The Republican journal., 1899-11-09
"JEFFREY."

to spend the W inter-. The past months
had been very anxious ones for my young
wife and myself; an attack of scarlet fever
had laid me aside from my work as "a
drawing master, and a connection once
lost is difficult to regain. Helen and |
were both orphans; perhaps it was ouI
lonely position which had drawn us to-
gether when gave lessons at the school
where she was a governess. Any way,
we made what is called IAN imprudent
MARRIAGE and were supremacy happy
until my illness. Now, however, | was
strong again, and kindly former pupil of
Helen had written to ask her to assist
at a series OF concerts which she was
organizing at Fallowfield in aid of the
funds of local charity. The terms offer
ed by kindly Mrs. Clayton were sufficiently
liberal; there was prospect that | also
might find employment at Fallowtied,
and Helen gladly accepted the offered
engagement, which was to extend over
some three months. 1t was an added
piece of good fortune to alight at once
upon such cosy and reasonable quarters
as we had found in one of the Fallowtield
bystreets.
Il only hope there is nothing wrong
about the drains here remarked Helen.
will sudden alarm OF hygienic suspicion;
size but then, of course, country land
ladies would not ask the prices of city
ones.
The house in which we had now located
ourselves was one Of those sodily respect
able looking houses common in every
provincial town, comfortably provided with
furniture OF an antique type. Our land
lady a kindly faced widow woman,
and her assurances as to the nnimpeach-
able sanitary condition of the abode had
the ring of truth in them, and were also
borne out by the evidences of our own
senses.
Tired with our journey, we went early
to bed, and soon feel asleep.
Rap, rap, rap three slow, sonor-
Gus blows apparently struck upon the
head of the ancient fcur-poster upon
which We were reposing, startled me out
of my lirst sleep.
I spIang up in bed, to see Helen sit
ting W equally awake-and equally al
armed.
James, did you knoek?'
The house was as still as the grave
country folk Keep early hours; it was
Just past midnight and the whole of
Fallov field, certainly the whole OF Mrs.
Browns house, were apparently sound
asleep. Our bed room door was locked,
not a creature besides ourselves was in
the apartment, and yet | could have
sworn that those blows had been struck
on the bed just above our heads.
ut must have been some noise in the
street which awoke US, | suppose?' said
Helen drowsiy, and | could only ac-
quiesCe in this explanation for lack of ANY
other
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