The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1897-09-04
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hat Lord kildonan confronted his wife
and Crosmont, the sickly light OF a NICK
sring gas lamp high above falling on MS
| igure, on what could be seen of his race
The words froze on their guilty lips; the
blood leaped up, and then seemed 10 stag
Ia te in their veins as the cold eyes p1erceo
hem. Crosmont stopped, and stared up,
as still as dead man, shattered COIL
| founded. without a word, without cry.
| Lady Kil;lonan. with a hOarse ana broken
shrek that rang in hideous echoeS
| through the huge bare station, staRgeFeu
back. back. with starting eyes ana strus-
| Cling breath. until, before they couid stop
her, before they had even time to reaiiHe
| he danger she was in, she reacheu me
edge of the platform, and with last ia,ai
! backward step. fell with moan on the
metals Lord Kildonan sprang down IKE
young man, lifted her in his arms, ana
stared INTO her face. When Armath"aite
Joined him, the old Scotchman's face was
Ill broken up with passionate Anxiety lis
voice broken and weak as child.
81 have not killed her, Frank, nave 1 :.
| Speak. boy, speak," he said In husky
! whisper. as he lifted the head that huhs
! linn and powerIess on his shoulder.
Arnathwaite, whose professional IN
stinct had given him back all his CAIN at
the moment of the accident, looked al
her. touched her.
No" he said. briefly; "she is not deao:
We must get her on to the PLATFORM
! Crosm ont.'
| This call to the young man. VINO was
still standing like a statue with dull eyes
md leaden limbs. woke him to life and
action. He would have helped TO raise
! rho nrostrate woman, but Lord kildonan,
| in his coolest, harshest tone, forbade MN
/ 10 touch her. The latter, with the assist
| ance of Armathwaite, lifted her on 10 'ise
| platform just as the Rranksome tram
| steamed slowly up towards them. FRANK
| suggested that she ought to remain III
| Liverpool that night-that it would be
dangerous for her to travel. Her mead
/ had fallen on the metals; no one could teii
vet what injury she had sustained. Lord
| Kildonan was immovabe.
| "She must go home" he said, briefly.
"And if il should kill her, my lord :!
I'VE can still perhaps save her reputa-
| ton" said Lord Kiidonan in his coolest
/ tone.
| But he was deeply moved He never
| took his ewes off his wife's white face as
| they carried her into compartment and
! laid her on the seat. Crosmont still stood
Oh the platform. and Armathwaite went
! back to him, and laid his hand on his
! arm.
The agent was shvering like man
with ague.
Come" said Armathwaite, you must
come back with us
! .\n II hporSe1v
After some few moments appeal, warn
! ing him that Lady Kildonan was per
! haps dying. the doctor induced him TO take
his place in the next compartment to thai
! in which the husband and wife, werdly
reunited were travelnl. Then, after OK
acting a promise from the agent that he
| would not try to escape, he rejoined Lord
| Kildonan and the unconscious woman.
1t was terrible return journey. Dur
| ing all the four cold. monotonous hours
! Lady kiidonan lay almost without move
ment, from time to time muttering few
words TO herself incoherently, or opening
| her eyes with the blank stare of a doll,
| only to close them again automatically
without having taken in any impression.
| At seven o'clock on the raw February
! morning, the train steamed into Rrank-
some station. The storpage reused Lady
| Kitlonan; she struggled up and looked
vacantly about her. mutternp incoherent-
! " that ii was getting light-that she
! should be late-but without noticing her
! companinnS Frank put her veil over her
| face and fastened it for her, to which
! she made no opposition. And she accept
! ed his suggestion to take his arm, and al
| lowed him to lead her through the station.
! apparently unconscious that it was her
| husband who was supporting her totter-
! ing footsteps on the other side. Snc turn
| cd instinctively in the direction of the
/ house where Anne Matthews lived, and
| ut the opening of the little street they
! foulI q small covered cart waiting with
! the woman who bad been her treacherous
| scComplice inside il. Armathwaite recog
nized her at once. and saw first that she
| looked little ashamed of herself, and sec
! ondly that she was seriously alarmed and
! remorsefnl when she saw how III the lad '
! looked. They lifted her into the cart:
Lord kildonan took his place beside her.
and insisted on AImathwaite's coming
! with them. that he might prescribe for her
! in his medical capacity on reaching The
| Crags.
Anne Matthews. who drove herself
stopped at the bottom of the private pa h
| 10 The trags. as was her custom: and
| the two gentlemen led Lady Kildonon
! who was now growing excited and fever
! ISL. M tho hill, through the private cate
| which was open. and into the hnuse br
! that Entrance of which Lord Kildonon
| had fancied that he alone had key. +,
| opened upon narrow private staircase
! with another locked door at the ton hv
which they We're able to reach Lady Xii
| domains apartments unobserved By any
body except her ladyship's maid.
With the assistance of this woman.
Lady Niidonnn was put to bed much
against her will. Armathwnite told Lord
! kildonan that she was suffering from con.
! cussinn of the brain. and after remaining
| with her about an hour. at the end Of
which tim, she had sunk into 4 wor,l,css
/ stupor. be left her to the care Of her hus-
! band and the maid. and promising TO re-
/ turn III n couple Of hours. walked back
! quickly towards Mcrcsidp. He was any-
! iouN about Crosmunt. anXious also 10 find
out how this terrible event would affect
! the agents wife.
| by the time he reached the agents
/ house il was half-paSt nine: The rain of
the night bad ceased. and If was n sunny
| morning. On ringing the bell Nanny an
| peared, ana in answer to his question
! told him that Mr.. Crosmont had gone 10
/ Liverpool and world not he back until
/ The afternoon.
Alma, hearing the doctors voice. came
o't- iHro tho hall. H. tod her that some
thing very serious for Ned had happened
! II" knew her husband had returned from
! Liverpool. but the servants had not seen
him.