The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1908-05-07

~N"- -o&H aAHtA tA4& 70 me- lou can
do anything else. II Caerlyon VIII b.
such nnaflc"
| The door swung open. and Lila gav'
gasp OF relief Caerlyon appeares
dripping In his hand he held Lillaa
macintosh. but percelving her. he drop
ped II and sprang forward.
Ny dear child. I'm SO thankful Z.
see you Did you get wetF'
Not a bit Dick Bur where har.
you been. you absurd boyf~ There was
a note OF anxiety In her voice She had
seen the hectic spot on each OF his this
cheeks and seen him shlrer as the rain
dripped from his clothes. And why on
earth didn't you put on my mackln-
tosh. as you had Il with your"
4 forgot" he said. sinking into 3
chair. YEARLY. Il was thinking OF you
all the time. hung about outside thu
theater TIL all the people had left Welt
Oh. no. I'm not very wet II was plain
that his wetness was forgotten In ths
Joy OF discovering Lila safe and sound
No, really. I'm not wet" he was
repeating. when suddenly he was inter.
rupted BY a IL OF coughing.
Ny dear Caerlyon. II was idIotlc Of
you not TO trust me- Wiltshire lazily
reproached him you ought TO have
given me credit for enough common
sense-~
But Lila broke In, peremptorily
Dick, you must be on TO bed az once
You've sct tHat terrible cough. and IL
never forgive myself. Stanley. &c
to the chemists and get some euealyp
tus. and a bottle OF embrocatl0n
There's not an Instant TO be lost"
-Oh. l sayl~ drawled Wiltshire. aits
raining Ike mad. and you know how
few hansoms there are about these
Chelsea streets Wouldn't II do to send
the housekeeper to the chemists
LIllaT~
Lila turned on him glance OF
scorn- The housekeeper has got L
stay and boil water. and do all sorts OF
things Dick must be got to bed thi
minute. or his old illness viii be upor
him Don't argue; go TO the CHEMIST
at once. You can take an umbrella
can't your"
whereupon wiltshire thought bettei
OF his protests and went.
When he returned from his errane
very bad tempered. and with his boots
splashed with plebelan mud-for, AZ
he had foreseen. no hansoms were Il
be procured-he sent up a penciled note
to Lila, By the housekeeper. pleading
for moments interview. Now I've :
done this beastly job for her. perhaps
she'll be nice to me" he reflected ''and
III make her admit she's sorry shs 4
was 50 rude"
10 and behold, Lila returned curt /
y verbal reply: Il can't see you In !
90 busy And the housekeeper-hor !
Id. matter-of-fact matron-added Oh l
Ter own account. shes attending OF
Ter husband. you see. sir
Upstairs In the sickr0om LILA sat By
,aerlyon's bed and watched him with
lnxious eyes He was coughing less ,
low. and the hectic spots on his cheeks :
Tere losing their brilliancy. The fever
ras leaving him. though his great
aunt form was still very weak =
His bony hands. which had been play
az restIessly over the coveriet, sought =
ers, and held them tight Lila" be =
aid. -let me look at you. dearest" BE =
rev her toward him
She bent and kissed him "Good Old "
OF, what is It you wantT' she asked =
Haven't you had enough OF looking at :.
e these last few days while I've been =
osing you with that horrid medicine -
I'D rubbing your scarecrow chest with
Ie embrocati0nT
II can never have enough OF LOOKING p,
you. sweet" be responded LET me
ok at you again. now. No; not that
az; turn your face 30 that the light o.
lis on 1t. That's It. Now look at me ar
raight Yes; Just what / expected co
lst what knew would come" He LET O.
her hands and sank back In the bed els
what was It you expected" she In -
fred. T.
Beauty" he said softly. 1T has
ne. I knew It would come. I shall
Int you as Mary Queen Of Scots
w." ~
For the girl who had been only pref
; had turned that mysterious corner
iich leads to womanhood and beauty
London Telegraph
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