The Eddy current., 1898-10-15

was better' he thought. than she ebo,id
go away at once.
lie made two Announcements % h..
household. which no ono cvo, ,,'s,.I,. -.
VI connecting. Tho FIRST and mosi
h.hrtllhg was, OF course. that t.sdv
hamilton had been shot accldontallv-
ehahce shot-though why a han oar.
fridge had been used was a puv,io
supposed to have been fred by poaeh.
efs IN the wood: the second Wa ,ba,
Lazy Chraycn had boon suddenly ann.
money 10 her fathers home I'm t.ordo,,
No one dreamed OF connectips ,ho ,s,a
announcements. and IN the dlsordered
state OF the household II never occurred
70 any OF the guests to ouos,lon tho
servants ns 70 when the countess had
gone She had been sent for after ain
ner, and tho apologies that tho eorl
mnae were deemed quite maiclent
some OF the guests indeed said that II
was az well Lady Caraven was out of
the way, as she would probably have
been greatly distressed To mia dav
.he earl Ia uncertain what IN his panlc
ne SAID or did The only idea quite
clear to him was that he must shield
the woman who bore his name.
~ was not very long before the doc.
Tor arrived, and then all alarm was M
an end. ilo found tho bali M opce,
u mad not gone very deep into tho
shoulder II was extracted ana the
wound bound up.
Ihen lovely Lady Hamilton raised
her golden head and asked. languld-
shall be very ~. doctor?"
NO | hope not You will suffer
httle pain nothing much. / trust
snail | be ~ for long tlme?" aho
asked. 'Ah, me, how little / dreamed
that ! was coming TO Ravensmere TO be
shot"
1T is very unfortunate" said the
doctor but do not think you will
be VI very long. Lady Hamilton. You
must take heart"
TO think that OF all the people in
the worlo they should select me,
suppose Il was quite an accident
though They were poachors. am
told. Now, doctor. want 20 ask YOU
very serious question"
The doctor seemed to Imply by his
manner that he was all attention.
shall be very happy to answer Il.
u II Hes In my power" he said.
Tell me, shall | lose-that is-wIll
my temporary soclusion Interfere nj
all with what | may call my good
looks2"
lie told himself that the amusement
he felt must be carefully concealed.
u think" he replied. cnnndentlally.
that | may reassuro your ladyshlp.
do not see how II can possibly affect
you In that fashion. and the needed
rest will be most beneficial to YOU
Then she was content TO remain In
her room, not suffering very much
pain.
The keepers had made strenuous 81.
forts to find the poachors but they
had evidently made their escape. fright.
ened doubtless at what they had done.
No trace OF them could be found.
II was with sense OF relief that
Lord Carayen went 10 his room that
night lie wanted to be alone 10
think over the events OF tho day. lie
found himself dwelling less on the ter
rlblo fact that his wife had shot Lady
Hamilton than on the wonderful fact
that she loved him.
Il have gone mad-I love you-let
me diet"
The words haunted him like the re-
frain OF a song. lie could not sleep.
All night the pale. passionate. Aeautl-
ful face was before him. The words
rang In his ears as they had rung
when he saw Hlldred IN the star
light. pleading. praying. accusing him,
all In one vehement storm OF words.