Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-07-17
CHAPTER %XII

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man seemed to hoat BEFORE her' his voice
to fill her ears. Then she remembered
mat Sne must De h'rSeIl' 'ha' sue u'uSt
speak ana act naturally or nc woulh
suSpcct-suspect' lhNo'uhtari'y she ra'S-
ed her whlte hHhhs ana iooNeu at tne'h
to see II 4 red stain was on thch'
Her husband saw the curious gesture
and, not dreaming OF It's cause SAID 10
her:
Are your hahus duS'y' we hau no
dust at Dnrnton-it mas oeen very
pleasant day.
She mastered hcrseIt so lar as 10
speak, but her voice was quite unlike any
other sound; the horror of the scene was
on her yet.
II have been wandering ABOUT the
grounds she said Il had headache
and could not talk
He looked ut her and cried out in gen
uine alarm.
You DO look III, Irene; you must rest
an hour before dinner. 1t Is nearly five
now
Five. And she had left the wood Mt
three. All, then, two hours of this NOR
tai agony We're oyer--twO long, cruel,
dreary hours.
"IIave all the party returnedT she
asked.
"All but Sir Hubert" he replied,
Lady Estmere seems anxious about
him."
She could not help the horrible blanch-
Ing Of her face or the shaking of her
hands.
He did not 90 with u.s." continued the
duke. He followed us to Durnton;
strange to say, we saw nothing of him.
One of the keepers passed him in what i
called the Lower Woods, and no one
has seen him since. Without doubt he
has made up capital bag"
She knew that it was a mistake; no
keeper could have seen him. for the best
of all rcasons-he was not there. The
keeper must have seen someone else
whom he mistook for Sir Hubert. She
saw ut oence and quickly how the mis-.
take would benefit her.
She went away, smiling to herself with
bitter scorn, but she could not endure her
terrible burden. from the horrible tragedy
lonely room; she must go down to tn,
, ladies and talk to them-anything to
make her forget, anything to take hel
, thoughts from the greensward and il
} terrible burden, from the horrible ira
sedy. on which the sun was shining.
t She met Lady Estmere in the hail, VIII,
, went up to her with wlstful face.
Duchess, she said, Il was looking 70
e You. | want few words of comfOr
= about my husband, Sir Hubert"
L What about him. she asked, her lip
Z burning, and so stiff she could hardl,
4 articulate.
+ HE followed the dukes party to Durn
ton, aud none of them has seen him