Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-08-09

| III Jhhk uDJll OuG dlpuiGIe or
haps, after all, Mr. Wyatt is as kind.
hearted as his admirers think him,
and have done wrong in being preju,
diced against him. He was Cyprian's
friend too, and always speaks Of him
with particular affection"
Constance remembered that scene in
the morning-room at Davenant. 1t was
one Of those unpleasant memories
which do not grow fainter with the
passage OF years. She had been in
clined TO suspect James Wyatt OF ma
licious intention in his sudden an
nouncement Of Sir Cyprian's death
the wish to let her husband see how
strong hold her first love still had
upon her heart. He, who had been
Cyprian Davenant's friend and conf
dante, was likely to have known some
thing OF that earlier attachment, or at
least to have formed a shrewd guess at
the truth.
"Perhaps / have suspected him
wrongly in that affair" Constance
thought, now that she was disposed to
think mo o kindly OF Mr.. Wyatt. "His
mention of Sir Cyprian might have
been purely accidental. "
! -Four or five times in every day
Melaine Duport brought the baby
Christabel to the grass-plot under the
window OF Mrs. Sinclairs bedroom and
there were tender greetings between
mother and child, baby struggling in
nurses grasp and holding up her
chubby arms as If she would fain have
embraced her mother even at that dis.
lance. These interviews were d sorry
substitute for the long happy hours Of
closest companionship which mother
and child had enjoyed at Schoenesthalss
but Constance bore the trial bravely,
The patient was going on wonderfully
well, Mr.. Paulton said; the violence Of
the fever was considerably abated, 1t
had proved light attack of the scar
let fever, and not typhoi1, as the doc.
tor had feared it might have proved.
In week the patient would most like
ly be on the high-road to recovery, and
then Mrs. Sinclair could leave her en-
tirely to the sisters care, since poor
Martha was now re stored to her right
mind, and was quite reconciled TO that
Trustworthy attendant
"And thea, said Mr.. Paulton, IL shall
send you to Baden for few days, be-
fore you go back to baby, and you must
put aside all clothes that you have
worn in the sick-room, and think we
shall escape all risk of infection.
This was good hearing. Constance
languished for the happy hour when
she should be alb Q to clasp that rosy
babbling child to her breast once more.
Madamoiselle Duport had been mar
vel of goodness throughout this anX-
ious time.
81 shall never forget how good and
thoughtful you have been, Melanie,"
said Constance, from her window, as
the French girl stood in the garden be-
low, holding baby up to be adored be-
fore setting out for her morning ram
BILE.
"But it is a pleasure to serve Ma
dame, " shrieked Melanie, in her shrill
treble.
Monsieur returns this evening""
said Constance, who had Just received
a hurried scrawl from Gilbert, naming
the hour Of his ARR, al; you must take
care that Christabel looks the pref
test.
"Ah, but she is always ravishingly
pretty. II she were only boy, Mon
sieur would idolize her."
Where are you going this morning,
Melanie?"
"To the ruined castle on the hill"
"Do you think that is safe place for
baby?"
What could there be safer? What
peril can madame forsee?"
NO." said Constance, with sigh.
Il suppose she is as safe there as any
where else, but I am always uneasy
when she Is away from me.
But madame's love for this little
one is passion"
Melanie departed with her charge,
and Constance went back to the sick
room to attend her patient while the
sister enjoyed a few hours comfortable
sleep
One O'Clock was Christabel's dinner
time and Christabel's dinner was
business Of no small Importance in the
mothers mind. One o'clock came, and
there was no sign of Melanie and her
charge, curious thing, as Melanie
was methodical and punctual to
praiseworthy degree, and was provided
with q neat little silver watch to keep
her acquainted with the time.
Two o'clock struck, and still no Me-
LAME. Constarca began to grow I'M
easy, and sent scouts to look for the
nurse and child. But when 3 o'clock
came and baby hal not yet appeared,
Constance became seriously alarmed,
and put on her hat hastily, and went
out in search of the missing nurse.
She would MT listen to the servants
who had ju,t returned from their fruit
less quest, and who begged her to let
them go in fresh directions while she
waited the result at home
mo-" she said; az could not rest. I |
must go my. elf. Send to the police,
any one, the proper authorities. Tell |
them my child is lost. Let them send
in every direction. You have been to
the ruins?"
yes ma'am.
"And there was no one there? You
could hear nothing"
mo, ma'am, answered Dawson. the |
groom; "the place was quite lonesome.
There was nothing but grasshoppers
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