The herald., 1896-08-16
Los ANGELES HERALD: SUNDAY MoRN1Ne,

about her, she would become the subject
of a good deal Of silly talk in the village.
and that neither Wilmay nor he would like
that. She went in the morning. and 1t was
after dinner when she returned. No one
but Mr.. Amory and myself knew OF it. and
neither of US said anything to her about
| It,"
| Yes, yes, Mrs. Blayd." said. "But the
case is different now. The poor child is
half mad with grief. What you have told
me makes me very anxious. And it is al
ready getting late. think search should
| be made for her-with all possible discre-
tion, of course, and without creating talk.
| But still it seems to me that something
must be done.''
Every we'll, SIR" said Mrs. Blayd, but she
said it doubtfully.
We'll" l said. you have known Wilmay
from her birth. What do you think your
self-what do you really think?"
Il think that II we found her now 1t
would be of no good. She is not herself
If we let her have her way. she will stop
out tonight, but she will come back to-
morrow morning. She does not forget those
who are fond of her. She would come back
if it were only for your sake, sir, or my
own. l feel sure of it,
1t seemed to me to be rather a difficult
position. If I did not go to find Wilmay
and bring her back, l was not taking prop
er care of her; and If did, was acting
contrary to the wishes of her dead father
Wait" | said to Mrs. Blayd. Il shall
ask DR.. Ingwold what he thinks would be
best"
The doctor was of the same opinion as
Mrs. Blayd.
at may do her some slight temporary
harm to stop out all night but-well.
know her and think it more likely to do
her good" So we settled that at any rate
until tomorrow morning nothing should
be done.
From DR.. Ingwold. later in the same
evening, l heard some details of the acci-
dent.
1T is the old story" said the doctor,
your nervous timid whip, who does not
really understand horses, never comes TO
any harm. He takes no risks.
1t is the men who really can drive,
who really can do a good deal with
horse, that always try to do just little
more and have the accidents. In the early
morning Philip had driven out with horse
that had already been good deal of trou-
BILE to him. But it was valuable animal,
and he was anxious to finish its education.
He took no one with him, and he said to
the groom who brought the horse round
that he should drive TO the station, as he
had some enquiries to make there. The
groom noticed that, because he knew the
horse would not stand sight or sound of a
railway train, and knew that Philip was
81 tnn tbrap t,,ila
away from the railway station that Philip
was afterwards found; there was steep
embankment there at one side of the road
with white painted wood fence by way OF
protection. Cart, horse and man were
found at the bottom of this embankment,
and the fence, which seems to have been
rotten, was all broken down. Philip did
not explain exactly how it happened, he
aid only hat he thought i had been mostly
lis own fault"
DR.. Ingwold was of great assistance to me-
and took on himself the trouble of all the
horrible business connected with death.
AS it grew later, and Wlnay did not return,
! again became very anxious about her. 1
was afraid that she might come back, and
find the house shut up and everybody as
eep. l arranged in consequence, that
would sit up that night in the library. The
library windows opened on to the upper ter
race of the garden. I drew the shutters
Jack from these windows and had the lamp
placed near them. so that at whatever hour
Wlmay returned she might be able to see
that was still up. The doctor went up to
bed, but said that he would be down very
early in the morning to take my place and
give me chance of an hour or two's sleep.
had found in the safe several papers ad-
dressed to me, put them on the table by