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WILD MARGARET, TB
upon the woman he bad loved and lost, at others lying in
a stupor which was. Death’s twin sister. .
As soon as he was able to walk with the aid of a stick,
Blair got out of the house unnoticed and made his way to |
-Appleford. -
Pale and trembling, he stood on the beach and looked at
the rocks where Margaret had been seen—looked until his -
eyes grew dim, then he crawled back to the cottage.
“Vou have been to Appleford?’’ said Austin, who had
watched him. Co
Blair lifted his heavy eyes. a
“Yes, Lhave been to Appleford,” he said, in a hollow .
voice. “I have seen the last——’’ he stopped, and_ his
breath came and went in quick gasps. ‘‘ Austin, while I
live, my poor darling will be with me in my thoughts, but —
—but never speak her name to me. Never! I—TI could
not bear it.” -
a “Yes! murmured Austin Ambrose, sympathetically. »
. “TY understand. You will fight your sorrow like a man,
Blair. Time—Time, the great healer—will close over even
80 great a wound as yours, and you will be able to speak
of her, poor girl.” 7 3
Blair looked before him with lack-luster eyes. oe
-* Do you think that a man who had been thrust out of
Heaven could ever learn to forget the happiness he ad
lost?” he said, in a low voice. 2 While life lasts I shall
remember her, shall long to go to her! That is enough,”
he added sternly; ‘we will never speak of her again!”
CHAPTER XX. —
Wuat passed in the cabin of the
between the two women, Mrs. Day never
- her husband.
In the morning, while
coast, she went to the capt
her husband might be taken as near Appleford
that they might get back in their boat. .
“My cousin will remain on board, Captain Daniel,” she
said. ‘‘She will go with you across the Channel, and land
at the first French port.’”
Captain Daniel whistled. . oo.
“You settle things easily, Mrs. Day,”’ he said, with a
half smile; ‘‘ how do you know I'll take her?” .
“You'll take her for my sake and your own,” said Mrs.
Day quietly. ‘‘ For mine because we are old friends, for
- yours because if she landed in England there'd be ques-
tions asked about the Rose of Devon that might be awk-
Ward to answer.”
Rose of Devon
told, not even to
‘the Rose was sailing along the-
ain and requested that she an
as possible,
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