Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-09-08

70 take him with you on your long drives.
it would not, as you fear, try him toe
much, but would, on the contrary. brace
him up and tire him just sufficiently to
make him too sleepy for that killing nnd
unnecessary night work he is SO much at.
tached to"
Lady Kildonan could not conceal hei
distaste to this proposal
"Really," she said, with irritation. zone
would think was to blame for his fancy
to work at night!'
"Oh, no. l am merely showing you how
TO cure him of it. If you care-and am
sure you do care, Lady KildOnan-to be
gin the cure by taking your husband fo'
a long drive every day-three hours at
the least, promise you will do my best
to induce him to finish his cure at some
foreign springs.
She seemed to be balancing the future
gain with the present sacrifice.
''Springsv' she echoed at last with n
sigh. "You don't mean some place where
there is just a pump and an inn? Be
cause one might as well be here"
mo, l DON'T" said Armathwaite. smil-
ing. II mean q place with big hotels,
and banda. and balls. and promenade
which shows Of pretty dresses and-ihei'
wearerA"
"AgreedI' she said. hastily, and she
gave him her hand to close the bargain
Just a. q allow rat-tat was heard on her
door. She ran to open II herself. and re-
ceived her husband with an effusiveness
which, to Judge by the flush 1t brought to
his plain face, was as unusual as it was
evidently welcome. He took off his spec
tacles us she led him forward, leaning on
his arm with 1.-THE, Embarrassing incii-
nation which had the appearance of rem
dering him stiff and constrained. but
which caused his gray eyes to glow with
tender light as he glanced shyly down up
on her. To Armathwaite, as they advanc.
ed, they made a beautiful picture until
Lord Kildonan withdrew his right hand
from his wife to shake hands with the
doctor. ard lightly patted her shoulder
with his lef: as he did so. At the affec
tionate touch, Lady Kildonan gave n
slight but malicious grimace and shrHg
of the insulted shoulder. both directed to
Armathwaite and unseen by her husband.
In an instant the young mans admiration
turned to disgust and repulsiOn as surely
rs if he himself had been the victim of
the heartless trick; all the falsehood that
dislOyal women can use to their masters
seemed to be embodied in that hypocriti-
cal caress, and he felt on the instant in
arms Cor his sex, the more that he felt in
clined to doubt whether q few minutes
previously he himself had not had a mar
row escape. The rugged face of the ell
derly Scotchman, beaming with honesty
and kindliness. seemed to him, In this new
frame Of mind, to show not only more at
traction, but absolutely more beauty, than
the fair features of a wife who could be
Indifferent to so much affection.
Lord Kildonan's one thought, on finding
the doctor SO early with his wife, was
anxiety lest she should have been i'll with
out letting him know. She told him, sink
ing again into her chair by the fire, that
il was nothing more serious than her old
enemy, sleeplessness; that she had sent
for DR. Armathwaite as soon as-she was
up, for fear he should be leaving Brank-
some, and that he had given her a pre-
scrption which he said would do her good
Armathwaite, who feared his interest
ing patient would take advantage of his
conditional promise TO try to extort from
him a more thoroughgoing adhesion to
her pet plan, now for the second time
prepared to take leave, and succeeded in
gettine half way to the corridor, when
Lord l>adonan overlook him. This was
lust what the doctor had expected and
feared.
"She has sent me away" said Lord
Kildonan, rather ruefully; Il offered to
read to her, when she jumped up and said
she was going for a walk. She says my
accent spoils any literature; and it's too
late to get over that now. Come into my
study, DR.. Armathwaite; should like to
speak to you."
Rather reluctantly the young man fol-
lowed him down a narrow private stair
case at the end of the corridor, and into
his darkened room.
(TO be continued.)