Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-04-09
CHAPTER Nj.

and carcssing his silky mn>thclic.
~ call it flying in the face of Provi-
dencc." said Mrs. Dumarcsq.
Anne was out. and Mrs. Dumarcsu had
taken the opportunity of giving in an Az
tistic form IL sketch of Admiral l~'itZscr-
aids history and the disposition of his
fortune.
My only wonder is that she did not
give it all away" said Michele. Il little
cun~tcmptuouSly. "4Annc never seems To
care about it at ALL"
Mrs. Dumarcsg thought she knew what
she was about. She had Annc's two low
crs. as she considered them. all To her
self. and she did not believe that the story
of Annc's generosity would do her any
harm in their eyes. Lawrence. with his
soft eyes and romantic face. would be de-
lighted by il. Paul Iiastlakc Ind so much
quiet common sense that she did not know
whether he would he pleased or not.
But Mrs. DumarrsI did not read the
i've characters quite accurately. 1t WAS
Eastlakc who had far tho greater apprr-
citation of .Annc's conduct. He saw the
Justice. as we'll as tho generosity of h"r
action. and admired it. AS for Lawrence.
he thought it beautiful but -pcrhaps-a
little foolish: sanity. of course. and just
what Anne Carterct ought to do. but not
a convenient frame of mind in Il woman
who was ones sister. wife. or friend. But
he said little. and looked grave and ten
der. so Mrs. Dumarcsl was convinced that
the experiment was successful.
"Wherc is Miss Cartcrrt now:" East
lake asked with some hesitation.
"t;onc to the hospital with Mrs. Bur-
ton. She always goes "n II "Wednesday.
Then she WAS To make some calls in
and go to Il musicale afternoon at Mrs.
MorioniS."
"Shc is very much in request said
Eastlakc.
IVES. everyone likes her. And she sings
so beautifully. and is $" good and sweet
with il all that one cannot but admire her
too. At least. l think so. There's the
five o'clock train. l wonder III Jim will
come by it,
Mrs. Dumarcs,l's wonder was soon sat-
listed. '.Iim.' ais she called her husband.
had come by that train. and had encour-
tered Anne at tho Alexandria station and
brought her with him. He went at once
i.to the ennis ground To convey his news
IT, the players. and Anne slowly entered
the drawing room where Mrs. Dumnrrsq
still 81; with Lawrence. Both looked up
iiIu utAtltN Stillt NpIu w SittlIIlS Ill SiiS
came in. and ho,l, noticed that she seemed
tired. She sat down and began pulling off
the long eiovos that covered her slim hand
and half her arm. Iirr face was II little
pale. Il little grave. and Lawrence noticed
that she would no, meet his eyes. SHE
poured herself nui Il cup of tea and drank
ii. then leaned tiiomghtfully back in her
chair ali,l fell To smoothing out her long
gloves upon her knee.
Mrs. pmmarcsq and Eastlnke stepped
ont upon tho vcranla. and then Lawrence
turned and locked at Anne. He Thought
that there WAS something orn;noIS in the
cold gravity of her face. She broke tlr
silence at last-aimost. us ii seemed.
against her OWN will.
Mrs. Burton has had Il letter from 81
friend VIII" knows you."
'NnnwS me- said Lawrence. flushing
scnSiiisrly. Then he laughed and said.
II AN, much grnti,icd To hear ii. AMI
who is the tlicmi:"
"A Mrs. Campbell"
ooh. YES. Mrs. leighton knows her.
too. 81. lives near my old home. Well.
Miss |.;r;.rrt. did she tell Mrs. Barton
amy v,:y terrible story of me that you
look 50 grave"
Anne smiled: she could not help it when
Lawrence used that lnugilingly persua-
Siv" tunc.
M. oil. no: she said nothing had of
You"
What did she say: This becomes very
interesting" said lie. lying back with Il
smile o, his lips. but Il watchful. anxious
expression i'll his eyes.
iicr next question took him hy surprise.
".Arc you married. Mr.. I.uwrcnre.'
Anne asked in her usual tranquil tones.
AIS ii she had put the simplest question
in the world.
married. The gods Forbid"
II suppose it is only that you are going
to be-
lsut here the color rose in her face IL
little. Then as Lawrence looked as if he
did not quite well know how to answer
her. the color spread over her cheeks and
brow till they were rcd as roses. His
face had turned very pale. and his lips
4uivcrrd.
"Annc." he said. 'it is not true. am
not c%ngagcd-l Mm-'
He stopped short. Mrs. Dumaresq was
mt the window. Without turning round
Anne moved forward. closed the door be-
hind her and was gone. He made Il move
mcnt as ii he would have gladly torn him
SCH ITOUl Ills COUCH ullu lOlluNVu StUuc.
But he could not as vet walk more than II
few steps alone. He turned round saw
agcly. clinchcd his hands and bit his lip
until the blood came. Then lie asked to
be taken into his room.
He had n wakeful night. and was far
from we'll when the doctor visited him
next day. But lie succeeded in Impress
ing his medical adviser with the view that
he required change of air. and VAS told
that in the course of Il few days he might
siar. il Ia liked.
IL | lia! lm: II moment lciigrr." Law
renee had been saying TO himself through
the long hours of fcverish wakefulness:
eff Mrs. Dumarcsq had stayed way and
1 could have explained it all. how much
easier it would have been for both of us!
What can l do now: What can shy to
her? How can l tell her the whole truth:
She would never forgive me. l will he
wise in time. NOw's my chance. 1t will
he all over with me if l do not leave her
now. have lust strength enough to save