The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1902-05-30

she always liked clergymen; she liked
me little when we thought | was 60
ing to be IA clergyman.
He turned slowly to the fire, took up
the poker, and carefully raked out the
ashes from the bottom of the CRATE.
Was memory leading him back reluct-
antly to those days of his youth, and
compelling him to ask himself whether
for all he had gained since then he had
not paid too great price?
"Well," said he, manifestly shaking
something off, and turning to me,
"what do you say, Mr.. Unwin? will,
of course, pay your expenses, and you
will take Emile letter from me, and
money--I daresay she means she needs
it,"
81 am much obliged to you, Mr..
Steinhardt," said l, "but-"
"Oh," said he, "it is | will be
obliged, but Of course that does not
matter"
"It is so unexpected" l continued;
might have added, sand extraordi-
nary"
"Well, yes; 1aresay it is. But you
know what the Erenchman says about
the unexpected" :"
"Let me consider it for day; and
if decide to go shall be ready to set
out at once.
"oh, yes; consider it, and consult
your friends. But if you do not go,
nobody will 60"
went Immediately from him to
Birley, and stated at once the extraor-
binary offer had received.
GO, lad, said he; sit will be a
pleasant holiday for you, and the poor
woman, of course, would rather see
somebody from Manuel than only get a
letter from him.
| hesitated; did not desire holi-
day then, even on the Continent where
had never been, but at the same time
some change was becoming necessary
considering the low condition to which
my finances had sunk.
"But," said l, 81 believe he has
asked me only to get me out of the way
for some purpose. think he suspects
. | have been finding out something
more"
"And what does that matter?" asked
, Birley "Look here, my lad; l know
you're in way about Louise. Now il
! strikes me if you go away for little
{ while (and you may as well go al
! 'Manuel's expense), things will turr
! out better for you than you may think
a You see, at the same time as you are
] away, he is away, too. Frank mus
! come back to the works, and there viii
!, be no reason for keeping Louise a.
: Blackpool. Take my word for it, he'll
! bring her home; | shall manage t.
q see her, and if she claims my protec
= ton as her other guardian, shall tax
= her home with me, and when he come
back he can't ia her from me. pom
I you see, lad?"
\ / admitted the force of the reason
he urged, and all next day (Which wa
> Sunday turned them over, My goint
might certainly be to Louise's advant
!. age and to my own. Even If Stein
= hardt brought her back to Timperl.
only for visit of few days, ther
- - would be sufficient opportunity for Biz
e ley to take her home to himself. o
the other hand, my refusal to go woul
Il bring no advantage nor prospect of ad
IA vantage. And might not. indeed
), - Steinhardt's offer be suggestion {
- Providence?
So on Monday morning called o
Steinhardt and said | was ready to sc
y out at once, and in the afternoon
~ ~ was whirling through beautiful Derby
shire on my way to London and tt
.. Continent. could not forbear feelin
~ something like delight at the chang
~ from terrible Timperley to these brigt
u scenes-although scarcely knew whel
" was iourneying, or for what. Coul
then have guessed what strange thing
:; would hear when l reached the to n
- unknown city of Basel on the Rhin'
~ could have guessed that l was bein
=. :, hurried along by the Divine Vengeanc
= that was not so much deputed /
- Steinhardt to see Emile Haas as b
y hat Overruling Power who was in
~ pelling that man on to his doom, wha
!. have often wondered since, would n
y feelings have been as l was borne alor
% o. with rush and roar in the railwa
n trainP
,rt The first night of my journey | res
in ed in London. / went to that hot
en- (Bacon's) in Great Queen street, whe
nv Mr.. Lacroix had commonly stayed {
,ee his visits to London, but l found not
a ing of consequence.
was wretched. cold and hungr
on when, about O'Clock in the mornil
ri of the third day, left the train
he Basel. permitted myself to be TAX
on to hotel, where ordered breakfa'
After partaking of which l revived, al
DIT began to think of the errand on viii
nd had come.
a | Since my arrival had been unc'
BILE tainlv using French and German, al
,ce had been answered in either langua
ne, Il found later that in the hotel,
it least, might as we'll use my natl
lp- English); but on inquiring my "
from the Ludwigstrasse to the obscu
at street sought, had to draw exclr
the lively upon nay stock of German. l d
ere covered that Frsulein Emile Ha
ng- lived in one Of a row of old tall hOus
the (not unlike some Of those in the city
the Edinburgh), with little windows in t
Ken steep grey roofs, which gave the i
ap- preston OF eyes with sleepy, hea
lis lids. Up and up the bare stairs of {
1t house l stepped, till l think was
hat the fourth hoor-at any rate, was
tile high as could climb. l knocked
md the door of a humble apartment"
Ily. two rooms, and an old wrinkled won
ao- appeared. inquired in German
old Fraulein Haas, and was informed $
MS was from home, 'giving her daily ]
red sons" She was not, then, ill2 Q
ntil no, she was not ill-she was we'll.