Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-01-16

dear Eudora, white l speak of our fu-
ture plans said Malcolui, affectionate-
" pressing her hand.
.'Ah, / will, / will be courageous
ana patient, l ought not to complain
of any affection SO long as Heaven has
left me so true a friend!'
Thank YOU, dear Eudora, for that
tribute. Listen now, dearest; | will
take you TO some safe and honorable
retreat, and leave you there for the
present. When the first heat of the
pursuit is over. when it will be safe to
do so, | will take YOU down to some or
the seaports. and escape with you TO
America. There you will give me this
dear hand in marriage. There | will
work for our mutual support until the
course Of time and Providence shall
have cleared you Of this false and
dreadful charge, and paved the way TO
Il happy return! This is my plan,
EudoFa! How do you like itT'
"Oh. Heaven bless and reward you,
Malcolm, who sacrifice yourself TO
save the poor lost girl, whom there Is
none either to pity or TO succor. eX-
claimed Eudora, f~ervently.
They had now turned into st. Pauls
churchyard. which was alive with the
commencement of the business "f the
day. Malcolm kept his gaze out of the
window, as if in search OF some par
ticUlar place. At length, when they
had got Just opposite to a ladies out
fitting establishment, he stopped the
cab, paid and dismissed it, and led
Eudora towards the shop.
II deem it safest, dearest. to change
at every place we stop. Go in there,
now. and purchase things as you may
require. and have them packed in a
box. with your name. Miss Mines
written upon it,. | will remain outside
until you have completed your bust
ness"
Eudora entered the shop, and was
promptly served with everything that
she needed.
When she appeared at the door, with
n shop girl bearing the box behind her,
Malcolm hailed al empty cab that was
passing by, entered it with EudOra
and her purchases, and gave the brief
order:
TO the White Swan Hotel, Bor-
ough."
\ rapid drive of twenty minutes
brought them TO the house.
Here Malcolm discharged the cab
and entered the hotel, leading EudOra,
and followed by a porter carrying her
box.
He asked to be shown into a private
sitting room, and ordered breakfast
Immediately for two.
The waiter fastened TO obey; and
while breakfast was being prepared,
Malcolm persuaded EudOra to lay off
her bonnet and shawl, and repose in
an easy chair.
A comfortable meal Of coffee, mullins,
fresh eggs and ham was soon spread,
and Malcolm led his companion 10 the
table, saying:
Come, eat, dear Eudora; nature
mus: be sustained, rel through the
direst Affections"
She drank a cup of coffee, and ate
an egg and a small piece of bread.
When breakfast was over, Malcolm
said:
You will stop and rest here for an
hour, dearest, while | take a walk in
search of suitable lodgings for you.
You will not be anxious or frightened
to be left alone?"
81 will try not to be So" she an,
swcred.
He pressed her hand and left the
parlor.
AS he passed through the coffee
on his way out, he heard the
visitors and loungers discussing the
news In that mornings Times. Some
topic Of unusual interest seemed to &C.
cup/ them. Malcolm's heart stood still
as he caught some detached portions
OF their conversation.
II recoiicct perfectly well when the
baron died a few months ago. There
was a suspicion Of his having been
poisoned; and now to think of the
whole family being destroyed in that
way,-and by one young girl to whom
they had been so very kind, too! What
a young devil she must be-" said one.
'Oh, she comes from India, it APP
pears. And India Is the native land of
we have good reason to know
since the revolt Of the Sepoys," said
another.
We'll, II is a good thing that the
unnatural young monster is in Gus
tody. II she isn't hung the Saiiows
might as Wcii DC put down altogether;
hit she is safe to be, for this beats
Palmer all hollow"
Malcolm heard no more. With q
sinking heart he hurried out into the
air. and took his way down the street,
and began to tread the narrow lanes
and alleys or the neighborhood in
search of such lodgings as he desired
for Eudora. At length, about half
way down. between the two crossings
Of n narrow street, he paused before a
small green grocer's shop bearing the
name Of Mrs. Corder. over which a bill
in an upper window announced
Apartments" He entered the shop,
and behind the counter found the pro-
prietress, a fat, middle aged, motherly-
looking widow, with a large number of
children, who were continually tod
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