Her aunt was awakened and ran to her room.
"What is it, Alice? Dreaming again?"
"Yes, the same and yet different. I saw a big man raise a club and
strike Quincy on the head. He fell and I awoke."
Aunt Ella grew cynical. "Why didn't you wait long enough to see the
effect of the blow?"
"Oh, Auntie," and Alice burst into tears. "What shall I do?"
"I know what I'm going to do. I shall send for Dr. Parshefield and
have him give you a sleeping potion."
The next day Alice began making preparations for her journey. Aunt
Ella's arguments and appeals were in vain.
"I must go," said Alice. "Where, I do not know, but God will direct
me."
"God won't do anything of the kind," exclaimed Aunt Ella.
Her patience was exhausted. Then her manner changed. She accepted the
inevitable, and did all she could to help her niece. One thing she
insisted upon, and that was that Alice should have a companion. One
who could speak French and German was found and Alice started upon
her quest into, to her, unknown lands.
CHAPTER XXIII
"BY THE BEAUTIFUL BLUE DANUBE"
Alice did not tell Aunt Ella where she was going. To have done so
would have led her aunt to say that it was foolish to go there, for
although she aided Alice in getting ready for her journey she was
decidedly opposed to it. In fact, in her own mind she called it "a
wild goose chase.
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