The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1899-03-02
CHAPTER VII.

CHAPTER VII.
Miss Marvel Miss Marvel! Lilac,
dear"
ruac started up from a dreamless
.,sen and rubbed her eyes. For mo
,,srt she imagined that she was back
-, Deadmau's Gulch. and that this was
sar uncles voice rousins her in the
ming But her uncle would not have
..tsd her Dear" and the voice she
lad was certainty not his 1t sounded
,sscrad and unnatural. and, as Lilac
rscognlzed it sha remembered sudden
~ where she was. She had fallen
,srasp soon after noon. and now 1t was
,rits dark. An appalling fear flashed
,,to her mind that she had slept be-
,ond the time of her lovers visit, and
,ba, she had lost the last chance of
seeing him before she started for Eng
land
What is ~ she cried springing
amt Of bed in alarm at the thought; and
sabina Emmott's voice, which had been
calling her answered from the other
side Of the locked door
Sir Roy has sent me to wake you.
He will have to leave soon. He would
rot allow me to disturb you before be-
4 cause Won were 50 tired; but he can
MT 90 away without seeing you"
What time is it, Lilac asked, full
II anxiety. She was relieved to find
that her lover was still in the hotel
bpt the thought seemed unbearable
e that he had allowed her to waste in
sleep the last opportunity of seeing
him which she would enjoy for so long
\ Her heart sank when the reply came
through the closed door:
1T is after 10 o'clock. Snail | come
in and help you dress DEAR"
In her haste Lilac refused the offer
almost curtly, and hurried across the
room to make herself ready TO go down
and see her lover 1t took her only a
few minutes to put on the simple cot
ton dress in which she had made her
escape from the ranch, and to bind her
hair into simple coil at the back OF
her head But the minutes seemed
like hours to poor Lilac. who felt that
each one of them was so much taken
from her last meeting with the man she
loved
When she unlocked her door ready
10 go down she found Sabina waiting
for her on the landing outside het
room.
Sir Roydon is waiting for you most
impatiently," she said, as they walked
down the broad stairs of the hotel to-
gether I'm the room where you first
saw us when you arrived. | believe h
would have had you walked for dinner
= but we persuaded him that it would be
e verv cruel after your having passed
through SO much. | d!d not like dis
81 mrbing you now, but your ardent love-
insisted"
Sabina ran on in the same chatterint
way as they went down the two flights
that led to the Emmotts private sit
ting room, and did not wait for he
companion to make any reply But,
4 they neared the room, Lilac stoppe
abruptly.
is Major Emmott with Sir Roy
n don?" she asked quietly.
sabina shook her head in more blrc
like fashion than ever.
81 think not He went down to ii
reading room when came up for you
! Lilac had expected to hear this. II
little she had seen of Major Emmo
made her credit him with delicac
enough to allow her TO meet her love
alone for the first time after their e.
citing adventures together. His daugl
ter was different and Lilac turned
her
Il would rather meet Sir Roy alon
then, if you do not MIND she said gu
city; and only she herself knew what
cost her to say it.
Miss Emmott smiled sweetly.
"Of course, dear! l can understal
your anxiety" she said; and the sml
did not fade from her face until u
door had opened and closed behind {
girl to whom she spoke. Then a mu
~ less pleasing expression took its pla
as Miss Sabina shrugged her shoulder
Dear me- Miss Marvel you are qui
grand lady" she said to herself. y
So will take more trouble to manage th'
FL l thought" and she returned to h
own room, to admire herself in t
cheval glass and think of the contra
between her dress and that of the q
norman girl.
CHAPTER VIII.
Meanwhile all thought of the majo
daughter had fed from Lilac's mil
For, as she opened the door of the p
Vate sitting room, Roy, who had be
waiting full of impartience for her
rival, crossed the floor towards
with outstretched hands and drew
10 him. For some time neither or tn
spoke. For the girl ii was an inter'
OF more complete happiness than
sne was to know for many months,
Roy was the first to speak.
What a long time it seems alrea
since | saw you. darling" he sa
holding her at arm s-length to look
10 her beautiful face. II do not KIN
now | shall manage to get on with'
glimpse of you for ten whole week
VIII 1t be for so long as that, Roy
she asked, with note of pain in
voice.