The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-04-19

s7asinsiy Of this seductive mud. ana ms
SPARKLING with animation and good Spirits
when. 5uxf before coffee vas servci-yuSe
a. the trcmpets we're sounding tattoo OUT
On the sooni.t parade. a servan. came and
whispered TO the master az the house.
Tell him I'm at dinner and can't see
him row.
The servant vanished then reapreared.
benz ard whispered again.
Tell him I'm AZ dinner and won't see
INN now" said the colonel. not unwilling
20 impress on his fair guest the idea OF his
professional Importance and personal
force The servant bent and whispered
again. vhereaf the colonel changed color,
and glanced Up uncertainty in the sroa-
hied sate OF the messenger. then as uncer-
tainiy around the satle. hts eyes only for
an inStan, meeting those &C the guest.
VIII you excuse me = moment. my
DEAR he said 10 hts ~ife. and left the
table and the room
Conversation went on somewhat con-
strained,y. Mrs. Mcfsane. intent on faxci-
mating the colonel. had rather ignored the
rest Mfntrrn was plainly in the saiks.
and Mrs. Colonel With anxiety IN her
eyes. was plainly listening to the hurried
talk IN the outer room Presently In came
the servant Would Capt Grafton please
JOIN the colonel IN the pAEior. and. Won
derinx. Grafton vent.
Its that dreadful telegraph operator.
said Mrs. Colonel. in q lew. troubled ,oneA
Its some bad news. Indian outbreak.
probably. or hed never be 50 insistsnt'
Then all conversation seemed TO drag.
and people only spoke in monesyiiabies OF
haxArded some guess - to what could Be
the matter.
warfare IL was only the soldier teie-
xrapher At the post. who bore with him
message which tho operator at the juno
ton had received positive instructions
from TIE Eastern manager 10 deliver at
cnce and report delivery and set TN an
swef. IL was for Mrs. Mciane- So ihera
was nothing for IL but to call her. and
with sudden panic In her eyes she hurried
into the parior. shrank for moment from
the profered 6ispatch-then. with an ef-
fort ~ self-coutrol took IL. tore 10 open.
read with dilAting eyes, lifted her hand
TO her face A. though In bewilderment
and dixmay. staring into vacancy A. she
did %. and than suddenly. without q moan.
without q sound from her lips. went down
In Q limp heap upon the bearskin rug
whsreon she stood. and the ladies rushed
to-but could not-revfve her.
Fun half an hour they iahofed over her.
Tho messenger had dashed for the doctor
and brought him to the scene. Grafton
had rescued the paper just az II seemed
about to fiutser into the IRE place. folding
and slowing Il away In his coat pocket,
and not until after 10 did she seem 10 re-
cover consciousness. not until near tho
sounding OF taps could they bear her home,
and then the messenger came back. The
operator at tho Junction said they must
have report of the receipt Of the message.
and some answer: this was imperative.
Grafton appealed TO the doctor. The doc
tor said Mrs McLane was only semi-con-
scsous and could answer nothing. she
n your guest. man. Read the dispatch and
reply as best you can Whatever It's con-
tents. they nave shocked her seriously
And % finally Grafton read the message
and could fathom only . portion OF it,
meaning
ARRESTED. Chicago. Your uncle strick-
en--paraiynis- You viii be summoned.
Secure papers. otherwise Lose every thing.
&C. ~"
ITO he Continued