"
"I'm trying," said the woman, "but I've been scared sick. I most
certainly would have died if you hadn't come to me and found the
medicine. Oh, that dreadful Susette! How could she?"
The clothing Kate had removed from the woman had been of finest
cloth and silk. Her hands wore wonderful rings. A heavy purse
was in her bag. Everything she had was the finest that money
could buy, while she seemed as if a rough wind never had touched
her. She appeared so frail that Kate feared to let her sleep
without knowing where to locate her friends.
"She should be punished for leaving you alone among strangers,"
said Kate indignantly.
"If I only could learn to mind John," sighed the little woman.
"He never liked Susette. But she was the very best maid I ever
had. She was like a loving daughter, until all at once, on the
train, among strangers, she flared out at me, and simply raved.
Oh, it was dreadful!"
"And knowing you were subject to these attacks, she did the thing
that would precipitate one, and then left you alone among
strangers. How wicked! How cruel!" said Kate in tense
indignation.
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