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WILD MARGARET, =——'169
Day’s shawl was dry; but Mr. Austin Ambrose was not
an ordinary man, and in an instant his acute brain was
hard at work.
If Mrs, Day had been out in the boat all night, as she
would have them believe, then her shaw] would have been
still wet; but as it was dry, then Mrs. Day must have been
Soinewhere to dry it, and Austin Ambrose felt, with that
kind of conviction which is more a matter of faith than
reason, that Margaret had been with her. |
e felt as certain as that he was walking along the road
that the Days had rescued Margaret from the rock, aud
had taken her to some place of safety, and that for some
reason, best known to themselves, the Days had agreed to
Conceal the fact, and lead the public to believe that Mar-
. Suret had perished.
That Wenn then crying,” he muttered to himself
as he walked alon g; ‘her eyes were as dry as the shawl!
0; Margaret is in hiding somewhere, and those Days
know where ‘Now, if Blair will only kindly pull-round,
Tam allright.” ”
When io the Holme, he learned that “Mr. Stanley
Was still unconscious, and that there had been no change
In his condition,
“Get some one from London,” he said to the old doctor,
with an energy which surprised him. ‘Get the best man
—the very best: we-must save him!”
‘You can send for Sir Astley,” said the doctor, quietly i
“but if we send for the whole college of physicians, they
can do no-more than we are doing. It is concussion of the
brain, and the poor fellow’s magnificent constitution will
ight for him far more effectually than we can. He shall
lave every attention, trust me.” .
Austin Ambrose acquiesced. Sir Astley might have seen.
lair, and. recognize him, and, in any case, might talk
about the affair when he got back to London, and cause
Inquiries to be made. ceived
So the days wore on. No man could have receivec
. more attention than Blair got at the hands of the old doe-
tor, whose interest in the case increased agit became more
Critical,
he house declared, ‘‘like a brother!” ~
he case still puzzled the doctor, and he went, one ay
and looked at the spot where Blair had been found; but the
feet of the people who had searched for him had blotted
Out the impression of the struggle between Pyke an
5 iain, and there was no trace left of the murderous as-
aule,
Chance had worked hard in Austin Ambrose 's behalf,
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