Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-09-23
CHAPTER IV-(Continued


Lilith. rs il wicked of me. DR.. Hal
crow? but | almost wish there was
no such thing. We should all be so
much happier without"
''Not if duty represents to us. as 1t
should do the will of Cod said Mag
nus, in a low voice But | should
not wait, Miss Stuart: it is matter
of life and death. Let me bid you
goodbye"
''You will go then? Now | know
that my influence over you counts for
nothing" said Lilith. She looked
straight into his eyes, and her own
were wOndrously soft and languid.
Elspeth Troll shot one hurried. fur
tive glance from her work. and she
caught that look of Lilith's. She saw,
too, how Magnus Halcrow first flushed
and then grew pale before that look.
There suddenly flashed into Elspeth's
mind the remembrance of scene she
had read about, where, in the dim
lOng-ago woods of BrOceliande willy
Vivien fiattered and lured a noble Mer-
lin to his ruin. And Elspeth's thread
suddenly broke, and her hand seemed
oddly unsteady for a moment. Then
Magnus released Lilith's hand.
"You cannot be in earnest, Miss
Stuart" he said gravely. My honor
as a doctor, and my humanity as a
man. call upon me to go at once with
not wait. Goodbye"
With two of his long strides he was
at the door. He had never even no.
ticed that Elspeth Troll was present
Elspeth went on with her sewing, only
her face seemed a little paler now than
1t had been.
MagnUs was soon speeding on his
hOmeward way He could not drive
Lilth from his mind A subtle at
traction drew him to her, and yet, as
soon as he was gone from her presence.
something in him revolted against
that attraction He hardly dared give
the feeling words lest he should have
to own that he distrusted her.
He raced EDWARDS, little guessing
that the man to whose help he was
going was one whose fate was strangely
There is little prescience in human life,
whatever telegraphy and spiritualism
may say, and Magnus could not fOresee
the terrible future.
Day met him as he sprang from his
machine.
"Oh, Magnus, how quickly you have
come, am so glad to see you. He
c hIrt hot
think vas struck by lightning or
his line was, more likely-and IS
dazed and paralyZed by the shock; but
he may be injured too
"a stranger" Magnus asked, as he
gave his machine into Jamie's hands
Day gave him a hurried account of
all that happened as she preceded him
into the sitting-roOm.
IL think he must have been cycling
from Scapa to Stromness He may
have friends there, though I am quite
sure he does not belong to the island
But here he is
The eyes of the young man were wide
open as Magnus approached him. Mag
nus was struck, as Day had been, by
the refinement and patrican cast of the
face before him.
Leave us, Day." he whispered to
the girl. 81 shall come to you in
little while"
1t seemed ages to the girl as she
waited in the laboratory before her
brother reappeared. In reality it was
about an hour. Then he came to her
side and laid his hand on her shout
der.
Brave little Day, You have saved
a fellow-creature's life. / have been
able to bring back full consciousness tc
a paralyzed brain and body, and in a
week or two l have no doubt our friend
will be as we'll as he ever was"
''In week or two?" repeated Day
"Then there is some injury"
"His ankle has been sprained. but
that was owing 70 the fall: no bad
results from the Neutrality-suspicious. will
follow" Magnus bent and kissed his
sisters soft cheek.
"Day if you had not brought him
to the house and sent instantly for me,
do not know that he would ever have
recovered the shock. My dear little
sister. you are the bravest girl in all
the world"
The soft eyes filled very full at the
words of praise: but. low in her
heart" Day thanked God Never in
her young life before had so strange a
tie bound her to a fellow-creature, and
her heart thrilled and grew warm at
the thought of it.
"And now | think you might take
him in one of Bells famous decoctions,
and give him a little nOurishment,"
said her brother my part is done,
and this is yours, Day. He is quite
weak yet. and requires something 10
strengthen him"
81 shall have it ready in no time, -
said the girl.
She hurried away to get it ready.
while Magnus returned to his patient.
When Day came in, bearing her little
<rav rho dark ewes on the sofa met