The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1895-06-27
thought he loved another woman I

pelleVe pertie IL MS only love.'
Lady Marcia shrugged her should
ers.
81 don't know what 1t all means,u
she said. at is beyond you and me
to fathom, but there is something
very queer about Clement, and in
consequence about Gertie. Whether
she knows what it is or not I cannot
make out, but whatever the trouble,
it is killing her."
"Oh, Lady Marcia, do you not
think that it is sorrow over the
baby's death that is making her ill,
and with time she will get over 1t, as
others have done before herp"
"She was quite as queer before
the baby died, and as for him, can
anything be stranger than his ways.
He gives you the idea of a man who
is always expecting the bailiff or
some police official to tap him on the
shoulder. Between you and me,
Elvira, and with closed doors, 1
should have half suspected he had
had something to do with poor
| Pierce Vaughan's death il he had
not been almost as queer before it
happened"
ooh, DON'T" cried Elvira, "pray
don't go on; I shall not sleep a wink
if you put such ideas in my head,
and / am dreadfully tired" Then,
womanlike, she asked, "What do
you think he had doneP"
"Goodness knows! Got into some
trouble before he was married, I
daresay, and which he is always
suspecting will come out and make a
scandal. But here he comes;" and
with a sudden change Of voice and
manner Lady Marcia continued-'I
am sure you will like Wiesbaden,
dear, it is such a pretty place, and
the right sort of people are always
to be found here. Seen anyone you
know, ClementP'
"No. We have been about so
little, it has been so difficult to rouse
Gertie, but hope she will be better
now you have come"
81 hope SO, indeed. We will do
our best to amuse her. We have
had a very pleasant time-have met
a lot of desirable people"
"And some very undesirable
Ones" put in Elvira.
ooh, that goes without saying.
Well, even the undesirable ones
have their advantages, they often
amuse you and circulate your blood
by making you laugh. That oddly
who proposed to you on the platform
of the railway station for example,"
"The wretch!"
"Hullo, Elvira, have you had a
proposal?" asked Sir Clement,
forcing himself to take an interest
in their conversation, though his
thoughts We're elsewhere. "You
did not accept him, 1 hope. What
will Berkeley say?"
Elvira did not answer, but she
colored up and looked keenly at Sir
Clement, as though seeking to find
out how much he knew about her
relations with Sir Miles Berkeley.
"And then there were those queer
people who arrived at Basle the
night before we left. A burly north
country parson and an invalid Wife"
"Neither could speak a word of
any language but their own, and yet
they were most fussy and loqua-
cious. If Elvira and l had not
come to the rescue, madame would
have gone supperless to bed, for, no
one in the hotel could have under
stood, that 'the de beuf' could
possibly mean 'consomme.'"
Sir Clement laughed, still he
looked and felt very uncomfortable.
81 thought they spoke English
now in all the big hotels,' he said~
$50 they do, but the big hotels
were full, and we were all in annex
with raw servants unaccustomed to
English people. And the discomfort
that particular couple would have
experienced without our assistance
would, l think, have made them
return home without delay. Oh, it
was funny. I hope l shall see him
again. He gave me his card. I
wonder what l did with it?"
She felt in her pocket and pro-
duced a small case, from which she
drew the object for which she was
looking
Rev. Abel Singleton.
"There it is; look at it, Clement.
Such a name-Abel. He lives up to
it, too, for he looks like an antedi-
luvian animal"
Sir Clement took the card, which
trembled in his fingers.
So they were at Basic.
He was glad to know their where.
abouts; still it was a shock to learn
that Lady Marcia and Elvira haG
been in direct communication with
these dreaded people.
awe tried to persuade them tc
come here" went on Lady Marcia
"by telling them we were sure il
was just the place for an invalid
but they were 80 bent on Switzerland
that we could not move them"
How thankful Sir Clement was