Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-08-19

"' az i'"pctS ana gives up the army, l am
sorry to say. though I quite expected it"
"Aes. i hin it is the hest thing to be
DONE" she said.
Then you can discuss it with Henri
etta this evening. and l shall see You to-
morrow, when l hope there will be some
tl'iings of C%ailundcr. Good-evening. my
dear ward.'
N noisy farewell from the children. and
he was gone.
Why did he kiss Hcnrictta's hand?
ana what was it he thanked her for so
enthnsiastically:"
She Went to sleep with this swercd
question proving ON her heart.
CHAPTER MIN.
lhey-that is. Mrs. CALENDER. Henri
eta and Dorothy-waitcd in vain for n
letter. from the Colonel.
\ week had passed and he modo no
s's'. Dorothy WAS very uneasy, much
more so than Henrietta or his mother.
neither of whom shared her profound
ior'boding of evil. To them, his abstrac-
tion. his Indifference to all thai formnr,y
interested him, the distressed expression
OF MS eyes. sometimes so dull, sometimes
VIII and reckless. We're only marks of nat
'Ntly Slitl, 10 lJOrOJnN
tiseN We're Indications of mental anguish
too strong for the control of reason.
u was. therefore. with IL sense of in
Unite relief she heard Collins tap at the
door. as she was changing her warm
outdoor dress for one of lighter material.
and say, in Il brisk, cheerful tones:
III you please, miss. the Colonel has
come. lie is in the drawing room."
Clllandpr WAS sitting lv tho f;,, &,
large armchair, his hand on Dolly's head.
Both children were standing by him de-
murelN. gazing with wondering, awed eyes
at their now half forgotten father. All
seemed silent.
dear itrrbert. I am so delighted to see
Eou. cried Dorothy, running to greet and
embrace him. He smiled absently. and
stretched ont his hand to her. why did
You not write? l felt so anxious about
you"
II was quite we'll. I had nothing to
write about"
The tete-a-tete which cns,el was very
Trying. Callandcr sat quite still after
the children had retired. answering the
Observations she forced herself to make
from time to time with monosyllables. or
the br:efest possible sentences. She
thought dinner would never be nnnounc-
ed. How Dorothy longed for Standish!
She was growing nervous-foolishly rcr-
vous.
When they returned to the drawing
room Callander again took the large easy
chair. Dorothy began some need.cwork.
and sat opposite him. in token of her
readiness to converse if he w;ls SO inclil-
ed. He kept silence so long that Dorothy
thought he was asleep.
! Suddenly he sat upright ard eXclaim-
ed: You are not Ike her. and yet you are.
You haven't her beauty"
II know that well. HERBERT she re-
turned. hoping he would relieve his mind
by talking of the dear dead.
Still she looks out of your eyes at me
sometimes. Dorothy, and then l don't
know whether 1 hate or love you! You
used to be like n daughter to me, and
you are n good, kind girl. You must AL
ways take care of those poor cllildren!"
Yes. l will, to the best of my ability
said Dorothy, with difficulty keeping back
her ears.
You must never let my mother get
hold of them, mind that"
II hope YOU will stay with them, and
order what is to Ike done for them. AS
to Mrs. Callandcr. why are you so u,l-
kind to her? She is very unhappy"
because l cnnno forget how unkind
she was to my lost darling" he returned
sternly. "And you should not forget it
either! I can never forgive her. And she
wants to make out that / am weak-weak
dog my steps down at Fordsea!"
Indeed, l am sure she did not. He
often gees down to Eastport in his end
loss SoorCb for trn 900 Nf-of-0 GIL.
hesitated.
with composure. "Ay, he may search.
But IL alone must punish, l tell you.
muy wait, but I will have my revenge
by my own hand!"
Dorothy felt uneasy, but she wisely
avoided ~contradict:ng him, and so kept
silence. Callander, now fully reused,
stool up and began to pace the room.
"What has Egerton been doing? Has
he written?'
"Yes-he thinks he has found some
traces"
"Ha, ha. ha!" laughed Callander-rath.
or a terrible laugh. HE will never find
the murderer away ~there!-never!! And
he paused opposite her.
"At all events, he said, in his letter to
Paul Standish@"
"%Standish!" repeated Callander. with q
deadly. bitter tore. one that made the
word sound like a curse. "Why do you
speak his name to me? I wonder you
dare" And he resumed his restless walk
This seemed to Dorothy an opportunity
for asking an explanation Of his mysteri.
GUS dislike to her guardian.
II do not know why I should not name
him, Herbert. Tell me why you dislike
him. 1t might relieve your mind"
TELL you?" he repeated, tell you! ]
haze sometimes wished to tell you, thai
you might know what n subtle devil
BE broke off, and muttered something tc
himself. "There." he resumed, '.you Low.
: Cd her well. You would shield her mem
r DRY WE'LL"
Il would do anything for her sake-any.
thing to comfort your cried Dorothy, un
d able to restrain her tears.
L. Callander paced the room in silence fol
u another minute. then he. suddenly 81,
down beside her on the sofa, which wa,
her usual seat, and, taking both hel
hands, which he held tightly. he said. low