Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-10-03

had turned US red as fire, and she was
quite white. 4 did not mean you to see
that she said at last, quietly taking up
the paper. i meant no one to know
until / had shown it to Ralph. Do you
know where I found itY and she looked
hard at me. ! could only shake my
head. / was too much ashamed Of q
suspicion / had had to be able to get out
a word. 4 am very sorry continued
Aurelia, but am afraid it will be my
duty to tell Ralph, whatever the conse-
quences may be. Ihave been thinking
it over, and think he ought to know.
am going to show it him tonight
after dinner and she put it in her
pocket and then began to cry. did
not know what to say OF do, / was so
frightened at the thought of what was
coming. and as the dressing bell rang at
that moment was just leaving the
room when she called me back.
Il can't come down to dinner she
said. I hate Ralph to see me with red
eyes. Tell him l shall come down after
ward, at o'clock, and that want to
see him particularly; only don't tell him
what it is about or mention it to any
one else. l did not mean any one to
know till he did,
Sne began TO cry afresh and made
her lie down and put shawl over her,
ana then left her, as had still to dress,
and l knew that Aunt Mary was not
coming down. was late as it was"
'Is that alp said Charles, who had
peen nstenlng mtently.
replied Evelyn. I'VE shall
soon Know the worst now"
very soon' SAID Charles. "Ralph
may come IN mere at any moment.
Evelyn and middleton, VIII you have
the goodness to come with ,nep, And ha
led tba 1yav into tha hoii 1870 Nv
We con1d bear Pa1nh =, +ha ,a~4
rom bnu,,;,,a anar an IA III .e neAs
viii, nm ;,nn-on;sad I'D. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES ~, 10. s'
"Now show ma her roomn eo;a
Charles .sond 1e .,,;cL ohort 49,
Evelvn 1ooLed a. hin, as+a,,;shaa ,,a
then lad tbs wav nm sta;r as a1nna thar; ;nu
nra ire c.llary ~ apothan '.,;ae 'a Ply. Nv
honsa She s+onnad ~ lot haforo asas
~ +la ond ~ tha ,,assaaa ' az. ,:si ~.
nv a ,omn o+ +ha f,,rtIa, an5 3D.
was n 1;ght ,,ndar +ha door ~ : 49,. e
cl,;ni, ~ tla 1,a,,lo,a ~ t,a,..,. r..
enaa > ;ntantiv wa cou1d I haar n VT iss
stirr;na w;th;n w ~ '''A -oe
aKnocI aaa;n s.;a chor,o,+ar,o,n,
at .ondsrm es har how'd fa;iad he. 80 -
Thara woo NJ ansMar A. ,ns i;,+o,o,
the l;ght within d;sanr,.,rad w --e>1
aRr;np that lamn from tha ard 80 n.
massage" said CHARLES to Evelvn and
she bronpht r. 49,
"Hold II therep ba said. "and Won
Middleton. stand as;den
He took a few stems bac,,w,rd ona +hen
flung himself against $40 dor NJ, 18th hi. i;s
whole force. It cracked and gro1nsS.
but resisted.
1.-THE lock is old. It is bound to go, !"
he said, painting little.
REALLY, Charles" remonstrated-"a
lady's private apartment! Miss Derrick,
I wonder you allow this"
Charles retreated again, and then
made fresh and even fercer onslaught
on the door. There was a sound Of
splintering wood and Of bursting screws,
and in another moment the door few
open inward, and Charles was precipi-
tated headforemost into the room, his
evening pumps furnishing wildly in the
air. In an instant he was on his feet
again, gasping hard, and had seized the
lamp out Of Evelyn's hand. Before I had
time to demonstrate on the liberty that
he was taking we were all three In the
room.
1t was emptyl
In one corner stood q box half packed,
with various articles Of clothing lying
by 1t. On the dressing table was q
whole medley Of little feminine knick-
knacks, with q candlestick in the midst,
tho dead wick still smoking in the socket
and accounting for the disappearance Of
the light few minutes before. The fire
had gone out, but on u chair by it was
laid a little black lace evening gown
evidently put out to be worn, while ovel
the fender dainty pair of silk stockings
had been hung, and two diminutive
black satin shoes wero waiting on the
hearthrug. The whole aspect Of the
room spoke Of sudden and precipitate
flight.
"Bolted!" said Charles, when he had
recovered his breath. "And 80 the mys
terry is out at lastl might have known
there was woman at the bottom of it
Unpremeditated, though" he continued
looking round. "She meant to hav'
zone tomorrow, but your recognition O
that paper frightened her, though sh,
turned it off we'll to gain time. No foo
that. She only had an hour, and sh'
made the most of it, and got off, n,
doubt, while we were at dinner by tn
500 London train, which is the last to
night, and after the telegraph office wa
closed, too! She knew nothing could b
done till tomorrow. She has moro wit
than gave her credit for"
81 distrusted her before, though ha.
no reason for it, but never thought sh
was gone" said Evelyn, trembling vic
lently, and still looking round the room
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