Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-11-30
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"You may depend upon me-" said
Enderby. heartily. "Good night"
He put out his hand. the girl laid
her small. slim one in 1t. and Enderby
gave it q friendly pressure. Then he
went away.
AS he emerged into the open air
again he fancied q shadow fitted
noiselessly round corner Of the man
sions. Then he drew himself together
with q short laugh. for q disagreeable
thrill had run through him at the
fancy. ~
He had hidden the hanson wait, and
he went up to the man, who was sit
ting drowsily before him. '@
did you notice man go round the
mansions as I came out, driver?" ,
Cabby shook his drowsy head. .0
"No, sir, I haven't. wy, all wise
folks is in their beds in this ere To-
cality hours ago. I should say" he
retorted. with a touch Of personal
feeling.
Enderby got in, and was soon being
driven to his rooms in the West End.
Somehow. the strange incidents OF
the night had oddly unsettled him.
Even when he went to bed his dreams
were disturbed by strange. uncomfort-
able reproductions of these incidents,
grotesquely and even horribly de-
formed. For so matter-of-fact man
Paul Enderby was oddly fanciful over
them. '@
Still. undoubtedly the experience
had been rather a peculiar one.
He felt sure the girl was refined and
of gentle birth; it is not difficult to
detect the signs of these. Her accent
was not exactly an English one, yet
it was not peculiar enough to be pro-
nounced un-English.
Who was she? Who was her father?
What reason could she have for abso-
lutely refusing to allow another doc
tor but this Doctor Lyndon to see her
father? Who was this Doctor Lyn-
don? FL .s.-s
With the morning the incidents Of
the night before seemed to have drift
ed of into the same; region as that in
which dreams are made: but one
Renaissance Of them remained with
Enderby. and oddly annoyed him. 1t
was the memory Of the man who had
passed in the hanson while he was
speaking to the girl who called her
self by the name Of Lloyd.
Enderby sauntered along to the
Courts, where he assumed gown and
wig. and listened to the cases. He
was not absolutely a briefess barrister
and he was considered very clever.
But, besides that. Paul Enderby
came Of a very good family, and was
not, though he himself was poor. so
very far removed from the Barony Of
Eglin, having only five lives between
him and It. So that Enderby was
somewhat Of a spoiled child Of society.
being a good-looking, STRAIGHTFORWARD,
handsome fellow enough after the pure
Saxon type. and without a faint upon
his name. 49,
He was coming out Of the Courts
when some one tapped him on the
shoulder.
"Ah, Enderby, going to the club,
are you? I'm due there at five and
have one or two engagements after
dinner. I suppose you will put in an
appearance at the Psnningtons to-
night?"
Enderby's pleasant, fresh-complex-
toned face had been overshadowed by
a look Of annoyance as tho newcomer
addressed him. He was man little
older than himself-not above middle
height, and slender with it, with a
pale, dark face. black eyes placed
rather close together, and a smooth,
straight, unpleasant mouth, which had
disagreeable habit of curling up
wards when he laughed. He was Dig
by Dalton, and was by profession also
Ia barrister. Y. s-. .,..,.... .
II dare say shall look in at the
Penningtons," he answered, drily.
But have another engagement"
"Miss Lennox's reception?" smiled
Dalton. eyes. Of course, you will be
there, Enderby. What man you are
for being asked out! BY the by, had
you anything on last night?"
Enderby looked straight into the
smiling face.
"Perhaps had. May ask why you
inquire, Mr.. Dalton?"
ooh, nothing!" The other shrugged
his shoulders. "Only curious, wasn't
It? I was driving over Westminster
about half past one, and saw man
with a girl on the bridge. could
have sworn it was you. Curious,
wasn't it?"
mot at ALL" Enderby answered
coldly. 1T was l."
ooh, I beg your pardon! really
would not have mentioned it II had
thought that was the case," said Dali
ton, as If with regret. "Of course, we
men of the world don't inquire too
narrowly into each others affairs; but
wv, L/poxr, %hora ora fou1 mon wh0ae