Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-03-18

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quarter. They were q confusion Of rhyth.
mical noises, to which the streets added
yet more confusion by incumberins them
with echoes. His first injurious thought,
that the clangor arose from the town
band, engaged In an attempt to round on
a memorable day by burst Of evening
harmony, was contradicted BY certain pc.
culiarities Of reverberatiOn. But inexpli.
cability did not rouse him to more than
cursory heedfulness; his sense Of degrade.
ti0n was too strong for the admission Of
foreign ideas; and he leaned against the
parapet a. before.
CHAPTER XIV.
| Il was about eight o'clock, and Lucetta
was sitting In the drawing room alone.
Night had Get In for more than half an
hour. but she had not had the candles
lighted, for when Farfrae was away she
preferred waiting for him By the freight,
and, II Il were not too cold, keeping one Of
the window sashes little way open, that
the sound Of bic wheels might reach her
ears early. She was leaning hack IN her
chair In . more hopeful mood than she
had enjoyed since her marriage. The day
had been such success; and the tempo
rary uneaslness which Henchard's show
Of s6rontery had wrought IN hsf dlsap.
peared with the quiet disappearanes Of
Henchard himself under her husbands ~.
nroof. NE 6ostins evidencee az her yoid
marriage With him had been destroyed,
and she really seemed to have no cause
for fear.
The reverie In which these and other
subjects mingled was disturbed By hub
ment by moment. Il ana mot ereatly sur.
nrise her. he Afternoon havins Zen ~.
en- IN 10 rrcreation by 4 majority OF the
riveted "a the mater nv The voice ~ a
maid servant NEXT door. Who spoke from
an unner vvindow scross the street N somc
othsr nsH .von more .ievst~S thsr .h.
"Which vsy be thew soins novr' IN.
ou,rsS The Ar.t ~,ith ints,est
~ csn't hs an. Sor = moment " ..,a IN.
..conS. "hsc.u.e NJ the mslte,'s chImh,.v
o.. rel can zee 'em. Well. I declsre
II declarew
| .What chat ." sron tho s,.+. ro,. an.
| ,bu.;s :ticsiiv' ~ ' ''' w
..rhsv :ro com,n, nm f,o-r .tr..+ alta.
ant ,hev all hack "a bsckw -
"Whst-tvo NJ 'em-sre fher> <vo a..
,,.sT WV
ave. Tvo ,ms,.. m . aonk.v h..s "a
h.ck' th.ir s,hovs tisd ~ one :ncsS....
Sh.'s fscIne the head. and Ma Sscin. On.
tail /"
~. II meant sor snvbodv IN ns,t,cu,.r :"
"Weli-it NAV he. The man M. sot an
. binc coat and kerscymerc IcssinSs: h.
hs. black whiskera ana 4 rcddish fsce.
VII. a stnfYed 6snre with n mask."
The ain WINS incrcasiu now-then II Lea.
scned = little.
the disappointed first maid.
that's all," said the one who occupied the
now ] have got 'em all cndways nicely"
and can tell In a moment II It's meant
for one I've In mind"
"My-why-'tis dressed just a. she was
dressed when she sat In the front scat at
the time the play actors came to the Town
HALL"
Lucetta started to her feet, and almost
at the instant the door Of the room was
quickly and softly opened. Elisabeth
Jane advanced into the freight.
II have come to see y0u," she said,
breathlessly. II did not stop to knock
forgive me. see you have not shut your
shutters, and the window % open."
Long before this time Hsnchard, weary
Of his EXAMINATIONS on the bridge, had re-.
paired toward the town. When he stood
ct the bottom Of the street q procession
burst upon bis view, In the act Of turning
out Of an alley just above him. The Ian.
terms, horns and multitude startled him;
he saw the mounted images. and knew
what Il oil meant.
They crossed tho vay. entered anotbsr
street and disappeared. He turned hsck
4 few steDs and WAS lost In sraye re6ec.
tion. finally vendins his way homeward
BY the obscure riyerside path. Unable "a
rest there. he went to his step.dauehter's
LODGING, and was told that Elisabeth Sane
had gone to Mrs, Farfrae'v. Like one
acting in obedience to charm, and with
a nameless apprehension, he followed In
the same direction, In tho hone OF meeting
her, the roisterers having vanished, Dis.
appointed In this. he gave the gentlest OF
pulls to the doorbell aud then learned par.
ticulars OF what had occurred, together
with the doctors imperative orders that
Farfrae should be brought home.
Lucetta's life seemed at that moment to
depend upon her husbands return. Hen.
chard, In q state of bitter anxiety and con.
triton, determined to seek Farfrae him.
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