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W s-y ia1.A THE NEW AGE, POUTliAND, OREGON. . r -w w Be$$ttiidd$$&$d$$M MISS MILNE AND I. 6333$$3Gew$S& CHAPTER XVIII Continued. "It Is no buBliicsa of initio," dho said, "Hint you cliooao tq marry a girl of MIsb I'olham'H " "MIsb M1lno!" I Bald, Btornly. "I havo no objection, I cay, to you marrying MIhb 1'clliam," alio contin ued, "but thoro nro cortaln difficulties In tho wny tliat " "Wliat do you mean?" I said. "What fresh deviltry are you browing? Aro you not satisfied?" For, bb though tho blight of her ox Istonco wore not sufficient, tho liorrl bio thought crossed my mind that she had yet nnother curso in storo for mo. "Do you think," alio aaked, turning to mo and nncaklng In a strnngoly gen tle, piteous tone "do you think I am Buch a fool as not to know that while I Ilvo Colonol Polhntn will novor nllow you to marry his daughtor? Ho will, of course, think of mo always ns ho know mo; and porhnps, after all, I am not much altered, but I feci as though tlmo hnd drawn my fangrf. You wont (o Manly tho othor night; you had a long Interview with Colonol Pclham; you enmo homo mlsornblo, because ho (old you ho would not glvo you his daughter's hand until ho had proof of my ilrath." "How do you know all that?" I naked. "I guessed part. I dreamed tho rest. Am I right? Why do you hoBltato? Am I novor ngnln to havo an atom of your confldonco?" I did not stay to Innulro how she know, for my belief In nor powers of divination wns, at this tlmo, Ingrained Into mo. Sho was always either mil) or riupcrhumnn, nnd not to bo doubt od, and therefore I moroly said: "You nro right, but " "Hut what?" "Hut although your motives may bo, nnd, I think, nro changed, you can not help mo; you can not possibly " "I nm not bo suro of that," alio re plied; nnd then, with a llttlo laugh: "t can do a good deal when I try." Then eho rose to her feet, and holding out her hand, said: "I nm going to think this matter ovor very seriously; I will lot you know tho romilt In a dny or two. Thoro must bo somo rond of esenpo; In mich a gonulno lovo af fair, tho gods themselves ought to Intorforoj thoy nro adeptH at thlw sort of thing, nnd a follow fooling should mnko thorn kind." Tlion sho put out hor hand to go. "Clood-nlifht. Dr. Hlgby. Do you bo Hovo mo slncoro?" "I do I do," I could not help ro plying. "Aro wo frlonds again?" "Wo nro." "As murh nfl wo woro that night whon" boro her voleo fnlterod por coptlbly "you camo to noo my llttlo boy, tho first tlmo you saw Arthur?" A pal n anothor metamorphosis, nnd, yo hoavp'is, suoh a oiuil My Nomo sis, tho MIbb Mllno of todny. of yos torday, of ninny and ninny a long, snd dny was doad. pono. lost porhnps for ovor. In tho birth of tho now woman from tho nshp of a mother's lovo thoro suddonly nroso tho mothor ngnln, "Wo nro ns good frlonds ns wo woro tlion, perhaps bettor," I replied, in nil sincerity. And I would .havo nddod something to mond, If It woro possible hor brokon heart. Hut sho wns gono, lost In tho dnrknofls, cnrrylng hor brokon heart with hor. CHAPTUlt XIX. Tho fnw dnyd following tho Inter view Jimt recorded woro monotonous nnd unovontful. I got through tho llt tlo work I had, sent In my daily ro port, ending ns usunl with tho request that throo-fourtliB of tho pooplo should bo removed, did my llttlo all townrd helping any I could help, nnd throw ing oil on very troubled wntors, read tho paper In tho morning, n book In tho afternoon, nnd at night apont nn hour with Wnrron. One ovonlng I think It wns tho sec ond after tho Interview I found him moroflo and mlsornblo and nltogothor tinllko hlniHolf. I folt confident that Momothlng bad hnppenod, and nntur nlly nuuiootod It with Miss Mllno, Af tor several fallurea to stnrt a conver sation I said: "Havo you booh Nurso Emily since 1 wiib hero?" "I ain't sorn 'or," replied Wnrren. without looking up, "but I'vo 'onrd from 'or." "Pad nows. Wnrren?" "There's tho letter," throwing It to nm. "I reckon yo can road It." I opened, nnd rend half aloud: "My dear Wnrron; I think It very probable that I shall havo to lenvo hero In a fow dny. Now, I shall try nnd seo you ni'iiln before I ro. hut I might not be nhlo to do so. Theroforo I wrlto to tell you what I want you to do when you go away, "If you aro found you mny get Dr. nigby lt Kd deal of trouble, and bo punished yourself, so you had bet ter udont tho following plnn: "I will try and get your wlfo and children removed at once; then you muHt arrange to follow them. I need not tell you how to dlscutso yourself you havo had too much experience to need ntiy ndvlco 011 that point. Put when you get to Sydney you must keei away from vour wlfo, as she will lie tho center of a good denl of vul gar curiosity. Tho best plan, I thlk, will bo for yon to get nt onco tho money (about ninety pounds) which Dr. K'gby will provide you with, go wtrnluht up tho country and tnko up a peloptlon under nn assumed nnmo. "Sottlo down nnd as soon ns It la unfo let tho family follow If you should llnd that kind of llfo disagree able, In n year or two vou can sell, porhaps at a good profit, your land, and conio down again to somo coun try town, Sydney will not bo snfo for you for some tlmo to enmo. "A It la Just possible I Bhall not soo you again. I must thank you now for what you havo dono for tho. You havo boon a brnve. good fell' "nj I tbmk you vory ulnccrely. "I am not going to glvo you any nd vlco na to tho future, because I hato advlco myself, and then I don't think I could glvo you any that would do you any service. I novor tried to train myself. If I did now, I should try to bo good without being religious. Moat pooplo try tho other system to bo re ligious without bolng good. I am so sorry for tho loss of your child. Your wlfo, I am sure, is a much bettor wo man than whon alio camo down, and both of you havo learned things down hero that will alter your characters and mako you very fond ofsnch othor. If In times to enmo you should over want a friend, Dr. Rlgby will do all ho can for you. "Now, good-byo, and may all gobd luck attend you! Your sincere frlond nlwnys. NURSE EMILY." I throw tho lottor down with n vague, indcfinnblo suspicion of Its moaning. For Bovoral seconds War ren and I ?at In alienee. At length ho looked up nnd snld: "What docs It all moan, doctor?" "I don't know any moro than you do, Wnrren." "Whoro Is sho going to?" "Again I don't know." rrr "What about this monoy?" " TIs monoy sho has saved." "But why does aho want to glvo it to mo?" "I think aho fools aho owcb you domothlng." "Owoa mo something? I reckon It's mo as owoa hor something." "But you havo gono through a great deal for hor, Warren." "WVint, I'd llko to know?" qulto In dlgnnntly. "Woll, you wont to Sydnoy throo times." "An what's that asldo what Bho's dono for mo? No," ho continued, with a shako of his head, "no, I ain't n-goln' to tnko that monoy. But, doctor, wbero'H sho off to?" "I don't know, Warren. Has your wlfo said anything?" "Yos; sho told mo as 'ow nurso 'ad been down In tho mouth lntoly, and mlsornblo llko, nnd 'ow sho'B act about a good deal by 'ersclf." Then Wnrren and I ant silent for nwhllo. Tho samo lll-dellnod thought wns probably running through both our minds, but nolthor of us could or dared glvo oxprcsslon to It. Then I roso to go. "Woll, thoro'a nothing for It but to wait and boo whnt turns up, Wnrron?" "I B'poso not," ho roplled, nnd, na I loft tho cavo, added: "But I ain't a-goln' to tnko that monoy." At tho bottom of my heart, as 1 utrollod homo, lay a feeling of still (I. o., non-offorvcBcont) glndnoss. Sho who had nover lied to mo had promised with her straugo omnlpotonco to ro movo tho ImpodlmonU thnt aoparatod Edith and myself. But nbovo nnd nil nround thnt gladness lay a vaguo fear of something that must como boforo. At my homo I wiib glad to find Char ley, who mot mo with his ovorlnstlng salutntlon: "Woll, doctor, la 1IW worth tho Ht Ing?" "Oorloualy, Chnrloy, why did you coma up? I am suro thoro'a some thing wrong." "No nothing wrong; but thoro's nowa; tho dispatch bont camo down Just now with ordora for tho Biiporln tondent. HoNgot mo to rend them, ns ho had lost bin glasses. Well, the nurso Is to bo aont away at onco; Mrs. Wnrron nnd hor children nro to go with her. I havo tho option of go ing bnck to town or stnylng hero. You nro to bo told that nrrangoments will bo mndo to Oil your post within tho next fow dnya, If you wish It. Now, doctor, thoro'a something nt tho bot tom of this, nnd I bollovo It 1b that nurso." "Whnt makes you think thnt?" "Woll, In tho first plnco, It la Just those going thnt alio knows nnd likes; thon I know from domothlng alio lot dion thnt sho lived as housokoeper for n tlmo with 0110 of tho mnmbors of tho government, nnd hna somo Influ onco with him. I think It's thnt tall ono that wears a great frock-cont and snya, 'yes, ma'am,' and 'No ma'am,' whon ho sponks to a lady; I forgot his nnmo. Will you go. air?" "Of courdo I shnll go; ahnn't you?" "Well, I wns dying to go tho othor day, but now I am not ao anxious." "In Vivo ngnln, eh?" "Well not oxnctly; but thnt girl damn It, air! sho'a getting ao kind nnd nlco ngaln now, thnt upon my Ufa I should bo In lovo with her ns much as ovor If I saw much more of hor." "But, then. sho'B going. Chnrloy." "Yos: that'B why I think I ought to stop. You see. doctor, thoro nro somo snrtd of spirits that ono ought not to get too fond of, nnd thoro nro somo Borts of women that It's Just as woll to koop away from. Womon, If you como to think of It, doctor, nro just llko spirits, and thoy havo tho antno different Influences ovor a follow. You know that book you lent mo, 'David Copporllold?' Woll, thoro'a a girl In thoro that always romlndod mo of Old Tom gin nnd soda water thnt Dorn, her name was. Woll, now, sho was a pretty, sparkling. Innocent girl thnt you could seo through at onco, that idioored a follow without hurting him a bit, too sweet, porhnps; but you could got vory fond of her without going mad, Then there's another girl in that book; what's hor namo?" "Agnes?" "That'a her; now she's llko lager beor, wholodomo, supporting, but free from sugar and other ndulteratlons. Thoro nro somo womon llko colonial boor, nearly all sugar; thoy neither cheer nor Inebrlato much; don't drlvo you on to work, but keep you hanging nbout tho cask. Thon thoro nro somo womon and, sir, don't wo police aeo a lot of thorn! thnt nro llko cheap whiskey; they got hold of you and you can't glvo thorn up, am) yet thoy nro constantly getting you Into trouble. You know how this stuff gnaws away at your what did you call It?" "Solar ploxus." "Ah, that's It until tho fellow gots mad; thon bo shies tho bottlo down snd he swears off. Woll, there's kind of woman that Haggles away at tho poor dovil, her husband, until ho goes mad, knocks her down and clears out. Sho comes to us, wo tako him boforo tho court, whoro ho Is called all sorts of bad names, and fined as woll for knocking a wo man down." "ServeB him well right, I think, foe hitting n woman." "I don't agroo with you, sir. I've seen a good deal of It; and though I nln't tho sort of man to hit a woman, yet 1 nover aaw ono of theso devils that I would not havo given ten times tho walloping tholr husbands gave thorn. Why, blesa your soul, doctor, neither you tho magistrate that pass es sentenso, nor ono out of ten in tho court knowB to whntra pass these wo men havo brought 'the art of nag ging." CHAPTER XX. " " Thero was qulto a crowd around the pier as tho Plnnforo camo slowly In to tako away hor flrat load of con vnlcacontB. Thoy woro gathered In llt tlo knots about tho beach, and as I piisscd through them I hoard tho same old murmurd of discontent, but now mingled with loud complaints of tho Injustice of sending a woman and hor children, who had tho smnllpox, straight from tho hopltal lnclosuro, whllo they, only suspects, had beon kept week after week, and, for nil thoy know, would bo kopt for weeks to como. "Who aro going?" I asked as I camo up with our old superintendent, whoso thirty years' reign hero was closed so suddenly and so lgnomlnlously by tho Royal Commission thrco months later. "Mrs. Warren and her family, Char loy and tho nurso," replied ho, with a grunt that expressed his dissatisfac tion at tho wholo arrangement, and added: "Thoro'd somo favoritism go ing on, doctor, I know." In a fow momenta, Mrs. Wnrren, who had throughout acted woll tho part of a widow, and hor supposed orphans, nppcared In sight. Notwith standing their Jealousy, thero woro but four pooplo looking on whoso hearts woro not movod by tho mournful pro cession, as It wended Its wny down tho steep cliff thnt led from tho hospital Incfosuro. Tho Qovornmont had sent down nn outfit of mourning for each of thorn, nnd ns they flourished tholr will to hnndkorchlcfs (tho mother, ns an affoctlvo fonturo In tho pnrt she was playing, tho oldest girl, I am euro, from real Borrow, tho rest probably from tho force of oxample, ovory heart (but four) was movod, and somo of tho women nnd children to actual tears. And tho four oxcoptlons woro: Flrat MlBd Mllno, who aaw tho em barkation, I had no doubt, but from what outlook I had no Idea; Wnrron, who from tho early morning had takon up his position amid somo rocks well away toward tho Hoada; Charley, who on tho veranda of tho poltco station was wishing Ills mntos good-byo; and myaolf, standing with ono foot on tho boat and ono foot on tho plor, waiting to help them on board. Whon tho children woro comfort ably aettlcd, I drow Mrs. Warren asldo to tho top of tho plor. "Aro you going bnck," I naked, "to your old quartors In Subsox atrcot?" "I think so, doctor; I havo nowhoro olso to go." "Well, at nny rnto," I said, nftor a pauso, "you had bettor, directly you aro settled, send ma a noto fo tho Austrnllnn Club, saying whoro you nro, and tny quiet until I como, which will bo within a week. If tho Govorn mont ngont calls on you, tako nothing In final settlement until I havo soon you; tako enough, though, to keep you going; Wnrron will not bo ablo to como nenr you." "All aboard!" tho captain shouted, as I led hor back to tho boat. Just thon Chnrloy camo rushing down nnd Jumped ovor tho Bldo. "All aboard 1" again shouted the captain, nnd thon Chnrloy, with a hur ried glnnco around, stopped on to tho pier ngaln. "Whoro Is sho doctor?" ho whin pored. "I don't know, Chnrloy; havo you honrd nothing of hor?" "Woll," snld Charley, "I can't say I haven't honrd of hor, for I saw hor lato last night, ovor nt tho ocean side. Just ns sho loft she gave mo three lcttors, and a beautiful ring to wear In momory of hor; ono letter for me, which I nm not to opon till I got ovor to Sydnoy. ono to bo posted In Sydnoy to you, nnd ono to go to a Colonol Pel ham. I'll glvo you yourB now, doc tor, but you mustn't road It now." (To bo continued.) 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