The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1895-01-24

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then walk off in a different direction.
AS soon as he was fairly out Of
sight Mr.. Vaughan hailed a hanson
and told the cabman to keep that
particular omnibus so in sight that
he could see who got out, promising
him a sovereign if he did his work
aptly and efficaciously.
1t was a long tiresome drive and
once or twice Pierce must assuredly
have been observed, had not Lisbeth
been, as she frequently was, in a
brown study.
The events of the day had crowded
so thickly upon her that she was
striving to sort and arrange them, in
order if possible to make her future
plans.
She doubted the wisdom of leaving
Lisa and Mrs. Ellis, yet, where
would the babe be so loved and
cared for, if it was, in obedience to
Clements wishes, to be parted from
her.
Clement had said that there was
someone to be feared, could he mean
Pierce Vaughan? The meeting of
to-day made her horribly afraid that
he did mean SO.
When the moment arrived for her
to alight from the omnibus she got
out without having the faintest
notion of Pierce Vaughan's vicinity.
He tossed the promised sovereign
to the cabby and alighted to follow
her. This was not difficult as she
walked or briskly without once
looking round.
He saw her enter Mrs. Ellis
humble abode by means of a latch
key, and then he strolled away,
finally taking another hanson and
driving to his rooms in the Temple.
He had learnt all he wanted to know
for n day. His information had
cost him a sovereign; was it worth
it? He thought 30 since he expected
he would thus be able to ascertain
what Lisbeth had been doing in
London. Occasion" however, we
are told, ''turneth a bald noddle
when it presents its locks and no
hold is taken"
Pierce Vaughan found other mat
tiers to engross his attention for
awhile, thus he missed his occasion
and the question was, when would he
find it again.
Lisbeth went into the front parlor
which was Mrs. Ellis sanctum, but
except little Lisa, who was sleeping
happily in her cradle, there was no
n there.
Before she called out to Mrs. Ellis
she stopped to fondle her child and
shed two or three scalding tears on
its brow at the thought that they
were soon to be parted. This half
awoke the baby who began to
whimper. While she was soothing
it back to sleep she thought she
heard a strange gurgling sound
proceeding from the inner room.
She went in at once, the baby in her
arms, to find Mrs. Ellis ly ing on the
floor. She had apparently had a fit
and seemed to be dying.
Lisbeth tossed the child on to the
bed, ran for some water and tried to
rouse her.
But in vain; the gurgle she had
heard was the last symptom of life,
it was now extinct.
She called loudly for assistance,
and the dodgers came iocking in,
but to stand wringing their hands n
dismay was all they could do.
The first shock over everyone
wondered what would follow. The
mistress of the. house was dead, and
as far as they knew there was no
heir.
Could it be possible that Lisbeth
Glendinning, this cousin of whom no
one had heard a few months back,
would take possession of the house
and its inmates?
But Lisbeth felt no right of pro-
prietorship, nor had she any inten-
ton OF asserting any. She was not
sur that Mrs Ellis had not a son
out in some foreign land, of whom
she never spoke, anyway she was
fully aware that she had a brother,
since she had talked about him more
that once during Lisbeth's visit.
She took it upon herself, however,
to order the funeral, and for that
she felt it was her duty to remain
at whatever cost. That event over
she intended to go quietly away, say
ing nothing to anyone and as far as
possible, leaving no trace behind her.
So e%ngrossed was she with the long
ing to get away that this absorbed
and crushed down every other
thought and made her regret over
the death of the cousin who had
~befriended her when. she was in
trouble, very much less than it would
otherwise have been. In fact she
appeared SO callous and Indifferent
to the sad event which had so sud-
denly cast the whole house into
mourning, that evil tongues began
to wag and nasty, little, unpleasant
questions were being askad aa Tn