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Varrick's diamond bracelet, and had hidden it in the bottom of her trunk, intending to slip out the following day and dispose of it, thinking she would have plenty of time to do so ere its loss was discovered; but that in this she had miscalculated, as Mrs.
Suddenly as the light turned its full glare upon a small island midway up the stream, rendering each object upon it as clearly visible as though it were noonday, under the strong light Hubert Varrick's eyes fell upon a sight that fairly rooted him to the spot with horror.
The advertisement duly appeared in the leading New York papers, but as the days passed, all hope that she would be able to find Margaret was abandoned. In the third day after Hubert Varrick's departure, a long letter came for her. "What do you think I have for you, Miss Bain?" said the nurse. "Has the the letter come that Mr. Varrick said he would write?" she asked, eagerly.
I hear she is very, very ill, and that all of the servants, for some reason, have fled from the house. Even the nurse, for some reason, refused to remain. Oh, Mr. Varrick!" she repeated, eagerly, "let me go to her bedside and nurse her. She is out of her head, and will never know." Tears rushed to Varrick's eyes. "You are an angel, Jessie!" he cried, kissing her hand warmly.
Gerelda grew steadily more violent, and twice Varrick's life would have paid the forfeit had it not been for his watchfulness. With great difficulty he succeeded, with the doctor's assistance, in making the change from the train to the boat. That was how his wedding journey began. As night came on, the doctor touched him again on the arm.
Suddenly she sprang back with a wild cry that fairly froze the blood in Varrick's veins. "What has frightened you, Gerelda?" he asked, gravely; and the look she turned on him he never forgot, there was something so terrible in the gaze of those dark eyes.
Somehow the idea formed itself in Varrick's mind that it was Mrs. Northrup for whom the man asked. Had he thought for one moment that it was Gerelda whom the man had asked for, he would have stepped forth and inquired of him what he wanted. In a very few moments he heard the frou-frou of a woman's garments and the patter of hurrying feet.
"Have pity on me," moaned Jessie Bain, "and show me mercy!" "I will give you ten minutes to decide your future," was Mrs. Varrick's heartless reply. When the ten minutes had elapsed, Mrs. Varrick rose majestically to her feet. "No doubt you have decided ere this what course you intend to pursue," said Mrs. Varrick sternly.
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