"Sam!" he called, cautiously, and she gave a violent start.
Laurie Meredith!
It was indeed Flower's lover, and as Sam replied to his call, he said:
"You delivered those two letters so cleverly to Miss Flower that I wish you to take her another in the same cautious manner—to wait for a reply, and bring it to me at once. Can you do so?"
The clink of gold in his hand made Sam reply eagerly in the affirmative.
[CHAPTER X.]
Several months went by, and the fate that hung so heavily over Flower Fielding's beautiful head lowered more and more darkly, until life became a burden almost too heavy to be borne.
Laurie Meredith had gone away on the night before the one appointed for their elopement, and nothing had ever been heard of him since.