The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-10-15
By WHITLEY.
CHAPTER. II-fCOntinucd.)

'IiaNe YOU never bcCh htlS bSlohS
"Neyer."
1T is such a .ippling little place; l
know you will love it. Whereabouts in
Noelcombe are you staying?
Il don't know exactly where the
house Is"
Il might have to see you, don't you
know. about this business; I may have
forgotten to ask you some important
questions, so l ought to know your ad-
dress"
MY aunt lives at CarnatiOn Cot
tage."
.ur some time his governess theory
about her had been wavering; it now
expired.
'How long shall you be down" he
asked, anxiously.
IL do not know"
"You will be here until the week
after next?'
"Oh, yes,"
81 shall probably hear something
from the railway company in a few
days; in that case l will call and tell
You what they say--ti,at is, IL you will
allow me to do so"
Thank you; you are very kind"
The words We're unimreachable, but
the tone in which they were uttered
was not encouraging ,
I'VE shall be very lucky If we can
hear of either watch or purse again.
The we was offensive to Miss Nit
ford.
Yes; the recovery of things lost in
that way is so very unlikely that am
exceedingly sorry you troubled your
self at all about the matter"
She was very dignitied and grand,
but he vas not Swed.
1T is the sort of search | like" he
said. frankly. 81 shall be as proud as
Lurifer if l can trace them. If it can
be done it shall be done. l promise
you"
II don't see how you are going to do
It,"
Leave it to me- he told her, with a
smile Of superior wisdom. And then
he automatically began to extol the
glorious country through which they
were passing. There was Morte
Point; there the merciful lighthouse,
which guarded the ships off that sharp
peninsula of jagged rocks; there was
the famous Toro; there a DruidicaI
stone; there a cromlech. If his eos
raphy was inaccurate, Helen did not
discover II. but listened to what he
said with interest and smiled upon
him.
But when the travellers reached
Noelcombe Road poor Helen dis
covered that the miSfortuneS of
that unlucky day were not yet
over. With a culpable want Of fore
thought, Mr.. Jones desired her to in
terview station master n ticket col
1ectOr in his presence. Out came his
note book again, and the tedious rou-
tine Of endless questions which she
had already answered had to be re-
peated. At the time the useless delay
fretted her, but when at last she was
set free, and, on emerging from the
station, found that o~mnibusses and
cabs alike had started for Noelcombe,
leaving her and her box five miles
from her destination, she was dis
mayed and ready to cry.
why didn't you notify meT' she in
quired, miserably, Of a porter. you
saw mt here: you knew l was going to
EDelcombe. Why did you let the omni-
bus start without me-"
IL understood that you were going
along of Mr.. Jones, MISS" the man
said; you came up in the train along
O. him. His man went in the cab, but
the dog cart is outside waiting"
At this moment Mr.. Jones himself
approached and asked Helen, anx
iously. what was wrong. When she
had explained her position and this
eliminating misfortune, he was eX-
tremely concerned. lie rated the por-
ter with great severity n used UNI
parliamentary language abou the
thick heads of the weSt-cOuntry peo-
pie.
"However,' he added, turning to
Helen, with n cOurtly and ingenious
air, lit is fortunate that my cart is
here: for. as | am going your way, l
need not tell you how pleased l shall
be to drive you to Carnation cottage.
His manner was very happy. If
Helen had not. by an abrupt turn OF
her head. caught sight of a meaning
grin on the face Of the porter, sh2
would most likely have complied CRATE
fully with this suggestion, but that
grin aroused Il suspicion in her mind
that determined her immediate action.
1t would have br"G = rcllef 10 nave
said something really rude to this Pr =
sumptuous low-h0gn stranger. Her
ewes were dangerously bright; she w. S
very angry. With a meaningless lncl-
nation OF the head she waived the
question, and, tufning, re-entereC the
station. After giving the station mas
ter succint orders for the forwarding
OF her box at the earliest opportunity,
she inquired from him her way 10
Eoelcombe, and then, without looking
10 the right hand or the left, set on at
a rapid pace in the direction Indicated.
A few minutes later the unconscious
offender, Mr.. Jones, climbed into his
cart and drove off after the dark hgure'
which was already at some distance
from him, and upon which he Kept MS
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