The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-09-22

friends lovely sister.
Tie lovely sister had. in truth. been in
Terence's mind ever since he parted from
her brother He was in a state Of frantic
excitement when his watch told him that
II was half-past eight, while, as yet, there
was no sign Of Fred Jellett He waited
outside the station door, ne ventured a
Y niue way along a branch road. which ne
supposed lea in the direction Of the next
I town or village. but in vain; the only man
/ about was again the detective. who was
lurking about the station, awaiting the
arrival Of the train from London.
The signals went down; the train was
! approaching Terence's heart beat high. If
( Jeuett did not turn up, it was he, Ter
renee, who must meet her and explain
her brothers absence The train slack
ened, stopped. The young artists heart
leaped up for he saw her at once, looking
eagerly out of the window. She stepped
out on to the platform. and looked about
u al hrst with expectation afterwards with
I disappointment. Terrence approached
her, raising his hat
Miss Jellett, believer" said he. Your
Drother intended to meet you; he must
nave been detained. May help you to get
| your luggage2'
He hurried this out, not allowing him
| sell 10 be checked by the lady's start or
by the look of surprise. followed by one
Oh disgust, which crossed the ladys face
MY name is not Jellett," she said
shortly.
She turned her back upon him. and
walked up the platform toward the lug
gage van.
Terence turned crimson; he felt that he
wanted 10 bite some one; and the person
on whom he would best have liked to be-
! stow this delicate attention was the de-
! tective, standing in the shadow, under the
station roof, who had noted every detail
of this meeting.
The train went on The girl remained
standing by her trunk Terence retreated
| TO the station door, and remained there,
! glowering
! 1t seemed to him that he stood there
! long time. At last he heard the sound of
/ something being drawn along the ground
! behind him. He turned. and saw the girl
! pulling her trunk under the shelter of
/ the roof The solitary porter had long
| since disappeared: so had the detective.
/ THESE two creatures could see no one but
! each other. Terence ran back and seiz-
/ ing the trunk, lifted it from the ground.
! Where viii you have it taken?" he
/ asked, gently.
Loneliness and embarrassment had
| dashed the girls spirit a little Still it
was with a touch of haughtiness she an
| swered:
| only into some corner. thank YOU.
until my brother comes"
! In tone which betrayed a mixture of
/ abJect humility and stiff reserve, Terence
explained again
He left me here, and went on him
! self to the next station. We were to
/ meet here at half-past s and compare
notes about the accommodation of the
| two places. 1 can't think how it is he
| has not turned up"
The poor girl looked as If she wanted
| to cry. The sight sent the susceptible
Terence almost crazy. AS usual with
a man who is moved to tenderness which
bo
violent anger, and stamped his foot at
the absent brother.
Il can't think what he means by doing
| such an idiotic thing" he exclaimed
He must have gone 70 sleep, l should
think. Shall I ask the way to the next
town. and go and look for him, and
hurry him up?"
oh. no, dont At least, yes. That is
/ perhaps you'd betterv
Glad to have something to do, and for
/ her, Terence dashed off. But he had
/ not gone a hundred yards when having
met woman and asked her the way,
he dashed back again to the station.
The next town Il Wellscomb three
| miles off. Er-won't you-er-Won't you
feel lonely waiting here all by yourself?''
She did not answer. She looked around
| in a frightened way, and peered out at
the trees to right and left, where the
| dusk was beginning to gather.
wouldn't it be better for you to come
and meet him, too? Your trunk will be
| quite safe here"
mo. no. no, thank you" answered
| she, quite sharply, dismissing him with
quick turn of the head. as if resisting
! a temptation. Il will wait here"
! He raised his hat and went away. But
| he had scarcely turned into the quiet
road towards Wellscomb when he heard
light rapid steps behind him, and look
! ing round, saw the girl in her gray
] eli r1r fFaV he
up with him. The alarm which he at
first noted in her face gave place to sud-
! den shyness.
THAT man" she exclaimed, in a low
voice. He frightened mel IL"
''The man who was hanging about the
station Did he annoy you? Impudent ras-
cal! But l don't suppose he meant to.
He's on the lookout for someone. He's
a detective
"A detectivei
She grew white to the lips, shivered.
and stared at him with a face of solemn
inquiry. He tried gently to laugh her
fears away, adOring her the while, even
| for her Illogical womanish fright.
Don't be alarmed. Ladies always think
| there's something mysterious and awful
about an emissary from Scotland Yard;
when as a matter of fact, they are the
most commonplace men alive-and the
! dullest. Why, this fellow who is wait
! ing for somebody whom he expects here
! by train, stands on the platform hoping
! for his man to jump into his arms, instead
/ of hiding himself and his big feet where
/ he could pounce upon him from some dark
/ corner If 1 weres the gentleman he
wants, l should simply walk past him
with my head high in the air and brazen
! it out
mo doubt" said she coldly.
Terence felt himself grow exceedingly
! hot and uncomfortable. What did she
mean by snubbing him in this outrageous
way? 1t was almost too much for even his
alteration. He walked on beside her with
! out speaking for some moments
Their road lay between fields bordered
! by luxuriant Devonshire hedges. A man
was coming across these fields. towards
the road, by a path which led to a stile.
FredF' exclaimed the girl, stopping
\ short.
An instant later her brother came up
| with them.
We'll. you have an odd idea of keep
! ing an appointment" began Terence. feel
/ ing that he had a grievance against both
/ brother and sister.
/ Il couldn't help ii, my dear fellow. I'm
I out of breath with running as II is