The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1898-08-27

and wrote an entreaty to Standish to re-
turn at once.
Don't go TO bed till come and tell you
what news Collins brings" she said to
Mrs. McHugh.
You may be sure will not"
Then she went away to wait again.
This time she was not long left alone
little before eleven Miss Oakeley re-
turned.
why, whore in the world is Collins 2"
were her first words, 'and, Dorothy, what
is the matter with you? You look ghast-
lyr
Dorothy gave the same explana ton she
had offered to Nurse.
What a dreadful business. Ny dear
child, he is as likely to throw himself
into the river as to go to his hotel, What
in the world did you say to him to drive
him into such a state:'
"Oh. it was talking and thinking Of the
past that upset him. Henrietta, You ter
rify me-"
Il am afraid you were not very pru-
dent, but don't tremble go. | did not
mean to brighten you You had better go
TO bed you poor little soul
"Ah, no, Henrietta, not till l see Col
Inns"
II will so and put on my dressing gown
I wonder when that man viii come
back
Dorothy sat with her head on her hand.
her lips moving in silent prayer; she had
stirred and risen UP to seek Henrietta
unable to endure the solitude. when to
her relief. Collins presented himself.
A glance at his face showed her that he
had no evil tidings.
I've had a rare hunt, Miss Dorothy"
were his first words. 'When I got out
of the door
"Oh, good gracious Collins is be safe?'
cried Miss Oakeley, coming in as he
spoke.
"Yes'm, he's all right. was a-sayin'.
as got out of the door I felt wa too
iate. l couldn't see sign of him. May
be he's gone 10 Kensington Gardens.
thinks l. so | went there rs fast as my
legs could carry me, but as I saw moth
ing on the way a bit like him, l thought
thcre'd lie no end Of looking for him ua-
der those dark trees, 50 | returned the
other way towards town and got 10 the
hotel. No sign of him, SO | went back
and up and down. and to and fro, all to no
good. Al Inst | went TO the hotel once
more, and thee he was all right, just
come in. and the waiter was going 10 ta Ike
him a brandy and -SOdG-sO | made bold
to go mp, and a SIX if he had any commands
for me tomorrow. He was lying back.
dead beat like, in his chair, and as the
man picked up his boots to take them
away, | saw there was some mould and
grass sticking TO the sol"a. He didn't
take much notice Of me. but presently be
rose up and bid me give him his dressing
gown, and as | helped him off with his
coat | saw that the back and one side
was all marked with grass and mould, as
! if he had lain on the ground. yet he didn't
look as If he had had a fit
"A fl. What n notion, Collins cried
Miss oakeley. "pid he say he would go
to bedt'
Tie didn't say nothing, ma am, except
when | asked. he said | might come
! round in the morning, and I'm going early
and, II you please. | met Mr.. Dillon
coming ont. and he had been down al
Fords"a He heard something as took
him there, and he saw the colonel once
or twice. He says, miss. as the colonel
would kill himself if he We're let go on
the way he did. He used to 90 ont bath
ing in this sharp. cold weather out in n
| boat SO far as | can make ont, with the
{ old boatman as used to row Mrs. Nc
| Hugh md the children last summer
sometimes he went with him and some
times without: but he was Away. saving
! il was hot and how ii set him up 10 have
dip
viii he ever he himself again." asked
/ Dorothy. with deep sigh.
| Yes think ne will" returned Hen
rietta thoughtfully. Men always rccov-
or. Now that we know he is safe, let MS
I 20 TO bed; l am most drcadfully tired.
/ How | wish Paul Standish was not
/ away
/ $50 do l. In fact. he must come back
shall telegraph for him the first thing
! tomorrow morning" said Dorothy de
/ cidedly
! Il am sure YOU are right I shall be 50
glad 10 see him"
But, Henri"tta!" began Dorothy hest
! tatingly, and nerving herself TO secure n
/ tete a-tete with Standish. which she felt
TO be inIspensa bic, Il hope you Will not
think me uufriendly or unkiud, bu. |
must see Paul alone"
Good graz. Nus, Why"
! because | must tell him some things
oh. some things that Herbert said to me
about Paul in confidence, which | hope
will make them friends again
| And don't YOU suppose they would both
/ tell me as soon q : they would you:"
ooh. very likely .-only for the present
I | want to say my say 10 Paul Standish
I alore. You know have been accustomed
TO tell him everything from child"
| oh. very wel.-but Of course he viii
, pass it all on 70 me. ! suppose he can.
] not he here much before two, TT 60
/ over and lunch with my aunt, who does
not seem to get over her cold; md no
/ doubt when ! return. you Will tel. ne
/ everything
4 perhaps So said Dorothy, anxious to
escape from the subject: but above all.
| DESTROYS 10 secure a private interview
with Standjsh.
I Still qujverng with The strain ana -cr
ror Of the last three hours, the question.
/ which last occupied her thoughts, above
even her deep anxiety about her unhappy
I hrother-in-law. was: Can Paul StaudiSh
really coatide every thought of his heart
to Henrietta? Kind and true as she Is.
, there IS q crude realism about her that
makes her tax, such matter-of fact views
about everything"
/ EatiEuel 10y emotion. she at last drop
ped asleep. with this query unanswered.
CHAPTER MI
What long morning II was,
Henrietta kent her prornfSe ar1 wen.