La Junta tribune., 1898-11-02
PLANT NO. 9O63.

more 10 .ne-do meet with surprising cases
at tines
had not seen my friend for some time.
when he invited mo to spend n few days
| with him at his pretty villa overlook ing
the Royal gardens at Kew On tho first
evening of my visit snt with him on the
balcony Of an upper room.
| Gloss to us wns the great paimhouse
Wilmorc pointed to it
Whenever look at that house," he
said. II think OF the events of night that
I spent IN It with man who would have
committed murder had ! not been in
strumcntal In preventing him
| did what any ono else would have done
| asked Wilmore to 'ell his story
Don I mind II do. " he replied. .'only
must not be too long about it.
"Wcll, It Is almost 25 years since I set.
tied here Bcnr this wonderful garden
put up my brass Plate and waited for pa
ticnts I could do this with little anxiety,
for had slight income to keep me go.
! ing
| There caine to Kew about the snme
time colonel. his wife and his daughter
| Apparently they did not intend To reside
here pcrmancntly-theyto took q furnished
house by the quarter
| i met the three Of them In the gardens
constantly Like myself. they had OBJ
| tanned - private pass and used to enter Ly
that little gate opposite to us. They were
seldom In the gardens when the general
public were adm tilted
To bc candid with you. the beauty OF
the colonel daughter was TO ne far more
| enchanting than the beauty OF thc gardens
| Yes, 1t was ~ case of love mt first sight.
am rot going to describe her except
| to sny Tint every rnnn beforo he reaches
my agr experiences the sort Of intoxica-
tion TINT did then. and To him tho beau
| ty Of tho loved object is parable.
The girl. ! must tell you, was one Of
the mcst healthy looking girls l have ever
| seen We doctors know ut u glnnce " here
| health has IT'S abode
Il took u dislike to rhe colonel--natur.
| ally perhaps. Tor he seemed to Eunrd his
daughter with exceeding sfcrnness IIc
disliked ms. too, IL was plain shall
Dever forget how ho used to watch mo and
frown Thocgh wus in live. was not
| quite devoid OF reas0n and could find n,nny
excuses for the mnn 5 apparent nfifago.
nisni Doubtless h0 wartci u quict time.
N l did eidas. the colonel might well
have imagined mt times TINT followed
| hem 1t hid really teachcd that stage
with me that I felt dcspondent when
,ould not SEQ them OF the colonel wife
need ray littie-she seemed to be AN un-
| usually modest. quiet, even tinid. woman
''lor Two weeks had To he absent from
| Kew on business
On returning, my first visit was to the
| gurdens-to the rhododcndron walk They
were splendid sight, but saw nothing
OF thcni-I WAS looking for u face Just
ns reached the open saw three figures
coming from the direction Of the grove Of
ban,boO
Il fancy 1 betrayed my feelings little
Il could rot hclp 1t was shocked. al
most raraiyzcd. to SEQ tho girl. uron
whose Image every fiber of my brain lind
dweit. supported by her mother. pale.
sickly utterly broken down In health
-''Sne looked lt nic-Oh. " knt u pitiful
| Iooki Her eyes were unnaturally large
and unnatur. lly bright Her ince had bc
come thin; its color had Jeepencd She
was plainly suffering from some sort of
| slow fever, u fever that was consuming
her strength little by little
Later in tho day was at the railway
station. getting some books from Smiths
library saw the colonel at the ticket
oilice He was inquiring for ticket to
Holyhead He did not see me.
1T occurred to my mind nll ut once that
! might sec his wife and daughter by
themselves next day Perhaps I should
have chance to Introduce myself I'm my
professional capacity That night con-
cocted nll sorts OF plans In the morning
was in the gardens early As the time
drew nigh TINT those who / wished to sca
arrived l was close TO their customary
gate. They came foinevhut late. and
| followed them. felt mean-very mean
/ In doing SO.
They made their way to tho quietest
place In tho gardens-the rhodod ,ndron
valley. There In a fountain beside the
path to It. They stopped at It, saw the
elder lady takc . handkerchief, saturate It
ct The fountain and spply IL TO the girl'e
j forehead ~ she stood beneath the arching
! shade of fyew tree, ieaning againss .
branch Of It Prsently they procssded
slowly, l following. Fortunately there
wefe no others at that early hour 20 <es
me- The two disappeared round q turn
something white fall. When I reached It.
(; found IL 70 be the handkerchief
We'll. a. / am telling the story. lhsd
| bseter tell 1t ALL psls the handk keschief to
my lirs and kissed L. To my amazcnent
an odor came from It that had smeIicd
but onoo before and had rever forgotten
Il was the odor OF tho Thug plant
-'k was &fdrtunase thing shas I had
Travelled in the cost While doing 70 Isn,st
lady. the wife OF Madras artillery On
60. who told me that she was on the point
Of death. She described her sickness npost
enefuily' None Of her 6octoFs kad Eesn
able to cufo her. She had done somo CIV.
I 10 % the 'nediciDs man of sbe staf5uo.
He was noted among his caste for skin II
euring By menns of berbs. Hc begged slat
~ might - the LADY anaA as lsse wse q.
lowed he ,entsrsd IT, room. looked -
hsr. wsnt abous iq An amasing manQer.
snsiling ssycsyththg % tbs bed. the no
seacbsd The window ThesU 10 poupesd
upon . plAns thas the ofBoss's wife -
ha1 fR many JEAN, having hsougfo ,lt
| fsua bes own English home. Tho 'np4l-
~ peasaApek% tS ~ ~ esresAn