The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-03

unknown to herself, in quarter she
little realized, that he lost all sense
of what had hitherto deferred him and
making then and there his great choice,
intention of seeing and warning her.
S. But this, he presently perceived, was
totally impracticable. He could neither
90 to her nor expect her to come to
him; meanwhile time was passing, and
if his master were there The thought
made his head turn dizzy, and situated
as he was, among the carriages, he
fusion if his eyes had not suddenly
fallen on lighted window, the shade
Of which had been left up thru mad
vertence or by some caprice of those
within.
Within this window, which was only
a few feet above, his head, stood the
glowing image Of woman clad in
pink and sparkling with Jewels. Her
face was turned from him, but he
recognized her splendor as that of the
one woman who could never be too
gorgeous for his taste; and alive to
this unexpected opportunity, he made
for this window with the intention Of
shouting up to her and SO attracting
her attention.
i But this proved futile, and, driven
at last to the end Of his resources, he
| tore out slip of, paper from his note
book and, in the dark and with the
| binding snow IN his eyes, wrote the
| few broken sentences which he thought
would best warn, he Il, without eompr9 2,
to reach her with this note ] have al
ready related: As. soon as he saw it
in her hands he fed the place and took
| the first train back to the town where
his master had left him, trembling, old,
and suffering more than that master
did when he joined him few days
later with blood on his conscience.
Such is the real explanation Of the
well-nigh unintelligible scrawl found IN
death. AS to the one which left Miss
Grey's bedside for. this same house
it was. alike in the writing and send
ing, the loving freak Of very sick but
tender hearted girl. She had noted the
lcok with which Mr.. Grey had left hc1
and, in herr delirious state, thought that
q line in her own hand would convince
possible for him to enjoy the evening
She was, however, too much afraid OF
her nurse to write 1T openly, and. the
we never found that scrawl, it was
doubtless not very different in appear
ance from the one, with which / hac
COMPOUNDED it. The man to whom il
was entrusted stopped for too many
to have reached Mr.. Ramsdell's house
He did not even return home that night
and when he did put; in an appearance,
the next day, he was dismissed. :
This takes me back to the ball ant
Mrs. Fairbrother. She had never hat
much fear Of her husband till she re
J, ceived his old servant g note in tn
; peculiar manner already mentioned
This, coming thru the night and tn
wet and with all the marks of hurr,
upon it,, did impress her greatly an
led her to take the first means whic]
, offered Of Kidding herself Of her dan
gerous ornament. The story Of this W
know. T.. -
Meanwhile, burning heart and
| scheming brain were keeping up thei
. deadly work few PAGES off. under tn
J impassive aspect and active. move
ments of the caterer s newly-hire
waiter. Abner Fairbrother, whose, rea
character no one had ever been able
) sound, unless it was the man who ha
> known him In his days Of struggle, wa
l one Of those dangerous men who ca
t conceal under a still brow andza noise
3 less manner the most violent passion
: and the most desperate: resolves - Fl
) was angry with HIS. wife,, who was d.
3 liberately ;ieopardizing his good NAM
e and he had come there to kill her if b
), ! found her Haunting the diamond In NJ