Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-12-09

Gus night. Tue prcyt.
As ethey had not called au,,u
absence. Judith began 10 ro', 'ing her
anxious; and, after lone 4 little
she decided she decided ,Ioshatlon.
couiu De no harm in looking in mere
way 20 evening se~rvicc-they m,aa her
e~Npeeting iler, thinking her cen a, be
strange in keeping away. eohduct
Ten minutes later judith -
ing the bell ut the lodge of Tho :. pun.
ana, after waiting some lltt,a rory;
tie gate was opened by tho : ume,
who had evidently been disturh baaeher
nap. peu IN a
Peg pardon, miss. for kaa,;.-
waiting" he exclaimed. n%uuiins you
self together and saluting ,ha NM
respectfully: hut | was alone visitor
sus being up ut the house. Yon ha euls,
that the master came down nnara eard
ed last night. miss. and, mavha pnVd'
he drove away this morninpT; = 'rat
No replied judy. keeping no,
counsel. HAS Mr. .Townshend oen
back to London-Jor to Northwa,ssoo ,
Back to London, miss. no
came down last night for some n, Unly
he wanted. and | drove him ovap
Orley Junction mt q this mornin. "
that he should catch the frs, 20
But won't YOU please to come ,ns uain.
mo, thank you'll shall be lote -.
church Judith replied quietly an ~,
Mr.. Townshend leave a MESSAGE p y.
any oneT' :"
NO, miss; he told me not 10 enc,
OF his having been down. unless soma
n spoke first TO me about II hoaoau
he did not want people 10 thipl no ,a
elected them
"Thank you. Good morning. Brown,
and Judy went away thorougblv ~.
turbed in mind.
liz was evfde.It that Elsie had No,
turned TO CIaxton. What was ~
mystery of Claude's strange behavlor
and his not knowing his wife's whsrs
abouts? Had they really ausrrpled
AMI, If so, what about?
rendering this matter as she w,tlss
slowly along. Judith became so unsa,
by her regret that the happiness ~
the newly-married couple should h,va
known a temporary check In so short
a time, that she felt il an utter iuros.
sibility 10 go to church and listen
calmly to the service.
The troubled state of her mimi wa.
added TO by the u~npleasantness Of her
position, for Judith kne wthe danger
of interfering in the matter: and vet
she could scarcely reconcile herself 10
maintaining an impressive attitude. II
might be that Claudc mad been unwar.
rantably Jealous and ElSi resentful
that she had gone off in a little temner
which would be appcased by a gentle
remonStrance from some one who Nm.
derStood her. On the other hand. the
interference of III outsider might wild.
on instead of closing the breach be.
twee ntaem. In the circumstances she
felt that. though she would doubtless
be blamed for it later by the family.
it would be wiser for her to maintain
on absolute silence. No ore knew that
she had seer Claude, no one knew,
taherefore, that she knew how matters
stood; 80 she would try TO possess her
soul in patience until Monday. when
she would hope TO hear from Elsie. No
doubt they were together again by this
time, Elsie having returned TO the hO-
tel before he had reached ClaxtOn,
after having tried TO scare him by run
ming 10 Grace for a few hours, though
such u step would have been very in
judicious. But then. Elsie never
paused TO consider the consequences Of
any step she chose To take: she al
ways acted OF the impulse Of the mo-
ment.
But however much she might try to
rcassure herself, Judith's mind was
not anything like at rest, and she
spent another bad night, feeling so de-
pressed in the morning that she al
most tainted when she saw the tele-
graph boy making for the house. She
tore the orange envelope open, but the
contents were a few cutting words
from Grace in reply TO her letter:
SHOULD not dream Of sending BABY
now. Only 90 sorry to have mace an
unfortunate suggestion.-G. f.
Oracle is annoyed" Judy thought
.'but l cannot help il. Oh, how mis-.
cradle l aml"-and, unable to conTol
herself any longer, she burst lh"
tears.
Presently, however, she ~attenpted
to buoy herself up with the NOTION
that no news Is good news, and tnas
probably Claude and Elsie were "
happy in their reconciliation that nc
had forgotten how he might have es'
cited Judy's fears. But, after spenu'
ing the whole day | nrestles anSev'
she could bear the suspense no iohsei'
and at about six o'clock went gu. )"
send n telegram to Claude at Charins'
Cross Hotel. -,
Are you ana Elsie still In Lonuvn'
Shall we see you here? Anxious'u
dith."
If the gentleman is In, miss wv
ought to get a reply in about nan a.
hour" the clerk informed her. III az
swer to her inquiry; but at zen N"
night CHE had received no reply. -.
'Pc .,,ps they have gone 10 Wiz
wold," she thought; II ought Wn
telegraphed there, too. howeYu'
may have a letter in the mornins' ,,.,.
She did; but il was n OF Mlsssoh
fields characteristic effusions' sar
however, had no power TO rume
daughters already tried spirit
Ito Be Continued