The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-03

10, not IN the 4c4>l- N---4S ~ - q
That brute's getting mp again.
The fellow was On his feet again d.
rectlv. and both be and his companion
had drawn their revolyers.
You don't shoot women IN these
parts, do you:" said sir Ja1ray ste-nly.
wait. Come, Lola. "
He led her away 70 a house that was
open az some little distance, and, putting
her inside, told her 20 wait
lyon mustn't 60 hack, Jafray, " she
said. a fear that she had never felt for
herself awaking On account Of him,
and she chung 10 him TO keep him y
her.
Don't be afraid" be said kindly,
and. PUTTING her hand OF his arm with
a firm. gentle strength, ne went cut
again. De walked straight up 20 the
\ bully who had assaulted Lola, and, dis
regarding contemptUcusly the revolver
which the man held threareDingly,
I struck him with his cliDched hst fear-
I ful blow IL the face, knocking hin
down with a thud which resCGuded a.!
across the road. The man lay like
stunned OK Then sir Jaffray TUNED 20
Z the companion, hut he, seeing what had
happened, fIed his revolver at random
and ran away, swearing.
When sir Jaffray went hack 70 Lola,
be found heT more agitated than be rad
ever seen her, and she did not seem
hersel: again for many hours and in
deed for days afterward.
He did not understand the cause Of
il all
In that instant the revelation had
come q the new feeling which was de-
ve!opiug IL her. and the knowledge, in
view Of all that il meant, had agitated
her a. much a. any incident in al her
turbulent life
In the days that followed, Sir Jaffray
noticed for the first time in his wife a
I wsywardness and uncertainty Of temper
which were quite unusual, and they
7 surprised and rather grieved him. She
was in reality fighting against her new
I emotions and striving resolutely TO con-
quer them.
But she fought in vain, and from
| drawn closer and closer TO him until she
ceased at last TO wage useless fight
Her return to England was thus un.
welcome. so long as they We're thou
sands Of miles away from Europe she
was safe against discovery, and could
she have had her way she would have
prolonged their journey Indefinitely.
But sir Jaffray was beginning to feel
a strong desire 10 be home. lie loved
the place and longed TO be there and to
see Lola installed az its beautiful mis-
tress. he would have hurried home
earlier had he followed his own inclina.
tions, but he could not interfere TO stop
the pleasure which she showed on every
occasion III all the incidents Of their
travelling. He was delighted, however,
when at length he stood with Lola on
the big Atlantic liner and watched the
lighthouse at Sandy Hook growing dim
mer and DINNER ia the haze Of distance
and felt that they were homeward
bound.
He was surprised that Lola was silent
and thoughtful.
1t was new thing for her to feel
foreboding.
But now if what she had begun r.
dread came true she felt half helpless
to grapple with it. And it was part OF
the effect Of her new love and the fears
it bred that the danger which, wher
she did not dread its coming, had seem
ed remote and all but impossible now
appeared almost certain and inevitable
She blamed herself for not having takeI
any Of the thousand precautions at thu
time Of Pierre's death which she now
saw she ought 10 have taken, and heI
fathers words REQUIRED to her over anC
over again:
You did not see him dead"
How she wished she had.
Sir Jaffray rallied her once OF twic,
when he caught her brooding apparent
ly.
beginning to think what seriou
matter marriage isl" he asked. You'll
have no end Of fuss made Of you in tn,
county. Different from the wild west. >
81 suppose one is quizzed bit, " saiC
Lola. But know most Of the people
and can manage them, / think. "
Not much fear Of that" replied he
husband, with smile Of admiration
There are not many people you coult
not manage. We shall have TO have
function or two, and there IL be bit O
fuss when we get back, expect. Blu
we won't stay longer than you like a
the manor. Well get up to town. W,
shall have TO go about bit, you know.
Yes, marriage isn't an excuse 20
refusing invitations, as il used to be il
Galilee. it makes one look out for then
rather"
There won't be much looking on
for them, promise you. When orc
you're seen, they'll come fast enough.
suppose So but I'd rather have on
time back there" with a movement O
the head toward the west, ethan
London season.
You'll grow out of that fas
enough, he said. But I'm glad 70,
haven't been bored After all, there
no place like the manor. to my mind
I'm awfully fond of the old place. an
, ON my word go back to il with create
: J gusto every time I've been away.
q Ihen, after long pause, he added. I"