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CHAPTER xiI.-continued.

CHAPTER xiI.-Continued.
II reckon you bettah come in Mis-
1nnes,' he said, speaking cautiously.
It's gotaso | dunno what to do, and
it's boun' to come out some time er
ruther."
He threw the door open then, and
~ stepped inside, Halsey close behind.
In the sitting room the old negro
y turned with quiet dignity to Halsey.
You bettah sit down, sah,' he
said, 'sIt's a place for woman, sab.
Things were not turning out the
way Halsey expected He sat down
on the center-table, with his hands
thrust in his pockets, and watched
me as followed Thomas up the mar
standing, and a second glance. showed
me II was Rosie. She shrank back a
little, but said nothing. And then
Thomas motioned to a partly open
door, and wont in.
The lodge boosted of three bed
rooms upstairs, all comfortably fur
nished. In this one, the largest and
airiest, a night lamp was burning, and
Z by It's light could make out a plain
white metal bed. A girl was asleep
thereor in a half stupor. for she
muttered something now and then
\ Rosie had taken: her courage in her
hands, and coming in had turned UP
the light. 1t was only then that
knew. FeveF-fushed i'll as she was,
recognized Louise Armstrong.
stood gazing down at her in a
& stupor Of amusement. Louise here.
4 hiding at the lodge. i'll and alone!
Rosie came up to the bed and
smoothed the white Counterpart.
II am afraid she Is worse tonight"
she ventured at last. / put my hand
on the sick girls forehead. 1t was
burning with fever, and turned to
where Thomas fingered in the hall
Il way.
VIII you tell me what you mean,
Thomas Johnson, by not telling me
i this before?n demanded indignantly.
Thomas quailed.
Isl Louise wouldn't let me-" he
said earnestly, q wanted to. She
ought to "a had a doctor the night she.
& came, but she wouldn hear to it. Is
she very bad, Mis- lnnes?'
Bad enough said coldly. "Send
Mr.. lines up
Halsey came up the stairs slowly,
looking rather Interested and inclined
e to be amused For moment he could
s not see anything distinctly in the
N 6ar kened room; he stopped, glanced
Is at Rosie and at me, and then his eyes
fell on the restless head on the pill
u low. Isthink he felt who it was before
& he really saw her; crossed the
room III a couple of strides and bent
over the bed.
Louisel1 he said softly; but she
did not reply and her eyes. showed no
recognition. TIalsey was young. and
illness was new to him. He straight
ened himself slowly, still watching
q her. and caught my arm!
She's dying Aunt Ray!' he said
III hus iisss 'Dyingl Why, she doesn't
know me z,
FFud gel snapped, being apt to
& grow irritable when my sympathies
sssa are aroused. She's doing nothing of
4 u AS SFl---aHa QoH y plHCH my arm. II
you want something to do, go and
choke Thomas. 4
But at that moment Louise reused
from her stupor to cough, and at the
q end of the paroSg M, as Rosie laid her
back, exhausted, she knew us. That
y was all Halsey wanted; to him con-
SCI ousness was recovery. He dropped
q on bis knees beside the bed, and tried
to tell her she was all right. and We
would bring her around in a hurry,
Il ana how beautiful she looked only to
hreaks down utterly and have to
stop And 8 az that came to my
~ senses and put him out.
his instant Il, I ordered, as he hes.
And send Rosie here. &
NOT 30 lar He Isats On the
ten cf the stairs, pnl leaving tc
ephons foE - doctor, and getting II
xypsy1 ayI In his eag srness tt
etcR BOT him away lnal