The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1895-02-08

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examining various objects In ths apart.
ment.
Observing the great emotion with
which Emmeline had now, and foz
the 6rst time, beheld the masked WON.
an Of One Tree Square. Darlington
said. Il fear, poor girl, your task Of
this evening will be beyond your
strength and courage to accomplish"
And Emmeline answered resolutely
From this moment, lear friend, nc
fear-no danger shall have power over
me-"
And then her head dropped, her voice
faltered, as she added: Have I moi
already sacrificed more tllaa NY life
to the sacred mission given inc BY
heaven and my poor moth .c? Have
not sacrificed Edwin's love?'
And tears now sprang into her eyes
She had before confided to Barring
ton that secret Of her heart, aud now
he asked her wherefore she had NOT
told her lover all.
To which the poor girl responded
Il can support his suspicious, the con.
tempt for me, which deceived by ap.
pearances. he perhaps entertains; but
to see him shudder with horror ut my
fathers name. whom he would believe
guilty--Oh! never-never!
| And she covered her face with her
hands and choked back a sob Of agony
rising from her heart.
1 Presently she was called again, and
said with quiet resolution, "Emmeline
Redmond no longer exists; and Emme-
line Lindsay must conceal her shame
until the day when. raising again her
head, she may be able proudly to bear
that name which an unjust sentence
has degraded-which the hand Of the
executioner has rendered infamous!"
Conducted by Noel Darlington to the
ball-roOm-f0r amidst its crowd he be-
neved that Emmeline might avoid
particular Observation-the Young girl
had seated herself In one Of Its FAR
thest corners; there to await I'LL Noel
! should return to her, and sive Ger
tain signal, that the moment Tor action
had arrived.
| Noel had reflected that, after oil,
. 1t was quite possible that Nicksey was
mistaken concerning the identity OF
Mrs. Chesterton with the woman Of
One Tree Square. and every shadow
Darlington would venture openly to
accuse her.
J Emmeline sat. impatiently awaiting
/ the expected signal, her eyes fixed con-
stantly on the door by which Noel was
to return; seeing nothing, hearing moth
ing, OF all that was passing around
her.
! A crowd of splendidly dressed l@o-
pie circulated to and fro before her,
but their toilettes obtained no nutice
from Emmeline: the loud buyx!ny Of
i many voices, the bursts of Joyous
laughter reached not her ears.
! Amidst all this Emmeline vas lost
In sad reflection-she was thinning Of
her mother, and tears were iu her
eyes.
But suddenly she was aroused; for
one. particular voice, whose tel,es had
long been as sweetest music to her,
sounded almost beside ner.
She had believed herself lysye ana
resOlutc, but Edwin Forrcs:sr's voice
alone had caused her .,eart laiL fully
to bound, while her brain whirled and
she grew dizzy, and mist Vas l.1ore
her eyes.
Edwin was near her, would pr sently
recognize her. aud all world be lost.
With her fan she st: I'VE to- conceal
her face from him-from i'll: but she
could no longer breathe--was, Indeed,
about to falkland people wslc crowd
ing around her, when at that moment
harrington returned, and, snatching
Emmeline from those who had lie. n
! striving to sustain her, and declining
their offered assistance, bore her hast
lily from the room, and-believinG that
there they would be safe from intru.
sion-to that apartment in which had
occurred the important interview b..
tween Mrs. Chesterton and the Wis
count, and whom Noel hui teen very
far from expecting he should thsse
behold.
Left alone with Emmeline, and wl,el
she had SO far recovered that re might
! question her. Noel asked II she was
quite certain that Doctor Forester
had not recognized her.
And Emmeline was positive that her
former lover had not done so, since
she had not for q moment Withdrawn
her fan from before her face, and lad
not spoken word.
But Emmeline was mistaken; Edwin
Forester had caught one glimpse Of
her features and had ecognized them.
But while believing herself unrecog.
ed Edwin's presence In the house
greatly troubled her. She could not
herself yet leave, and might again en-.
counter him.
Darlington had fixed the time, when
all the guests should be assembled in
the supper room, for the attempt which
had been determined on to obtain q
positive proof Of Mrs. Chesterton'a
completely in the murder Of One Tree
Sbuare; If, indeed, she were the guilty
woman, as Nicksey SO persistently as
serted that she was.
And now the supper hour had NJ
most arrived, and Darlington had moi
yet been able to imagine any plan by
which Mrs. Darlington hrdfh mhecm
which Mrs. Chesterton might be quietly
Withdrawn from amidst her guests.
He had Just told Emmeline that, and
both were in great perplexity, when
servant entered the room.
The man had come, he said, In search
Of his MISTRESS fan, which Mrs. Ches
terton believed she had forgotten IL
that apartment.
Darlington glanced around, saw II
lying in the chair, ON which, awhile
before, Mrs. Chesterton had beer
seated.
A sudden thought struck Noel; that
fan was for him hope, and so hi
quickly placed himself before the chair
Perhaps your mistress has left it in
her boudoir."
The servant, having looked vel
around the room, thought that tile mss
ter of the ceremonies might be right
and 80 to the boudoir proceeded.
And no sooner was the man gone
than Noel exclaimed:
"What have I done! He will, pr
haps, encounter Nicksey!
But he hastily seized ON the fan, fol
all that; wrote few words ON It with
his pencil, and threw 1t back into the
chair.
And Emmeline, looking wonderingiy
at him, Noel showed her what he had
written, and she at once understood
his purpose.
The servant returned from tho bou
DOR. It was very evident that hi had
not seen Mr.. Nicksey, aud, # course
he had not found the fan.
| Noel now pointed to the chatr. HI
had, he said, seen the fan lying there
almost as soon as the man hal Quit
ted the room In search Of r..
As the servant hastened away e
carry the fan to his niistr .ss Noel Rar
rington followed him, to ..e certain
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