The Cairo bulletin., 1914-03-25

thaa sFsssied 60 her feet She s,oos !
oefore her protectress. weaving 1.ka
fraii reed In the wind. paIlid TO the
lips =
i beg your pardon. she nurmured.
! viii not give way like that again.
! dare say ! am faint. have had 10
food no rest-b but never mind that
now. Tell me what sm TO do. will
try TO obey
First OF all. get out of those muddy.
frozen things you have 90"
Mrs. Wrandall herself moved stiffiy
and with unsteady limbs as she began
to remove her own outer garments
The girl mechanically followed her ex-
ample. She was pitiable object in
the strong light of the elecuolier
Muddy from head 10 foot. water
stained and bedraggled. her face
streaked with dirt. she was the most
unattractiye creature one could we'll
imagine.
These women. so strangely thrown
together by Fate, maintained an un-
broken silence during the long. fumb-
ling process of partial dlsrobing. They
scarcely looked at one another. and
vet they were acuteIy conscious OF the
interest each felt la the other. The
grateful warmth OF the room, the alb
rupt transition from gloom and cheer.
lessness to comfortable obscurity, had
a more pronounced effect on the
stranger than on her hostess. IS
1T is coed to feel warm once more. "
she said an QUO timidness in her man
ner. you are very good to me"
They were sitting In Mrs. Wran-
dail's bedchamber. just OF the little
sittingroom. Three or four trunks
stood against the walls
Il dismissed my maid on landing.
Che robbed me" said Mrs. Wrandall.
voicing the relief that was uppermost
In her mind. She opened n closet
door and took out q thick eider-down
robe. which she tossed across a chair.
Now call up the ONCE and say that
| YOU are speaking for me. Say tic them
that | must have something to eat,
| no matter what the hour may be.
will get out some clean underwear for
| YOU and Oh. yes; II they ask about
me, say that am cold and Ill. That
| is sufficient. Here Is the bath. Please
| be as quick about it as possible.
Moving as il In dream. the girl
| did as she was told, Twenty minutes
| later there was a knock at the door,
! waiter appeared with a tray and
service table. He found Mrs. Wran'
! dali lying back in chair, attended
f, by slender young woman In a pink
eider-down dressing-gown, who gave
| hesitating directions to him. Then he
was dismissed with handsome tip.
| produced by the same young woman.
You are not to return for these
! things" she said as he went out.
In silence she ate and drank. her
| hostess looking on with gloomy inter
est 1t was no shock to Mrs. Wran'
dali to find that the girl, who was nc
more than twenty-five or three pos
sessed unusual beauty. Her great eyes
| were blue--the lovely Irish blue-hel
skin was fair and smooth. her fea
lures regular and OF the delicate molt
that defines the well-bred gentlewom
an at u glance. Her hair now In or
der. was dark and thick and lay softly
| about her small ears and neck. She
was not surprised, | repeat, for she
had never known Chails Wrandall &c
show interest in any but the most
| attractive OF her sex She found her
self smiling bitterly as she looked
But who may know the thoughts Of
! the other occupant Of that little sit
| tingroom? Who can put herself II
[ the place of that despairing, hunted
creature who knew that blood was OF
| tue hands with which she ate. ant
whose eyes were filed with visions o.
the death-chair?
SO great was her fatigue that Ions
| Lefore she finished the meal her tiret
lids began to droop, her head to noe
| in spaemCd!c surrenders to an over
powering drsite for sleep Suddenly
| she DROPPED the fork from her fingers
| and sank back IN the comfortable
hair. hec head resting against thu
\ Oft. upholstered back. Her lids fell
ler hands dropped to the arns OF tht
.hai: A fine line appeared between
Ter dark eyebrows Indicative OF pain
| FOR many minutes Sara WrRndal
atched the haggardness deepen III
he face CT the UNCONSCIOUS sic ser
thea, even as she Wondered ak The
CT, she went oser and took up one OF
}e aim hands ia her o~si The haul
an arisicCraE II lay limp IN hers,