The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-30

his two visitors than he was on has way
to Nelly He might have delayed his
last interview" but he was not pre-
pared to encounter arguments and oppo-
sition from Mrs Smith. Nelly nearly
screamed when she saw him; yet there
was nothing unusual is his appearance.
Many a time she would have been only
too glad to welcome him in so apparently
genial mood.
81 startled you, Nelly" he said II
have been all along rough, rude fellow
to you. No, don't move further away. 1
know how YOU feel with me after-after
discovering how / tricked you to make
YOU my wife ! would not do so deceitfully
again had the past temptation to recur
NV only excuse was that l loved YOU
Your love soon evaporated, " declared
Nelly, bitterly.
Not so. | love you dearer to-day than
I did then. It's been only the fault Of my
beastly temper that has made me seem so
unkind. But when mans at his VII 5
end for money; worried all round with
fear of discovery haunted by remorse,
longing for reconciliation with his friends,
and meets besides with nothing but
frowns from the one for whom he has
done all this what else but an irrita bic
partner can you eXpecti'
1t sounded well, but Nelly knew is was
false.
''Why detail all this-nOw2"
at is merely because II fear l am on
the point Of-Of losing you. want your
forgiveness before yOu-gOW
Nelly raised herself in bed. Her eyes
were wide open with establishment she
gazed at Mark seated in his chair leaning
towards her, and she gasped for breath.
How could he have found outt Only one
INTERPRETATION of his remarks reached her.
He knew her intention of leaving, and
was not exasperated ovSr it. Then
thought is Quck-he was uncOgnizant OF
that further implication of his character
which she held, or he would not let her
get off at any price.
Has Dagmar - comeF she asked,
breathlessly.
"Dagmar cannot be here tonight. She
had an appointment with jacob
Then what"
"Besides. if Dagmar could have got
here, dared not have let her run the risk
OF seeing you. You are very ill-danger-
ously sO--there's infection i'll your fever
typhoid"
There is no infection in typhoid, said
Nelly, in a strangely constrained voice.
Father always said not, and he was
notedly clever what had Marks mean
ing been0.'
Then yours is typhus, gastric, or
something of that sort. Revelstoke was
not very explicit. Only he told me that
YOU were in danger
Nelly's heart beat furiously now, not
with fear of dying from any fever which
she was supposed to have caught, for
none knew better than herself that no
faint of that sort was in her veins, but
with fear from "a far more dangerous
source Marks Vaccinations. His sud
den tenderness and short remorse filled
her with suspicion. She recOg-
nizcd that she was there alone with him.
.Dagmar was not likely to come There
was no hope of succoer from any. Mrs.
Smith was worse than useless even if she
screamed. IL was an awful strait Little
wonder that her heart sank in alarm
that her blue eyes grew large with horror
and fear.
you are afraid to die" observed
Mark, noting the change in her face. She
turned and faced him. endued with the
fearlessness of true bravery.
Il shall not die from the fever, Mark,
because | have none My only danger
is
This suspicion is too kind" broke in
Mark, in an unpleasant tone of banter
Because / was foolish enough to hood
wink you into marriage you Immediately
imagine ] shall be foul enough TO plot
against your life. File, Nelly!n
How openly he could deceive was her
comment She felt surer than ever that
he did not know the proof she held against
him. Had he forgotten that he had left
it in his desk
'II glad to hear you speak more
1avorably of your case than Revelstoke
did. ] know he is given TO take a dark
view Of everything. tell you what,
Nelly, if you don't feel bad and as it
seems you suspect me of unworthy de-
signs on your safety, don't take the medi-
cine he sent-there was "a draught or
something of that sort, was there not}"
Anything more open and frank than
Marks manner, as he lcant slightly
towards her il would be impossible to
imagine. Nelly had never doubted the
purity of the doctors phial, yet, had
Mark strongly advised her to swallow the
narcotic, the chances were that, with her
fears all up in arms against him, she
might have begun to wonder why he was
SO anXious-whether he had inserted
aught deleterious. surreptitiously-a
finally, decided tO6ha on the safe side, and
not do as he requested His speech com
pletely allayed all fears, as Mark meant it
should.
%, I shall take it before l go to
sleep, else what good in my having a doc
tori"
Mark, in delight at his success, soon
after lett her. Nelly 5 immediate act, on
his leaving the room. was to jump ont OF
bed, bolt the door, and then sit down tC
some sewing. Her movements were st
quick that she seemed to merely rip open
her stays and then seam them together
again Had anybody seen her they would
have decided that the fever, under which
Mark asserted she was suffering, must
have touched her brain.
II am glad have done that" she said
returning to between the sheets. Now
as Dagmar is with jacob, and SOUND
sleep viii Illustrate any of Mark 5 designs
on my safety till the morning, I viii take
my little dose If he means to harm me
he won't be able whilst am asleep surely
or-who is thercl" she broke on, as she
heard tine door tried
MARK. | thought l heard you out
OF bed. running across the floor"
ut is all right" she answered, he1
heart beating 70 Suffocation. Il am &c
ing To-
Right for you, an invalid, to have yom
door made fast against assistance. Non
sense
She had it open before he could sd,
more.
y only came to say that am going L
the hotel TO sleep. / suppose YOU won
mind. Mrs. Smith can remain within cal
If you like"
II don't want anybody l really fee
4 quite well, declared she, exuberant thai
reFn MOI on 90. Sc.