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mum Ha had ms of his own to communicate, and that excited him, to the detriment of his faculty of ob- mvation. bourno; and as soon as he presents one he will be naughtâ€"that is, it be is rash «tough to present it himself. ilf he “‘3 a. dupe to do it for him, it (may take a longer time, but not much; he about ten mil“ away on the river, and them they murdered this morning- 'I “v P“. â€"wâ€" .â€" “Somo hmhranger, I suppose. Of course the object was theft; all the v 51113 roads whre bad, and they could not reach Picton beflore nightfall; at mt- an I suppose, for they camped in a tool as wall as a. rogue? “It is funny that we» should. not have heard of buahrangiers being in the migbbm'hood,” said Madge. “Captain From was out all the nig before last looking abault on the route the {Policemen We to take, in order to make sure that. all wws right; and. he bad sheen any dangerous nhumacters about, he would have sent an escort to meet the men, I suppose.” ”Ah? the bunhrangers must keep a. better lookout than the police magi- strate," said Mr. Benton. “They have brought the bodies to the inn; and I suppose Captain b‘rere wilhhoid an inquiry, though it is hamdly likely ' ll come of it besides unknown." . . "To the inn!” exclaimed Philw,w1th some irritation. ‘jl hope not; nonse or excitement may injure my patientl greatly, poor woman.” . “Oh, you have a patient at othe inn.” remarked Madge, faintly waned. “ is the fair Miss Jenny it ' " “th she; Miss Jenny is the goddess Bygeia. But they have a guest there, a. woman who has once been heautiflul, but has, it one mayjudge by appeal". - . ‘ suppose she was going up to the mines. But lknow she fainted after going out for a walk yesterday morning, and that she is now in a very weak and. feverish conditionffl If ‘_ - -_ ,‘-_‘~O" nfll'l‘l‘ 7w”, v “I know all that,” said Philip, with a. “\ no can ‘H W” BU!“ W W vuv _____--, ._V a nothlng about her beyond the fact that she tainted after going out for a walk yesterday morning, and that she is now in a very weak and. feverish condition." “Poor thing! its she young?” asked Madge. “Not very. About forty, I should think from her appearance. I think .1 ought to go and we her. The bustle may have '1an her. Miss Jenny-â€"-l know her!â€"- would go rushing up to the invalid‘s room to tell her oi “the murder," as it it were really a great treat. Besides, they‘ll probably want me to diagnose the nature of these two JCIIUWD w UM“ n pour ‘ 80 Philip, glad of the excuse for a grateful departure, went away, his some beamâ€"such is human nature, with its trophies balanced by straqge apd the two policemen. He was interested in the. mattn', and when one has a curl- osity to gratify, it is well to have the excuse 01'. official duties to justify its gratification. The innkeeper’s daugh- ter met him at the door; Her eyes were not dim, nor was her natural colour dusted; but. nevertheless, when she saw Meant up against the door post and gasped out: “0 doctor, I am film} to see you. Isn’t this a terrible} witness! It has made me quite faint!” For the goddess Hygeia, probably be- cause she had never had a days i11- neas in her life, had a great ambition to be copaidered an invalidâ€"a. weak- athor a at? I want 1W5. . “He is in the coach house. They’re there, and father is with Captain From. who is looking at them.” Philip m1! was not particularly de- nim- of ninth-r Mn From at H dreadful affair !’ ’ be ex- n Lhe bank of were found H at L“ maer ‘Vw W W “WV, {11d meet 'vâ€"uâ€"vâ€" .â€" Ho want to the coach-house, When: the two dead men lay. The had been stalwart fellows, moment of a more active habit than the b ueâ€"coated guardians of the peace at homeâ€"rough riders, who could find their way across an almost trackless country, andper- . y scrupulous wheth- er they took a; bushramger alive or deadâ€"men who have no place in a. fully civilized community, and in o, semi- some chamce wind of circumstance may move them towards good or evil; but brave glen, M'hotlhavmg undertaken a ,1. -_-;_- --..l- ’l‘hnm mule Wlww VV in“ vâ€" -4- - .___..~ move them Wards good or evil; but brave men, who. havmg undertaken a tank, disdharge it at any cost. These two Imad died in the fulfilment of their duty, and apparentl had died hard. The discharged .pisto , taken {roan Eh? ’ ‘ ‘ " Aâ€" --â€"--.- 4» n 1.1.10 “Mufibvu ' â€", -._ - cold, nervelees 111;;de one, {moved that he had tried, however vainly, to gre- robbery. - Dr. Sewvell nodded silently to the innkeeper and Captain Frere as be en- tered the coach house, A scant greet- ing suffices for the living when we are In the firesenoe of the dead, and be Sides, P ilip was not in the mood to er. Madge Bentons lover! What on earth could she see in that withered old stick? Philip asked himself, eyeing the captain with vigorous disfavour. Thepontempt was decidedly unjust. Lewxs Frere was a picturesque look- 0 _ IAAA but his dark eyes had that melancholy look which has a. certainl attraction for girls who have never known wou- ble themselves, and his long. silky pointed heard was in itself a feature, giving him something of the meat of the. h hâ€"bred gentlemen whose .porâ€" traits. an Dyak yainted for all time. . “This is a sad Sight, doctor,” said the mnkewer, after Philip had looked Sl- lently at the bodies for a. minute or two. “These poor fellows, full of health and strength only yesterday, fast asleep in oua' beds “Not quite,” said Philip, whose pro~ fessional eye had noted more than that of an ordinary observer. “Not quite what? Not murder- edfl’ . “0 yes, murdered. But they were not murdered last night. From all appearances, 1 should judge that they have been dead more than twenty- four hours. 8 -v“. “V'-FU “Nonsense! How can you tell that 2" exnlaimed Captain Frere sharply. _ - ‘J 'I O ' , , _--_. “Oh, the study of medical jurisaxru- denoe is not exactly a. waste of time; one learns a good (Meal by it,"" .an- swened Philip, in a. tone which, With- out obvious discourteey, indicated the sentiment, “Mind your own busmess’ and don’t; interfiere with mine.’_’__â€"_- "These two men must have been kill- 9d the night before Last,” he went on 111 a. more amiable tone; “and, by-tha- by,’ it’s funny, as you were om; on scoutâ€"duty that night, that you didn’t see a sign of the murderer. He must) 11:333. been somewhere in the neighbor- O .J . | ”vvu' ”J. was!) ’t out the night before last,’ " said breve, hastily; “I. was in my bed likgt‘he rest of you.” or. If. I‘--- " vâ€"v _vâ€"â€"' 'â€" “I beg your pardon. It was Miss Ren- ton Who said. you were out, and I took it for granted she had learned the fast from .you.” . . “Miss Benton is not my guard- lan. ’ “No; but I took it for granted that as your fiancee, she did not speak Wlfihogt authority, or at least know- Erene muttered an impreoation, which Philip took to be an expression of anger at his stupidity in thus ab- ruptly announcing an engagement which was supposed to be still secret, and the words whinh the captain at last addressed to him, “You are a good gossip monger, Dr. Seawall,” confirmed the motion in his mind. "I suppose I ought to apologise,” said Philip, “but as a marriage is a thing {or all the world to know, doubt- less ‘1 am anticipating your announce- ment only by a very short time. 1 can only say that I hope you will be worthy of Miss Benton’s love. Now, Birch. I think I will go and see my patient. Her heart is weak, and this fuss and excitement in the house may have injured her.” He went, 0111.; and Birch, turning ‘10 offer surprised congratulations Lowe Bahrain, saw that he was very .pale. “X011 look bad, captain,” hie exclmmed. “This sight. does make a man 1831 a 1m Queer. Come into the house and get a d_rqp 9f balandy.”‘_ ' n ‘ I f 2‘. a. 5 “A. W! V- Iv; “"“J u ":l confess I {would be glad of it," slid Emma, and they left the coach house. But the captain would not en- ter the inn. He threw himself down on a bench near the door, saying that the Iair revived him; and While Birch hurried away to bring the brandy, Miss Jenny, who was still leaning against the doorpost, panting a. little that the doctor had wasted so {cw words .on her. entered into conversation With him. Lil‘s-- “You do look illncaptain. Of course that sight would nge you a turn; and yqujye got 9. wk}, tog, haven’t you?” -IJ T nn‘nl‘ u ‘ “No; I haven’t. How could I catch cold?" he said, irritably, as if the idea. of a cold annoyed him. “Oh, I don’t. know," she returned. offended at, his tone. “'But seeing you‘ve had your throat wrapped for two days, it wasn’t such a strange idea. to get into my head, was it?” And she pointed 'to a silk handkerchief which the papyain wove folded closely around :1 l3 ”WA. Captain Fmre had apparently recov- ered his temper. “You’re right, Miss Jenny," he admitted; “I have aoold, but you see I‘m very touchy about confessing to such an old woman’s cogplaing." A-‘ “ , __.__“_:‘A n--_ “:“:-- his but you see I’m very touahy about Vail-{656... . . .. confessing to ouch an old woman’s “ion liked the doctor. didmt you? complaint." ~" . she asked when she returned to the Philip Sewell meanwhile was sitting guest. who had now seated herself .on holding his patient’s wrist with his the bench Captain Frere had occupled fingers on her pulse. He ‘had been the previous day. and seemed to be pleased to note when he first took it gratefully inhailmg the fresh autumn that 'it was calm and steady. But the air. . voices of the two wearers outside “I did indeed. he was so kind to me. floated up to the 0 Window of the a. stranger. and apptrently a poor one. room whom the m. wognenley, He is in every respect a gentleman." and It the sound tithe capta}n’s, the “Isn't he now I" exclaimed Miss Jen- “began-Isl: legptgnto e_qunek,tlut~ my. “huge on then Captain From. to LA. _. ”I. ‘1 --_.._- LLL. “â€" any inves‘t‘lga tion A. L]... 'ciomd'l catch as if the idea ip to himself, presérvinig “I countenanue the w vhile. “1 it Was From she came to It is evident that 1113 W" 15'1‘81'8 examJWJ. uuvu .. - _ , Nerds who had found the; dead bpd- ’05 lying near the exungugspod hre, and Dr. 5.3de who ocrtlhed that “110 men had died from wounds caused by a pistol bullet; and everybody look- ed. upon, the affair as over. It was a. racrnffnhla arcixiem't, a. thfixng _IO-l.‘.whioh ‘ The inquest; was 0111)’ lime examlmiy PM ed. upon. the affair as over. it “w. u regrettable accident. a. thfixng 10; which somebody ought to be hanged. if one only knew who that earnebody was; but it was over. and the excitement it had caused died away. Within eve'n1 twenty-four hours of the discovery of} the dead men, most pe0ple had found' something else to talk about. To many people Captain Exere’s en- gagement uttered a more ‘anItlng CUP- icâ€"to Miss Jenny Birch, for example. Whether gentleness of temperament be the cause or not, most women, dearly as they love sensation, would rather hear of a single marriage than of half- a-dozem deaths; and though Miss Birch felt annoyed. and in a sense ill-used, that Madge Remiton, who was five years her junior, and was, besidesâ€" shoe considemed~nlbsolutely plain, was to be married, she could not keep the objectionable topie (from her mindzmd tongue. She questioned her fathe minutely about the manner in which "the doctor” had aminownoed and “the captain" received the news; and made him repeat the story so often that at last 11!?» exclaimed irritably that he wished he had never said a. word about it. There was no question of. keeping the engagement 3. secret now; Miss Jenuny made that quite impossible by telling every one who entered the inn .j__. (“LA Arrt.r\+ Jennny made that quite impossible by telling every one who entered the inn to talk about the murder. The effect of this on minds which were fundamen- tally sanguinary was to confuse there- in: the clear and lucidâ€"howlieit imaâ€" gimary~picture of the murder they had held. by superimposing the loveâ€" story upon it; a process which result- ed in» one of those incongruous unions of people and events which mark our dreams, and find a physical exemplifi-l cation at times in those sarapâ€"work' tumo is represented against a back- ground of kitchen dresser. rich in wil- low-pattern plates. “If yaw go mnxmg up the marriage and the murder in that fashion, lass.” ;said old Birch to his daughter. “peoâ€" p-le'll go away thinking that the cap- tain murdered the policemen in order to marry Miss Benton.” “Well, father, you are a donkey!" ex- claimed Miss Jenny with great candour. “Who on earth would t'hlllllk that!” “Why, any one would, from the way you're chattering. ls there a single person who has been in the house to- kWh/4W5; up... _w_ .r_‘-r (lay whom you have not told ?” . Miss Jenny laughed. “0 yes; there 15-y011 didn’t exyect that. now! I haven’t told the 516k lady up~sturrs." “It's because you haven't. had a chance, then." “Well. maybe. The doctor said. I wasn’t to go up for fear of excltmg her. and gave old Margaret orders to look aft-er 1121'. Perhaps he thought like would draw to like," “said‘ Miss llx‘v vvvuLu “All" V Birch wuh 50mm irritatiun; for she re- sented bemg excluded from the strung- er's room. and tried to soothe hgrself by pretending that; Dr. Sewell wgsbed in SJMJ‘IR 'hpr the immunity (If wanting to spam her the, indignity of waiting on 0mg who Wild very probably a. 1' iLber cqmpamon ior old Margaretâ€"the maid- ot-all-wor'k of the, eastwblishmlent and an ex-convict. . “Now, this is very many,” . W” \J“ V'V‘“v 0‘77. Miss Jenny did not mind escaping the task of waithug upon the luvapd; but shy, felt wronged at not huvmg the Opportunity 01 retailing her news. It almost spoiled bar sleep that: mght. 30 feel that she had thus tailed m her uty. uuog. With the morning. thowever. 0913,01" tun‘lty came. Miss filroh» 'wus lounging at her favourite post at the front door, When the (strange lady .cnxne downâ€"stairs dressed for walking. She walked slowly with one hand pressed to her side. as if she feared that any exertion would cause her pain; and the lines round her mouth and between her eyebrows told of suffering already endured and the expectation of more. 'she hull once had a. delicate prettiness of flaxeln hair and blue eyes, the sort of beauty which seldom outlasts youth. and which in her. disease, and 1;roua-‘ lily enough hardships of another kind,; had destroyed bOOIllaI' than usual. ller clothes were poor and worn, and she oeeuned COHb'ClOUS of their meanness; yet she had that air of refinement which no women never wholly lost-cs who has once possessed it. and which made even Jenny Birch, who preferred to judge people and things. by “half surface aspect. treat her With respect. “Are. you going out, ma'um?’ she {Island in mirnrisg. seeing the stranger’s “Aré yo‘u‘ gbing 01,1" 1113' asked in surprise. seemg the feeble steps. 9 ___.. _ ‘- H CHAPTER II- held. Captain witnesses-7mg Y9" Bald Phil" an immovable “1 wonder if Picton to 1:588? captain." “What do you mean? \Vhat are you saying ‘3" The lady had started from her seat and caught Jenny's hand. Het body was swaymg with. weakness. but he: vozoe was firm and Impergous. “T91! " ash." cried agam. V “Why! that MingancOn the pur- (Ml-ul- 1“ may, no.) yum..- w - But apparezn ly there was, for the lady’s grasp relaxed, and it Miss Jenny had not caught her in her strong round arms, she would have fallen to the ger. Jenny carried 'her back to her room and laid her on the bed she had lately quitted, then calling old Margaret to attend to 'her. she ran herself for the the doctor. . “It's all my fault 1" she said militant- ly, when she (had explained what had occurred. "Though I dom't see yet why Miss Beg‘tqn's mrriage should up- 'L _ w...” in Inn uncut- “(fly ”1.1.55 lucu'vvu u mâ€" "'9- , _ set her so. But it seems to be upset- ting everybody.” she added with a glance at; Philip. who had winced a lit- Lle when she spoke of, Madge; {or even- in bear distress at the strange lady's (hunger, Miss Jenny was woman en- ought to feel annoyedâ€""riled," as she pthlmaed it-at Miss Reinton having won the hearts of both the most desirable men in Picton. ‘L:â€"â€"‘A" aunl“ men in 1: UL' Luu. Philip hurried to 'his patiem't, and having forbidden her L0 leave her bed for several days, went off on has rounds which this fume were to include a journey into the bush that; would take two days. 7 “r...“ Lnnlr La‘l‘SlB' LWU uaja. . I 11 see you as soon as I come back! to-lmorrow evening." he promisedfi “meanwhile, you must not be guilty of any more such rashness as this‘ morning's work." She smiled, but did not answer, per- haps because she 'was too weak. 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