The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-08-19

home? Or Henry Smith, to make an
end OF me and flee Truly, the ranch
monotony was broken at last. Soil
EMMY the clock licked, slowly the.
hands went round, an hour passed. A
movement in the adjoining room, and
literally my blood ran cold. That had
hitherto seemed q mere figure Of speech.
The sound ceased, and still ! watched.
the nursery door. AT last, when my
brain would have turned with more,
] heard sound which, faint at first,
grew louder and louder.
"Oh.s heaven" ! cried, "the blood.
hounds" and fell senseleas to the.
ground.
Slowly returned to consciousness,
my gaze fell on Cedric, the La Huerta
sheriff, and Anne Anne anxiously APP
plying restorativesl
take him away" gasped; "he will
murder u.s." 5.=
''You are raving!" cried Cedric; that
is Anne"
"'No; Smith, the murderer. The
bloodhounds tracked him to the very
door,"
Here Hiram Waite thought flt to In
terpose. .a..Gsi5l.s
"Guess can'straighten out this kirk,
Mrs. Allandale. You did hear the
hounds, they're up at the barn now.
Your husband, he heard at La Huerta
we was beatin' up this part Of the coun-
Try, SO he lit out for home, thinlkin'
you'd be scared. We caught our man
hidin' by the 'Dobc Hill, and the Tu1are
boys took him back to town. Your
husband and me was tired, so we made
tracks for here. Sorry bout the dogs.
might ha' known they'd scare you" 80
The Honorable Anne next day gave
warning. IF you please, ma'am, you
and Mr.. Allandale have been very kind,
and I love Mr.. Billikins like my own,
but I can't stay where I've been so mis-
Judged" .-...ss. 49,. i'd
'More ;candor on your part would
have prevented your being misjudged."
She blushcd. II often wanted to tell
you, ma'am-what first said wasn't
true. I came from England when I
was baby. haven't any brother, and
I never went to La Huerta."
"Ah!"
''The kinder you was, ma'am, the
meaner felt; and was afraid Mr..
Allandale would go to the hospital;
and, worst of all, my heart stood still
when he spoke of Mr.. Waite. For he
and my stepfather are cousins, and I
was afraid he would guess who was"
"Your stepfather?'
"Yes'm, mother married Jim Waite
the second time, and it was him that
came with the posse and frightened
me. He was such bad, cruel man
that I couldn't stand it, so ran away"
"How did you happen to reach
Vaquero Water?'
with some friends in one of those
big wagons they coll prairie schooners.'
Tulare folks go to the coast every year,
but they don't dare go there straight;
it's too much change. They always
stop at the iron spring to cool off first"
To cool off at 80 in the shaded
''Soon as we came to the spring !
heard about you, and thought I'd try
for the place."
"But how much better to have told
me the TRUTH ,,-..
II knew Mr.. Allandale was English,
ma'am, and they are that particular
I was afraid he'd send me home.'
"Surely the story of Lady Emily
Brown was unnecessary"
Anne's eyes flashed. ''It's every word
true, ma'am. Not that ever saw her
she was by fathers first marriage
it's true. Why, they lived in beautiful
house in st. Johns Wood, and the night
before they went to Paris the prince Of
Wales dined with them.''
'And do you believe it, my dear?"
asked Cedric, on hearing the latest YER
sion.
'She believes in family traditions.
But she will care less about such non.
sense when she is Mrs. Hiram Waite"
''Why, she met the man only last
right
''Something will come of it; trust
woman's intuition"
Thanks, no." he retorted, with
cheerful grin. ''No telling into what
mares nest I might be led. Never mind,
darling, you did your best. We can't
all be born detectives."
Cedric to the contrary, my prophecy
come to pass, and our Honorable Anne
was transformed into Mrs. Hiram
Waite. At last accounts she was well
and happy, supplying the boarders at
Waite's hotel with meals at ''four bits
a head.''. While we on the ranch are
still wondering whether the countess
of Michigan and the Lady Emily Brown
are myths.-San Francisco Argonaut.