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He called at the office on his way to the railway station, and he was er with an exclamation of peculiar satisfaction "No one could

be more welco

for you There is bad news from Russia"

"My father?"

"Is very ill He took a severe cold in a night journey over the Novgorod

Steppe, and he is prostrate with rheuan to be ready to leave by to-night's train for Hull I think that

will be the quickest route"

"I can catch the noon train I will call in an hour for o myself"

"That is what I expected as soon as I saw you Have you heard that Miss

Ca for her?"

"She is at Druow every day to consult

with the Ayr doctor Her housekeeper, Mrs Leslie, is an old servant, she

ith Miss Ca says, she has with her a

young lady friend who never leaves the sick roo out to Drumloch, but that is now neither possible nor

desirable I could be of no use to Miss Ca to

my father"