Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-01-03

SSltsa$3ve beeN&DnHectedtN Rn&he row, ana
Ahat woui cspsMnt {oraxhat has hap
inbred ,taSna but ihisNteferences to
sAbne 4stNasAke atcg@ fhaEsdnexplicable.
there haN beenAsome side
issue? A second quarrel, for instance,
about lady? All! dear, dear, the flesh,
the flesh, how weak it isl Look for the
woman. says the old provertb, and-tt
seems that wesmpst Io1f1 FOR Frer heref
Ast1f1, I EXPECT great dear frorathe
proper working of --eotrtnesytsr-fo
even if Maurice D'Orville has nothing
to- do With che Ragged Thirteen, it
seems, on the face of, it. that someone
who was extremely like Miss a Nora
Courtney has, ~ ,4t. 9,,.-a a,4.
a., my professional pride is. touched,
and although there are cases too
many, alas!-that have beaten me,
have! an idea that this oneAwon't. That
sounds very much like blowing my own
trumpet, and that's an instrument that
it is very risky to play upon, unless
you're sure OF your notes. And, now.
nephew: mine, ast!we have had a long
sitting, suppose we indulge in Natures
balmy srestorer. that kind creature that
knits up the sleeves of your thinking
Jackets when they've been Worn into
holes bp carking care!" - $50.
I had given Graves orders for the
proper abestowal 6f my uncle, ana was
not sorry to SAY Good might" and
get to my own room. there toalie and
wonder when all this mystery and trou-
BILE would ever pass out of my life. or
whether, when my friends had disap-
peared one by one, I too should be
victim. What friends had I left? Nora,
and Hugh, and-dare I hope it?-my
father t't -
When entered the breakfast room
the next morning I came upon my
clerical relative and Graves apparent
~ engaged in earnest converse. and
had no doubt that Anguish was acting
up to his assumed character and speak
ing a few words in season.
He greeted me most cordially; said
that he was charmed with his room
and the view from the window; and
opined that he should have a very
pleasant visit; and when Hugh came
down my uncle was cracking his sec
ond egg, and expatiating on the virtue
of hens that laid in the depth of Win
= had hoped to have met Nora, either
in the. street or rambling in the woods,
but could get no glimpse of her, and
on Christmas Eve I went to their
house-Ccnnemara Cottage-ostensibly
to, wish her and her father the COM
plinaentsA of the season. but in reality
to overhaul. Mr. Maurice D,Orville and
his mother who had duly arrived.
!. Mote them well,' was the Reverend
Trema yre's parting advice, "and re-
member everything that they say and
do. and, -jfeMou can manage. it, get the
whole nlot, to-, come to dinner one day
nextlMeel.p Say that Mcguire has gone
to see some friends, should they ask
anything about him. ~ y 500 D."
Il had no need to be told that the
elderly lady who was sitting in an arm
chair by the fire in the room into which
Iewas usharedy VAS y orviile's mother.
Her eyes had the piercing glance that
She had. ansnlitted to her son; her:
features were exactly like his, and her
manner when she greeted me, had the
highest polish that a French training
ycohld sbestow. SHfs! ..,,.,.t
,,kMadame D'Orville,' said +, bowling
3tof1ler., sse,
she did So her lace handkerchief. fell
from her hand and fluttered down up
on the floor at her feet.
I.stooped. to pick it up, and as I re-
turned it to her there came to me a
faint odor of heliotrope, that carried
me back through the years to the
night when had stood shivering and
staring at the dead doctor, and it re-
quired every atom of self-control that
I could call up to discuss such trivial
matters as the weather, and to keep
my mind from wandering to the past.
Presently Nora and Maurice Dor
vile came in, and when we had set
tied ourselves began my good wishes
and at last asked them to, forego a
invitation, and. come. to dine
with me one evening of the next week,
leaving them to say what day would
be most convenient ~, .!s.f.ls s:ktg :.
!l.5"I think we, ought to consult Mr.,
Courtney. said Madame D'Orville,
and; by the way, she spoke excellent
English "Is he at home, Nora, dear?":
-'''I don't know, Tn sure, aunt. Nlltgo
and see. 81 ~. s2l5' ltl.r
- How different was this particularly
,pAOpCA HAAoo SOu1 I11Cy, dSlAue5 w SAAC
Royal blood that coursed in her veins,t
to the Nora that had been my pupil.s
and Who r9 had u suggested u my Learning
s.'Eae9AM ring. and ask, = Said Dor
VILE, rising anFa i; King to the corner
'stiere ola l;:ff t'I'' bell
fSii5aea his no; and look;
ing UP aShis fingers as he closed round
the cogdsan nd pulled It, there came to
me ags fhatn emory, of that night when I
Watched by my friends bedside for for
the hand that I was staring at now
was mall respects the fac, smile of the
hand that, but, for my Interference,
would have cutoff theabreath of life
from Mr.. Travers.i
B. It seemed strange to me that I had
never noticed this fact before, until 1
remembered how very seldom I had
been in the mans company since I
came to live at Enfield. and while I
was still wondering whether the like
ness was accidental or not, curious
incident occurred. ,"..t
.il II, declare, Maurice, you are too bad, ;"