| Show AN mi SAM t js J I 1 chell shells eibi AR A ROMANCE V ftc wv I 1 wa wilden aden A W A VOM CHAPTER bilt continued and risk bring beck back the infection here no thank you cries 1 button by hotly 11 1 I ball shall aik ask balms mamma to forbid yon you my nty dear huby ruby mr urs wilden Wll dena g roice voice with unusual it shell thinks it her duty to to 90 I 1 hall ball certainly not try to atop stop her I 1 hall shall feel terribly anxious b but ut it will only bet b for ft a day or so 0 o and I 1 ballete levs the this disease in ita first stage ta is not atry infections Infect loua do you wean that yoc you would take h her ir r back here amongst as v after being with th tb children alka asks ru huby itly aghast ot lot toure course ahe the will return when the nura nurse arrives state la Is no need to rua a unnecessary risk it you and violet feel nervous wed we d betted return to the Wilder nem and shell can atop stop here until the doctor warrants her bar sate 1 I he bete uch such a horror ot of small pox pol that I 1 really think blat would be the better plan remarks reni Arka ruby with a th of relief bat do you say VIT oh let ua us atari start for mudford by all meanie I 1 am not particularly ti timid said but I 1 feel feet that I 1 ought to go tor or edwina ins aske ak eEdwin edw la Is her fiance flanc it would be b auch such a sell ell for or bim him it if he came home and found me disfigured shell daae creasing 1 a hasty klu kiss on her cousins cheek you are wre A heroine but the world la to made up of all sorts and I 1 am the ort sort that run runs 11 away 1 I an am bol not a ul lit bisulc I 1 F 1 cald rna run way away too it I 1 felt afraid bin laugh gs abbell but I 1 doo don t and therefore I 1 ball shall take no harm so it Is arranged shell after gathering a few necessaries together and receiving A tearful embrace from her bar mother hurries back to her sleeping charges and during the atterb afternoon con ruby and via violet let take their departure 1 while unit wilden Is left to bemoan the fact that she bo ever allowed henelt herself I 1 to be worried into taking A cottage on 1 the moor CHAPTER 11 XIV two days and night nights hare have elapsed no answer has ha been received to the doctor doctors bast hastily lly telegram and shell sitting patiently beside her chargee charges begin begins to think that the address given by piper must have been an erroneous one nor hae has a prote illonal nurse nur put in her appearance the children are going on so favorably taT orally that the doctor deems the services 1 ot of one unnecessary lace shell la Is determined ter tor mined not to quit her post and in deed ha has given a promise to that effect to her little Pat patients lelatt she Is quite isolated from the reit rest ol 01 the household the children are in tailed in a large room at the end a 0 the passage which on their arrival was fitted up as a night nursery shell shall is with them all day at night ahe she occupies the roomy old sola sofa in the adjoin ing room leaving the door of ot communication muni munt cation eatton open all intercourse with the outer world Is carried on cautiously round the at orated inert sheet which cute cuts her off from the household in general yet ome some how shell has no feeling of isolation the she ha has booke books in plenty to occupy her when the children sleep and during their waking hour hours bhe she haa has work enough to keep them amused she is I 1 bitting sitting at the ivy wreathed casement on the third morning looking out tor for the doctors visit when a hired carriage drawn by a pair ot of horses turn turns suddenly into the front yard she cannot see the occupants aa as it passes beneath the window and the front ot of the bouse house la Is alo also out of tight she rises from her eat seat with a trance strange feeling of confusion and nerr nery aurness our ness she he would giro give worlds to become bacome invisible she even glances out of 0 the window as II 11 meditating escape in that direction then steps an am beard heard down the pas safe saze the door handle bandle turns and the next moment robert champley enters the room followed by the housekeeper at chim champley pley house papa papa shriek two thrill shrill little littie tle voices and tolley dear old tolley I 1 the children are caressed and aulet quiet qa whilst mrs urs tolley delights them with a huge bunch butich ot at flowers which she has brought with her then men robert champley crosses over to the window where shell Is to stan standal dug in the buck background ground the no girl looks pale and atil almost stern though a very unusual thing with shell she Is tem t em bling visibly shell how bow can I 1 ever thank you for or this says mr bir champley in a tone broken by emotion there la is nothing to thank me tor for that I 1 see answer answers shell coldly 1 11 I like nursing It mamma would only let me I 1 should like to enter a hoit pital no young and beautiful woman can like undoing small pox aves ca rejoins robirt Cb champley ampley it la Is the first time in her life that shell haa has been called beautiful and a quick flush risen to her white whits skin which really render readers her so for the moment then she break into a la lugh 2913 it Is I 1 chickenpox chicken pox not mail small pox all she a say says quickly are you sure suret ask asks her companion whilst a look of relief light lights up his whole face yes ye quite tor for the first dweire hours the doctor feared otherwise but there Is no doubt whatever now are suf from chicken pox in its mildest tonn form only la mrs children hare have not ha it 11 we ve are taking every precaution aad you bays you I 1 tad ad it itt ask asks robert champley anxiously ille year years ago laugh laughs shell YOU see ses with a satirical little am mlle 1 I have been running no grcic risk A a it has turned out answers her om companion panion regarding her steadily tut I 1 can never forget that you nursie them ulem during abote twelve doubtful 11 P 0 hour hours whoa when all others turned and fled tied shell care that li is nothing return returns then advancing to the 1 eota tots drawn aide side by cide side he hayg to the children now you have cot got kind mr hirs tolley I 1 am solan to run fun away no a no seyou Se keyou you top stop too italia mft catching shell a sleeve in her hot hand tolley cac car t tell about the airy fairy princess 1 oh yea the cant hazards chell with a laughing lauc bing fiance glance at mr toiler tolley lle neit dea I 1 11 find out about more prin rese to tell you when you are well again and the be bend bends down to imprint a farewell klu kiss on the fevered face suddenly a gro gray ly coated arm 4 I 1 inter uter posed between 13 shelf hells red alpi and little meg a white whits alrow 1 I ran can allow no kissing 1 say u robert champley Chim pley decidedly shell draw draws herself up t rigid U a grenadier ellit meg fight lights feebly vath uh an intervening arm am you bare have run risk enough without courting it lt explains mr Cb ampley al most angrily shell merely shrugs her bet boulders mrs tulley tolley she aye says turning to the housekeeper it you will cone cam into the other room with me I 1 ani explain about the medicine et cetera ai at 4 the doctor will be here shortly so you will azra tull full direction directions fro m him about the childr cm mr tolley doe does ai as ehe abs 1 is asked and tr am that I 1 other baliell slips lips in intercourse ter away way a home without any with robert Cb champley ampley 0 A fort fortnight hai has elapsed ela pied in the rua tic tie porch of gone corse cottage two figure figures are seated a laughing eyed merry girl in spotless pot lees white a tall stalwart alwart et man in gray tweed the houie house door Is I 1 closed and the interview Is I 1 conw con a private one 1 I hall shall call you tearl pearl the gentleman tio ii is saying with laughing de do claon claton no I 1 won t be pearl my old name suit suits me much better I 1 am rough and uneven and hardin fact act thorough oyster shell pout pouts the girl rebellious rebel llou ly I 1 you certainly conducted your like a shell when I 1 lyst knew you but adversity opened the shell and then I 1 aw saw the treasure inside and pounced upon my pearl laugh laughs the 9 gentleman ent leman I 1 hope I 1 may really prove a treasure trea eure to you but I 1 sometimes kome timea doubt it says shell phell with comic candor you kno know w I 1 have a good many faults hultai aul taI 1 am quick tempered and blunt and aam people think me we eccentric robert champley indulges in an amused laush laugh I 1 lou will perhaps be to hear bear thai that neither am I 1 perfect he returns I 1 can be obstinate and even grumpy at times I 1 really asks 1 shell in a tone ot at unbelief I 1 yea mally and truly laughs the gentlemen gentleman and now pearl I 1 told y you a u I 1 wae wa a obstinate I 1 wa want a t to know what induced you to be so 0 o particularly uncivil to td and aud me mae when we first returned to champley house I 1 wae was I 1 very horrid abe bo asks evasively hushing flushing you snubbed poor ted eo to un unmercifully merel that I 1 doubt it he will ever recover his hi normal tale state of placid con beit I 1 well vou eee see it was thil this way explains f r a if 1 in self justification I 1 knew that you were rich and that everybody would be particularly gracious grac loul and officious clous so I 1 made up my mind to be an exception to the role rule which you certainly were meg was one of the first to find you out laugh laughs mege bleg a father as that ili little atle dam eel set soon tired after her recent illness come comes creeping cree ploK into shell a lap thit that little dress remind reminds me of the day I 1 caught you working at the window pursues robert champley touching his hl daughter daughters pale blue skirts does it ays says shell with a hy by pleased laugh owa the tr truth uth pearl you made that dress 1 I certainly had a linger in the pie answers pearl demurely do you remember I 1 told you then that the turquoise wag was your stone bonef touching her left band baud on which flushes flashes a circlet oc of diamond diamonds surround ing a turquoise albort unique in col cr or and else size 1 I remember assents shell dream fly tell rell mo me a tale sell at thi this moment interpose interposes meg laying her ared bead head with a restful elsh sigh upon the girl girle a plump shoulder hon lder 1 I III it tell you s talc tale meg bleg says her father tending down to kiss the child a white brow shell hag has promised to come COMO to champley Cl and live with ui us always what do you say to that 1 I PAY abee a brick remark remarks bob who has joined the ciree circle robert champley gave an amused glance at his bin promised wife and then they both break into a hearty peal of laughter THE END |
