Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-05-19

alone. Despite herself, tears began to
trickle down her face, and her lips were
tremulous. This new day seemed terri
BILE, and she was helpless-and alone.
Dear me, MISS" said Jane, happening
to wake up at this moment, what is the
matter?"
''It is nothing" her young mistress
said. IL have scarcely slept at all
these two nights, and 1 feel rather weak
and-a nd-not very we'll. It is no mat
Ter"
But the tears fell faster now; and this
sense of weakness and helplessness COM
pletely overpowered her. She fairly
lYoke down.
Yolande had resolved, among other
things, that while she would implicitly
obey Mr.. Melville's instructions about
making that appeal to her mother entire
ly unaided and unaccompanied, she might
also prudently follow her fathers advice
and get such help as was necessary, with
regard to preliminary arrangements, from
his solicitors; more especially as she had
met one of those gentlemen two or three
times, and so far was on friendly terms
with him. Accordingly, one of the first
things she did was to get into cab,
accompanied by her maid, and drive to
the offices of Lawrence & Lang in Lin
coins Inn Fields. She asked for Mr..
Lang; and by and by was shown into
that gentlemban's room. He was tall,
elderly person, with white hair, shrewd,
thin face, and humorous, good-natured
smile
"Take seat, Miss Winterbourne,
said he. every lucky you came now. In
another ten minutes | should have been
off to seek you"
"But how did you know?"
"Oh. we lawyers are supposed to know
everything" he answered, good-natured-
ly ''And l may tell you that know Of
the business that has brought you to
London; and that we shall be most hap
py to give you all the assistance in our
power"
"But how can you know" the girl
said, bewidered. sit was only the day
before yesterday l decided to go; and it
was only this morning | reached London.
Did my papa write to you, then, without
telling me?
my dear young lady, if were to an
swer your questions, you would no long
err believe in the omniscence of law
yers::" he said, with his grave smile.
'No, no; you must assume that We
know everything. And let me tell you
that the step you are taking, though it
is bold one, deserves to be successful;
perhaps it will be successful because it
is bold one. l hope so. But you must
be prepared for a shock. Your mother
has been i'll.
"Ah." said YoIande-but no more.
She held her hands clasped.
Il say she has been ill., said this ell
derby suave person, who seemed to re.
gard the girl with very kindly interest.
Now she is better. Three weeks ago
my clerk found her unable to sign the
receipt that he usually brings away with
him: and | was about to write to your
father, when l thought l would wait
day or two and see; and fortunately, she
got a little better. However, you must
be prepared to find her looking i'll; and
-and-well, | was going to say she
might be incapable Of recognizing you;
but | forgot. In the meantime we shall
be pleased to be of every assistance to
you in our power, in fact, we have been
instructed to consider you as under our
protection. AS for your personal safety,
that need not alarm you. Your friends
may be anxious about you, no doubt;
but the very worst that can happen will
be a little impertinence. You won't mind
that ] shall have a policeman in plain
clothes standing by; if your maid should
consider it necessary, she can easily
summon him to you. She will be inside;
he outside; so you have nothing to fear"
''Then you know all how it has been
oh al
''Why, yes; it is our business here to
know everything" said he, laughing,
Though we are not allowed sometimes to
say how we came by the information.
Now what else can we do for you? Let
me see If your poor mother will go
with you, you might wish to take her to
some quiet seaside place, perhaps, for
her health?"
ooh, yes; I wish to take her away
from London at once!' Yolande said, Gag
erly.
"IVelI. a client of ours has just left
some lodgings at Worthing-in fact, we
have recommended them, on one or two
occasions, and we have been told that
they gave satisfaction"
"Will you give me the a y. ass, if you
please"
He wrote the address on a tiard, and
gave it to her.
Go be continued)