The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-04

during all the long journey from England
1T was | who deserted him O, il you
can help me to find him. you viii. will you
not? You look good and kind"
Il Wilt / will! Tell me all about it,"
I'VE were married ten years ago, and
his father was very angry about it, You
see, my husband was in the Guards, but
depended on his father. He was in debt
too. How could he help that? He was
so young and his father allowed him very
little. for Robert was a youger son. His
father cut off that little when we mar
ried. Robert gambled a lttle-they-they
are tempted so, you know"
Il know, dear; / know"
But he wasn't bad. Then I persuaded
him to meet his father at London club
and make friends, and-and dreadful
thing happened"
Never mind that. dear"
20, but I must tell you because Robert
did not do it. gentleman was robbed
In the club and it was discovered imme-
diately and a dreadful waiter said-I can't
tell you, but the money was found on-on
my husband. His father came in during
the disturbance and---he gave Robert some
money, and-and cursed him and sent him
away. And -"
Poor thing-poor thingW
Il believed it, and would not see him
he will never forgive me. The waiter
took it, The wretch confessed a year
ago. Now, l must find my husband
and there are other things He must
have suffered horribly, but there is happi-
ness for him yet. His father is dead and
his brother The title and estates are
his, and everybody knows of his inno-
cence. o, do-do help me to find himl'
My, my. my! To thing of IT." cried
the landlady, excited beyond measure. "To
be sure We'll find him-dont you fret.
4 Ard hfE 10 y fe
boy! To be sure Wen find him. But
don't You know what name he went by?"
Il think-he was dsheartened and reck-
| less" said the lady, crying, land got into
| trouble. That was my blame, poor fellow
No wonder he thought all the world was
against him.
Il think. in the misery and despair. he
| did things" said the lady. crying. "and
changed his name more than once. We
found that in Johannesburg he was known
| as Lawrence, but he left there suddenly
and we heard that he had come in this
direction"
Lawrence" sold the woman shaking
her head. II know none of that name"
20, think, think thnkr' cried the wife
rising in her anxiety and taking both
| hands of her new friends In her own
Think! In a little place like Vryburg
you must see everybody who-O! o! or
In rising she faced the fireplace. and on
the mantelpiece rested a pockettoJk, a
neat morocco affair, which, as the land
lady had observed, had been left by the
new trooper on the piano. in the hurry
of the raiders preparation to Join Dr.
Jameson.
The lady ran to 1t with a loud scream,
and opened it, crying:
1T is hist is Roberts! / gave It TO
him mysefr
In her hurry her trembling fingers FUN
cd ba aTo md he hrn
suddenly. several papers fell upon the
floor The lady's loud cry brought in the
landlord and the lawyers clerk and ,ne
other In their concentrated obserVa ton
of the unwonted feminine, the hotel PEG.
pie had paid no attention to the appear
ance of the other arrival in a carriage from
the train. He was a solitary traveller,
and had not clamored for attention. Now
he stood coolly at the door, watching the
unusual excitement within the parlor No
body noticed his presence.
Mr. Brown" cried the lady to the
clerk. 1--WE have found himi o, how glad
I am! See, here is his pocket book o,
tell me, you kind woman, who left this?"
THAT" said the landlady. "Why. that
belonged to one of the poor men who went
out with DR.. Jameson. He had just come
and l didn't hear his name. My, but
but-sure, the boy here is like him"
"With-Dr-JamieSon the lady Whis
pered, very white 1--WE heard-on the
train--that the raiders were killed and cap
tured Was-he-there? AT Krugersdorp?"
Nobody has heard to speak. The man
at the door slipped quietly In and exam
ined the papers on the floor unobserved.
For a moment the lady trembled then
taking her little bewildered sons hand, she
said steadily:
"Mr. Brown. will you order carriage
and horses? I will 90 there at once"
MY lady, where?'
ITO the battlefield"
many miles,
She bit her lips.
please order the horses at once" she
said mo doubt we can find fresh ones
somewhere II these fail US on the road"
He looked at her and opened his lips
to protest but looked at her again and
obeyed. The good woman of the house
pitied, but had sufficient instructive tact
not to press the feverishly agitated wife
to remain The landlord hustled about
and himself saw to the guides and horses.
In the meantime the lone traveller took
one glass OF beer ana a sandwich at the
bar. and, grabbing his valise, made haste
to catch a southbound train for Kimber-
ley, after consulting for moment the
time tables which explained how one
should quickest reach Pretoria in the
Transvaal
Wrapped in cloaks. the lawyers clerk
and the tired child slept ftfully through
the night, as four horses ratified them
over the wide and lonely veldt. But the
wife was sleepless, staring with anxious
eyes into the continual shadows. Shape
loss shadows to the driver and guide
shadows of no meaning, they were ami
mate for her-forms and faces Of long ago
leaping TO fantastic life. forms and faces
oven more fantastic, of future doubt
ful and dreaded. once or twice her fa-