Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-11-18
CHAPTER LIy.

Astrea, hurrying forward. 'have you
come from Heaven to save mey'
mo: / came from New York with
my splendid grandmother. But where
did you come from? How anne you
away down here in this out-of-the-way
place! / never.'
Elite, / was forcibly abducted and
brought here. | have been kept i'm re-
straint v g since, and not even been
permitted to write to my friends"
"Well-I-never. Here is a go! DO
you know, AStrea. that many people
believe you to have been murdered,
and that Colonel Greville-" Here
Elite abruptly paused in her speech,
frightened by the sudden paleness Of
Astrea, and conscious that she had
nearly said too much, for she had been
on the point of adding, has been ar
rested for your murder"
"Coloael Grevillei oh, what of Col
onel Greyille. Ettie?' eagerly ques-
toned Astrea.
Wont believe a word about your
having been killed. you know! And
neither will the captain"
And are they well? Oh, Elite, are
they wellT'
why. yes; as well as anybody
could hope them TO be and you away
My husband, Elite. oh, is he in
good healthy'
as hearty as possible, under the
circumstances. | tell you"
And my dear old guardian. oh. he
Is oil. Are you sure he does not faily'
"Not-one-bit, He looks as IL he
might live half a century longer!
though that would be a pity for him,
too, for I-do-know-that when Cap
tain William Fuljoy dies he'll go
straight to Heaven, without even be-
ing asked to show his ticketr'
"AIl we'll. All well. Oh. thank
Heaven" said Astrea, fervently. But,
Elite, If they do not believe / was
murdered, how do they account FOR
my absence!'
."They thought that you had been
stolen away! And they put advertise
ments in all the papers, and they Of
fered large rewards for any informa-
ton about you. and, oh, dear. here's
another goi'
What, dear Ettie?'
",Vhy. | shall get the reward, be-
cause / have found you, And. oh. it
is eve SO many thousand dollars! Be-
cause Colonel Greville, and Captain
Fuljoy and Madame de Glacie all put
in, do SUPPOSE"
Madame de Glacie. my dear? W1o
is Madame de Glacier
.'Oh, crickey, But then, of course,
you don't know, She's your mamma,
that you We're stolen away from when
you were a baby! Don't you know,
you used to have n dim recollection OF
an old chateau and Il
Yes. yes: tell me about my moth
err
We'll. you see, she saw your carte
de-visite in a show window in Paris,
and so she recognized it as the like
ness of her daughter, and she made
Inquiries. and finally traced You all the
way to Fuljoy's Isle, and arrived only
a few days after you were missed
"Oh my poor mother! What a bitter
disappointment
Wasn't 1t, though? All, but didn'.
she bear 1t like n hero, neither? III
tell you what, she's n brick; and L
don't believe the others could have
sborne up at all IL 1t hadn't been for
her. She kept up all their spirits! She
it, was who first insisted that you
were not dead. and she 1t was who had
all the advertisements put in the pa
pcrs. and who employed my handsome
uncle, Welby Dunbar, to hunt you up!'
"Welby Dunbar!" re-echoed Astrea,
as the name sounded in her ears like
n dim resemblance of her childhood.
"Yes. My handsome uncle! he Is
here now. Oh, won't he be glad, rath-
er, though? He shan't have the re-
ward, however, because / found your
And do you mean to say that my
mothers attorney. the gentleman she
employed to seek me, is really in this
housey'
".well, he Is not anywhere else," said
Elite. land you a see him IL you
like!'
Heaven be praised! But, oh, Elite,
how was it that he came? Did they
get any clue to help them to trace me
here"
Not the least little bit in the world"
How. then, is 1t that he is hereT'
"Clance. accident, Providence, l
mean. And the most natural thing liz
the world! You see, he is my splendid
grandmother's son and my splendid
grandmother is Mr.. Rumford's sister
and heiress. and she came down here
to take possession OF the property
providence, indeed. But, my dear
Elite. how is it that you are here? L
thought you a fixture ut Burnstopy'
"My Grandfather Burns died and 1
was sent TO my Grandma Grevilie in
New York;
"Your Grandma Greville, my deary
l did not know that you had a grand
ma of that name-.'
''Of course you didn't; because, you
see," said Elite. lowering her voice,
c0nfidentially, II didn't know ii my
self until n little willie ago. for the
reason that Grandfather Burns and
Grandmother Grevillc couldn't saddle
horses together"
Couldn't saddle horses together,
Ettie" continued Astrea in a perpiexed
and questioning tone.
''Oh, bosh, you know what A mean
they couldn't agree; and 70 he new
er mentioned her to me until just be-
fore he died. And, oh. l say, Astrea.
here's another so. 1t has just struck
me-"