Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-03-12

hand a warm grip as he said good
bye.
! God bless you, Mile he said;
/ there won't be much harm in any
> secret of mine while my little sister
keeps watch owe mel"
And you don't think PIE impertinent
and interfering?"
mo. But understand, you must be
satisfied for the present, and not ask
any more questions"
"All right. I'll endeavor to be good.
Those midnight excursions, Frank, to
a daughter of Eve, are
Secrets. Goodbye"
And without giving her time for an
other word he turned away just as the
housemaid entered with the note for
Lady Kildonan, and this message from
the DOCTOR
My master says, sir, there is no
need to hurry with the note, and you'd
better deliver it this afternoon, when
you will be going that way to see Mr..
| Sandersor-and wait for an answer"
Armathwaite took the letter and
started off for his visits.
CHAPTER Xxx.
The morning passed u~neventfully;
{ but Frank began his afternoon round
in a state OF strong excitement and
expectancy. It was a cold, raw day,
sunless and dreary, with banks Of dull
cloud hanging over the hill-tops, and a
rainy mist travelling towards the lake.
DR.. Peele had sent word to Frank to
visit his patients first, and then to take
the note to The Crags and wait for
Lady KildOnan's answer. 1t was hard
that day for the young man to keep
his thoughts fixed on the maladies Of
his respective patients even while in
their presence; and when he was stand
ing by the bedside of Mr.. Sanderson,
who lived in a small house not two
hundred yards from Ned CrosmOnt's
residence, he could not keep his at
tention to the lumbago which was the
subject in hand for thought of the
more interesting case a few steps
away.
On coming out of the villa, however,
he was surprised to find the buXOm
Nanny waiting for him, with a face
full of mystery and Importance. 1t
was now past four o'clock, and the
mists were thickening towards even
ing.
ooh, if you please, sir" she began,
as soon as he came III to where she
stood, giving a piece of sugar to the
doctors cob, "we-saw your horse wait
ing here, and masters sent me to ask
if you'd be good enough to step over?"
"Mr. Crosmont sent for me?" said
Armathwaite.
Eyes, sir, master himself; he's just
come back from Liverpool. It's about
my mistress, sir; he's getting down
right frightened, and we'll he may, for
she's just like the dead today, and she
just lies there and signs sometimes,
but not as if she was awake at all"
They were walking along the road
towards the large house, Armathwaite
with his horses bride over his arm.
At the gate Crosmont himself met
them, looking haggard, worm, and
anxious.
ooh, I say" he began, in his usual
abrupt, sullen manner Il wanted to
speak t o you a moment. Where were
you going?"
"To The Crags; l have a letter to
give Lady Kildonan from DR.. Peele."
From DR.. Peele!" Crosmont ap-
peared h~alf-anxious, half-relieved.
"Oh!" He looked down on the ground
and twisted his moustache. "Well,
you go on there now. You won't stay,
I suppose?"
mo. 1 have only to wait for an
answer to this"
"Well, and then, if you will, just call
here on your way back. Can you do
that?"
"C~ertainly."
.Armathwaite had no thought of
bearing malice for the agents i'll
furious speeches at their last meeting;
but Crosmont seemed to feel that some
word of cancellation might be desirable.
Its all right about the other night,
isn't it? You're not nursing up any
ill-feeling because of anything said?
You see o knew that m wife was
i'll, when L, not being a doctor myself,
didn't see there was anything the mat
er with her. There isn't anything the
matter with hernow-only temper. But
but, of course, that's a thing that only
gets worse with a husband, and a few
words from anybody else, and a pow
der or a mixture every three hours
Just to humor them, does wonders. So
if you will come l shall be obliged to
you"
To be Continued.