The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-03-04
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LORNA MALLINGATE is AT
thu seashore with her mother
and s~tepfnther, Henry Emerson.
The latter have just returned to
England from their honeymoon
In London. Lorna has written
her sister. Pauline. away from
home for nearly Is months, TO
return and Join them at the re-
sort. This morning Lorna re-
fused an offer of marriage from
GERALD CRAVEN, a young
man who came down from Lon
don to spend n few days near his
beloved. She Is bordering this
and the strange absence OF her
sister, with whom they nave
been communicating through .
forwarding address I'm Paris,
whe a note Is brought to their
suite In the hotel from . man
who calls himself
JULIAN EMERSON, urging
Lorna to meet him I'm the lobby
of the hotel Immediately. He
tells her that Henry Emerson fs
not her s~tepfathcr, That he IL
married TO another and
has left for London. They agree
to tell Lorna's mother that her
husband was taken seriously III
and has been rushed TO ndo
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JULIAN EMERSON watched Lor
ma with a curious expression on
his face as the girl walked across
the room and took her mother In her
arms.
Darling" Lorna said, you are
going to be very brave. 1t is just
what you imagined! Poor stepfather
has been taken I'll. A gentleman
came down from London to see him
on business, end 1t vas thought best
that he should be sent straight away
to London to a nursing home, so
that he could be attended by a doc
tor who who knows him very
well.'
From where he stood, Emerson
could see the mother stifen in the
girls embrace. He saw her face
grow ashen white. He heard the cry
Of anguish in her voice.
"Gone up to London, Lornal Gone
without seeing mel Who ? BY
what right has this been done? I
am his wife! l ought to be with
himI 1t is shameful It is cruel"
And then suddenly her voice died
away in a moan, and the young mar
saw her body sag and fall heavily
across her daughters arms. In an
instant he had entered the room and
had taken the unconscious woman
away from Lorna's hold.
"Shut the door" he said to the
girl. as her bedroom inside there?"
In her agony Of anxiety, Lorna
spoke of calling In a doctor, but he
stopped her.
"It is not necessary" he said. II
am a medical man; ] know what to
do for your mother.
He took from an inner pocket a
small case which contained a num-.
Der OF bottles.
II never travel without this" he
remarked. He had the sedative ready
as soon as he heard a sigh break
from the pale lips of the woman ly
ing stricken On the bed. He tended
her with gentleness, eve tender
ness; put his arm under her head
and Induced her to swallow the mix
ture, and then as he put her back
on the pillow, he drew the coverlet
over her and motioned to the girl to
follow him out OF the AS the
door closed. he said L Lorna almost
abruptly: Nov, II you want to. you
can break down and cryi"
But Lorna gave him a very wan
smile.
at is not the moment to break
down. she said
well. If you cant cry. you must
eat There is luncheon here, but
you do not seem to have touched 1t.
You have a good deal to go through,
and you need food"
He pushed a chair forward as be
spoke.
Il cannot eet couldn't
swallow a morsel."
STUFF and nonsenser
He spoke with such a tone Of com.
mand in his voice that Lorna found
herself obeying. She ate a few
mouthfuls and he made her take a
little brandy; and then he. too,
snatched q hurried meal.
While he was eating be asked her
questions, and got out