Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-09-21
CHAPTER vIII-(Continued.,

inside out 1t was evident that you
had been half murdered and then rob-
bed, but the wretches had time to get
off, and not a trace of them has ever
been seen since"
They must have been hard up in
deed to be reduced to robbing me!
shouldn't have thought l was worth
It'll I don't remember what money I
had; but my watch-an excellent time
keeper-was one of those cheap silver
ones. I bought it in the Strand, and
I think it cost thirty five shiilings."
You can remember that? And yet
you cannot remember what happened
that day, or what the men were ike,
or how many Of them, nor how you
travelled DOWN."
Not in the very least. 1 bought the
watch last year. can remember be-
ing in London in May-nothing more"
You do not remember that Lord
Netherville's valet met you at Victo-
ria and gave you a message for u.s."
mo. 1 cannot remember it."
when he came down by the later
train. he was in a frightful state of
mind about you. You see he believes
that you were attacked instead of him,
because he was bringing down very
valuable pearl necklace in his pocket"
What on earth was Netherville do
ing with a pearl necklace in his pock-
et?" inquired Carroll in surprise.
Agatha grew very red indeed, and
looked down.
He was bringing it to meas
present" she answered at length in
low voice.
'To you? oh, Agatha. why? But
think I can guess! You are engaged
to Netherville?"
Il was for a short tme-I am not
now. l have broken it eff" she said,
falteringly.
Broken it off Why, in the name of
fortune? Netherville is a capital chap
So you and he were engaged? Well,
this is news to mel But, my dear girl,
you mustn't really throw him over!
this must be seen to. ] shall insist up
on things being made up 1 must write
to him."
ooh. please, please, Rupert. do not
do anything of the kind. The whole
thing was a mistake, and it is quite.
quite over Pray do not ask me any
more. 1 know have treated him very
not marry him."
You women are cruel creatures
You think nothing at all of breaking
a mans heart. l confess | cannot un-
derstand you, Aggie? Where would
you find a better husband. I should
like to known?
II do not expect to do so. I do not
want a husband, 1 shall never marry"
she answered hurriedly. her eyes fill-
ing with tears, while she turned her
head away so that he should not see.
well, / consider you treated him
shamefully, so throw him over for no
reason"
Il had q reason" she replied almost
in whisper. II did not love him."
"'Bosh!" he replied contemptuously
and angrily, you ought to have found
out that sooner, when he first asked
you to marry him"
That was all the sympathy Agatha
got from him. Miss Carroll came into
the drawing room, and. with a heart
aching and smarting with his cold and
disappearing words. the poor girl slip
per out of the room as her god mother
entered.
What would he think of me. II he
knew what the real reason is?" she
cried to herself as she stood alone out
side In the hall, IF he knew that II
was because love him. and him only
I always did love hint was only
Netherville'. likeness to him that at
tracted me for little while, but when
he was brought back bleeding and life
less, and thought that he was dead
then, then l realized that 1t is Rupert
only whom love. end that his cousin
could never be anything to me! But
Il am no more to Rupert than the
wind that blows across the garden. He
only thinks of me as a sister oh.
shall / ever win his love, or warm his
cold heart into life?"
Meanwhile Miss Carroll had taken
her place by her brothers couch.
well. Sir James has gone" she be-
gan. cheerfully He feels sure that
there is no permanent injury to your
brain, and that you will regain your
memory entirely and perfectly. 1t will
depend probably upon your bodily
health and strength. 1t may come back
TO you by degrees, or again II may
come back to you suddenly-in one
moment-or odder STILL IL may return
at first partially. In sort OF patches
he ukened II TO the sun coming
through mist-that gives out CLEANS
and then vanishes again before II thor
oughly succeeds in sweeping them
away before it's rays. All that you
have to do is to lead a very quiet life.
and not increase the pain in your head
by worrying yourself over it. After
all. unless you could have identified
the wretches who attacked YOU. there
is nothing else that il very much mat
ters your having forgotten latterly, is
there?"
It suppose not" then for a few mo-
ments he was silent. Louie, Aggie
tells me was at some place on the
river before this happened. What was
the name OF it?"
You were staying at an inn-the
George Inn Chatswell. II is a village
not far from Abingdon. I believe"
Again Rupert was silent. bordering
deeply. The name conveyed no sort
of idea to him, and yet his mind could
not refrain from cropping about in the
darkness that enveloped #.
You came away at an hours no
tice." continued Miss Carroll. because
for the Sunday You left nearly all
your belongings behind you. so tele-
graphed TO the landlord of the inn.
and had them sent up TO Paddington
Station. where Netherville was so
obiging as to send his servant TO fetch
them and take them TO his rooms IN
Victoria street I knew you would not
want them all down here. so I Just
cousin has given the rest OF them
house room till you want them"
Il daresay it's all right" said Ru-
pert. abstractedly. by the way.
Louise" he continued. with more ami
nation. what is all this about Neither
vfiis's having been engaged to Aggie.
and her breaking ii on. Why did she
throw him over? II seems great
pity
1T Is a terrible pity" answered his
.sxtar- with a sigh 1T was & good