The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1904-01-28

NURSE AND CHILD BECAME INsEPARABLE
her n superb stepping stone in his
diplomatic career. When the day of
her departure arrived the two were
engaged, aud Grey had promised tn
follow and ovortakc her by the time
she reached Singapore.
The news spread abroad, and Grey
was overwhelmed with congratulations
When he returned TO the consulate
after seeing the steamer depart which
bore away Miss Trcvelyan he sank In II
chair and was lost In II day dream. He
cav himself married and n happy IN
Their: he saw the aged cousin die In
whom the rrcvelyan estates and the
baronetcy Of Dorset rested and the
fortune and title pass to his infant son;
he saw himself secretary of legation
and then ambassador Mt Versailles or
St Petersburg.
The first thing was to clear off all his
| business and send NJ IIu to her III.
| Tiers with handsome settlement, as
Is the custom of the far east. This he
did with great alncrty Though cold
and calculating, Grey was not ut all
mean He settled on NJ IIu $500, which
made her independent for life and
which was twice the amount usually
given In such cases. He also arranged
for the education of the two boys, Nj
Hu received the news with singular
calmness. Grey had expected and was
prepared for n fronzicd outbreak, but
none came. Despite the seven years
of companionship the man had been
too much engroSscd in himself to be
come acquainted with her real nature
The days passed rapidly. and soon
Grey was stcaning southwark on n red
funnel boat to overtake Miss Trevel
yam. NJ IIu went to her parents home
where her wealth made her now II con
spicuouS figure. III fortune seemed tC
have marked her for Its own. She wat
robbed. A branch of the How Gus
bunk. where most Of her money was
lodged. failed rretricvahly, ana tho
banker hanged himself in orthodol
Monaghan style She wrote severn
times to Grey, but the letters nCve
reached him. Then she driftCd away
from Tientsin aud was given up 70
dead.
Grey overlook his fancee at Slnga
pore and, with her and her party mad,
the rest of the journey to London.
Two months aftcrward they wer
married and the society journals CAV
a column TO the affair. The honeymoon
was spent on the continent and Christ
mas and New Years on the Nile. Thel
they travelled leisurely to the far east
Al Hongkong Grey received notice tina
he had been assigned TO Chinkiang o.
the Yangtse river. and thither the COZ
pie repaired, A year after their arrivH
Airs Grey became the mother of whn
the port doctor was pleased to call 9Th
best British babe ever born on tn
great river" Chlnkiang Ia full of feve
and malaria. These had no infuenc
on the babe, which thrivcd from I'll
70 FIRST. but they played havoc with til
mother and the English nursemait
: The latter fell so sick that she had
I be sent home. she was replaced by
o poor native woman, All Tai, who We
a employed by a missionary not far froi
I the consulate.
The new nurse was not very attra
j tive. Her face was prematurely oil
a and marred by recent attack of small
: pox. Her eyebrows and lashes an
0 much of her front hair were gone, an
L the malady had affected her vote
n which was harsh and deep, But b
Q peath her unprepossessing exterior Il
woman displayed intelligence, fdelit
. and skill The baby took % her, and I
n the mother grew weak the nurse ar
. child became inseparable. Grey pa