Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-04-05

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mingled with the dawn of tenderness
no anxiety, no fear.
Tomorrow will be Wednesday and
| will devote the whole of it to making
arrangements. You have heard OF the
pretty little town of HClmlelgh, not
far, not above two miles from st. Ina's
1t has an old church called St. AIMS:
and | thought Ethel my darling, we
would be married there"
She made no reply. The marriage
| itself did not interest her so much as
the interview with Miss Digby which
was to follow it.
! ~ viii procure a special license. so
that we shall have no difficulty; and
viii with your consent, my darling
arrange the time for half-past eight on
/ Tuesday morning You can rise as
early as you generally do; and it is no
Unusual thing for you to take an early
morning ramble. Suppose you do so.
/ ! win meet you, and we can walk to
| Isolmleigh church We are not likely.
/ in this quiet place, to encounter any
one, or TO be seen; and the church
stands quite by Itself you know, at the
/ foot Of a hill JJst before You enter the
town We can return by separate
roads
"And them she questioned, eagerly
| He knew well of what she was think
| ing
Then we can nave the grand inter-
view with Miss Digby," he said "and
very amusing it viii be- can i'm
agine so well what she will say and
! how she will look After that. my
darling, we will lose no time; we will
start at once for Austria"
The untruth did not trouble him He
had found her so easy to manage that
he felt sure, when they came out of
| church, he would be able to invent
some story or other that would satisfy
| her
do you consent t" these arrange
ments, Ethel?" he a>ss.I
Yes; / cannot object Are you
quite sure it is right, Laurie?"
4 am certain 1t is" he replied, with
a ready confidence that cheered her;
and then, bending over her, he wished
her goodnight
| She preferred to go back to the house
alone, He stood and watched her, his
heart thrilling with the thought that
in short time the young girl would
! be his wife
! 1t seemed strange that when he en-
tered the hotel the first question was
as to whether any strangers had ar
rived
No, was the reply St Inas has
never been more quiet"
Il am safe, he said to himself If
there had been any truth in that re-
port, they would have been here before
this, Give me forty-elght hours more,
and / shall be over the sea with my
proud, beautiful Ethel"
Little did Helen Digby dream Of the
conspiracy forming against her She
was happier than she had ever been
since her arrival at St Ina's. She be-
lieyed Ethel was beginning to like her;
| there had been more Of gentleness in
her manner aud something which
Helen could not defne-a shadow Of
regret
Ethel herself slept well; it was won
derful how blind she was to the enor-
NIFTY OF the step she contemplated.
Laurie Nugent was the last person she
dreamed OF; her father Helen Digby,
even Lady Station. occupied her
thoughts more often than he did Ian.
rie was to prevent her fathers mar
riage Laurie was TO restore her to her
own position at Fountayne; Laurie
worshiped her more fondly and truly.
so he said, than man ever worshiped
woman before so she was grateful to
him He had been the first to give any
romance 10 her girlish dreams It was
from him that she first learned how be-
witching and charming she was he had
ministered to her pride, her vanity,
her love Of power, and therefore she
vas grateful to him, and had consented
Go marry him with far greater heed |
lossness than she would have promised |
TO walk ogt with him