The Minneapolis journal., 1906-07-11


account Of the accident obtained from
the lips of young Felix Horowitz, Count
Odin g friend, narrated the simple cir
cumstanee that they had been driving
from MoretownA to Melbourne Hall and
had collided upon the way with hay.
haycarts so frequently will, had been
taking his siesta during the heat of the
day. Thrown from the box into the
gutter, the coachman dislocated his
shoulder and had many bruises to show;
while his horse, terrified at the, absence
those blind panics which may overtake
even the most docile of animals. r.
Such story Felix Horowitz had told,
but more he could not tell. EVELYN 8
anxious question as to the. purport of
Count Odin's visit remained unan-
swered. It was possible, the youth
Lord Melbourne. s1But should not be
surprised he added naively, "if there
were better reason which you must
not expect me to confess. - /
She wac afraid to press the point,
nor dare she, at present, invite the con-
fdence of one who was so great
would be. necessary to abase herself
before this man who had thrust him
self unluckily into her life and made
such quick use of his advantages. Eve
lyn perceived Immediately that she
5 must go to, Count Qdin and say, "My
father does not know that I am Eta
Romney. Please do not tell him" And
atty Of the accident. A glimmer of the
truth could come to her already as
specter which henceforth must haunt
" her life. She knew that her father
had spent some years in Rumania, and
that nothing would induce him to re-
visit that country wherein he had mar
ried Dora d'Istran. In the same breath,
she told herself that this man was
Rumanian and acquainted with her
fathers story. ...@-.
Had she been entirely honest with
herself she would have gone on to ad-
nit a certain fascination: in the mys-
terry which she could neither account
was like no other man she had known.
She had tried to deceive herself in Lon
don with the imagined belief that she
:, never wished to see him again. Many
times, however, since she had returned
to Derbyshire this very desire would
assert itself. She found herself, against
her will and reason, covertly hoping
own lips. A psychologist would have
held that there was a certain affinity
between the two, and that she had
become the victim of it unconsciously.
Her fear was of a splendid fascination
she had become aware of and could not
resist. She imagained that she would
obey. this mansif he, commanded, her,
despite her resolute will and almost &C.
centric originality. And this she feared
even more than her own secret.
1t is to be imagined how the sus-
pense of Count Odin s illness tried
nerves as high strung as those of Eve
lyn, and with what expectation she
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cover Consciousness. Her desire had
become that of knowing the worst as
speedily as might be; and the worst
she certainly would not know until con-
= sciousness returned and some good ex-
cuse might admit her to the sick man IS
room. Hourly. almost, she asked the
strictly professional answer:
San ordinary case-no cause for
worry at all-don It think about it. -
To the doctor inquiry what she
knew of Count Odin she merely said
that she had heard of him in London
and believed that his father had been
the earl's friend many years ago. This
rest, and the doctor would have been
more than human had he not put his
own construction upon it. -. .-..=
Head over ears in love with him, -
he told the vicar that night; "why,
slr, she would not deceive blind man.
She g met this fellow in London and
bagged him like wounded pheasant.
I shouldn't wonder if it hadn't been
all arranged between them-bolting
horse and all. There he is, in the chap
lain's room, rambling away in tongue
a Hottentot would be ashamed of, and
she s. waiting for me always on the
stairs just ready to hug me for good
word. What do you make Of itq
You we married few and ought to be
an expert
The vicar shook his head at the COM
pliment and declared that it would
never suit the earl
"He hopes that she will never mar
ry,' he said; "he has told me so him
self more than once. If she does mar
ry, he has great ambitions After all,
she may only be naturally anxious. 1
dare say she's asking herself whether
her own car. did not do some of the
mischief -
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