Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-04-19
CHAPTER .IN.,s.
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next morld1g sand, Fannie found Her
bert, as HellA us ~her father. rather
grave and taciturn. !. =.
Mrs. WytNe sesteqs5sst ,ttfe 6eaI OF
the table. kSRt her watchfuT 'gfay Eyes
on all, wll{4e sshe seemed to devote her
whole atteRtio1sA
'et1rs did ie navt sasH ; Efad a2 ufsan
last night, ! said Fannie,5; whose flow of
conversation. was irrepressible- sit
must have. beenl} Al tlla 81 :, fruit cake OF
yours. Mrs Wyyl1iits;.. -, 4 thought there
was an earthquake, Or something like
one. for the: house: seemed tumbling
about my ears, and that horrible old
picture of""u1ftfe" Bdsf1t Wsrs affNe,
scowling and shaking hat cane at me.
And thought there was no one near
ME but Sybll, and UNCLE, Basil held
tight hold Of her hand, SO she could
not help nle..4Sand L was.:frightened so
terribly l 'awoke i'll a cold perspira-
ton. Did YOU Send Sylyll's' DJTfe;ikfast
to her. Mrs. Wyllis" I'll; s2
~ knocked at Miss Wraye's door,
replied the"nrodel ilolisekeeper.. 'but
she said she wished for nothing at
present. 'trssSS $780,, -., ..--
Il feel colaAllssilt tlttt- .aaetl>sgiYl i~sgos'
ing to be sick" sais.,,]kan4lie. She
studied herself nearly too ssadfeedth, to be-
gin with and since she has~beenf here
She hasn't eaten enough tot4eep a bird
alive. I must send for Dr. Bond this
very day! Herbert you must ride
down to the village for him., You gave,
her chill EasfIhia taking hereof to!
Sunsent Fill when the river. mists were
RISING" continued Fannie: reproach
fully: "and now the least you can do
is to try and cure her, .7..::t-'.
Herbert face flushed at his fathers
inquiring gaze. -. -. =;
II trust there ii nothing serious the
swered. with some enlbarrass11lent.
IA slight cold, | presume said Mrs.
Wyllis. with a scarcely perceptible lift
ing Of her white eyelashes. Miss
Wraye looks deafrate, abut, buldSnot be
very seriously il11apsd BIZ er mis st
"FiX Der a cup Of coffee, Wyllis, and
let me take it up to her. said Fannie.
lmpulsively. 'sprfng1ngl; %ffro1lin tthle table.
II must see how She iss,ssanFhow. A
little more cream-she don't like it
strong; and.sspapa. cut off a wee bit....otf
that steak-rll try and coax he.E to-, eat
it .a- :, ~ =.
And the Mprm-hearted girl arranged
a dainty breakfast On the tray, and
with her own hand carried it up, to
her friend.
AS his daughter left :the ,reon. Mr..
Give turned rather stitflE. TO his son..
Who is this young lady, in, who
welfare Fannie betrays such renarka-
BILE interest? Some, school friend, j
presume?' g j; IL: q. %. ::,.s..s -. -.
"Miss Wraye was a. boarder at Mad
am Fleury's for the last two sessions, -
answered the. young gentleman, briet'
ly. ~.......,. 49,. .-..-.,..s.. =.
"Ah! a boarder at Madam FIeury's!"
repeated the father. thoughtfully. "a
New Yorker. then, I supposey
Indeed. do not know, sir replied
Herbert II should suppose not, as the
young lady seemed to have no friends
there"
"Where do her friends reside, then?'
was the older Mr.. Gives question. lis
she a foreigner?"
II should judge not; though, really,
SIR said Herbert. with attempted in
difference. II have never inquired much
about Miss Wraye's birthplace or ante
cedents. She seems very gentle ano
cultivated young lady, and 1 thought
it scarcely became me to inquire
more
"Of course. Of course! Madam Flell-
ry would not countenance an undesir-
able intimacy" said Mr. Give, reflect
lively. "She is a woman Of very supe-
rior Judgment
"And of very narrow mind" inter
rupted Herbert, vexed that, in Justice
to that admirable ptrson, he was
Obliged to relieve her from the re
sponsibility Of protecting Fannie's
friend. madam Fleury never count
onances any one, sir, who is not tick
eted in golden letters as one of socie-
tty's pets. Miss Wraye, as she in
formed you, through me, is not one OF
these favored ones" -.
"Ah!" the elder gentlemans brow
darkened: "there may be great dea
conveyed by such a suggestion-a great
deal. Fannie is very fmpulsive, anC
you, sir, as her temporary guard1a n
were very umwise. My daughters
friends should be only such as are
ahem.-suitable to her position, he1
prospects-such as Miss Give can rec
ognize as her equals, not protect a:
.nferiors. There is nothing that 81
quickly degrades the young mind a:
low associations"
Herbert's brow flushed, and he ros'
from his seat, as if the words stuni
him.
81 have too high an opinion of m!
sister to suppose that any association
could degrade her. he answered
.'However, Sir, you can see MS:
Wrave. and decide for yourself wheth
er she is 81! fit companion for you
slaughter. Il: is a delicate matter, OF
wicll cannot presume to Judge
He left the room as he spoke, "nsr!
and excited. He could say nothin'
more; truth, justice, conscience woul'
allow him to say nothing more. Hi
father was.sright-so every prEgatalt
mind would admit N y
Sybil Wraye, nameless, friendless
- she called herself-shadowed by al
inpenetrablN cloud. and crushed b.
some secretI.scrgoWs-s7,Sas no tit con ,
Madam Flenrys fdf!ista
Grey bad salsd 1t. Nay. had not Sybi
herself said n? Had she not told him
ma first niaht of their meeting. tina
slle had n6eBa ss.ss