Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-12-18
CHAPTER XII,

Now, in the first place." said Lord
kildonan, as soon as he had closed
the door, did she, when she sent for
you this morning. mention any symp-
toms which woul support my idea
about heart-disease?"
Not one, Lord Kildonan. and I
think you may safely dismiss the no
ton altogether from your mind. Lady
kildonan's physical health appears to
me to be perfectly sound, and the only
thing that seems to be wrong with her
is a slight tendency to annui. and a
spirited craving for a little more
excitement than life in the country
can give her. Think shopping expe-
dition to Liverpool would make her
1 all right again. or the trip to London
she seems so anxious for
Did she say that to you right out
In so many words?"
We'll, yes at last"
"Ah! II is geneally her health, or
my health, or something like that, and
not Please take me away, am dying
of dullness.' And she is not dull. That
is the strangest part of it, She is as
gay as lark, day after day. enter.
ing into all the pleasures of the coun-
try as If there were no others, and
then suddenly there comes a change.
and she gets one of these restless
hts, in which nothing will please her
but something she hasn't got and
can't get If you could tell me the
reason for this, and how to cure her,
you would do me the greatest service
anyone has rendered me yet.
Armathwaite said he would do his
best, and he thought there was no need
Tor Lord kildonan to worry himself
over the natural caprices of lady &C.
customed to the instant qualification
or her wishes. But he remembered
the flashes of fierce. feverish longing
In her eyes, and thought of DR.. Peele
and his secret. After listening to his
assurance, Lord Kildonan said:
We'll, | should like to comfort nv.
self with the belief that you are right.
You will understand my fear better If
| show you letter | received from
her father few days before her mar.
rage, There is only one passage |
need trouble you with; l have read il
again and again.
There was little necessity of this
explanation; the letter itself BETRAYED
the fact Worn in the folds so that
IL scarcely held together. the old
letter. which Lord Kildonan took from
a case in his breastpocket. showed
evident signs of the numbers of times
he had taken it out to pore over its
meaning. The particular passage
which he pointed out to the doctor
ran thus;
There are two injunctions which,
before you marry Aphra, wish par.
'icularly to impress upon you. The one
Is TO let her live always in the country,
an arrangement which win. know.
cause you no Inconvenience. as il is
! directly in accordance with your own
tastes. From her earliest childhood
this has been impressed upon me by
medical men who have seen Anhra.
for they point out to me that her
buoyant health and spirits are not
such a sign of robust constitution
as we should like to think. and that
IN the viTiated air and distracting
excitement OF town. she would pine
and die. | beseech you not to he
coerced by her girls craving for
amusements into doing anything so
! hurtful to her as residing in a town
would be. particularly a great city
like London or Liverpool. The second
thing wish TO impress upon you is
said not in her interests. but in the
interests of the estates which will
after my death be in your eare:-Buy