The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-04-05
CHAPTER Iy.-CContinued. J


no such thing, We should all be so
much happier without"
mot II duty represents 10 US, as 1t
should do, the will Of God" said Mag
mus, in low voice, "But | should
not wait. Miss Stuart; It Is matter
of life and death. Let me bid you
goodbye"
you will go then? Now ] know
that my influence over You counts for
nothing" said Lilith. She looked
straight into his eyes, and her own
were wondrously soft and languid.
Elspeth Troll shot one hurried. fur"
siye glance from her work, and she
caught that look OF Lliith's. She saw,
too, how Magnus Halcrew first flushed
and then grew pale before that LOOK
There suddenly flashed into Elspeths
mind the remembrance Of a scene she
had read about, whore. In the. dim
long-ago weeds of Bfeeellanda, WHY
yiyien BATTERED and iured noble Mer-
lin to his ruin And sispeth's thread
suddenly broke, and her hand seemed
oddly unsteady for a moment, Thea
Magnua released Lilith's hand,
"You cannot be In eafnest, Miss
Stuart" he said grapeiy. MY honor
al a doctor. and my humanity as
man, call upon me To so at once Win
help wherever II II required, must
not walt Goodbye"
With two Of hia long strides he was
mt tbs door, lie had never even naT
ticad that itlRpeth Troll was present
EIapeth went on with her sewing, oaly
Har face seemed q little pateF now than
II had beep,
Magnua was gaon speeding on his
hamewapd way, He could not drive
LiiIth from his mind, A subtle at
traction drew him to her, and yet. a.
aaan al he was gone ffam her presence,
something In him feyalted against
that attraction, lie hardly dared give
the feeling words lost he should have
90 own that he distrnsted her,
He raced EDWARDS, little guessing
that the man 10 whose help he was
goiag was one whose fate was STRANGELY
interviewer with that OF Liiith Atliart's,
There Ii little prpselanGs In human life,
whatever tslegraphy and aptrituallam
may aay, and Magnus could not fafsHae
tho tarrihin future
Day met him ~ no Rpfang from MS
machine,
hOh, Magaua, how quickly You have
a6me' am M glad 10 HE you, lie
Ii conscious, DEAR but that IL all,
think he was struck by lightning az
his machine was more ilAely-=and II
dazed and paralyged by the shack but
he may he injured, too"
"a stranger" Magnus asked, as he
gave his machine Into Iamie'H hands,
Day gave him a hurried account 1f
all that happened as sta preceded him
into the aittingzf0em,
II think he must have been cycling
from AGapa 10 AtF0mneaa, He may
have friends there, though | am quite
anfe no does not belong 10 tho taand,
but hare he Ii"
The eyes OF the young man were wide
open az Magnua approached him, Mas
nus was struck, AZ Day had been, by
the refinement and pntriean cast Of tbs
face before him,
Leave liz. Day" he whispered 10
the girl, II shall come TO you In a
little while"
IL seemed ages To the girl az she
waited IN the laboratory before her
brother reappeared In reality IL was
about an hour. Then he came TO her
side and laid his hand on her shout
der.
Brave little Day' You have saved
a feilow-ereature'B life. have been
able TO bring back full consciousness &c
a paralyzcd brain and body, and In q
week or two have no doubt our friend
will be IN we'll as he ever was"
''In a week or two?" repeated Day.
"Then there Is some injury"
Ellis ankle has been sprained. but
that was owing to the fall; no bad
results from the Neutrality-suspicious. will
follow" Magnus bent and kissed his
sisters soft cheek.
DAY, II you had not brought him
TO the house and sent instantly for me,
do not know that he would ever have
GGGONeEtu Ihc my dSdi iilJIS
sister, you are the bravest girl in all
the world"
The soft eyes filled very full at the
words OF praise; but, low in her
heart" Day thanked God. Never In
7ner young life before had SO strange a
Gle bound her to fellow-creature, and
her heart thrilled and grow warm at
the thought of it.
"And now I think you might take
him in one of Bells famous decoctions,
and give him a little nourishment,"
said her brother. 'My part is done,
and this is yours, Day. He is quite
weak yet, and requires something 10
strengthen him."
II shall have it ready in no time"
said the girl.
She hurried away to get it ready,
while Magnus returned to his patient
When Day came in, bearing her little
tray, the dark eyes on the sofa met
hers with a look of recognition. The
young man stretched out his hard and
sffrs1k hers