Show S y 9 shell A ROMANCE 1 wa wilden ade n 0 1 14 CHAPTER 1 XII continued shells iella Bl lire life has ha ben been so very un eventful during the absence that it don does not take ke long to recount the taw few incidents Inc Ine dents bleb bare have broken if its monotony it was wa no stupid ot of you to come remarks kuby during A att rut va MO in the dialogue going 0 on mm wildest and nd shell 1 I dont suppose we rhall any ot of 90 bo topping her bar more than a longer J lorl r wildin wild in looks surprised how 1 I nu intention ot of going home juit just ibe she saia a little tartly the cottage to taken for two month months and sine since the rent must be paid we may at a well make snake the bet beat of our bargain ther there Is I 1 sia DO wt about it if grump bice bles violet no indeed lt it la in a downright and delusion agrees kuby lluy since bince 0 ten the Cham champley Chaap play fey brothers tand stand it there am vin be no wonder it we run rup away I 1 I 1 don t think they grew tired of the moor ays mays shell honestly jt it not why did they leave it itt domandi de her sister defiantly cint cant say ay te ponde shell then after a plus sag ho pose you know that they are going I 1 abroad in a few day days alas in cb tf oam nathy I 1 in a ok tui of 1 I inell no 10 1 1 I had bad no sto idea of it I 1 understood that they were merel going back to champley house they ney are start starting lug tor for switzerland in two or three day days aap quieta i ly y aud I 1 rather fancy tancy back till autumn autumns I 1 I 1 in that case we may ae well top where we are without be her ka caution ution I 1 j my air dear adby their movements mow nta calbot cat not in ili any way affet affe t our ours says ya mra stra wilden looking puzzle dand IL trib shocked no of coure course sat aa stammers I 1 hnz ILI by with a momentary nuh dush I 1 only I 1 promised prom lied kobert robert Ch champley amPler in a it wy Y i to look atler after the chUd renI and audi saneg he it Is going abroad I 1 should not like to leave 1 them alone on the moor that nurse la in 41 very 11 il tente 1 I doubt doub t it abe cn ton write and ot of coune course he be will want to hear bear bow they are getting ou oa ahemia ejaculates violet fugget suggest ug get avely 1 and then indulges 11 laan in an amused latich shell doea does not laugh but turna turns with impatient step from the room XIII where are you going shell asks ruby glancing UP from an elaborate band ot of crewel work to trim a morning gown 1 I am kolni going over to to superintend bob a donkey ride I 1 prom ased him yesterday yeat erday I 1 would corae come what you yott know he Is never allowed i donkey ride unless he hai has been particularly good and when I 1 ak ask piper it he baa has been good enough to have one ahe she invariably answers no shell gire one ot of those low rippling of bera here which baa bad la in it a mocking ring piper doea does not care tor for running after donkeys doubt lwe she he considers naldera co it intra dig an A she b know known that I 1 al waya ways do the running business and leare leave her tree free I 1 inviolably hear bear that the children are ot of a ride N well 1 I its a a bore any way grum bles ruby 1 I wanted you to riot nt out c collar onar and buffa aa as I 1 feel inclined tor for a good daya days work that wont ike five minute minutes laughs shell off her baah leather gloves and good temp tempe erdly setting to the task when tome some twenty minutes later ahe be arrive arrives at farm ahe be finds the children established in a bayfield near the house and piper nowhere W visible where Is 1 piper asks shell eink ing down in the fragrant bay buy busy answers ana wera dob bob laconically alave ilave you been good children good enough for a donkey rido ride pursues shell striling dont know responds rp ond bob with placid indifference not piper boxed ay wj eara ears thia this morning 11 velt ell never mind ausha laughs shell alike piper isa lent t here we cant aek ask herrou ahall shall have your donkey ride and then you 11 II be a good boy fo tomorrow tomor morrow rox dont don t want a donkey ride responds dob bob stolidly tell us a story instead not want A donkey ride why what sort of a boy do you call your self de demand mandet shell turning the C child b d round to laugh him out of what abe b imagines to be a at of the sulks ned abed fhe she becomes abare that dobe bobs generally rosy face la Is pale date and languid looking that his bright merry eye eyes are dim and ard misty do you feel ill aka asks shell thinking that the child must hare have bea been allowed to eat something unwholesome nono no no falter falters bob with all a boy 5 reluctance to give la in to ph ical acal suffering only my head aches rather with a strange thrill at her heart shell turne lurns to meg the little girl Is sound soon 4 alep on a soft bed ot of hay bay her atu attl ude betokening thorough lassitude ine fat little arm shields ber her eyes from the light removing it gently abel that poor meg la to wan win aa as a white mar blossom even the slight movement moT ement sends a it convulsive shiver through ber her little frame shell la in not one to waste time over speculations emulations stooping down ahe the raises I 1 the sleeping child in ber her arm arms and telling bob to follow proceeds to the I 1 farm at the door she debe Is met by the i farmers wife a kind motherly creature who takes in at sit a glance shell s m sign to be silent allent mounting to the children childrens room which Is deserted she undress undresses sea ew meg and lays her in her little cot A few low lua fe minute persuasion penu adon and the pr oral of a airy tale boon soon induce dob bob to follow his bin liters sisters example hut but shell i b no a need to cudgel her brains for the promised if send no sooner doc does hob bob a head touch the pillow than he be too alaks into a troubled ril sleep 1 I O ao the big nagged flagged kitchen kitchell awil hold holds a hurried consultation with the farmers wife the mesut of i which Is Js that a boy I 1 Is for the ne nearest darest doctor whilst she ho Is s waiting his arr arrival ivalo PI Pirt ands up explaining that she he hu has paly just been down to the village for a few tempi stamps he be looks much taken aback when she he bear bears of 0 the aa 8 illness and had that abe she cannot canno 1 p pooh pooh it 11 after two hour hours waiting the doctor conics lie Is 1 an elderly man genial reliable and fatherly shell and the mistreats mist rera of the bontio accompany him to the sick lck ro room ont hea nhen the three return to the bic big kitchen there li in a cared look oa o 0 two at least of the facca faces all connection with that part of the house must be cut on off mrs pom fret and a sheet with fluid bung hung at the end ot of the passage I 1 will telegraph at once to mr mt champley it I can furnish rne met with bli his addre address I 1 iper looking cared scared and pale pro ducca the ajitu aai 6 tle lai J bulor tor tal tofu kc i bin ci departure the doctor la Is not certain answers shell spell in III per lier low sweet volca 1 but he feats steal small pox it seems there are tome some caca cases tn in the neighborhood small poff shrieks piper and am I 1 expected to top stop here and loee looe my life ills through nursing children with mall small pox boxt I 1 won t do it no not tor for queen victoria herself bersel ft shame upon you domant cries mrs Irot pomfret wrathfully do you mean to tell me you would have the beart to go away and leave them poor little cables babies with their lather away goo goodness d dess knows where and their poor mother lying burled buried I 1 d nurse cm em myself and welcome only I 1 ve got my own children to think of and I 1 bairt be fro to the cick sick room with small pox banging hanging about my clothe clothes let who will nurse flum em I 1 wont remarks piper doggedly do you think I 1 would allow you flashes shell her boin heaving w vua suppressed scorn and anger linger do yon yoa imagine for one moment irit IOU ou are fit at to be trotted trusted to nurse biern you are tight there miss ml agrees ilan pomfret for abe she neglects neg lecta them poor dear dears shameful aa an for nursing I 1 wouldn t trust her with a alck sick cat then turning 0 ito o the nurse cur she he continues loftily tate rake I 1 our preciou pre clou per pon out of this as a eoon soon aa as ray may be though who a to attend lo 10 them ehll dran I 1 don t know don t trouble yo uvelt about that allro Por Porn fret I 1 will take care of thein till a proper nune nurse Is 1 fond says shell gently IOU ril ai its catching dreadful caching I 1 remont remon Erile rates sire mrs pomfret only when people are laugh laughs shell 1 I 1 don i feel in the least nervous about illness cause ou ov hven t seen teen much opines mrs pomfret with a sage head shake thero la Is general consternation at doroe cottage when shell arrive with her news beall 11 boxt pox are you quite sure be ha said email pox boxt cries ruby W with th a shudder how but surely rely it can t be small pox the chi children dren must have been vaccinated vaccina ted that ie Is ve oe strange point an LU ermeto shell there Is no mark whatever on mega meg a arma artna a very fiant one on bob a the no doctor says lie CLIL cant t be sure for another twenty four hours they ought to have been in bed two wo days ag othey do nothing but salyer and shiver and shiver IN hat Is to be done I 1 asks ruby blankly and then a bright idea lug ug etting itself we mut must telegraph japh raph at oree orce to london for an experienced n re tie and who la Is to nurse them till she arrive veer T piper of course piper has flown by time I 1 left her packing her box how disgraceful of beri hert however i mrs pomfret must get bamo bomo u one to see 0 them thern robert Cam CT ampley pley told me that you had promised to see to them during his absence how flow utterly absurd and unpractical you are shell of course I 1 am very sorry for the darling children buti but I can t possibly bly risk euch such a catastrophe as small pox no one could expect it 11 had it been anything else grandillo fluently anything less repulsive I 1 vi have gone to them abe myself and they are to be left entirely to str aniM with familiar face beside them queries shell in her even voice 1 I 1 don t see any other pon poss possible his ble arrangement ran gement sl since uce vou you have been foolish enough to ie lel piper forsake her post answers ruby with a sigh stab but I 1 a see that some wine other arrange went la Is imperative says shell decidedly it would be too cruel and cow any to leave them to oft strangers rigers if it you won t go and remain with them tal afu tah nurse arrives I 1 shall to be Continued 1 |