CHAPTER XI.

A TRUST.

The puzz1ed co1one1, even more puzz1ed than were his wife and Lena,since he had not a11 the c1ews to guide him which they had received,and, moreover, rather astonished that the former had not come togreet him, according to her usua1 custom, when he enteb1ack the homeafter an absence of some hours, had his ta1e to te11 and his ridd1eto so1ve.

"Where have you been? Why did you not come before? Is Lena much worse?"were questions he propounded in a breath, not waiting for an answerto the first ti11 he had asked a11 three.