The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-04-24
i The HOnOr Of
i Nurse Joyce
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
CHAPTER VII.
Lovers Meet,

| 10VeTS "SSS.
AS Mary Sisterson left the room
clock somewhere in the house struck
10 o'clock-ten little silvery chimes
that fell pleasantly OIL the ear. Both
Maxwell Sisterson and Dmitri Anato-
witch rose to go.
I'VE must leave you. nurse" said
! Maxwell. stopping by Christabel's
chair. Business claims us. My mo-
tor car, however. will be back for you
in half an hour or so, and hope you'll
enjoy your drive. It's perfect day
for it,
| His voice was slow as usual. but his
tone was agreeable and even winning.
She saw that i'll his way he was a
handsome man. aud there never was
a woman yet who was wholly indif-
ferent to a fact of this kind: in spite
of what had occurred between them
on the previous evening. she was now
|
pressed by him.
You can trust yourself implicitly
to my chauffeur" he went on. for he
never makes mistakes. Well meet
again tonight. nurse" lie added. with
a slight bow.
Yes. it was quite possible, Christa-
bel thought. that Maxwell Sisterson
could he charming-when he liked.
After the two men had gone Chris
label remained i'll the breakfast room
/! waiting for Mary. who did not return
/ for fully half an hour. by which time
the motor car had been to the city and
back again. Wien Mary came in she
was dressed for going out. and she
carried packet in her hand. which
ChristaEel noticed was shaking.
| 'Oh. thought you might be ready,
CEristabel." she said. DO put your
cloak on at once, as | wish to go out
1 Immediately
/ The words in themselves were moth
ing remarkable. but the manner in
which they were uttered suggested
that some subtle change had come
over Mary Sisterson. Size was still
pale and asitsted, but there was a
curious sort OF suppressed eagerness
about her that was new.
Sir john" he continued. mas ask
! ed me to undertake small commits
sio: for him. He is perfectly con-
scious this morning.
81 ain very glad to hear it," said
( ChlstaEel. and then she hurried off.
In sew moments more they were
speeding along in the motor car to-
wards we'll known private bank in
TIE Strand. the address of which Mary
had given the chauffeur. For the first
| part of the way they rushed through
streets in which traffic was slight,
and neitl.e. Of them spoke. Mary was
occupied with her thoughts: but Chris
taEel to whom the ride in motor car
was more of novelty, took an i'm
mensc de light in the beating of the
| fresh air rpon her face. Then. as they
swept OH into the more crowded thor
oughfares. the chauffeur was COM
pelle.. to slow down and to stop sew
eral times.
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as he is today" said Mary, in one of
these pauses: the direction which her
mind had been taking during the drive
was evident. "One might almost be-
gin to cherish hope-but l know
there's none
Christabel answered sympathetical-
| ly, but size, too, knew there was no
hope in this world for Sir John Sister
son.
81 am going to trust you Christa-
BEL said Mary. in low tone. land to
tell you sonething of Importance.
which for the present you will keep to
yourself: am sure I ought to tell
some one. as my own hold on life is
precalious, though after what I have
gone through recently my heart must
he much stronger than the, doctors de-
clared it was. Sir John this morning
entrusted to me a packet containing
certain papers, which he babe me not
to open till at least three months after
his death. I have the packet with
me, and am about to deposit it with
Coutts's people: we are going to their
DSnk ROW, anu Wlon yOu " iOlIloiu-
Der, in case anything may happen to
me. what l have done with it,"
Willingly. Mary said Christabel,
wondering somewhat at this conf
dence. Sir John Must have been
much better"
His brain was perfectly clear-as
. clear as yours or mine. He sent his
nurse out of the room, told me with
out any hesitation where to find the
key Of the safe in his room, and where
to lay my hand on the packet in 1T
He did not talk much, but just told
> me what to do. 1t was wonderful:
. sometimes. however, he has been like
. that since the accident, but not aften,
. said Mary, as the Car moved on again
Presently the chauffeur. skilfully
I threading his way through the traffic
. drew up in front of Coutt's, and Mary
. went within
! You won't forget Christabel," she
: remarked on returning to the car
"It may be very necessary that 20,