The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-10
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you thought 1t would only needlessly
alarm me. If you had known it was our
friend Ragobah. you would doubtless have
felt it imperative that I should know of 1t
so conclude from your silence that you
did not discover his identity.
need not, Of course, tell you, my dear
doctor, that we have reached the end OF
our Indian clue, and that deem 1t wise
all things considered, for me to get out OF
India just as soon as possible. If this let
ter Is In any way delayed, you need not be
surprised If have the pleasure Of relat-
ing it's contents in person. Remember
me to Miss Darrow and tell her how sorry
am that, thus far, I have been unable to
be Of any real service to her. AS shall
see you so soon I need write nothing
further. Kind regards to Miss Alice Ever
yours, George Maltland.
When T finished reading this letter I
looked up at Gwen, expecting to see
that it's news had depressed her:
must confess, however, that l could not
detect any such effect. On the con-
trary, she seemed to be in much better
spirits than wh en- tb hegaa she
rive may~@V but she let fall her
eyes, and did not complete her sentence;
My sister bestowed upon her one OF
those. glances described in the vernacu-
SAID t to me-: I'VE may sSPeSt Nj; Ma Msit +;
I replied; 7she will lose no time in get
ting here. He undoubtedly feels much
chagrined at his failure and will now be
more than ever determined to see the
affair thru to successful conclusion. lie
is in the position Of hound 4 that has e
it's point of departure for a fresh start
T fancy it will be no easy task to dis
cover a new clue, and I shall watch
Maitland g work in this direction with
a great deal Of curiosity.' Gwen did
not speak, but she listened to our con:
healthy interest than I had known hel
to display on any other occasion since
her fathers death. regarded this as
good omen. Her condition, since that
sad occurrence, had worried me gooc
DEAL She seemed to have lost her holC
listlessness. Nothing seemed to impress
her and she would at times forget, il
the midst of sentence, what she hac
intended to say when she began it! He
elasticity was gone and every effort
visible burden to her. I knew the con on
heavy weight bearing her down, and
knew, too, that she could not marsha
: her will to resist it-that, in fact, sh'
really didn Il. care, 50 tired was she Of i
| all. Experience had taught me nov
the dull, heavy ache Of great loss will
press upon the consciousness with tn
l regular, persistent, relentless throb of -!
!, loaded wheel and eat out one g life witt
the slow certainty Of cancer. This
: know to have been Gwen 8 state sine
her fathers death, and all my attempt
to bring about healthful reaction ha
, hitherto been futile. It is not to b
wondered at, therefore, that even tn
transient interest she had evinced wa
= hailed by me with delight as the begin
ming Of that healthful reaction 70
which I had so long sought.
When e. human bark in the full It'd
Of life is suddenly dashed upon tn
;; rocks Of despair the wreckage is strew
l far and wide, and it is with no littl
9 difficulty that enough can be rescued
s serve in the rebuilding Of even tn
d smallest of craft. The thought, there
I fore, that Ovens intellectual fotsal
?. was beginning at length to swirl abou
!. a definite object in a way to facilitat
s the rescue Of her faculties was to m
o a decidedly reassuring one, and note
O with pleasure that the state Of excite
+ expectancy which she had tried in val
+ to conceal did not wane, but wake
d stronger as the days went by: