The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-06-02
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CHAPTER 5@N!EfEs;;TT- (Continuedl.

l. CHAPTER @NIsE7 I'H (cootinued)
/ Winstanleys Look as it rested ON
her did not #conXRfb the idea that he
thought that >paldidtllarly strange
But there were5skil several days be-
fore Winstanley eys,s3eparture and they
saw him noreSfhah once again. He
met them alta tea$At a house in Shep-
ton Priors,. :and$$Was in church there
On. Sunday, olra.hat was some miles
from where n e.sWSs staying, and ne
mad to walk thro!lgh muddy lanes He
was at pains stOSexplain that he had
heard the: Norlnansarehes were worth
seeing, and ,thatallefwanted to see the
knights helinet*FAElila he DETECTED
chancel: WheIf 1Freda found that he
gave each but: 4a&euFsory glance when
they We're F'pointedI OUT TO him, she
curled :her lip WilhHsecret disgust.
IF he thinks III zfakes any one in!
Why are People :Ifq ostriches when
they Begin to single" out one special
individual for tfaf notice? They
think thei:: most N4posterous asser-
tons are taken tQyH gospel. J should
like to te1r him th4t I'm not such a
fool as he#thinks me-: but can't see
an openingSat thisHaoment"
| Ursula#did not qnarrel with his shall
low antiquarian 'intArest; she, appear
ed to accept graNaN his explanation
and. ask no more: VITO tell the truth.
the thought that "Wednesday was not
to be 'heir last sisht Of each other
was growing moreS:and more crafty
ing to. herr, She Hdnnot stop to ask
herself Whit ;wasIso. mncb pleasant
Ell. to CONTEMPLATE her visit to the cid
erly shutt}eWaite IS nooW that she knew
Portsmointh j: LAY So near She bad one
Eacg,lallha ne!e ' agarrison. town,
and5he; but the nd s.yet. the
|ract that ne wasz 81 ioned there made
world of, difference somehow.
1t colored the parting with Freda,
and made that young woman a little
vexed. II dislike you rather. Uusa,"
she said, half laughing. half in earn.
est. you're not nearly so nice as you
were. I'm half inclined to hide a bit
of news from you, you are so cheerful
at going away. Will it make you any
less comp1acent to hear that there's a
chance of your seeing your relatives
again sooner than you had any idea
Of? Because, if SO, I'll keep it merci-
fully from you.''
tMy dear Freda, how delightful
What do you mean?"
''Oh, only that mothers doctor
thinks the early spring in this damp
place doesn't suit her, and that she
might be better at some dry seaside
place like Southsea. But we can east
ly choose Brighton Or Hastings, it
you'd rather, you know!'
You dreadful being! How nice it
will be-"
"What, our choosing Hastings?"
asked the provoking Freda, mollified,
however, at the sight of. her cousins $
evident joy.
And so Ursula took her journey
from Wimborne to Cosham, weary
journey that seemed constant
change from brief delight of express
to the dolorous crawling of parlia
mentary train: She waited at three
stations a cold and draughty period.
and arrived at the conclusion that
that part of South Hampshire must
be unpopular with the public, since it
was so poorly treated by the railway
companies. When she alighted at the
| little station. with a wee, red-roofed
town lurking behind it's back, she
| might have travelled from Euston to
Edinburgh with less fatigue and delay
and hardly more expenditure OF time.
| A big closed landau waited in the
station yard, and footuan met her
| on the platform. Behind him she
caught sight suddenly of another fig
ure that brought a deeper color to her
cehel1s. What strange chance or CO.
incidence brought Capt. Winstanley
over to Cosham on that special day
and at that special hour? Capt. Win
stanley himself might have given the
answer that would have puzzled any
one. else. He came UP to her with o1t-
stretched hand, moving. aside the .foot@
mans advance. "Your. trains late,
! SURELY he said, with as much tran
, quility as if he had been sent to meet
! her. '<Not an hnprecedente thing on
!; this line, ] assure you: May IHsee to
your luggage? :. A black dress hamper
and a. hat box and the usual bicycle,
suppose e !. He had the guard at his
j heels and the porters Running; he
! footman followed, aghast att such rapid
methods after his elderly: and sedate
; household lint even he$ e$recngnizad fhe