Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-05
I'm AngleShire''

'In Angleshire,'
who does it belong to-"
Lady de Lannoy. The Countess d.
Lannoy: they tell me she is Il countess il
her own right.
ut is very good of her to have me
here. Is she an old LADY,"
mo. A young one. Young and Yer,
beautiful After pause before hi.
query:
What's she like? Describe her to me-
'She is young little over twenty
Tall and of very fine figure. She ha:
eyes like black diamonds and hair like {
flannel" For long time Harold remained
STILL Then he said:
of this whole affair How was l rescued
and by whom?" So the doctor proceeded
to give him every detail he knew of
When he was quite through. the Other
again lay still for a long time. The ST.
lence was broken by a gentle tap at the
door. The doctor lit candle He turned
the key softly. so that no one would no.
tice that the door was locked. Something
was said in low whisper. Then the
door was gently closed, and the doctor re-
turning, said:
Lady de Lannoy wants. If it will not
disturb you, to ask how you are. Ordi-
narily 1 should not let any one see you
But she is not only your hostess. but. as
I have just told you, it was to her ride
to the headland, where she burned the
house to give you light. which was the
DeSlDn1ng OF your rescue. StiIl IL you
think 1t better not az
Il hardly like anybody to see me like
this.' said Harold. feebly seeking an ex-
cuse.'
MY dear man. said the other. "you
may be easy in your mind, she won't see
much of you. You are all bandages and
beard She'll have to wait while be-
fore she sees you"
Didn't she see me last night?''
Not she. While we were trying to re-
ct Oh a rr1C N hoo RI
castle to see that all was ready for you,
and for the others from the wreck" This
vaguely soothed Harold. If his surmise
was correct, and if she had not seen him
now. He felt that it would not do to re-
fuse to let her see him: it might look sus-
picious. So after pausing short while
he said. in a low voice:
Il suppose she had better come now.
We must not keep her waitng. When
the doctor brought her to his bedside
Stephen felt in a measure awed. His
bandaged face and head. and his great
beard. singed in patches. looked to her In
the dim light rather awesome. In very
gentle voice she said kind things to the
sick man. who acknowledged them in a
feeble whisper. The doctor. keen OBJ
server noticed the change in his voice,
and determined to understand more. Ste
phen spoke of his bravery. and of how
it was due to him that all on the ship
were saved, and as she spoke her emo
ton moved her SO much that her sweet
voice shook and quivered. To the ears
of the man who had now only sound to
guide him. it was music of the sweetest
he had ever heard. Fearing lest his voice
should betray him, he whispered his own
thanks feebly and in few words.
When Stephen went away the doctor
went with her; ii was more than an hour
before he returned. He found his patient
in what he considered a state of sup
pressed excitement: for, though his
thoughts were manifestly collected and
his words were calm, he was restless and
excited in other ways. He had evidently
been thinking of his own condition. for
shortly after the doctor came in he said:
Are we alone?
Quite
81 want you to arrange that there shall
not be any nurse with me-"
my dear sir! Don't handicap me and
yourself with such restriction. 1t Is for
your own good that you should have
regular and constant attention"
but I don't wish it. Not for the pres
ent at all events. I am not accustomed
to a nurse, and shall not feel comfort
able. In a few days, perhaps The
decided tone of his voice struck the other.
Keeping his own thoughts and intentions
in allegiance. even to himself. he an
swered heartily:
"All right! 1 shall not have any nurse,
at present"