Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-03

I'VE were married ten years ago. and his
| rather was very angry about IT. You see,
| my husband was in the guards, but de-
pended on his father He was in debt, too.
/ How could he help that? He was so young
| and his father allowed him very little, for
| Robert was a younger son. His father cut
| off that little VIXEN we married. Robert
! gambled little-they-they are tempted SO,
you know?'
Il know. dear; know
But he wasn't bad. Then 1 persuaded
him to meet his father at London club
| and make friends, and-and a dreadful
thing happened"
Never mind that, dear"
"Oh but l must tell you because Robert
did not do it. A gentleman was robbed in
| the club, and it was discovered Immediate
| ly, and a dreadful waiter said-I can't tell
you, but the money was found onion my
| husband. His father came in during the
disturbance and-he gave Robert some
| money, and-aud cursed him and sent him
| away. And l.
Poor thing-poor thingr'
| i believed 1t, and would not see him he
will never forgive me- The waiter took it.
The wretch confessed year ago Now, 1
must find my huSband-and there are other
Things. He must have suffered horribly,
| but there is happiness for him yet. His
| father Is dead, and his brother. The title
| and estates are his, and everybody knows
OF his innocence. Oh, do-do help me to
| find him.
my my, my To think of IT," cried the
| landlady, excited beyond measure. ITO be
| sure We'll find him-don't you fret. dear.
And this is his boy; poor, pretty boy! To be
sure We'll find him. But don't you know
| what name he went by?"
| Il think-he was disheartened and reck-
| less, said the lady, crying, land got into
| trouble. That was my blame, poor fellow.
No wonder he thought all the world was
against him.
| Il think, in the misery and despair, he
did things" said the lady, crying, land
changed his name more than once. We
| found that in Johannesburg he was known
as Lawrence, but he left there suddenly,
and we heard that he had come in this
| direction"
| "Lawrence?" said the woman, shaking
her head. II know none of that name''
rising, in her anxiety, and taking both
hands of her new friend in her own.
Think! In a little place like Vryburg you
must see everybody who-Oh! Oh! Oh!'
In rising she faced the fireplace, and on
| the mantelpiece rested pocketbook a neat
| morocco affair, which, as the landlady had
observed. had been left by the new trooper
| on the piano, in the hurry of the raiders
| preparation to join Dr. Jameson.
| The lady ran to it with loud scream and
opened pen d II bis crying n Ro,ou , ,., . -,
In her hurry her trembling fingers FUN
| bled over the clasp, and the book, opened
suddenly, several papers fell upon the floor
; me lady,s loud cry brought in the land
1 Il.
| In their concentrated observation Of the un-
| wonted feminine, the hotel people had paid
no attention to the appearance of the other
arrival in a carriage from the train. He
was solitary traveller, and had not
| clamored for attention Now he stood
| coolly at the door, watching the unusual
| excitement within the parlor. Nobody
| noticed his presence.
Mr.. Brown" cried the lady to the clerk.
I'VE have found him! Oh, how glad l ami
| See! Here is his pocket book! Oh, tell me,
you kind woman, who left this?'
| ''That?' said the landlady. "Why, that
| belonged to one of the poor men who went
out with DR.. Jameson. He had just come,
| and didn't hear his name. My, but-but-
sure, the boy here is like him."
| 'With-Dr.-Jameson? the lady whis-
! pered. very white. I'VE heard-on the train
that the raiders were killed, captured.
Was-he-there? At Krugersdorp?"
| Nobody was head to speak. The man at
| the door slipped quietly in and examined
| the papers on the floor unobserved. For a
| moment the lady trembled, then, taking
| her little bewildered sons hand, she said.
| steadily:
"Mr. Brown. will you order a carriage
and horses? will go there at once"
"My lady, where?"
| '~To the battlefield"
1T is late in the day, my lady. and many
| miles"
She bit her lips.
please order the horses at once" she
| said. No doubt We can find fresh ones
| somewhere IL these fail US on the road"
| He looked at her. and opened his lips to
protest. but looked at her again and