The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-11-22


Evening after evening as she sat in
her room she found herself listening
to the footsteps outside. She expected
every moment that knock would
come to her door, and her landlady
would come in and tell her man was
asking for Miss Wilson.
She was afraid to go out of an even
ing for fear her husband should come
in her absence. He would not say
that he was her husband. He knew
that she was passing as single wo.
man. But he would have to wait
about till she returned, and that might
attract attention-it might even
arouse suspicion.
Ignorant of the methods adopted for
the detection of persons wanted"
May imagined that every policeman in
London might have 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 do that, and to know
where he was would do something to
ease the stress of her anxiety.
Once or, twice, seeing 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 a 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 reference, and that
would establish 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 coniured Up a picture of her en-
ployers being communicated with. At
any moment 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 a 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
trife 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 due 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, in 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 a semi-detached house in
Remington, was of romantic nature
where others were concerned. In hel
own affairs she was practical, com
mon sense Titles woman. It was only
concerning the young people about he1
that she INDUCED in flights of fancy.
Jane Cheney, distressed at the alter
ed appearance of her ledger, came tc
wrong conclusion and did a foolish
thing.
| Thinking that very likely May wal
fretting because she had received al
intimation Of Mr.. Allister's feelings
toward her from her landlady, while
the young man remained silent ant
thus left her in state Of doubt, thu
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 /
he had noticed how Ill Miss Wilson
looked.
Frank flushed little and then sal,
I he had, and It had distressed hin