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THRICE WEDDED. | 135 And he prayed that the day might come when the tables would be turned, and the miserable wretch brought to jus- tice. | ee CHAPTER XXITI. UNSUSPICIOUS TRAVELERS. Madame Alroyd and Dora had intended departing from the place where they had suffered so much, the day follow- ing the one on which Mr. Ellerton had visited them and obtained our heroine’s signature to that fatal document. But their plans were defeated; for on the morning set for their departure, madam awoke with one of her raging nervous headaches, caused by the excitement of the day previous, and from which she did not recover for several days. ‘Then a driving storm set in, which detained them three days longer. ‘Toward evening of the third day, however, the clouds dis- persed, and Dora begged her aunt not to delay their depar- ture any longer. Madam thought it rather late in the day to begin a long journey, but finally yielded to her niece’s persuasions, and ordered their carriage’to be got in readiness. The kind-hearted landlord was much distressed at this de- cision, for he knew it was unsafe for any one to travel in that part of the country during the night, and put forth every inducement ‘he could think of to make them defer their jour- Bee the following day. ut, no; Madame Alroyd said she wanted to get away from that ‘“‘horrible place” as soon as possible, and now that she -had made up her mind, she should not alter it; and in de- fiance of the anxious landlord’s protestations, they started, with only their driver for a protection, just as the last rays of the glorious setting sun faded from sight. They soon repented of their hasty determination, for they had not proceeded five miles upon their way when heayy | clouds overcast the before cloudless sky; the winds arose, and there was every indication of another severe storm, or a continuation of the’previousone. But they would not turn back. ake eee On they went, over the dark, rugged, mountain road, «2 - . ecom cEomicbooks