look and passed on. Disappointed, it
might be- at the manner in which her
important communication had been re-
ceived
Miss Minchin found Nelly seated like a
dumb statue on her return.
What has happened2 are YOU turned
TO stone! l understood from Wilson that
all sorts of good thing had occurred: YOUR
father turned up alive, the Baroness and
her sons retirement ended, our"
4 was $3.50 happyp' exclaimed
Nelly, bursting into tears. ''I-oh, Olga,
why-why did you give up that paper of
Marksl 1t alone has condemned him -
And precious good thing, too, the
wretch. I'll tell you about him He
bother Wilson, what does he want me for
just now?"
You are to please to go to my lady
instantly" said the maid who brought
the message. ut is something about the
dessert"
Cool, just after my journey, too! but
you don't look At to 90. Nelly, and there
is no disobeying the baroness"
She ran off quickly. Her departure
seemed to have the effect Of rousing
Nelly. She jumped up hurriedly, fired
with Il strong determination.
"Apsdendor Culverdale" she ex-
claimed with energy; land it is all my
doing that they have a warrant to arrest
him. Who ought to have died sooner
than give the clue-his false, cOwardly
wife! 1t is my hand that has stricken
n i'm r. s-1r ba hoI, I'D
to me, glad as am to have escaped from
his tyranny, 1 had no desire to revenge
my wrongs on his head. No, no! What
are Lord Lanes injustices to me by COM
parisOnl Nothing l would have him
released from hardship, reinstated in
splendOr, but-but not by my conniVance.
Oh, 1 must warn Mark. II is my duty.
If he once getsoff he may evade them. L
must find Culverdale. 1 will go!'
She turned feverishly, as if to start off
then and there, but paused abruptly,
placing her hand across her brow.
But there's my dear, dear daddiev'
she cried, with sudden recollection. All!
it's always thus Mark keeps interposing
between our union. l was so happy-such
bliss was mine We were to have been
reunited tonight we-but why dwell on
the recollection 1t is only happiness
postponed for a few hours, and-and l
myself if | let him be trapped like a hare
without one sign to save him, bad as he
isl"
Nellie seemed almost beside herself in
tumult and emotion. She scarce knew
what she was doing.
Il will leave note for-fOr Langley"
she deliberated L could not evade him
this time again, as ! did before l owe it
to his nfailing goodness to explain my
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gone. "
She got her little writing case and hur-
riedly penned
Dear Mr.. Bruce-This little note to
YOU is quite private. Please tell no one
its contents shall not be able to return
to Slackaby with you tonight, much as [
long so to do, but duty takes me in an
other direction. You will guess where
They are arresting him. and all through
my treachery; so cost what it will l must
give him the warning. Father and 1 can
spare these few hours, hard as it is to
spare them, because we shall be together
for the rest of our lives. Dear Mr..
Bruce, Yours gratefully NELLY"
The difficulty was how to get this note
to Langley. She did not wish him to re
ceive it till he arrived to dinner. After
some deliberation she resolved to ask
Wilson to be her friend in the matter
"And give it to him the moment he ar
rives, " She ended, after having bestowed
one or two directions.
Wilson promised. 1t happened, how
ever, that Wilson was not quite easy in
his mind. To use his own words, he was
habbergasted at the sudden changes 60
ing on in the house-scarce knowing
whether he stood on his head or his heels.
What should Miss Henstock have given
Mr.. Bruce letter for? her eyes that wild
like, as if she were only fit for a lunatic
asylum
In his dilemma, Wilson, as staid re
tainer of the family, resolved to send a
maid to fetch olga.
Read that, Miss Minchin," he said,
thrusting Nelly's unopened envelope into
her hand.
But it is not for me- she replied, ex-
aiming the address, it"
"If you don't open it, l shall take the
liberty he said There was something
so very strange in Miss Henstock's man
ncr as she gave it. l never like notes
promiscous like I-I-well Miss Min
chin, I'll tell you l thought she-she
seemed somewhat like person cOntem-
plating suicide"
Olga needed no further persuasion.
She tore the envelope hurriedly across
and read Nclly's private note.
Quite right; YOU have done wisely,
Wilson,. exclaimed Olga, eXcitedly;
but l will tell you the particulars later.
Where is Miss Henstock?"
upstairs, for all l know. She ran up