Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-08-04
CHAPTER Liz.

1AS(te1. nuffElnS IOrWItu, nave Notl
come from Heaven to save me?'
NO; l came from New York with
my splendid grandmother! But where
| did you come from? How came you
away down here in this out-of- the-way
| place? l never!"
Elite. l was forcibly abducted and
brought here. l have been kept in re-
| Straint eve: since. and not even been
| permitted to write to my friends
"Well-l-never! Here is a go. DO
| YOU know, .Astrca. that many people
| believe YOU to have been murdered.
and that Colonel Greville--'' Here
| Elite abruptly paused in her speech.
frightened by the sudden paleress of
| .AStrea. and conscious that she had
nearly said too much. for she had been
| on the point of adding. has been ar
rested for your murder
Colonel Grcville. Oh. what of Col
onel Greville, Ettie::" eagerly Ques-
toned Astrea.
Wont believe Il word about your
having been killed. you know! And
neither will the captain"
And are they Well: Oh, Elite. are
they well?'
why. yes: as we'll as anybody
could hope them to be and you away"
My husband. Elite. oh. is he in
| good health:"
las hearty as possible, under the
| circumstances. l tell YOU.
And my dear old guardian. OH he
is oil! Are YOU sure h" does not fail?'
"Not--onc--bit! He looks as if he
might live half a century longer!
though that would be pity for him.
do lo% 1x-1,n
tain William Fuljoy dies he'll go
ing asked to show his ticket
All WE'LL All we'll. Oh. thank
Heaven" said Astrea. fervcntIy. But,
Elite. if they do not believe was
murdered. how do they account for
my abscnce?'
They thought that you had been
stolen away! And they rut advertise
ments i'll all the papers. and they Of
tered large rewards for any informa-
ion about you. and. oh, dear. here's
another gO!'
What, dear Ettie:"
why. l shall get the reward. be-
| cause l have found you. And. oh. it
is ever SO many thousand dollars. Be
| cause Colonel Greville, and Captain
| Fulioy and Madame de Glace all put
in. | do suppose
Madame de Glacie, my dear? WAC
is Madame de Glacier"
"Oh. crickey! But then, of course
you don't know! She's your mamma
| that you were stolen away from when
f, you We're a baby! Etn't you know
you used to have dim recollection OF
| an old chateau and IL
! Yes. yes; tell me about my moth
err
"Well, you see. she saw your carte
| dc-viSite in show window in Paris
and so she recognized it as the like
ness of her daughter, and she made
Inquiries. and finally traced you all the
way to FuljOys Isle. and arrived only
Il few days after you were missed
"Oh my poor mother! What Il bitter
Disappointment
Wasn't it, though? All. but didn':
she bear it like a hero. neither: III
tell you what, she's a brick: and
don't believe the others could have
borne up at all if it hadn't been FOL
her! She kept up all their spirits. She
it was who first insisted that 70,
were not dead. and she it was who haC
all the advertisements put in the pa
pcrs. and who employed my handsome
uncle Welby Dunbar. to hunt you up"
'Welby Dunbar" re-echoed Astrea
as the name sounded in her ears like
a dim resemblance Of her childhood.
Eyes! My handsome uncle. he i:
here now! Oh, won't he be glad, rath
er. though? He shan't have the re
ward however, because l found YOU.
And do you mean to say that IN!
mothers attorney, the gentleman sh'
employed to seek me, is really i'll Thu
house?''
"Well. he is not anywhere else SAT-
Ettie land you can see him if 20,
like"
Heaven be praised! But, oh. Elite
how was it that he came! Did the.
get any clue to help them to trace III
here|'
Not the least little bit in the world.
GLOW. then. is it that he is here:'
| "Chance, accident, Providence,
mean. And the most natural thing il
the world! You see, he is my splendid
grandmother's son, and my splendid
grandmother is Mr.. RumfOrd'S SlSle
and heiress. and she came down her
to take possession of the property
"providence. indeed. But. my dea
Elite. how is it that you are here:
thought you fixture at Burnstop"
My Grandfather Burns died and
was sent to my Grandma Greville il
New York;
"Your Grandma Greville, my dear
did not know that you had granC
ma of that 1lame.'
''Of course you didn't; because, 70
see" said Elite. lowering her voice
contidentially, II didn't know it IN!
self until Il little while ago. Tor thu
reason that Grandfather Burns an
Grandmother Greville couldn't saddl
horses together"
"Couldn't saddle horses together
Elite" continued Astrcn in Il pcrplcyr
and questioning tone.
"Oh. bGSh. You know what inca
they couldn't agree: and so he ncN
en- mentioned her to me until just Dl
fore he died. And, oh, ] say, Astrrn
here's another go. ii has just s,ruc
me-"
"Whnt Is that, my dcnr?'
"Why, my Grandm" Er""'j'o rs YOU
steD-mother-in-law