She jmt her ear to the' door to make
certain that I was asleep ami wanting
nothing. Hearing no sound of life in
my room, she entered it, and found the
bed untenanted ami me gone. Proba
bly she was even more frightened than
she owned to being. She knew all
about my despondency and complain
ings of Die last few days, and I have no
doubt but her first fear was that 1 had
destroyed myself. She started in search
of me. and at once recognizing the im
possibility of finding me without assist- ;
anee, turned to that first and last re
source of an English-woman in such a
difficulty the police. Having told her j
talc at the nearest station, and by en
treaties, and by enlarging on my in- ■
firmity, made/known the urgency of
the case, and secured sympathy, tele
graphic messages were sent to other poi
lice stations asking if any one answer
ing to my description had been found. !
Priscilla waited upon thorns until about
live o'clock in the morning, when a re
ply came from the other end of the ■
town. It stated that a young man who
appeared to be blind, and who was cer
tainly drunk and incapable, had just
been brought in.
