The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-08-28
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
CHAPTER xxiv-(continued.)

CHAPTER XXIv-(Continued
II hope Miss Sisterson is not ill.,"
said Dmitri Il must say that
thought she looked very delicate"
'She is not well-any one can see
that" replied Katia. ut is her heart.
And the journey has tired her out,
but don't think she is any worce than
she was yesterday. She just needs a
rest; she will be up tomorrow. Mean
while that good looking nurse-don't
you think her pretty. Dmitri, with. the
English style of prettiness?-will look
after her. She and Mary seem to be
great friends" she added, and there
was touch of jealousy in her words.
'"They are great friends. are they?"
said Dimitri. 81 should hardly have
thought so, for l know that the nurse
came to Sir John some time after the
accident, and am pretty sure that up
till then Miss Sisterson had never
met her.
''That may be, Dmitri, but certainly
they seem devoted to each other now"
And Katia made wry face. She
wanted Mary all to herself and did not
like the nurse being with her.
Il suppose we shall see neither of
them today?" inquired Dmitri.
'No. think not" said Katia.
1t was after this talk that he again
opened and re-read Christabels letter
to Norman Forde.
After siesta of two hours he went
to the works, where he talked with
his sub-manager about the strike
which still threatened them, but which
thought had been deprived of the
dangerous character it had borne on
the preceding day by the summary
arrest Of the ringleaders all of whom,
with the exception of one who had
succeeded in escaping, had been
thrown into prison.
1t was this that had kept Dmitri
from going to Odessa, and the affair
was much more serious than Katia, in
her light way, had made it out to be.
Dmitri was now anxious to hear
that the man who had escaped had
been captured, and was in communica-
ton by telegraph with the Odessa po-
lice-he had his own set of telegraph
instruments in his office-when mes
senger came in with note for him
from Katia, saying that Mary Sister
son had had a sudden attack and was
very i'll, and that the nurse declared
a doctor must be summoned at once
"You had better get DR.. Katkoff inn
mediately from Odessa" Katia wrote,
and ask him to come out on his motor
car if he can this evening. l am
afraid Mary is going to die"
Dmitri knew his sisters excitability
might cause her to exaggerate, but
the message made it imperative for
DR.. Katkoff to be summoned at once.
and this was done. About midnight
the doctor arrived at the house, saw
Mary, pronounced her very lila fact
which was patent to everybody-made
her up some medicine. ordered perfect
rest, and motored back to Odessa
through the night, as he had to be
present at an operation in that city in
the morning.
For several days Mary hung be-
tween life and death, and except for a
breath of fresh air hurriedly snatched
now and again in the great shady
garden behind the house Christabel's
whole time was taken up with nursing
her During this period of suspense
she saw nothing of Dmitri though of
Katia she saw a good deal-more, in
deed, than she wished; for Katia, in
the excess of her exuberant kind
IN hn cio
that Christabel had to ask her not to
come so often, as she disturbed her
patient Katia resented this, and her
jealousy of Christabel grew into in
tense dislike.
But after a week Mary turned the
cornerstone once more, thanks to
ChristabePs devotion.
"You have saved my life," Mary
said to her. "but feel that shall not
survive another attack of the kind. 1t
was far worse than any that preceded
It,"
Mary slowly recovered, but contin-
ued very weak and depressed; and
Christabel, though she was not con-
fined to the sick room so much as she
had been, was not very often seen by
Dmitri. This naturally had the effect
Of stimulating his admiration of her.
He would catch fleeing glimpses of
her now and then. and longed for
more of them. Occasionally he would
come upon her unexpectedly walking
on the veranda or in the grounds, and
have short stroll and brief talk
with her; and he found himself eager
for further opportunities of the same
kind.
As Mary's state of health improved,
she insisted on Christabel going about
more, and then Dmitri saw her every
day. Now, If a man sees woman
whom he admires every day, and feels
that she becomes more and more
charming, it can hardly fail that his
admiration will increase and deepen
into something stronger. So it was
with Dmitri Anatovitch. Before he
was aware Of 1t, and Notwithstanding
\ his fixed determination as to what was
4 In fate, he was soon passionately.s in
love with her loved her with the