The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-21

which had just passed and how she was trying to guess what sort of bed 1t would make for her young, round limbs.
 No! she had not courage to jump into the cold. watery bed: they might find her-and then they would know why she had drowned herself. No. she must go away-go away where they could not find her After the first on- coming of her great dread some weeks after her bethrothal to Adam, she had a vague, blind hope that something would happen to set her free from her terror; but she could wait no longer.
 She thought of writing to Arthur. but rejected the idea. He could do nothing that would shelter her from the discovery and the scorn of those who made her little world, now that her fairy dreams had vanished.
 No, something else would happen something must happen. In young. ig- norant, childish souls there is con- stantly this blind trust in some nn- shapen chance. It is as hard for boy or girl to believe that great wretch edness will befall them as it Is for them to believe that they will die. But now her marriage was so near she could no longer rest In that blind trust Long Hetty sat there revolving one plan after another, and rejecting them all until finally her thoughts took this one form Arthur was at Windsor. He had written the address Tor her befove he went away. She would go to Ar thur.
 Mrs. Poyyser was surprised that night when Hetty announced that she would like to so to Snowfield for few days and bring Dinah back with her to stay over the wedding. AS Adam lyt~ nNt morning tears rose to the girls eyes tears for the misery of her own hard lot.
 God bless her for loving me so," said Adam, thinking the tears were at parting from him.
 At the next town Hetty left the coach and set her face toward Windsor. From town to town she went inquir- ing her way southWard, sometimes get ting a lift in a carriers cart, more often walking At first she had taken the regular coaches, but soon found that her scanty supply of money would not permit of that mode of travelling.
 Oh what long. long, weary way it was. She had never imagined the world was so big-that distances were so great Now, for the Trst time, as she lay down in some hard, strange bed, she felt that her life at home had been a happy one; that her quiet lot among the people of Hayslope, among the things and people she knew, with her pride in her best gown and Sunday bonnet and with nothing to hide from any one, was what she would like 70 wake up to as reality finding all the feverish life that she had known be- sides was sort of nightmare.
 Her own misery filled her heart; there was no room for other peoples sorrow. At last pale, worn and weary, she arrived at Windsor and sought an inn. The landlady looked at Hetty critically; she saw what the girl had been trying to hide.
 Heres a bad business" said the wo- man to her husband when she noticed that Hettys finger bore no wedding ring.
 Can you tell me how l can find this house?" asked the weary girl. handing the landlord the slip of paper on which Arthur had written his name and ad- dress.
 Why" said the landlord. that house has been closed this two weeks. The officers who lived there are gone off with their regiment to Ireland"
 When Hetty regained consciousness she was lying in bed, too i'll and weary to think clearly of her condition, Later in the day by a great effort, she gath cred herself together, dressed and went down to the landlady. Dinah Morris had come into her mind. Oh, If she could only get hack to plnah! She took the earrings and the locket which Arthur had given her and which rhe had brought with her, pawned them with the landlord and started noEth. ward again r