Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-11-21

Ignorant of the methods adopted for
the detection of persons wanted .
May imagined that every policeman in
London might have a description of
John Wilson, with instructions to look
out for him.
She wished that he would write to
her If he was in safe hiding he
could easily dc that, and to know
where he was would do something to
ease the stress of her anxiety.
Once or twice, seeing a stranger
hanging about outside when she look
ed out cautiously, she fancied the
house was being watched.
She was certain that the police
would know that John Wilson was
| married. 1t was their business to
! find out everything about their prison
ers. Knowing he had wife, they
would find out where she was living.
They could easily do that. for she
had put her address on the letters she
sent to her husband, and the governor
of the jail would have read them in
the ordinary way before the prisoner
was allowed to receive them.
Yes; there could be no doubt that
her home would be watched, and if
her husband attempted to come to her
he would be arrested.
She had made up her mind to move
when she discovered that Frank AL
lister was in love with her. She had
thought it would be the best thing for
! her to do.
! But now, when the idea of moving in
order to help her husband came into
her mind, she saw that it would be
useless. She could not go anywhere
without giving a reference, and that
would establish a link. And her huS-
band in desperate straits might make
| his way to the old address, only to
| find her gone at the very moment that
| her assistance would have been saliva
ton to him. And. besides, all her pre-
caution would be in vain if the police
succeeded in finding out where she
was employed.
The idea of that knowledge being in
| their possession increased her terror
and distress.
| She conjured up picture Of her en-
ployers being communicated with. At
any moment a detective from Scot
| land Yard might come to the fashion
able establishment in Regent street
and say to the principal: 'The wo-
| man in your employment, who calls
herself Miss Wilson, is married wo-
man. She is the wife of an escaped
convict
|. While John Wilson, in possession of
all that could make him comfortable
| and happy, was living the life of a
wealthy bachelor in Paris, his wife
was enduring the shame, the terror,
and the humiliation that were the
consequences of his crime
At her place of business the assist
ants noticed that she began to look i'll
and worried. She said that she was a
trif1e out of sorts, but would be better
in day or two.
At The Winery Mrs. Cheney was
quite upset. She had only one idea
as to the cause of the change in her
young lady ledger.
1t must be cue to the discovery that
Frank Allister was in love with her.
She did not like to press for Mays
confidence on such delicate matter,
but she supposed there might be
somebody else" and to be loved by
two men and not to know which to
choose was, i'll Mrs Cheneys opinion,
quite enough to make any young wo-
man lose her appetite and grow pale
For Jane Cheney, though she let lodg.
ings in semi-detached house in
Remington, was of romantic nature
where others were concerned In hex
| own affairs she was a practical, COM
mon sense little woman. 1t was only
concerning the young people about her
, that she INDUCED in flights of fancy.
Jane Cheney, distressed at the alter
ed appearance of her ledger, came to
a wrong conclusion and did a foolish
thing.
Thinking that very likely May was
fretting because she had received an
intimation of Mr.. Allister's feelings
toward her from her landlady, while
the young man remained silent and
! thus left her in a state of doubt the
good soul one afternoon, when every
body else was out, invited Mr.. Allis-
ter into her little sitting room, and,
assuming motherly air, asked him if
he had noticed how ill Miss Wilson
looked
Frank flushed a little and then said
he had, and it had distressed him
| very much.
Then, why don't you try to cheer
her up?" said Mrs Cheney, with a
smile that spoke volumes
The young man grasped the mean
| ing of that smile at once, and this
time the flush upon his cheeks deepen
ed to an honest blush.
"You have guessed my secret?" he
said
Long ago. I've seen good deal of
that sort of thing, you know, Mr.. AL
| lister, and II went through it my
! self once Poor Cheney! he was in
| love with me for a whole year before
| he told me, but knew it all the time"
And you think that I'm in love with
| Miss Wilson,"
''Of course I do: and please forgive
me for being an interfering woman
| but | told her so"
And what did she say" exclaimed
Frank, eagerly.
"She said, oh, nonsensen Girls al
ways say that at first you know, to
| third party. But I'm sure she's looked
| pale and queer, and her suppers come
| down 1lntaSted and it's NV belief that