Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1910-02-10
CHAPTER XIX

The next day Mrs. Saville did not
feel equal to write or attend to busi-
ness. Her head felt heavy and glddy,
she said; so she ordered the ram
shackle carriage and drove to the cha.
teau, hoping the air would revive her.
II did not, however. She said she felt
inclined to sleep-that the air was too
strong for her, or rather that she had
grown too weak for the alr-that the
place made her melancholy, and she
would leave next day. Hope persuad-
ed her to try and rest She covered
her over with wraps; for, though the
day was warm, she complained OF cold,
and shivered good deal Hope took
her knitting and sat patiently beside
her for more than an hour, during
which Mrs. Saville slept heavily, some
times moaning; then she woke sudden.
ly, as If startled, and thought she
heard several people enter the room
noisily. She was better and insisted
on taking a little walk on the beach
AT dinner she could not eat, but com.
planned Of great thirst. Feeling severe
headache and drowsiness, she went
early to bed. Hope felt more uneasy
than she cared to confess, and persuad.
ed Mrs. saville to let her maid sleep
In her room.
Then she retired herself, first to
write at considerable length, then TO
seek forgetfulness in her bed. But In
vain; her nerves were strained, and an
irresistible presentiment OF evil weiqh.
ed her down.
The long, wakeful, restless night
wore through.
AT early dawn Jessop came into Miss
Desmond's room with an alarmed loot
on her face.
II am afraid Mrs. Saville is ve-v
III, miss. have never seen her ,,ka
this. She has been wandering off and
on all night about Mr.. Hugh and her
husband, that no one ever hears bor
speak about. Just now she is asleen
What Will become OF US in this moor
miserable place II my lady gets really
III? Why, we couldn't get a doctor.
though that queer man We saw on the
road yesterday, they tell me, is a very
clever doctor, but he lives miles ana
miles away"
i shall get up and dress at oncs "
returned Hope, much alarmed "1
Will come to Mrs, Saville directly"
She dressed accordingly. littIa th,nt
ing how long it would be before she
should again go regularly to bed
Mrs. Saville seemed quite hersa,,
when Hope reached her bedside axoaa.
that her hands and skin were drv 90
burning, her eyes bright and restless
She wanted to set up in order to re.
pare for her journey to London She
seemed feverishly anxious to he A.
nome once more. Then she began to
speak about Mr.. Rawson as II he wsra
'here' though they both knew he had
started with his daughter for sw,tvar.
iano; also she talked Of her will ana
her fear that II she died intestate her
son hugh would get as much Of her
property as his brother.
As soon as she could get away Hona
called the landlord and begged him 70
dispatch a mounted MESSENGER for ,h.
doctor, to whom she hastily wro,s =
note describing the condition Of tha
sunerer as accurately as she corIa
Ihis done, there was nothing for II hn,
waiting. ou'
This waiting tried Hope sevsr.,,,
one fef, rsoreover. what a weight -,
responsibility lay upon her.
Though Jessop was full q, axn
sions of sympathy and woe her ns,
face and nervous manner sbowed pa Sa,e
unflt she was for sick.nurse, '"
hope waited for the doctors nou.,
before she wrote to Mr. Rawson,s 'epos' nS,
her Tor help and counsel. ''
Richard Saville was awav or,,,.,
nobody knew where; Mr.. Rawson s, mug.
aaVeiing; Lord Everton-wbo corI.,
ma MIN? and she felt, she knew ,Sa.