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Guy seemed helpless as he stood on one side to let Jarvis approach the bed. Dexie came in at that moment with several hot cushions, and with their help they soon had the sufferer more at ease; but for the few minutes the sight of his agony was terrible to witness. "Don't go, Traverse; sit down for awhile; I shall soon be better," he said, as soon as he could speak.
"Guy, this is Mr. McNeil, a gentleman we used to know in Halifax. Mr. McNeil, Mr. Traverse." Hugh had not noticed Guy's entrance till Dexie turned to introduce him; consequently he felt slightly embarrassed, but Guy stepped forward with outstretched hand, and greeted him frankly and heartily. "Any friend of yours, Dexie, is sure to meet a welcome from me. Glad to know you, Mr. McNeil."
"I am going away, Dexie somewhere it matters little where so bear with me, for this is the last time I shall see you alone. I cannot stay here, knowing that others have obtained the happiness I longed for," and looking into her face, he added: "Is it really true, Dexie, that you are going to marry Lancy? I heard it to-day as a fact."
"Your double is not very much like you after all, Dexie," she said. "Her figure and style of walking are remarkably like yours, even to the poise of her head; her hair, too, is almost the same shade; the eyes and upper part of the face are similar: but the mouth and chin are her own they have no resemblance whatever to the true Dexie. It is the first sight that strikes one.
"Come into our house as soon as you can, Dexie," Cora called after her retreating figure. "We want you for something." What a feeling of relief her arrival caused! They had scarcely realized how great was the tension until their anxiety was removed. But all seemed to breathe more freely, and the preparations for the concert went briskly on.
"Dexie, my dear, calm yourself, and tell me what is the matter; you will make yourself ill. What is it all about, my dear?" Dexie pointed to the crumpled handbill that she had tossed under the table as she threw off her wraps, and her father stooped and picked it up, then smoothing it across his knee read the cause of offence.
Dexie left the watch in Lancy's care and went home, but she was present next evening when the lieutenant called to claim his property; and as he brought with him a letter of introduction from Major Gurney, he was well received, and his pleasant and affable manner won golden opinions from all.
I know you are prejudiced against me on account of Gussie; but give me time to prove that I am in earnest when I say that it is you that I love," and her hands were instantly imprisoned in his strong clasp, "and I love you, Dexie, with the intense love that a strong man feels for the one woman who is all the world to him, a love that is not to be compared with the boyish feeling that Lancy Gurney has for you.
"Traverse told me you were here, Dexie, and that I might come and say good-bye to you alone," and taking her hands in his own, added: "Dexie, if there should come a time when you need a friend, or if you should ever be in trouble, will you promise to let me know and let me be the one to help you? You know how gladly I would serve you." "Thank you, Mr.
After some delay, the shaft was strapped together, and they slowly pressed onward. "How far do you think we are from Halifax, Lancy?" Dexie asked, after they had travelled some distance through the drifts. "I can hardly say, Dexie, we have come so slowly; but I fear we are not more than halfway."
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