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Copyright. 1807. by Anna K. Kohlfa.)
CHAPTER XX
QUESTIONS.
-v , I kept the promise I had made to my
. self and did nol go to the stables. Had
I intended to go there, I conld pot have
done 60 after the discovery 1 have just
mentioned. - It awakened too many
. thoughts and contradictory enrmiaea
this fcnot was a signal,' lor whom was
. this signal meant? . If it was a mere
acknowledgment of death, how recon
cile th sentimentality which prompt
ed. Encb on acknowledgment with the
. monstrous and diseased passions lying
at' the base of the whole dreadful oc
currenco? Lastly, if it was the result of
pure carelessness, a bit of crape having
been caught up and used for a i purpose
'. for; which any ordinary , string would
have answered, what a coincidence be
tween it and my thoughts, what a won
derful coincidence, amounting almost to
miracle! .
Marveling at the whole affair and
deciding nothing, I allowed myself to
flftvOT f1,rxm aIaha tr flirt - rvofrt " WM!1iqiy
having left ma at my peremptory re
fusal to drag : iny skirts ' any . longer
through the briefs. The day being bright
and the sun;hhiQ" warming even the
gloomy recuses cf the forest before uie;
the road, I thought, looked less ominous
than usual, especially in the ; direction
cf the village and - Deacon Spear's cot
tage, The fact is that anything seemed
better than the grim and lowering walls
v of the house behind me. - If ny homo
.- was there, so was, my dread, and 1 wel
corned p rhaps more than I ought to the
- sight of Mother Jane's heavy figure bent
over her herbs at the door of her hut, a
few paces to my left, where the road
turned. . , "
. Had she not been deaf, 1 believed 1
would have called her. As it was, Icon
tented ;myself with watching the awk
ward swayiugs of her body as she pot-
- tered to and fro among her. turnips and
carrots. My eyes were still on her when
Ir suddenly heard the clatter of horses'
, hoofs., on the highway. Looking up, 1
encountered the trim figure of Mr
Trohm. bending to me from a fine sor
rel. ' : , .
, 1 "Good morning, Mis3 Eutterworth.
It's a great : relief to me to seo you in
such good health and spirits this morn
ing," were the pleasant words with
wnicn ne endeavored, pernaps, to ex
plain his presence in a spot more or lesi
considered as under a ban.
, It was certainly a surprise. What
right had I to look for such attention
from a man whose acquaintance 1 had
made only the day before? It touched
me, little as I am in, the habit of allow
ing myself to be ruled by trivial senti
mentalities, and though I was discreet
enough to avoid any further recognition
of his kindness than was his due from a
lady of great ' self ; respect he was evi
dently sufficiently gratified by my re
spouse to draw rein and pause for a mo
ment's conversation under the pine trees.
This for the moment seemed so nat
oral that 1 forgot tnat more tnan one
. pair of eyes might be watching me from
the upper windows back of us eyet
which might wonder at a meeting which
to the foolish understandings of tht
young might have the look of premedi
tation. But, pshaw M am speaking as ii
I were 20 instead of let the family
record say. I. never could see that it wai
a weakness for a woman to keep certain
secrets to herself. .
"How did you pass the night?" wai
Hr. Trohm's first question. . "1 hope in
all due peace and quiet "
"Thank you," I returned, not seeing
why I should increase his anxiety in
my regard. "I have nothing to com
plain of. I had a dream, but dreams are
to be expected where one has to pass" a
talf dozen empty rooms to one's apart
nent" ;;-;v; : i r
He could not restrain his curiosity
"A dream!" he repeated.; 1 do not
believe in sleep that is broken by
Creams, unless they are of the most
cheerful sort possible. ; And I Judge
from what you say that yours was not
cheerful." v.
JLwsntnd to tell him, ; I felt that ia a
Tray ho had a right to know what had
happened to me or what I thought had
happened to mo under this roof. And
yet I did not speak. What I could telt
would so;:nd so puero in the broad
rnshino that enveloped us. I merely
rrmarkeil that cheerfulness was not to
1 j r Lta in a domicile so given over
i ) t!.3 ravc.es of time. ;md then with
V. :.t liihtixss and versatility which
cBraNTl-ie me . under o-rtain xitMiir
I introduced a topio we could discust
without any embarrassment to bimsei
or ma .
"Do you seo Mother Jane there?"
asked. "I had somo talk with her yes
terday. She seems like a harmless im
becile.' .
x- "Very harmless,' said ho; "her only
fault is greed; that is insatiable. Yet
it is not strong enough to take her
quarter of a mile from this place.' Noth
ing could do that, I think. Sho believes,
ypa see,' that her daughter Lizzie
still alive and will come back to the
hut some day. She wouldn't be away
then for all the bank holds. I know, for
I have tried to tempt her. It's very sad
when you think that the girl's dead
and has been dead nearly 40 years. "
v "Why does she harp on numbers?
said L "I heard her mutter certain ones
over and over. " ; x. ; : '
"That. Is a mystery nono of us has
solved, " said ho. "Possibly she has no
reason fcr it. " The vagaries of the wit
less are often qnitAuiaccouufable."
I tvlt him looking at me, not from
any connection between what he had
just said - and anything" to be observed
in me,, but from Well, I was glad
that I have ; been carefully trained in
my youth to pay the greatest attention
to my morning tQilets. Any woman can
look well at jingbt and many women
in the flush cf a bright afternoon, but
the woman who looks well in the morn
ing needs not always to be young. to at
tract tho appreciative gaze of a man of
real penetration. Mr. Trohm was Euch
a man, and I did not begrudge him the
pleasure he, showed in my neat gray
silk and carefully adjusted collar. But
h said nothing, and a short silence'en
sued, which was perhaps more of a com
plimeut than otherwise;" Then ho utter
ed a short sigh and lifted the reins, v
"If only I was not debarred from en'
tering, he smiled, with a short gesture
toward the house. '
I did not answer. Even I understand
that on occasion the tongue plays but a
sorry part in such interviews. . ; ,
tie signed again and uttered some
short encouragemqnt to his horse, which
.'.-4.1. ' . .....
carcca tnat animal up ana sent nim
slowly pacing down the road toward
the cheerful clearing toward which my
own eyes were looking with what I was
determined should . not be construed
even by the most sanguine into a glance
of anything liko wistfulness. As he
went Mr. Trohm gave me a bow I have
never seen surpassed in my own parlor
in Gramercy park, and upon my bestow
ing upon him a short return glanced up
at the house with an intentness whioh
seemed to increase as some object invis
ible to me from where I .stood caught
his eye. As that eye was directed to
ward the left wing and lifted as far as
the second row of windows 1 could not
Mieip asKing . myseii ir ne naa seen trie
Knot of crape which had produced upon
me so lugubrious an impression. Before
I could make sure he had passed from
sight and the highway fell again into
shallow -why, I hardly knew, for the
sun certainly had been shining a few
minutes before. ' ' , f
l TO BBS COWT1NUKD.
, Za Fee I' or Doctors. v,
T ESbty ttJOTJr-incltloIlars and a pension
jf C-i.SOOa yoarv.'8 the fee paid to Dr.
rbmr;us DhtEdale, the Hertfordshire
btefcian why, in 1872. was summoned
to St. Petareburg to vaccinate the Em
press Catherine II. Dr. Bn tier, who
bad obtained a great reputation for ex
traordinary skill in the operation for
lithotomy, received a lac of rupees
(then equivalent to $50,000 from each
of six Indian rajahs for the single oper
ation. The late czar of Russia paid a fee of
$75,000 to Professor Zacherine-of Mos
cow for two days attendance. A cer
tain Dr. Gale of Bristol, who was blind,
for curing a gentleman of a seriously
diseased knee by some electric treatment
received a check for $250,000. Dr. Gale
Yowski, the famous oculist, who at
tended the son of the shah of Persia,
received $35,000 in fees during the
three months of his residence in Tehe
ran, while all his expenses of traveling
and maintenance were paid.
: Sir William Jenner received for four
weeks' attendance at Sandringham dur
ing the illness of the Prince cf Wales a
baronetcy and a fee of $50,000, while
Sir Morell Mackenzie; ia reported to
have received -twice that amount for
attending the Emperor Frederick. His
royal highness the nawab cf Hampur.
India, a few years since paid an Eng-
Jish- army snrgenn $5Q.CQQ for an oc-
casional attendance in an ordinary at
tack of rheumatism. .
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