Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-09-15

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think yoB will find she is delighted at
the possibility sf being able to give you
pleasure and do yoa good at the same
time"
"You spoke to her? All, l am GLAD.
And she seemed pleased. did she? Well,
that has done me good already" said
Lord kildonan, and his hand shook with
pleasure as he held that Of the young
doctor IN . farewell grip. Il wish you
were going to stay il the ReiRhborhood,"
he continued. II should like to see you
again"
Il am quite at your service whenever
you Slease. your lordship. DIR. Pesle has
asked me " stay here and assist him"
"He has? We'll done. Then / shall
see you again, and before very long
think Pee3e sticks too much to ths tradi-
tions-a little 0id-fashioned, you know.
He never would make any pretense of lis
tening to anything said about my wife
always ran away, you know. Now, one
likes to be listened to when one has any
thing on ones mind"
1t was a long but a pleasant walk back
to asraaksome. Armathwaite went by
the longest ,ray, round the head of the
lake and through Ms.eside, with the dis
tinet wish In his heart that he might catch
glimpse Of Mrs. !Crosmont. or at least
that he might pass gear the house where
she lived. For this beautiful lady with
her mournfuI eyes and unhappy history.
he had conceived devotion rs strong as
it was chivalrous: and regarding himself
Us bar fate-appointed champion. be heid
liked and saperstitious conviction thGt the
service Of which D.: Peele had spoken
,,as ~ - rendered her W himself. In
! the meantime the feeling she inspired in
him was so ssserential that he refraihed
fsop taking the highes read by which he
would have passed close 70 her hopse. and
scarcely dared to glance that way when
he reached the point where the higher and
the lower roads met. When he Seached
his way to DR.. Peele's: but no sooner had
he l2pe so than he retraced his steps, And
, going straight through to the platform,
found himself fsce to face with Alma
Crosm0pt He raised Lir hat, but showed
no surprise, Ap5 neither did shs.
Are Jon going assyr he asked, in q
low voice, all thought Of addressing her
with :ommonplaces disappearing As be
noted Ihe utter sadness Of her expression.
"N." she answered. "It is Uncle Hugh
who is gOias, Ny husband has sent him
away"
She could only just breathe out the last
words, ber voice failing her entirely, and
her under lip pitifnlly Quivering. Arma-
thwaite famed into wrath, and splufter-
ed out indignant interjections half aloDd.
She ked up at him and laughed little.
I'VE knew -ou would be sorry. too"
she said, holding 6nt Der HAND to him.
Uncle Hugh pretends he doesn't care,
and irs all right. and Ned and shall get
on better ~hen he's away. But we
sha'n't. He's just gone up to say good
by to MBie. I'm rather Jealous of Millie
with him, you know"
And she looked msurafnliy away again.
At that moment the elder Mr.. GrOsmont
came out from the ticket office: he was
ostentatiously cheerful. and reso:1tSs
bent on making the best of this new turn
Of affairs. He made Alma sit down to
rest. while he carried off the young doctor
for a ,alk. Uncle Hugh was overjoyed
to learn that Armathwaite thought of re-
naming ip the neighborhood, and began
eage1y to explain to him the position Of
affairs.
"The fact IL. Ned made up his mind to
give me notice to quit Q long time back"
he said. "But saw his little game, and
was so lamb-like, for the little ones sake.
that he didn't know where to have me till
| last .ight, when he came home in a vii
lainous temper. and pitched into the poor
child for being extravagant. Now you've
seen a good way into the ins and outs of
things up ut Ned's, and | want you to be
a friend, az far as you can, TO the little
one while I'm away, SO 1t doesn't matter
if tell you a little more, ! don't want
to say a word against my nephew; he's as
good lad at heart as ever lived, but he
| hasn't been quite at his best of late, and
he's taken to being SO very close-fisted
| that it's ali the little one can do to man
age with what he gives her. She's never
had a new dress since she vas married:
though, luckily. DIR. Peele gave her such
handsome trOusseau that 1t doesn't mat
ter But though you can manage like
! that to dress on nothing you can't keep a
household going on nothing, and that is
what Ned seems to be trying to train her
to do. Pya done what little I could.
needn't tell you; but I'm not a rich man.
and the trifling driblets Eve been able
to pay have not been much good. And
11y 1t will be awfully hard for the child
to fight the debts and the duns alone"
"And what d0eS be do with his money
Surely he must get a decent salary from
Lord KIdonan? He seems to have o !oi
| more confidential work to do than a man
in his position usually has"
"Well. he says his lordship has the de
| feet 6f his nation, and expects him to
make q great show on very little"
but It's enough to live upon. surely?'
1T ought to be. Look here, there's no
denying the money goes somewhere
where 1t oughtn't to CO."
/! "Why don't you speak to him?''
y did try last night, and he few into
Z rage. and said his wife's aversion and
Lady Kildonan's cold eoquetries drove
him mad"
LADY Kildonan's coqustries! H, said
that. did heY"
Yes. told him she ought b ~ asha1P-
I'd of herself, and he grew suddenly Quisk,
as he always does IL her name 10 men
toned, and he said she was an angel Of
goodness and purity, and had stood By him
again and again. Well, could soly say
she'd better have stood away from hin,
and after that we both spoke At once, ap4
it was all up with argument; and the en-
WAS have to CO."
When ths train had crawled ont Of the
station. Armathwaite spoke to Alma, who
remained standing on the platform star
ing hOpelessly after it.
"Wiii you come to DR.. Peels's and 80
Miss Miller he questioned. ''6he II 30
much distressed at NOT having seen you
lately"
The suggestion seemed to frighten her;
she declined At once, and bowling to him
with hasty Good morning." hurried ont
of the station.
CHAPTER XIV. ~:
Frank Armathwaite spent the first ten
days after his arrival at Branksome in
making the acquaintance of the various
gOuty cid gentlemen and semi-invali Ia