The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-10-21

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and misery that had come that sum-
mer day when she listened to Dor
othy's easy falsehoods, and saw that
| Gervais believed her and deemed her
an angel.
7 will go round, !" she said to her.
self, @the way hehe took me when
was riding; can return through
the village and be in time for break
fast; it will be early to-day because
of the meet! "
So. Diminishing her Discrimination,
Enid pushed on, whistling every now
and then for Meg, who was thorough
ly enjoying her scamper, and came
bounding back every now and then
with her red tongue hanging out Of
her mouth and her tail wagging.
AS she passed down the incline
that has been mentioned before, Enid
suddenly missed the dog, and stop
ping, she whistled and called her
loudly by name.
Meg! Meg! Where are your"
There was no answer at first, and
then Enid thought she heard whine.
as if the poor creature were in some
pain. Remembering the episode of
the trap. Enid hurried down to where
she thought Meg might be, and found
the collie licking her forepaw, from
which the blood was flowing.
Why, Meg!" she exclaimed, bend-
ing over the dog, what's the matter,
poor old thing?"
Meg at once began to move about,
wagging her tail and evincing her af-
lection. but she limped at every
movement. and ended by standing on
three legs and holding up the injured
paw.
"She has cut it, = Enid said to her
self, as she knelt down to examine
the hurt; @there is no trap here. !"
She cast hurried glance around, ]
then taking out her handkerchief,
she tied it round the dogs paw, not
without much dificulty, for Meg
would scarcely let her touch it. This
done, she rose and pulled on her
glove again. Now we must go back,
mustn't we. Meg? For you can't
walk at all. and I am afraid can't
carry YOU"
While she half said, half thought
this, Enid was looking about to see
what could have caused the accident,
and suddenly her eye caught a CLEAN
of steel, and STOPPING, she drew out
of the long. rank grass the Indian
dagger Roger Leicester had given to
his cousin, Lady Derriman.
Enid stood gazing down at the toy
weapon with cheeks that turned un-
consciously pale.
II will give this back to Dorothy
she said. slowly, to herself; "she-
she may have dropped it here"
Then a wave of self-reproach
rushed over her. Why should she
doubt Dorothy so easily? Might not
this have been lost by some other per-
son? Why should it be necessary for
Lady Derriman to have dropped it,
and no one else, and, above all, why
need she distress herself over what
| was most trivial affair? An Indian
weapon had been lost and she had
found it. What was there in that to
create a disturbance
II H.
no end; the first dread and horrible
fear remained. and would not be dis
missed.
She wakened from her troubled
dream to find that Meg had succeeded
| in getting the handkerchief of, and
was industriously licking the wound.
With shiver of apprehension, Enid
stopped for the discarded cambria,
and wrapping it round the dagger,
| she hid it in her mum.
"No one shall know of this but Dor
othy.' she said in misty sort Of
! way.
And SO. with the dog limping law
ly beside her, Enid went back to the
house.
She hoped to get in unseen, after
giving Meg into the hands of the
head groom. but in this she was dis
appointed. for Gervais was down in
the stables having a look at fav-
orite mare Dulcie Lowe had success
fully famed the day before.
| Miss Leslie, you are an early
bird" he exclaimed, as he stretched
out his hand. What! is Meg in the
wars. too?"
@She cut her paw in the woods on
lon something! I hope 1t is not
much!" Enid faltered.
She was looking very pale, and
Gervais noticed it.
at is only scratch" he said, after
examining Meg carefully. @She won't
| want much doctOringt wish enuld
say the same for you, Miss Leslie; I
am distressed to see you look SO i'll!
VIII you not let me send for Scott?
1t is only cold, expect, but they
in time"
ST. am very well, thank you,
Lord Derriman. the girl answered as
bravely as she could. "I think IL
have gone a little too far, and tired
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