Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-03-27
CHAPTER NXVII,

Winter had come and gone: spring was
nearing It's end, and London still suffered
under the rigid regularity of ~easterly winds.
Although In less than a week summer would
begin with the lst of June, Mr.. Sarrazin was
glad TO find his ONCE warmed by a fire when
he arrived to open the letters of the day.
The correspondence in general related ex.
clusively 10 proceedings connected with the
law. Two letters only presented an eXcep-
ton 10 the general rule. The first was adj
dressed in Mrs. Linley's handwriting and
bore the postmark of Hanover. Kitty's moth
er had not only succeeded in getting 10 the
safe side of the lake-She and her child had
crossed the German ocean as well. In one
respect her letter was Il remarkable compost
ton. Although it was written by Il lady, il
was short enough to he read in less than u
minute:
my ID ar Mr.. SdiTdzin: ! have Just time
10 write by this evenings post. Our excel
lent courier has satisfied himself that the
danger Of discovery has passed away. The
wretcheS have been So completely deceived
that they are already on their way back to
England, TO lie In walt for us at FOlkcStOne
and Dover. Tomorrow morning W. leave
this charming place-Ol, how unwillingly =
Tor Bremen, to catch the steame. to Huh.
You shall hear from me again on our az.
rival. gratefully yours,
CATHERINE LINLEY.'
Mr.. Sarrazin put this letter into Il private
drawer, and smiled as he turned the key.
Has she made up her mind at last?' he ask
ed himself. But for the courier, | shouldn't
feel sure of her, even now"
The second letter agrecably surprised him.
1t announced that the writer had Just return.
ed from the United States, II invited hin To
dinner that evening. and it was signed RAN
Dial Iinley." In Mr.. SarraZin's estimation
Randall occupied a higher place than his
brother. The lawyer had known Mrs. Lin
ley before her marriage, and had been prl-
yately inclined To think that she would have
done wisely if she had given her hand To the
younger brother instead of the elder. Ills
acquaintance with Randall ripened rapidly
into friendship. But his relations with Her
bert made no advance toward intimacy there
was a gentleman-like cordiaIity between
them, and nothing more.
AT Z o'clock the two friends sat at a sing
little table in the private room Of a hotel,
with an infinite number of questions to ask
of each other, and with nothing TO interrupt
them but a dinner of such extraordinary
merit that it insisted on being noticed, from
the first course 10 the last.
Randall began. Before we talk of any
thing else" he said, tell me about Cathe-
rine and the child. Where are they?'
'On their way TO England, after a resi-.
dence in Germany"
And the old ladyY'
Mrs. Presty has been Staying with friends
IN London"
what! have they parted company? Has
there been a quarrel?'
Nothing Of the sort; a friendly separa-
ton, in the s~trictest sense of the word. Oh,
Randall, what are you about? Don't phi
pepper into this perfect soup. It's rs good
AS the gras double at the Cafe Anglais in
Paris"
80 it is; l wasn't paying the proper atten
ton TO it. But | I'm anxious about Cathe
rine. Why did she go abroad?'
Haven't you heard from herr:
Not for six months or more. | Innocent
ly vexed her by writing Il little too hopefully
about Herbert. Mrs. Presty answered my
letter, and recommended me not TO write
again. 1t isn't like Catherine to bear mai
lee"
Don't even think such a thing possible ?
the lawyer answered, earnestly. Attribute
NV hcii'C w tiC iiEut AUST. itlllDIC dlN
ietIes have been weighing on her mind sine,
YOU went to America"
"Anxieties caused by my brother? Oh,
hope not"
Caused entirely by your brother--if
must tell the truth. Can't you guess how"
rs it the child? You don't mean TO tel
me tina: Herbert has taken Kitty away iron
her motherw
while ! am Ter mothers lawyer, IN,
friend, your brother won't do that. Wei
come back to England in the first glass o
sherry; good wine, but a little too dry TO
my taste. No, we won't talk of domesti
troubles, Just yet. You shall hear all abou
1t after dinner. What made you go to Ameri
ga? You haven't been delivering lecture
have your"
Certainly not. / have been enjoying my
self among the Diost hospltable people in TIN
world. What is there left for me to do bu
to try change Of scene, and go roaming abou
the world, q restless creature without an oh
iect in life?
Remember what my life used TO be whel
| was In Scotland-and look at my life now
No Mount Morven; no model farm TO lool
after; no pleasant highland neighbors;