Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-08-05

Elizabeth took fat po,cket-book
from under her pillow and held it
out to me. ! went back and took
it from her hand, and passed out
softly, closing the door. I went
straight to the little sitting room.
| expecting to find Amaranthe there
stlll. The room was but poorly
| lighted. AS I opened the door the
strange nurse came towards me from
the fireplace.
rs Miss Darlington here?" I asked.
The woman hesitated, looking inouir-
| ingly at me. / now noticed how very
black was her hair, smooth and f1ossy
under her white Golf, and saw also
that one of her front teeth was
gone.
Miss Amaranthe, perhaps I should
have said"
Oh, the young lady with the yell
| low hair. She went out of that door
| just now" The woman was thin.
as thin as Amaranthe herself, and she
spoke in queer. cracked voice with
an almost childish lisp. Her whole
appearance filled me with distrust.
Il will look for her later I said.
AT present I have come to tell YOU
that Miss Elizabeth Darlington is
quite nervous, and prefers not to
nave strangers in the house, and she
mas asked me to tell you 500
Inc young woman drew herself ur
stif1y.
"This is very strange proceeding"
she said. THE Doctor-by the way,
has he left the house?"
He left at eight O'clock" said I.
He said that he should not return
before nine in the morning"
Il am sorry that he is not here"
said she freezingly. 'Then he would
have to bear the brunt of bringing
me into house where 1 am not
wanted'
Il think myself that it is a great
piece of presumption" said I, as
pictured little Johnny Allibone hav-
ing had the assurance to even step
foot inside of Darlington Hall. But
the regular doctor, always called in
by the family, is away, and we had
to take this young man or nothing.
From where did he obtain you?''
AT the sisterhood just outside of
the town." said she. 81 shall feel
very much mortified, naturally, to re.
turn there SO late at night Can ]
not stay until the morning? They
will think that the blame lies with
me, that 1 have committed some
breach of etiquitte, or have made
some mistake in the case; really, it
is very mortify-"
he
it than l am, and than Miss Darling
ton herself is said I. "She has com
missioned me to offer you" I
began to open the pocket-book
Does Miss Darlington think that
she can soothe my wounded honor
with money!" 1t seemed to me that
the subject did not call for so much
dignified anger. No! kindly tell Miss
Darlington that I could not accept
penny at her hands. Good even
ing! l shall reckon with DR.. ALI
bone for this" and she swept out
of the room.
1t wan all very unpleasant, extreme
ly so! What unpleasant things do |
happen in this world! There was
Aunt Jane Mary, always considered |
the soul of truth and probity, getting |
out of her bed and wandering round |
the house at night. There was that |
tiresome Elder Wynne, for I had be- |
come very weary of Bob Jennings |
and his double personality, showing
me things that he said he had found |
secreted in my cellar, Heaven knows
when, perhaps by those men who |
had chloroformed Amaranthe; and |
between Badly Towner, and Bills be-
ing dead, and my almost wishing
that Glorianna was, I felt that life
had become pretty problem.
sat me down upon the sofa, which
always stood against the fireplace
don't know why, but on those hot
days and nights there was pleasant
draught across and under it up the
chimney. / lay my head back upon
the pillow. I was tired, tired! Should
[ sleep? raised my eyes and en-.
countered the under side of the mar.
bic slab that rested upon the two up.
right slabs, and as looked my glance
fell upon the loosened one which Miss
Elizabeth had said, which in fact ]
knew, concealed the case of rubies.
The paper which had held it in place
was gone, the least touch would
loosen it. / shook the slab. It fell
forward against the sofa. I arose
in tremulous haste, and, pushing
away the sofa, lowered the slab upon
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