Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-03-06

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my cousin to England II eventually al
low her to go. At present ! do not see
that | am called upon to do So"
Not being legal guardian to your ceus.
in--I did not before this minute know Of
that near relationship" said Mr.. Doyle,
placidly-"you have no need to worry
yourself in the matter, DR.. Armstrong.
You will, Of course, travel with Miss
Nora II you like; at the same time, you
can also spare yourself IL you like, for |
shall certainly myself accompany my
ward to England, to make all arrange
ments with the lady who has kindly prof
fered her cooperate ton"
THANK you" said Will. heartily,
though his heart failed him little us
he pictured how variable his mothers co
operation would be-
And then a few further matters were
discussed and Mr.. Poynz and the attor
ney prepared to leave. AS Nora had
steadrastly refused to leave Traveere and
Kitty that day, Celia was determined to
stay with her; and Mr.. Pennington drove
home to fetch his wife, as well as has.
ket Of provisions from the vicarage iarder
which should supply the deficiencies at
Traveere, If they all stayed to cheer
Nora.
Mark thought they were still all chat.
tering with Mr.. Doyle in the hall, when.
as he brought down his horses from the
| yard, he saw Nora issue alone from the
back door, and go slowly out among the
| gnarled old trees. Stopping his horses.
| he stood and called her by her name; in
such a natural, easy way, that though
she had started at first, she turned and
| came up to him running, with genuine
| gladness In her eyes.
Are you going at once, Mr.. Poynzy'
| she asked. You hadn't said good-by to
me, had your
mot yet Are you content with what
has been decided to-day?"
Yes" she answered him with simple
earnestness; quite. content and very
grateful to those who have put it into
my power to work"
you will like Mrs. Foster"
"Yes; Will says so. But never his sis
teri mean, | was thinking just then
that it might be better for me to go to
some sort of grown-up school, If there
are such things in England"
But there are not. Schools never
grow up in England"
Mr.. Poynz" said Nora, fixing her
eyes upon him with the frankest scru-
tiny, mustn't it be curious person who
has bought TraveereY"
Il think not" answered Mark, rellec-
lively. IL believe there is valuable ore on
the land, and some shrewd client OF MIR.
Doyle's has found it out"
Il have found it out" said Nora, laugh
ing, II suspected it before, but wanted
to be sure. | know the shrewd client of
Mr.. DOyle's, and L" Here she broke
off, and began to speak very earnestly.
"Oh, Mr.. Poynz, how good il was of you!
The land is worth nothing; and of course
you know it. And the animals'-she
could not help the laugh coming back to
her eyes-''are as useless and helpless as
as we have all been at Traveere for
years and years. And there is Kitty. |
She says she is to live on here-and
Breen Oh, Mr.. Poynz, how good you are
to us all!'
But am not keeping you on at Ira
yeere"
NO." she said, with her beautiful, swift
smile, you are doing still more for me.
| shall owe all my better life to you. |
shall wOrli--oh, so hard! And you shall
see if l have wasted 1t all; though
with retgretful sight have wasted so
much already, and | shall be so slow COM
pared with what other girls would be-"
"Goodby," he said then, giving his
hand to Nora; 1--WE may meet in Eng.
land"
"Only may?" she questioned, too anx-
ious for his reply to notice how closely
and how tenderly he held her hand to the
last moment
Ao | hof m no
buried in books for the whole year, of
course no resurrection on behalf of an old
friend is to be hoped for: so good-by."
"Yes, | shall he very, very busy" as
sented Nora, with great gravity; but
still l hope | shall see you sometimes,
even when | have not time to talk"
"And ask questions"
"Oh. Mr.. Poynz,' she said with a total
change in her voice, and a great dumb
question already in her beautiful eyes.
what shall do in England if | may
not ask questions? If | met you, know
should have a hundred ready to ask,
| weighing me down utterly, and you would
| be so shocked, and so disappointed in
me-"
TRY me-" replied Mark, laughing; and
| then he turned almost quickly from her
to bid good-by to Miss Pennington.
Only in the briefest manner had he re-
sponded to the lawyers varied remarks
when they reached Fintona, and Mr..
Doyle offered his hand at parting; then
he said, without any p"eparation:
| "You will see that Miss st. George has
money with her, for her own nameless
| girlsh fancies; because cats sell well,
you know"
Generally" assented the attorney,
with a twinkle in his eye.
And if l were you l would not let
that one tenant, young Corr, know just
yet that he has an English landlord You
underestimate"
"Perfectly."
(To be continued.)