The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-24

UP, her heart humping, her eyes on the
portiere.
The drive occupied rather longer time
than Lord Waverley had told Sir Peter
Markham it would take, and it was nearer
seven than six when their, white-awinged
carriage drew up as close to the hotel
as such vehicles could co.. 1t was really
Lady Drayton's fault that they were so
late, for there was a. quaint little inn
hidden away among the hills, where it was
amusing to stop for coffee or sherbet in
the afternoon, and she had been anxious
to show it. to Sir Peter. Waverley had
frowned at the proposal and touched his
sisters foot disapprovingly, saying aloud
that 1t was too bad to leave Miss Mark
ham SO long alone. But Lady Drayton
had been sure that Eve would not mind,
and as the scenery was charming Sir
Peter found the excursion an anodyne for
his private worries Therefore they had
gone to the inn, and had drunk sherbet in
a. garden looking out over a marvellous
view; and when they arrived again at
the hotel In Tangier Lady sDrayton was
planning to be particularly sweet with a
view to- disarming, Eve -. .. 49,.
| The air., which had been burned UP by
the sun in the blazing May afternoon,
was exquisitely cool now, and they ex-
| pected to find Eve in the garden. Not
seeing her there Lady Drayton peeped
through one Of the long French windows
| of the sitting room. Lord Waverley was
standing under tree close behind, wait
ing with an expectant face, and his sis
ter smiled at him over her shoulder.
mo fair maiden here" she proclaimed.
| Can it be that she has been sleeping all
this time? I'll go and see''
She went through the sitting room to
the bed room, where the green straw
| blinds We're still down, making the room
so dim that Lady Drayton had to go quite
close to the mosquito netting draped bed
before she was sure that no slim white
| figure lay under the misty curtain. ooh
the child must be in the garden, after all, ;,
she thought, and stopped for re-tonch-
! ing of pink and white from tiny channels
| bags which she kept in her pocket Thus
rejuvenated she sailed out to rejoin the
men, who would, she supposed, by this
time have found the missing girl and be
ready to start for the yacht 49, .,.-. >,
1 But Sir. Peter and Waverley stood to-
gether, with an air. of waiting. %"Well
where's Eve?'' inquired Ewes father.
J. When Lady Drayton announced that the
girl was not indoors Sir Peter began tc
| look serious. Il shall be extremely
vexed If she has gone down into the town
alone" he said. "she ought to have knowr
! better = g =, ~ 80 s....5 -
- WISH you IldQ let me stay, remarked
i Waverley. when she had had her rest
out I should have been on the spot to &c
| about with her. -.
| Sir Peter did not answer. He was al
ready on his way to the door of the hotel
irritation showing even in the square SCI
Of his broad shoulders He strobe alonf
2 wide hall until he came to the bureaus
and inquired of the manager whom h.
found there, what he could tell about thu
movements Of the young lady who hat
/ stopped behind.
i The man, who was French, appeared
/ surprised. Madamoiselle had not beer
i seen. It was supposed that she was ii
the rooms which monsieur had taken fol
the day. Servants were hastily sum
moned, but no one had any information
4 to give, until at last one Of the men whe
had waited upon the party at lunch, wa,
q able to say that he thought he had seer
the young lady walking in the garden soor
after the carriage had driven away, bu
he knew nothing Of her after that
Il Sir Peter was not yet really. alarmed