Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-01-21

BY Barry Pain.
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Very Well, said Mrs. Blayd, but
she said il doubttully.
Well. said, you have known
Wtmay from her birch, What do YOU
think yoIrSelt Whit d. You really
think"
Il think that if we found her now
it would be of no good, She is not
herself. Ii we let her have her way
she will stop out tonight, but she Will
come back tomorrow morning, She
uceS not forget those who are fond o.
her. She would come back if it were
only for Your sake, sir, or my own.
feel sure OF it.
1t seemed TO me to be rather diff
cult position. If l did not so to find
Wilmay and bring her back. was not
taking proper care of her; and if
OF her dead father,
Wait" said to Mrs Blayd, II
she'll ask DR.. lngwold what he thinks
would be best
The doctor was of the same opinion
as Mrs, Blayd.
1T may do her some slight tenn
porary harm to stop out all night, but
well, know her and | think it m pro
likely to do her good" So We settled
that at any rate until tomorrow morn
ing nothing should be done.
From DR.. lngwold, later in tho same
evening, heard some details of the
accident.
1t is the old story" said the doctor,
your nervous timid whip, who does
not really understand horses, never
comes TO any harm. He takes no
risks. 1t is the men who really can
drive, who really can do great deal
with a horse. that always try 10 do
just q little more and have the acct
dents. In the early morning Philip
had driven out with a horse that had
already been a good deal of trouble to
him. But il was a valuable animal,
and he was anxious to finish its cluca-
ton He took no one with him, and
he said to the groom who brought tho
horse around that he should drive TO
the station, els he had some inquiries
to make there. The groom noticed
that, because he knew the horse would
not stand sight or sound of a railway
train and knew that Philip was well
aware of it too. 1t was three miles
away from the railway station that
Philip was afterwards found; there was
a steep embankmtnt there at one side
of the road. with white painted wood
fence by way of protection Cart
horse and man were found at the bot
tom of this entertainments and the
fence, which seems to have been rot
ten was all broken down Philip did
net explain exactly how it happened
he said only that he thought it had
been mostly his own fault "
DIR. Irgwold was y, great assistance
to- me, al took on himself the trouble
of all the horrible business connected
with death AS it grew later, and viii
may did not return, I again became
very nervous about her. was afraid
that she might come back. and fin the
y
! arranged. in consequence, that
would sit up in the library all nigh.
The library windows opened on to the
upper terrace of the garden. drew
the shutters back from these windows
and had the lamp placed near them,
80 that at whatever hour Wilmay re-
turned she might be able to see that
! was still up. The doctor went up
to bed, but said that he would be down
very early in the morning to take my
place and give me a chance Of an hour
or two's sleep.
had found in the safe several papers
addressed to me. | put them on the
table by the lamp, drew up my chair,
lit my pipe and began to open and read
them. There was a terrible quiet in the
house, almost as il the inanimate
house knew that dead man was lying
there. So much did this idea impress
me that the rustling of the papers or
the noise made by the shifting OF my
chair, seemed to me like a profanity.
One gets into nervous imaginative
"cu'' "llVh OnV 10 tIloIlDIdIlN WOFT
out, and then sits up late at night.
All the time that was reading
was also listening intently. If the
branches of the trees outside moved in
the light wind the sound seemed
changed to Wilmay's voice, and I
looked up from the papers At any
moment ! was ready TO hear her step
on the gravel outside. TO open the
window, and call to her. But she
never cam~the long hours wore on,
tediously long, until the dawn came
and outside in the garden the whisper
ed chirpings OF the birds broke into
full song in the sunlight.
Amongst the papers there was a COPY
OF his will, the will itself being in
~ Ia 4.