Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-10-24
MYSTERIOUS
MISS DACRES
By Mrs. Schuyler Crewninshield.
Copyright 1901, by j. Il. lip,.neott Co.
CHAPTER VII.

l went to my bed early that night,
but not to sleep for long. AT about
~ O'Clock / was sent for very hur-
riedly. Miss Elizabeth had been
taken, suddenly i'll. I remained with
her all that night and the next day.
sending word to my house that Glori-
anna must attend to the wants of
Aunt Jane Mary and my boarders.
In the early afternoon l went into
the little sitting room. where Amar-
anthe, who had regained her calm
some days ago. was lying on the
couch. Her foot was almost we'll
now, but still she humored it. She
was reading, and as she laid her book
down. ] saw her eyes glance up
ward. Mine followed them. She was
lying Just under that mantelpiece.
/ saw that she was looking at the
paper with which Miss Elizabeth kept
the upright slab in place.
She said nothing, and neither did
I. I felt then that if Miss Elizabeth
intended the jewels for her niece, it
would be better for her to take her
into her confidence, show them to
her, and then send them to bank
or some place of safe deposit. / de-
termined to speak to Miss Elizabeth
as soon as she could bear it. She
had suffered great pain all day, and
was forced to lie in her bed, and what
worried me greatly was the fact that
Miss Evelyn had also been attacked
n nd in tho cop,n 1,oorpor
"What do you think is the matter
with my aunts?" asked Amaranthe,
when / went into the little sitting
room to get cup of tea.
"I'm sure / can't tell" said I. 81
J an somewhat anxious, as DR.. Will
liams is far away ut his fathers bed
i side, and this young man from the
/ village does not So. m to know mucl, :"
| Amaranthe now got NJ with my help
| and walked about the room and along
the corridor. 1 was SO glad of this
that I begged her to go in to see
Aunt Elizabeth.
Her face flushed scarlet, always
a sign of agitation with her. Don't
ask me-" said she, earnestly. II can
not bear sick room. I am afraid
that you think me very heartless,
but l am so constitutionally. Dear
daddy was just so. 1t mortities me
dreadfully, but so it is. had to do
it to earn my living, but always
hated it. l think we should have
a nurse, don't you2''
YES" said /, 81 think we ahould.H
81 wish you would speak to the
DOCTOR" said she.
went back to Miss Elizabeth and
sat with her until nine o'clock Then
l when she had fallen quietly asleep
L returned to the little sitting room
4 again. To my surprise stranger
arose and greeted me. 1t was a wo-
man in the dress of those pious Sis
4 tiers who go about among the sick
/ and serrowful. She bowed and left
1.-THE room by a farther door. / sat
there wondering who had sent for
4 her. / had not seen the doctor since
IAN hour earlier. In a few moments
Il Amaranthe came in.
"Who is that woman?" she asked.
( "You mean the sistcr?" said 1. 81
/ thought that you had sent for her.
I For Amaranthe was assuming now
the role of mistress of the Hall, as
the ladies wished and urged her to
lido,
/ "No," she said, 81 never sent for
/ her. Probably it was that little doc
tpr. Well, i don't know but it's a
4 sensible thing, after all, only I
Ashould not have let him send for a
sister of charity. l don't like them
Dear old Wildly, you must go home
now, and let that woman-ugh!
lEdon't like her looks-that sister, take
the care off your hands"
promised her, because I saw
y, that she was determined, that
(would go back to my home and rest
: but ! had no intention of keeping
fmY promise.
Every WELL" said I. "Good-by
kthen; I will come over Tomorrow
II went back to Miss Elizabe,-.'s
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