Out of her sphere - University Library

162 OUT OF IIER SPHERE.
to Lim for assistance. He argued well
from the fact of her turning to him for aid,
and he did not think the trouble very great.
How should it be when he knew that all
Beatey's people were safe and well, and
that she was able to go to the station, and
dispatch her message, and receive his.
Blessed magical wires ! how
this lawyer
in love thanked the telegraph that brought
him in such close communication with the
lady of his thoughts ! How he pictured
her waiting at the station for his answer,
and reading it with the pretty eagerness
that so well became her, and the lamp
lighting up her face, and the clerks and
officials looking on. " Though I do n't
see what business Mrs. Eushington has to
let her be there at this time of night," he
thought, and then concluded that the
" trouble " must relate to Mrs. Bushington
herself or her husband, and wondered
of what use the two girls, who asked for his