M. Martin.
"It is true, then! true as we surmised. Mrs. Stillwater was the unknown lady found unconscious in the dressing room of the Hudson River Railroad and taken to St. L——'s. Cora!"
"Yes, sir."
"Go and pack our effects immedately. I will go down and settle the bill and leave a letter of explanation for Sylvanus. Get your bonnet on and be ready. The carriage will be at the door in twenty minutes."
Cora hurried off to her room and to her grandfather's room, which adjoined hers, to prepare for the sudden journey. She quickly packed and labeled their traveling bags, and rang for a porter to take them down stairs.
Then she put on her bonnet and duster and went down and joined her grandfather in the parlor.
"Come," he said, "the carriage is at the door and our traps on the box. I have written to Sylvanus, telling him to join us at the Blank House, where we will wait for him."
He turned abruptly and went out, followed by Cora.
They entered the waiting carriage and were rapidly driven down to the ferry.
The boat was at the wharf. They alighted from the carriage and went on board.