Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-06-23
The Fatal Three
MISS II. E. BRADDoN
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CHAPTER II.-fcontinued.,

ay stood tall and straight in the sun
Shine outside the tent, wondering at the
storm She had an instructive appre-
hension that Mrs. Fausset's anger was
Illuminating to her. She knew not why,
but she felt a sense of despair darker
than any other evil moment in her life
and yet her evil moments had been many.
You need not be afraid that | shall
ask Mildred to call me sister, she said.
i love her dearly, but l hate everybody
else in this housel''
You are a wicked, ungrateful girl,
exclaimed Mrs. Fausset, "and l am very
sorry ever saw your face"
Fay drew herself up, looked at the
speaker Indignantly for moment or so,
and then walked quietly away toward the
house.
The doctor came next morning. He
appeared upon alternate days now, and
looked at Mildred in a casual manner.
after exhausting the local gossip with
Mrs. Fausset. This morning he and Mrs.
Fausset were particularly confidential be-
fore the patient was sent for
Admirable J" he exclaimed. when he
had looked at her tongue and felt her
be. All we want now is little sea air
to set us up for the winter. A fortnight
at Brighton or Eastbourne will restore
our little friend to perfect health
There were no difficulties in the wav
of such people as the Faussets. no ques-
ton of ways and means Bell was sent
for, and dispatched to Eastbourne by an
afternoon train. She was to take lodg-
ings in a perfect position, and of i'm
peachable repute as to sanitation. Mil
dred was to follow next day, under con-
voy of Meta and the under butler, re-
sponsible person of thirty-fve.
Fay must go, too" exclaimed Mildred :;
whereupon followed tragic scene.
Fay was not - go to Eastbourne. NJ.
reasons were assigned for the decision
Mildred was to ride donkey; she was to
have pony carriage at her disposition
but she was t. be without Fay for
whole fortnight.
Fay was pale, but fearless, and said
not a word. She let Mildred kiss her.
and kissed back again, but in a dead ST.
lence. She went into the hall with The
child. and to the carriage door, and they
kissed each other on the doorstep, and
they kissed at the carriage window and
then the horses trotted away along the
gravel drive, and Fay had a last glimpse
Of the fair head thrust out of the win
dow, and the lilies and roses of a childs
face framed in pale gold hair.
1t was little more than fortnight be-
fore Bell and her charge went back to
The Hook. Mildred had sorely missed
her playfellow, but had consoled herself
with a spade and pail on the beach, and
donkey of venerable aspect, whose chief
distinction was his white linen panopiy,
on the long dusty roads.
Mrs. Fausset was not at home to re-
ceive her daughter She had a superior
duty at Cheitsey, where people of some
social Importance were giving lawn psEs
ty. The house seemed empty and silent,
and all its brightness and graceful fur
niture, and flowers in the hall and on the
staircase, could not atone for that want
of human life.
where is Fay?" cried Mildred. FAY,
Fay, where are your" and she rushed up
stairs to the school room, light as lap
wing, distracted with sudden fear.
No one in the school room, nor in Mil
dred's bed room, nor in the little room
where Fay had slept, nor in the drawing
room, whittier Mildred came running, af-
ter that futile quest upstairs. Bell met
her in the hall, with letter in her hand.
'Your mamma wished to break it TO
you herself, MISS" said Bell. Miss Fay
has gone"
"Gone, whereT
ITO Brussels"
Mildred tore open the letter, which
Bell read aloud over the child's shoulder.
"I hope you won't be grieved at losing
your playfellow, my dearest pet. Fay is
dreadfully backward in her education, and
has no manners. She has gone to fin
ishing school at Brussels, and you may
not see her again for some years"
And so the years go By, and this story
passes on to a time when the child Mil
bred is a child no more, but the happy
mother of fair young daughter, and the
wife of an idolized husband. -.