Rocky Ford enterprise., 1901-08-02

-"'h Hu'Ileuiy oy the
doctor.
What happened after that nobody
ever Knew. for Lady Caroline and
stubber. standing with their backs 10
he bed' and their faces turned to tho
emily outer world. could tell nothing.
When NJ length they returned to the
bed they found Mildred pale and trem.
bling. the heavy tears courslng each
other down her cheeks in rapid Sue
eessioh' which she hastily brushed
away as they drew nearer her. her
hand tightly clasped in DonzlI's. n,
had even made an effort TO hold her
with the poor Injured fingers, and had
brought them 80 far that the tips
touched he.s.
He YVES cutie sane now. Ills face.
slightly flushed. was looking upward:
his eyes. glad and happy, were ax.d
on hers. while she answered back III,
gaze. forgctfui OF all else but that he
lay before her sick. 1t nigh, be. unto
death.
"Dcnzii. you arc exciting yourself"
said Lady Caroline. ncryouSIy.
No. am not" answered Dcagil. HIS
voice clear and distinct. but without
removing his eyes from Mildred'a:
leave me for a moment"
He waved them back Impa,lc=tiy TO
tho window. and neither Lady Caroline
nor the doctor could bring themselves
10 i!sobey the command
But S;ubbcT. who was becoming scrI-
ously Uneasy about his patient, glanc-
Ing round at him cautiously and sur
rcp,lt!ously. saw what followed. He
said that when he and Lady Caroline
had aga!n withdrawn. DcnzlI looked
at Miss Trcynnloa. and that then Miss
I TrcVan!on stopped and kISacd him. no:
once. but twice.
This waE what S,ubbcr said. but he
I also added that II was his hrm belief
that Ehc did II out o. pure humanity
and nothing more. When two minutes
| later. b. again approached Soungc. he
I found that Mildred had disappeared.
and that DcnEiI was lying perfectly
composed. his face turned toward the
halG-oprn door. lie sighed heavily but
contcntcdly. and then came back to tho
/ realities OF life.
Doctor Siubbcr." said he. do you
Know tha; am bct,cr?"
Time will toll" answered the little
doctor. ScntcntIously: and now you
must so to sleep II you wish to keep
In that much-;o-bO-dcslrcd condition.
4 Lady Caroline. tEuE; to you to lc;
no more young ladies into the room
this evening
D
Dcnz!l laughed quite nationally. and.
/ changing over to the other side. in 4
few minutes. fell into a sound. refresh
Ing Slumbcr.
Not once again during all the re-
/ maIndcr OF his illness did Miss Trey
/ anlon enter Denzil's room: neither did
/ he ask for nor alludc to her In any
way. although Lady Caroline noticed
/ the intense look OF interest that came
/ into hiR face whenever her name was
casually mentioned.
! After week or two. the remcm-
brance OF her visit faded. or came to
! him only as n shadow from the fevcred
past he had gone through. and not un-
! Ill the doctor had given him permis-
sion to qui. his bed for an hour or so
every day. to lie on n lounge in the
adjoining apartment. did he venture
to speak of IL and try to discover the
truth.
II was one morning. when he was
feeling considerably stronger. and had
Mabel beside his couch. reading to him
scraps OF poetry that every now and
=. 20, ha ria
through the volume in her hand. that
he approached the subject.
"Is your sister away from homc?"
he asked. In the middle OF most pa
thctic passage.
And Mabel answered mo" rcdden-
ing little.
"Thcn think she might have como
to see me before this" he said. with
nil the frctfulness OF an invalid.
"well Won see. she has all the house
kecpinE to attend to. now mamma Is
so much your slave" returned Mabel.
smiling: that keeps her away. She
o,vavs asks for you. though. and Is 20
glad to hear of your getting on so rap
idly" -, r,-
This sounded rather lame and Ma
bcl. feeling it to be so, tried once more
to resort to her book.
"I suppose 1t would give her 'Uo
much trouble to make her INQUIRIES III
ncrson," he said. bitterly; "everEone
else comes TO see me except herse!l.
surely Lyndon could not object 10
Have You not heard, then asked
Mabel, hcsltatingly, u lancIe" w.. SDn
wouId have known before this. i'r
engagement with Lord Lyndon is at an
cnJ, He has been abroad for the iaS'
four weeks"
CHAPTER NlN.
"NilGrad's engagement IS at an '''
with Lord Lyndon" DenziI pan