Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-11-03

thoughts OF coming to a clear understand
ing with her yet"
As the days passed on, however. and
still. while her limbs regained some of
their vigor: and her face much of IT'S
beauty, Lady kildonan remained mental
ly in exactly the same state of childish
oblivion of everything but the occupa-
ton Of the moment. both her husband and
the doctor agreed, reluctantly enough,
that some attempt must be male to bring
her back to reason and remembrance. Ar
mathwaite. therefore, on the occasion of
one of his visits about three weeks after
the accident, led the c9nversation in such
a manner as to introduce the name of Ned
Crosniont
"Oh, yes," she said, smiling, 81 haven't
seen Ned to-day. But he is going to drive
me intO Branksome this afternoon TO get
some new tennis balls"
Armathwaite laid his hand upon her
arm. Listen to me, Lady Ki!donan." he
said. very gravely. foreseeing already that
>'s words would have little effect; Il have
something very sad to tell you about Mr..
Crosmont. He is i'll. seriously ILL.,"
She looked with a child-like stare into
his face and shook her head.
"Oh, no, you have been misinformed."
oiiS bttO COuuUenuy, Us II hTteT a
ment's thought. 81 saw him yesterday
no, this morning-at any rate. quite re-
Gently, though l can't remember for the
moment exactly when 1t was." she added.
holding her hand to her forehead and look
ing rather puzzled. But he's quite well,
know"
He made few more efforts to bring her
memory back. but quite in vain: the ter
| ILL l. - hnI Ia ,,nhf aAol
consequences both to her and CrOsmOnt
had faded out Of her mind 30 utterly that
not even a vague sense as of an evil
dream remained behind.
So her punishment, tragic as 1t seemed
to the onlookers. fell lightly upon her.
Her buoyan animal nature. shaken free.
by The shock she had sustained, of the
vice which had been her ruin, helped her
to bear her afiliction with the resignation
of lame dog, who, forgetting quickly
the sensa tons of the old days when he
secured the fields after rabbits, and leap
ed up joyously as high as his masters
shoulders, takes quietly to the peaceful
joys of the warm hearth and the sunny
doorstep. and dOZes the remainder Gf his
life away IN Comfortable content. -
The person on whom the shock of Ned
Crosm onts death fell the heaviest was
Uncle Hugh. When the tidings reached
him, together with an account of Lady
Ki!donan's rather mysterious illness. he
came back to Bra nksome in the greatest
anxiety and remorse, believing that let
ter he had written to Lord Kiidonan had
been The cause of both misfortunes. The
old ScJtchman. who received him very
kindly. assured him that his suspicious
had been reused long before the letter
reached him, and advised him to turn his
attention to comforting the young widow.
But there were difficulties in the way of
this. He would have taken her back with
him to her friends in London. away from
the scenes of her short, but unhappy mar
ried life: but Alma, once so anxious to go
away, now raised unexpected obstacles
TO this course. 1t would make pubic the
fact that her marriage was a failure she
said. Besides. she must wait until his
affairs were settled. and she preferred So
clusion for a little while before facing
the curious inquiries of her old friends.
So Uncle Hugh. disappointed in his wish
70 carry off his little one," and resolved
not to have his journey for nothing. OBJ
tanned a promise from Alillie that she
would marry him within two months. on
condit:on that the wedding should be q
very quiet one
This promise, at the end of the appoint
I'd time. she faithfully carried out: and
Mrs. Peele, who had never held up her
bead with her old majesty since Lord
Kiidonan put her to the humiliation of
having to give up the stolen papers. soon
after made up her mind to leave Brank-
some for London, in order to be near her
daughter.
Armathwaite was thus left alone in the
little house; but though he missed Millie.
of whose sisterly companionship he had
grown very fond, he was not duh. for he
had taken it into his head to refurnish
and decorate the place according to GER
tain ideas of his own, and this occupa-
ton, TO a man Of limited income and fas-
tidious taste, afforded amusement and in
terest for some time. The purchase OF
horse, too, besides the late DOCTORS cob.
was an extravagance which required de-
liberation: but there was an animal in
the neighborhood which Frank was bent
on possessing, and after a few weeks the
coveted beasts held place In his stable
CHAPTER XVII.
1t was the beginning of August when
Alma, who, with the recovery of her
health and spirits, began to feel her nat
ural feminine coquetry awakening. decid-
ed that the first Ice of their decorous es-
arrangement might now be broken. One
scorching afternoon, when Armath ate