Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-01-17


Carmers freshly freed mind began its
work. where is the railroad sta
honY' she inquired Of the boy who was
trotting along at her side
"Over there" he answered vaguely.
'sTake me TO it."
The sight of the station. from which
q train was just leaving. frightened
her for a moment with its hustle and
many lights, but she rallied under the
stress Of her purpose and. entering,
found the telegraph office. from which
she sent this message. directed to her
physician at home. DIR. Carpenter:
Look for me on early train. All is clear
to me now. and l must return. Preserve
silence till We meet
This she signed with a pet name
known only to themselves and dating
back to her childish days.
Then she bought a ticket and
studied the time table. When quite
satisfied she returned to the hotel.
She was met in the doorway by the
physician who was attending the nurse.
BE paused when he saw her and
asked few questions, which she was
penetrating enough to perceive were
more for the purpose Of testing her
own condition than to express interest
n his patient. She answered quietly
and was met by surprise and curios-
lty which evinced that he was greatly
drawn toward her case. This alarmed
her. She did not wish to be the OBJ
:ect Of any ones notice. On the con-
trary, she desired to obliterate her.
self, to be counted out so far as all
these people were concerned. But,
above all, she was anxious not to rouse
suspicion. So she stopped and talked
us naturally as she could about Miss
Huckins' accident and what the pros
poets were for the night. These were
favorable, or so the doctor declared,
but the injured woman's condition call
ed for great care, and he would send
over capable nurse at once. Mean
while the maid who was with her
would do very well. She herself need
have no worry.
You are very good" said Carmel.
II am tired and when / once get to bed
shall certainly sleep. / shall give or
ders not to be disturbed. Isn't that
sight"
"Shall / accompany you to the door
Of your room?" he asked
She shook her head, with a smile.
II am quite capable Of finding my
room. hope Miss Huckins will be as
we'll In week from now as l am at
this. moment. But, doctor"-she had
been struck by strange possibility
"I should like to settle one little mat
ter before we part. The money have
may not be quite safe in my hands.
and then Miss Huckins might suffer.
If you will take charge Of some of it
on her account l shall feel relieved"
at would be a wise precaution," he
admitted. "But you could just as well
leave 1t at the desk"
$50 l can" she smiled. Then. as his
eye remained fixed On her: "You are
wondering II have friends. We both
have, and I have just come from tele-
graphing to one of them. You can
leave Us with an easy mind. All that 7
dread is that Miss Huckins will worry
about me If her consciousness should
return during the night"
at will not return SO soon. Next
week we may look for it. Then you
can be by to reassure her If she asks
for you"
The doctor, lifting his hat, took his
departure. The interview might have
lasted FIVE minutes. She felt as though
| 1t had lasted an hour.
| She followed the doctors advice and
left half the money she had in charge
| Of the clerk. Then she went upstairs.
She was not seen to come down again,
but when the S:45 train started out of
| the station that night it had for pas
senger young, heavily yelled girl, who
went straight to her section. A bal
cony running by her window had IA
vored her escape.
She was missed the next morning,
and an account of her erratic fight
reached the papers and was published
far and wide. But the name of Miss
| Caroline Campbell conveyed nothing
to the public.
At the house of DR.. Carpenter she
met Mr.. Moffat. What she told him
heartened him greatly for the struggle
he saw before him. Indeed, it altered
the whole tone of the defense. Per-
ceiving from her story and from what
the doctor could tell him of their meet
ing at the station that her return to
town was as yet secret to every one
but themselves, he begged that the
secret should continue to be kept.
Carmel wished her brother informed
of her return, but the willy lawyer per-
suaded her to excuse him from taking
Arthur into his confidence until the
last moment. he knew that he would
receive only opposition from his young
and stubborn client. One of the stipu-
lations which he had made in securing
Mr.. Moffat for his counsel was that
CarmePs name was to be kept as much
as possible out Of the proceedings, and
TO this Mfr. Moffat had subscribed, not.
withstanding his conviction that the
crime laid to the defendants charge
was a result Of Ranelagh's passion for
Carmel and consequently distinctly the
work Of Ranelaghs own hand.
fro BE CONTINUED
- IT.