Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-11-24
CHAPTER VI.

CHAPTER VI
The girl found that 10 declare that
she would not worry WAS one thing
but to carry II out another. As soon
as she was alone. her calnncs> forSook
her, and she began TO ask herself all
kinds Of wild questions. Suppose he
never came back or sent for her and
she had IT. wait. and at last CREEP
away in modification and despair
Where could she 60 when she did so.
for she would not dare to return TO
Galley Park. or even IL her home:
Then she began to laugh AT herself
for being so foolish and mi>tru>tful.
OF course Captain Herbert would come
back Improbable as others might
deem it. there was no doubt that he
was deeply attached To her and. by
and-hy she might learn to love him
very much Sh. would rather have
waited. not have married in this indiS-
Greet. hurried fashion: but still it
might all be for the best.
Hardly however. had she COM
menced undressing for bed before she
began to wonder when and where the
captain and Elsie had appointed IL
meet. How woauld Elsie take the
news of Captain Herbert'S marriag &c
Would she bear it bravely. realising
her own wicked folly. and resolve to
turn over Il new leaf. or would she eX-
pose her weakness to Claude: Poor
Claude. 1t seemed as if he was not to
know happiness for long. But who
would have believed that Elsie. who
had nearly every wish OF her heart
gratilied. could yet be SO scltishly
wicked:
But | must not think any more.
Judith decided. Il shall excite myself
so much that | can't sleep. and there
are at least four hours to daylight. |
wish had something to read. but
there is not Il book in the room. and
only two inches Of candle. Well. there
TO me help for it. must lie down and
try TO 90 to sleep. Have | done right
to trust him: Will he keep his word:
Oh. what shall | do:'
In Il fever of unrest she cast herself
down rpon the bed. hiding her hot
face in her arms. when suddenly a
little familiar sentence crept through
her rioting thoughts. bringing tran
guilty in its train: Trust in the
Lord and He shall nourish thee. grant
thee thy hearts desire. and fulfil all
thy mind She repeated the verse
twice thoughtfully weighing each
word: then. ineXpressbly comfortcd.
she finished undressing and got into
bed
Judith awOke about six o'clock
When she had accounted for the
strangeness Of her surrOundingS-with
much surprise at herself for having
yielded so easily to her lovers persua-
sions-she wondered what Claude and
Elsie were thinking Of. il her absence
troubled them. and had a feeling that
she should never be able to face them
again.
Mrs. Johns brought Judith in a cup
Of tea about half past seven. She was
very anxious to know if the girl had
slept WELL what she would like for
breakfast. and was altogether 50 def
crentially kind that Judith felt she had
done nothing wrong so far.
Your breakfast shall be laid in my
little sitting-room. miss Mrs. Johns
said. chcerfully; 1t is on this floor,
and no one will disturb you. Here are
books and Il piano. and III send up the
to pass the tine pleasantly
1t was Il very wet day: but. until
after ten o'clock the girl managed TO
amusc herself fairly well: but shortly
af1erward all her anxietes returned
in full force. Every torncnting
thought that it was possible to think
seemed to occur to her: she asked her
self the same questions over and over
~,
haunted her. until she thought She
must 20 mad. She paced the room.
tried. but in vain, to read, shuddcred
at the notion of touching the piano,
and endeavored to revive the trusting
hope she had fallen asleep with the
night before, but she could not.
At two o'clock Mrs. Johns sent up
luncheon, but Judith had no appetite
and at four o'clock the landlady came
herself to see how her guest was far
ing I'ancyng that the hostess seemed
graver than before. Judith's anxiety
was rcdoublcd, and gave rise to the
idea that Captain Herbert had plotted
to get her safely out Of the way while
he and Elsie made their escape.
When the maddening shame and tor
ture this thought engcndered had
passed away, she started up with the
resolve To return TO Galley Park and
tell Claude. He would not misjudge
her. But how could she 90 out in the
rain with only Il cloak over her thin
muslin dress and no hat: 1t would
be impossible 10 walk in such guisc in
broad daylight. No-shc must wait
until dusk.
She sat down again in dcspairing
misery and burst into tears. She had
had many anXictics and bitter cares
to bear in her life: but this was the
bittrrcst Of all. because it was her own
care brought about by the very kind
of weakness and thOughtlessnrss that
she had always dcrided in Elsie Who
WAS she. to believe that any man
could love her well enough to treat her
with the consideration she had expect
ch at the hands Of Captain Herbert ::
She was well repaid for her cOnccii, as
she told herself. in her mrtnHl nbnsc-
mcnt, forgetting that she had sncri-
feed herself for HE good Of others to
the man she did not love.
Her tears were too bitter, too Hcald-
Ing for there to be many Of them; in
i've minutes she could cry no more
The nuibursi was too heavy to last
long. but j, left her in II state Of com.