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VOLUME 1 XL.
"BM I's tired of the kitty;
Want some ozzer ling to do,
Writing letters, ts 'on, mamma?
Tan't I write a letter, too I,"
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Then I said, 'Now, little letter,
4o away and bear good news;'
And I smiled, as down the staircase
Clattered loud the little shoes,
(novil-75
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Some months passed on ; the dark
whiter days were over, and the fresh,
balmy spring weather brought with
it brightness and hope. This was a
period or much enjoyment to Ruth.
Captain 'Sinclair had been longer at
home than usual ; his wife's health
seemed 6i improve,' and with it her
temper ; at all events, she was now
generally kind to her -governess,
-though Ruth sometimes thought that
this was to boattributed to her hus
band's influence. Mrs.. Montserrat
never held the same position when
the captain was at home,.and, conse•.
fluently, she evidently hated him. In
deed, Ruth more than once suspect
ed that the control which the house
keeper maintained over her mistress
was often irksome to her; but
naturally of an indolent disposition,
Mrs. Sinclair was powerless, even it
she desired it, to struggle against her;
while very adroitly .did Mrs. Mont
serrat'fall -in with her failings, and
with consummate skill and persever
ance mend 'anew and coil _afresh. the
thread that might on any occasion
have been weakened or broken
through. The housekeeper now sel
dom came in contact with Ruth at all;
but the jealous soreness as regarded
the children, and her lost power over
them, esppcially with respect to Ger
trude, ra kled bitterly in the woman's
heart ; aid circumstances that occur-
I ed just pt this. time brougll it out
more prominently.' There-were many
beautiful walks about Oaklands; but
the I;ne that was a favorite with Ruth
and the childien . was a long avenue,
which ran throng!' the; i wood that
gave the place its name, and skirted
-the" lake before mentioned, and then,
by a small wicket-gate communica
ted with the road, forming a short
cut to the house for any one coming
in that diAction.,
One fine April, day, the governess
and the children: lt;f1 gone out for
their accustomed exercise. Both
Gertrude and Alice-were but jOst re
covering from bad colds; and Mrs.
Sinclair !it'd been particular in her
directions4.hat they were i to keep to
the walks, and not. venture on grass
that might be damp from the showers
of the: season. They bad gone, as
usual, along their favorite route, and
had reached a turn where the broad
walk left -the shade of the trees, and
ran between the lake and the grove.
" I .declare," said Gertrude, " there's
Margebrite coming . from Common
Cross. • I heard mamma giving hex a
message to take there.' May 'I run
to meet her, Miss Morrison ?"
Jan. 1, 1875
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TOWANr DA, PA.
Before Ruth could well reply, Ger
trude was off, while Alice looked
wistfully after her. As Mrs. Mont
serrat came on, holding Gertrude by
the hand, Ruth saw that she had
given something to the child; and as
they drew nearer, the housekeeper,
taking no notice of Ruth, beckoned
Alice towards her: and was procee&,
idg to fill the little girl's hand with.
comfits from a paper bag. when Ruth'
gently : interposed: " Pardon me,
Mrs. Montserrat;, but these young
ladies have not been well lately, and
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PAPA'S LETTER.
I was sitting In my study,
Writing letters, when I heard,
"Please, dear mamma, Mary told me t,
Mamma musn't be Isturbed,"
",Nut now, darling, mamma's busy,
Itun and Way with kitty now."'
"No, no, mamma., inn write *ten—
Tan if you will (how tue boitr."
I would paint niy darling's portrait,
i;.as his sweet eyes searched my face—
Hair of gold and eyes of azure,
form of chlldlsh,,wltehing grexe.
But - the eager face Waa clouded,
As I alnivlyalmult my bead,
Till I said. •• l'lt make a letter
Of you, darling boy, Instead."
So I parted bark - the tresses
From his forehead high and white,
And a stamp In sport- 1 pasted
•Mid - its waves of golden light.
Leaving me, Ito- darling. hurried
Down to Mary in his glee ;
Mamma's writing lots of letters—
I's a letter,,Mary—see !"
NO one heartr,the little prattle'r,
As once more be clime,' the stair,'
Readied the little cap and tippet,
Standing t n the entry !Mir.
No one heard the trout door open,
No one saw the golden hair,
Ai it !Mated o'er his %Madders,
I n the crisp October air.
lAwn the street the baby hastened,
Till hr reached the °Mee door;
" l's a let hi', Mr. rostMan
Is there room for any more?"'
"'Cause dfs lefty's going to papa,
j_bana lives with 6,4 'ou know,
Mamma sent me for a letter;
Does 'ou. fluk at 1 tau go?"
But the cleric In wonder answered
Not to -day, my little man."
"Ben I'll find anozzer office;
'Caine I must,go LI I tan:'•
Fah. the clerk would have detained him,
But the pleading face was gone, •
and the little feet were hastening,
By the buoy crowd ',wept en.
Ittpidenly the eroad was parted,
People tied to left and right,
As a pair of maddened homes
At this tnotueut dashed fa sight.
No one saw the baby figure—
No one saw the goictetChair,.
7111 a voice of frightened sweetness
Rang out on the autumn air.
'TwaN too late—a moment only
. Stood the beauteous vision there;
The'. the little fare lay lifeless,
Covered o'er with golden hair.
Reverently they raised my dkling,
Bratty , ' :may the curls of gold,
Saw the stamp uprin'the forehead,
run Ing now so ley cold.
t a mark the fare disfigured,
Slmwit.g where the foot - had trial; _
But the Mtle life was ended,—
"l'ara's letter" was with God.
—Burlington lintrkr-ye
4 . rkekd Vale.
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RUTH MORRISON,
[CONTINUED:]
CIIAI'TER 111
Mrs. Sinclair would not wish them,
I know, to eat sweetmeats." f
Ruth's desire elicited no reply or
attention of any kind, save that the
housekeeper's arm, trembled as she
continued to pour out the -bonbons
into Al icel4a
,hand.
" Children I desire that .you will
nat eat these things without your
mother's rermission," said Ruth, in
a more determined tone.
Alice, ever ready to respond to the
leak- intimation from her governess,
let the comfits drOp cm the walk.
" There, you bele," exclaimed
Mrs. Montserrat, angrily, and push
ing the child away from her: "go;
alivays be a fool: Come with'
me Gerty.; you're not such a little
stupide and she seized the elder
girl's hand, and _ turned from the
walk towards a field, through which
a pathway led 'more directly to the'
house.
" Stop; Gertrude!" exclaimed her
governess, who was now excited and
annoyed. "I must beg Mrs. Mont
serrat, that you will leave the child
with me; her mother has given posi,
tive orders that she is not to go on •
the grass, and - 1 desire you not to
take her from me."
4 You desire ."' returned the house
keeper, in a voice that shook with
anger, while herthin lips quiver,ed and
grew pale. "And who arc t you,
pray ? or- whO gave you authority
over me, I'd like to know? - took
those children where, I chose.befure
your handsome face ' shone upon us
here, and, ma foi, I'll take them still;"
and.surveying Ruth with a look: of
ineffable scorn, she grasped 'Ger
trude's hand so forcibly that the
child winced from the pressure, anal
swept by Ruth towards the fieid'r
ferred to. Ittith• saw that there was
no use in further remonstrance, and
Returned silent and irritated along
the oak-walk towards the house, Mrs.
Montserrat still holding Gertrude's
hand as in a vise, and almost drag
ging her after her, for - the child was
frightened at the altercation that had
taken place, and was hanging back.
" Conic on, do!" exclaimed the house
keeper panting with indignation, and
she strode over a high stile into the
'adjoining field, lifting Gertrude in
her arms. On they went in silence,
broken - only by Mrs. I Montserrat's
occasional French invectives that be
trayed the turbulent current of her
thoughts: She was- walking rapidly
—so -rapidly that the little girl was
obliged to trot beside her, and 'with
her eyes bent down, when suddenly
Gertrude stopped short, with an ex
clamation of alarm that -caused her
to turn on her with a frown, and ask
what ailed her.
" Look !
.look !" said the terrified
child, pointing to one end of the
large field, the middle of which they
had reached. A bull was coming on
quickly towards them, pawing the
I ground, snorting, and showing un-
mistakable sympt6as of mischief.
Mi. , :ericorde?" exclaimed the
woman, with a face that became
white from fear. "quick, child,
come this way ;" and dragging Ger
trude on, she commenced a retreat in
an opposito 'direction to that they
had been taking. The effetiCof
course was to accelerate Considerably
.the movements of the dangvous
animal; in fact, from a brisk' '-chit he
instantly broke into a canter.
"Run, child, run !" shrieked.; tie
houSekeeper, rapidly disengaging leer
hand from Gertrude's anti concerned
only for her owl; safety.
" Oh, don't leave me, Marguerite,
don't leave me!" cried Gertrude;',
but Mrs. Montserrat, deaf to .every
consideration-but one, flew towards
that side of the enclosure that offer
ed the speediest escape. Having suc
ceeded in reaching and rapidly,clam
bering, over the boundary-wall
,ofthe
mil, she plunged into the grove, and,
though perfectly safe, continued her
.course with undiminished speed,
until 'she stood gasping and exhaust
.eds in her own room at Oaklands.
Meanwhile, Gertrude remained for.
an instant stock-still, paralyzed with
fear, and then, with one wild shriek,
rare as fast as. she could toward the
walk, where she had so unfortunately
left her governess. Ruth and A lic
had been slowly, walking on by the
lake, when the first note* of alarm
reached their ears. " What is that ?"
asked Alice.
"Oh 'tis from the road responded
Ruth. who was at the instant too
chafed in spirit to pay much atten
tion to anything ; 'hut soon anotlnh
sharper thy attracted their attention.
••• Miss Morrison," exclaimed Alice,
" that's Getty, I am sure. I suppose
that Marguerite is beating her." The
same thought flashed upon Ruth's
mind too. .
'• Stay here, Alice,' she said quick
ly, " don't stir from this walk until I
come back ;" and she *Moved hastily
towards the field. Very soon the re
newed screams, of the child warned
her that some greater
was
than
she had imagined impendimr,
and running with all her might, she
cro , sed the field, almost at- the in
stant that Gertrude hair turned, and
.was fleeing on, with the bull in full
pursuit. Huth at once forsaw that,
her own position would be one of ex:
treme danger if she went on ; but
without a single thought for herself,
she rushed towards the child.
" 0 save me. Miss ,Morrison—save
me !" were entreaties now mingled
with the wilder cries of terror. "
considerable distance still intervened
between the little and her gov
erness, while the bull was eadl7 in
stant drawing nearer to . the former.
An old , c tump of apee just then trip
ped Gertrude in h 0 flight, and after
an ineffectual effort to recover her
self, she fell headlong to the ground.
All seemed lost for the ill-fated child,
as the animal, tearing along, cam
np with her before she could attempt
to ripe ; when Ruth, struggling for
ward, in an agony raised a roar in'
imitation of , his own, though her
tongue was parched and her throat
dry with the., sickening sensation of
fear. The bull was bending down to
attack the alnnost senseless form be
for him, *hen this strange sound
drew his attention,; he lifted 'up his
head, tossing it furiously, and glared
upon Ruth, as She undauntly faced
him. Re stood for a second or two
irresolute, when the governess quick
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ly opened her parasol, and twirled It
in,. his face. The animal ' retreated
several paces at this unexpected on
set, and Ruth called earnestly to
Gertrude to get • up and - run to the
oak-walk to Alice, and that she would
keep ott 'the bull. The . hope of de
liverance aroused the poor child; She
scrambled to her feet, calling mit as
she ran : " 0 Miss Morrison, you'll
be killed, you'll be killed . I"
."'Don't . mini me,' Gerty ; run as
fast as you can." And it, would no
doubt have fared but ill with Ger
trude's heroic protector, as the ter
rible-animal was recovering his self
possession, and preparina for a fresh
assault, when 'Captain Sinclair, ac
companied by a • workman who was
with him in the wood, attracted by
the cries and commotion, appeared
most opportunely upon the ft bene,
and not a moment to soon, extricat
ed Ruth from certain destruCtion.
The whole _party- returned to the
house weary and exhausted after the
alarm and excitement.
Mrs. Montserrat, the cause of the
entire misadventure, waited in con
siderable uneasiness until she ascer
tained that all were safe, when she
.quickly repaired , to Mrs. Sinclair,
and tried to make good her own
story, and to ;exculpate herself from.
her share in the transaction. She
succeeded to a certain. extent, for a
tithe, as Gertrude, who could perhaps
alone have explained the matter
fully, was for some days confined to
bed, ; threatened with fever, from the
shock she had sustained. Her father,
however, afterwards elicited the full
account from' her in Mrs. Sinclaies
room, and Ruth and Mrs. Montserrat
were both present by his command.
IV hen all was disclosed, exactly as it
had oe(mrred, Captain Sinclair, in
the sternest manner, told the house-,
keeper what his opinion of her con.:
duct was, and that the slightest inter
ference for the future with Miss Mor
rison would ensure her dismisSal .
from Oaklands. " And I hope," he
continued, turning to his child, that
you; Gertrude, will never forget that
Miss Morrison saved you from a
most shocking death, at the peril of
her own life as your father, trust
that I never - And thc.voice
in which he spokewas one of deep
emotion as he shook Ituth , warmly
by the hand. ,
Whether Mrs. Sinclair fully par
ticipated in her husband's gratitude,
it was hard to know ;' she thanked
Ruth, it is true, but in feeble terms
compared with what 9,ie circumstan
ces demanded ; and she certainly did ,
-not seem in the least altered towards,
her housekeeper, notwithstanding thej
selfish pusillanimity she had display
ed. Her husband did not, however,
let the matter rest in words, but
some (Iva after presented Ruth with
'a beautiful gold watch and chain, the
gift he'said, of himself and his wife,
a small token of their esteem and re
gard ; while on the back was engrav
ed, under: Ruth's name, their joint
initials. Ruth, however,, while she
thanked both alike, -was satisfied 4 hat
Mrs. Sinclair was passive in the be
stowal of this handsome present.
Two results followed from the
day's events: one, most gratifying to
her goVerness, that the link between
her and Gertrude—who had - hitherto.
been always more att'acted to Mrs.
Montserrat—became.from that tiroc
stronger, as the child, was fully con
scious of the difference in the way in
which each had acted in the hour of
danger; the second., was a yet deeper
hostility and dislike in the mind of
the housekeeper towards. tier. Not
( many days subsequent to the en
counter with the buil,. Ruth was Sit-
ting on a scat in the verandah. The
day was warm, and she had been
reading ; Captain and. Mrs. Sinclair
were both out, and her pupil's were at
work in a garden of their own at the
other end of the building. Ruth had
,nearly fallen asleep over her book,
when she was roused by Voices close
to her ; the window of .the dining
room that looked into the verandah
was open; and the speakers we're:in
that room. She did not at first, in
that dreamy 'state that she was in,
recognize wlo they were, or what
they were sa: t ing, but her attention
t
was soon arrii - r ted by detecting Mrs.
' Montserrat's tone.: -" Now, Joshua,"
were the first: words she eaught," I
can't, nor 'won't stand this much
longer. Will yo& soon be able Co
manage what we w4e settling about?"
" Patience, patience, Mrs. M.," re
turned the butler; ." things Must take
their course fora little. Pm on the
watch-Lbelit‘ e me, I'm on the watch.
Rome, you - Now, wasn't built in a
day." 1
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'‘,Tut,.nonsense,Anan," replied the
othr, speaking angrily; "you_ don't
know the torture I'm in. That girl
r —Perdition to her !" and she hissed
the words through -her shut teeth—
"foils -me, at every turn. 'Tis as
much as I can do to- hold my own
with my idiot of a mistress! She's
ipiite _changed to me of late; and.
.there's Gertrud.e,,that I could do any
'thing with. and that, was My strong
point with - the mother—that one,
since the unfortunate business of the
bull; is turned against me. I'll not
fest, I swear, until I have revenge."
"By .love, Mrs. MP' exclaimed
the butler with a low laugh, "3 ou
gavedeg-bail with a vengeance' when
the bull came down upon you."
"'Push, fool! who'd stand to
gored, Pd like to know, for the as
of a puling child.? But. Joshu.
slie added, more softly, laying h
,
hand upon his arm,' " Will you soon
be able to do. What you' said ?" '*
"Rush, Mrs: M.; hush, for God's
sake; walls have cars;" and that
single - expression _ startled Ruth into
the recolleetidn that she was oceupy
ing'the position of an eavesdropper.
She rose qukkly from her seat.
" They shall see me, - at any rate," she
thought; and walking--forward, elm
passed through the open window in
to the -diningrootri. Mrs. Montserrat
was standing with her back to Ruth
as sheentered; the butler .was facing
her; a decanter Of- wine was open on.
the sideboard ; and the man had a
tumbler half-full of sherry in his
band The look of consternation on
the flee of Marks made the house=
keeper turn round with xi start._ See.
ing - Ruth coming in with her bonnet
on, and a book in . her hand, it never
REGARDLFM OF DENUNCIATION FROM ANY QUARTER.
for an instant occurred to her that'
she might have been a listener to any
of their conversation ; her only. anx
iety eeemed to be to cover the but
ler's retreat, and to turn Rath's at
tention from the wine he was'dritik-
P
er With the self-possession' this
woman could, in ,general, command,
and lie!tii,a hypocritical smile playing
roundi her thin lips, she moved for
ward between Ruth and Marks.
" Pin just preparing medicine for
madame. It , is a warm day; will
mademoiselle try,a glass of wine I ,
" No, thank you," replied -Ruth,
with marked coldness, as she passed
from the room through the door at
whsch Marks had just rapidly vanish
ed: " What can these creature's be
plotting?" thought Ruth. "Nothing
good; lam sure. For myself, I defy
that woman's malice. Ought I," she
continued in her own mind,.to speak
about the wine?" She was a little
perplexed as to what she had better
do ; but had determined On telling
Captain or Mrs. Sinclair, when, that
same evening, while she wus with the
little girls and their mother in the
boudoir, the housekeeper came in,
and in the course of conversation,
turning to her mistress with it laugh,
she exclaimed :
" Only think, Madame, what I did
to that bete Marks to-day ; I was
inakingyour bitters, and I gave him
some of the dregs, pretending that it
was wine. Oh, if you but saw him
w hen he gulped it down,! Mon diet
the face of him It Was that time,
Mademoiselle, you renieinber, when
you came in, and that he ran of in
such a hurry." • •
The children „laughed, and Mrs.
Sinclair said slul tfoped that bile had
not wasted much of her medicine.
Mrs. Montserrat cast. a stealthy took
of triumph at which implied :
" I have foiled you now, if . you in
tended. mischief." She knew well
that'sbe had not deceived the gov-'
bus. she guarded thus skillful
ly againsti;►ny complaint that might
be prejudicial to herself. Ruth often
mndered over the disjointed frag
nents of conversr.tiou that she had
werheard, hut could make nothing of
them. She determined to be on the
alert and to endeavor to detect or
subvert whatever machinations her
- foes might
,have in view ; but some
months passed 'on, and as nothing
transpired again to arouse suspicion,
the eireutnstanee almost taded , frOm
her reeolleetitin.
- One (lay tOwards the close of the
summer Captain Sinclair returned
home after a short Nisit to Dublin.
Next morning he met Ruth Morrison
in the garden with her pupils; and
sending them to Mrs. St. Sinclair, he
told their teacher that he wished to
speak with her for a few minutes.
Accordingly they turned down one
of the walks, and after a short pail's()
the captain addressed Ruth with a
smile: Miss Morrison. I met a par
ticular friend of yours in Dublin last
week." •
" Of mine!" exclaimed Ruth, sur
prised. "I have very few friends in
the world now."
" Well, this peison, at all events,
is a sincere one. I knew something
of him before, and was very glad to
make his acquaintance.'!
In au instant the tell-tale flush suf
fused the whole girl's lace, and she
hung down her •head without reply
ing, fur she guessed at once that it
was to Ferdinand Munroe Captain
Sinclair referred.
" Yes," resumed her companion,
interpreting by her confusion that lie
was understood ; " it is to Mr. Mun
roe that 1 allude. He told me of
your mutual engagement, Miss Mor
rison, and 1 was rejoiced to hear it.
I know that he bears the highest
character. And is considered in his
profession to be a young man of firsts.
class ability."
" Is• he quite well ?" asked •Ruth,
in a low, tlthid voice.
quite rell. lie told me, like
wise, of the prohibition that,you had
entOrced '.against correspondence.
Now, my deAr young friend, I can
quite underspand and respect your
feelings; but t you must allow me to
act as a parent or guardian for you
in this matter. I have taken on my
self -to break this unnatural silence
between' you; just as well, perhaps,
that- it has been so hitherto ; you
might have :been exposed to prying
curiosity and annoyance "—and here
Captain' Sinclair spoke with some
vexation in his manner—"but I shall
guard you-from that. here," added
he, taking a sealed letter from his
• pocket., " 1 am very glad to b 54,11 :
bearer . of this to you ; and y'iwypt4ll
-intrust me with your reply; I shall,
send it untkr cover; in fact, Miis
Morrison, l i et your correspondence
pass to and fro tiarengla my hands,
and no onofelse need be the wiser.",
Ruth seized the precious letter
with avidity, and again cordially .
thanked her kind friend for,the,affec- -
.tionate concern he had trianyeked.
w, Mrs. Montserratt was sitting
.
s very time in :Mrii.'St. Silliclair's
b o dOir, at one of the Windows that
looked. out ' uponi4,l4' garden ; She
noticed *tit , a per; of bitter auli
jealous resenimene4-as she had 1.
ways - di:hie—Rapt:ran Sinclair's fifend- •
Ifinaaneilitßuth, when they met
tmdern
~atli the window,; .and she
watch . car intently as they went
slowly"
*
the walk, observing,that
• the chi , n had been previously sent
in.l'iiitly she wished that, she
oduldVerbear what they were say
ing ; -olliii.as if to
_atone for her , ears
being . * this case Useless; she put her
eyespoilt double duty. " 'Von • my.
word!" she`ejaculated,as . she observ
ed t ''',. p, and Ruth looking down
ppo
con - y;."bien irq Lien vra iincl l nt 1"
.I 'could scarcely be said that On
actual suipiCion of anything wrong
was,•elfor 'a moment, harbored by
_the I) keeper, but she lbreed her
self to Welke that she had grounds
for , such en idea. So close was the
intelisor
se tiny, that her mistress,
. attracteß • b " - the muttered
% -exclama
tion, had as ed her twice what she
was looking at before she heard her.
In an instant t e housekeeper saw
'• the opportunity- o for deadly mis
chief. .
- i
" 0 Maclaine, I .was ortktobserv
ing,'.' - she said , -.with a Isiunip" how
1,; ''''
, •
CHAPTER IV
glad Miss Morrison seemed to be to
meet, the captain again, after his--long
absence!"
"His long nonsense. What do
you mean ? -He has been only-a fort
night away." -
" Well, ,na fai, you'd think, mad
ame, if you had seed them meet down
there in the garden, that they had
not seen vach. other for six long
'weeks!"
"I do not understand you, Mar
guerite," said Mrs. Sinclair, angrily ;
" I beg that you. will not speak of
Captain Sinclair and the
. governess
in that way."
" Pardon, ma there mailreese," re
plied the other, softly ;. " butt only
look out there yourself.. I wouldn't
for the world say or think 'a word
about the dear master, I'm sure; but
few know her is well as I do,"
Mrs. Sinclair glanced uneasily in
the direction indicated by Mrs. Mont
serrat. Her husband, was walking
beside Miss Morrison, and speaking
evidently in an earnest and confiden
tial manner ; while just as they reach
ed the end : of the walk she saw that
he handed something to her,
though
what it was they were too far off. to
detect. The housekeeper remarked
with. malignant triumph the 'effect
upon her mistress, for although she
turned away -saving coldly that, of
course Captain Sinclair was. giving
the governess some orders about the
children, two burning spots rose in
stantane?usly to her cheeks.
" That bait took, at any rate," 'was
Mrs, Mon taerrat's exulting soliloquy;
"and, my Word for it, she shall Lave
another bite iii!fore long. I'll ruffle
the plumaie of that demure mink, of
I'm not hei,e.- Oh, if I could but see
her out of this in - disfYraee !
Dieu, I'll wait for . : that—l'll wait for
that!" and she rubbed her hands
nervously together, as she left tlie
room.
Ruth was searcery conscious of
Mrs. Shit!lair's unwonted petulence
of Manner-that morning while with
her, pupils at their music—her heart
was so joyous at the letter She had
just received, and at the removal of
this one dark cross.of her - existence
—the silence between her and Ferdi
nand. The gladness of her spirit
threw its light upon her countenance,
and it chafed Mrs. St. Sinclair yet
more to observe her unusual cheer
.fuluess. It was not ';that she enter
tained any unworthy - suspicion, ef - her
husband ; nor, if pressed, would she
have admitted that she thought so ill
of the governess, either, as to sup
pose Mrs. Montserrat's implication
correct; but she felt annoyed that
Captain Sinclair should seem the
confident and adviser of Miss
-aMorri
son, and be,s was palp able,so Much
more of a favorite with her than her
self. There was something, she fan
cied; either about the childrep. or of
a more private or .personal nature,
upon which they had secret commu
nication, that she was in ignorance
of. All thiJ d with the housekeeper's
covert insinuations, left a vague sense
of uneasiness, trying, almost beyond
endurance, a temper never very equa
ble. From . that morning, as she could
not but see, Ruth begun to retrograde
in favor with Mrs. Sinclair; to what
she might imp Ute this, , she was cone
Pletely at.a loss to know. She had
the, unspeakable pleasure of frequent
correspondence with . Ferdinand—of
hearing of all his plans and prospects
of success—and this compensated for
a g reat deal. Ile bad told her of
Captain Sinclair's 'kindness, and in
an after-letter mentioned that, partly
through his instruthentality,he should
soon he taking h: journey to France
on some engineerintr, business, that
would bd at once agreeable arid ad
vantageous; and W,hen he 'Mutt d
Montpelier •in . Langudoc as the
probable destination, it reminded.
Ruth that the captain had mentioned
that town as the native place of Mrs ,
Montserrat. In her next letter she
detailed .all she knew of her.; referred
to her own uncomfortable relations
with her, and, half jestingly, asked
Ferdinand to ascertain, if he could,
all about this woman, as she , was?
most curious to know who or what,
she had been.
It was a few days before Christmas
that,'one morning at breakfast, Mrs.
Montserrat, coming in to take up her
mistress'tray, happened to bring in
the post bag, and openinef . it. at the
sideboard, b rought ?ver the letters
to Captain Sinclair..,.Ris eye fell, as
she laid theni beside him, on the top
most letter; and as it did sue look
of anxious surprise for an instant
stumped her i usually expmssionlesS
l'eatures..,46,l* l iinasied about the
11Plreakfast-tabiras jf.prtPliti - me
thing for M. s.! Sinclair, wh
captain took up the letters. I
opened the first one, and an enclosure
fell upon'the floor. At once the wo
man pounced upoka o like. a hawk,
ostensibly to hand the letter back to
her, master;but though" he quickly
and 4crtost angrily took it from her,
.eheecintrived td see the address' upon .
the cover, and as she glided from the
table' to the door, Ruth saw upon her
face what she had never observed be
foyeft, mirightd' expression of -curl
oftrand alarm. that quite took her
by surprise. As brilakfist concluded;
the captain slipped - the letter- into
Ruth's hand, unnoticed by the chil
dren, Who alone were present ;• :and
absorbed .46ion after in its contents,
the reader soon forgot Mrs. Montser
rat and the trivial circumstance that
had just takerigace. . The letter Was
'from yerdin ~: from Montpellier.
It gave a contuanOon of some pre
vious communications from the same
quarter . ; ,a further account of his
proceedingS, mentioning, among oth
er matters, that hu,would very soon
be returning; ' than he should then
visit his - uncle in the'neraffer a - few
days, and that(it'would - 0 hard with
him if he did not manage to see Ruth,
when, co.nparatively 'speaking, so
near her. - There - was a tong postscript
that Ruth' had glanced at when She
got her letter • in the morning, but
late at night, with her little table
drawn to the fire, her candle snuffed,
and. her writing materials all laid pi*,
to begim•her answerothe spread out
the sheet before her, and began to
read theletter . anew. The postscript
was as follows.: " Yon,speak in' • ur
last of i that unwholesome weina .oAI
have with You at Dakl3'udti lit . e'
It,
‘ ,
ti
)) . v
,c1,,1 L .
,
shape of a housekeeper andjsompan
ion ,to Mrs. Sinclair; though you re
fer to her but leniently, I can gather
that she is no very . amiable specimen
of. womankind. You would, ander
ordinary, circumstances, a town
like this, ask an impossibility-of me
to inquire
. something about
. fher, in
what, you
,say, is her native - place.
But are ;you acquainted with her
maiden name? I ask yon, b'e' cause
curious- circumstance occurred here
the other day, and 'it reminded me of
what you . . wished to know. !In some
excavati,ons that were being made
about the works in which we are en
gaged, close ton deserted and Almost
ruined tenement,.
,we came upon a
large trunk, iron-bound and nailed
up, Which- had been buried, or built
in, in a cellar belonging to the old
house. The workmen I thought that
they had lit upon a treasure ; but on
.
opening, It ; found that it contained
the skeletoriof a man—ad officer, it
would appear, frorn the worn and
disfigured fragments of his dress.
There was a !dagger - beside him in
the trunk, with dark rusty stains on
it—supposed 'to be blood ; a small
book of French poetry was found in
the tattered 'pocket of the coat; some
Writing in it is almost effaced, but
single name is still barely legible—
Marguerite (1-4 Bois or du Lois. This,
discovery is causing a great deal of
talk and inquiry:, hut little', can be
made'ont. That'the unfoitunate - mad
met with foul play seems almost cer- -
taln. Some sixteen years ago, they.
say, a retired - officer, who. was living
in the house in question with a yOung
female (but whether married to her
or_not is not known),
.suddenly dis
appeared, audit was thought that he
had secretly left the 'place ;!. as the
young woman also vanished—at the
same timetispicions were afloat that
she had lleen made away with for
Some cauae or other. Now, it looks
• as if the crime lay on the other side.
Cbuid it be that this woman and the
one you "speck of are identical ? I
don't know what put so unlikely a'
thought into illy head, except your
inquiry coming just at the instant" of
this strange discovery here. - Make
out if you can, at all events, by what
name this Montserrat went in her
early years. Beware of her, too; she
may be a dangerous individual."
Ruth reed this postscript with a
good deal Of anxiety, and was some
what disconcerted at the coincidence
Could 'there be anything in it ?"
Again. she pored over, the letter, en
grogsed iu its contents so entirely
Witt:she was abstracted r ,from every
thing else, until a quicks short breath'
just at her ear macle.her turn round
with- a start of horror—a feeling by
'no, means. lightened as she saw the
housekeeper standing close behind
her chair. She bounded from her
seat, and with dilliculty suppressed a
scream: " What on - ,.earth brought
you here, Mrs....Moiffserrat?" ex
claimed Ruth, sPeakidg thick with
agitation. ‘• I never heard you,come
in ; I declare you frightened me most
terribly."
• " Oh, did I ? Pardon. inadeindi
selle," she replied ; but her voice was
hollow and unnatural, and she spoke
in so absent a manner, that at first
Ruth thought she must have been
walking in her sleep. " I knocked
twice," she continued, "but madanoi
selle was so occupied with that . " . —‘
and she pointed to the open sheet on
the table—" that I suppose she did
not hear me.'i •
Ruth quickly gathered up het'. let
terl and shuddered as she remedber
ed the closing ailnsion. and tholitvlit
Of the possibility of this terriblelZvo
man having read it over her shoul
der before 64c had detected her pres
enCe.
t I was vi•ry cold to-night,", re
sumed the housekeeper, "and 'my tire
went out; and I thought that you
might allow me to warm myself here
fur awhile before. going to bed ;"
and without waiting for a reply, she
drew a chair to the fire and sat down.
Ruth moved away the . table, hastily
put up her letter and writing materi
als, and moved about the room, being
extremely unwilling, if she could
avoid it, to come in any close prox: .
iMity to her disagreeable companion.
At: length, suddenly lifting • hemlf
up from her stooping posture, the
housekeeper /exclaimed : " Yon had
a letter fro Montpelier to-day; had
On not ?"
"Alow do you know ?" replied
Ruth, guardedly. . •
" How do I know ? Did j not see
the post-mark this morning, and the
letter enclosed for you when the cap
tain opened it ?" she returned, amYri e
ly. "I know more.of your secrets
than you think."
.
" Well, may I ask your right, even
suppwing that 1. - had secrets ; to in
quirelftwr pry into what does not
• .0)
concern
" Hut .I tell you," replied the other
almost fiercely, " it does concern me.
Your secrets! Hit! do you think
that trouble my brain about.you
or your secrets, if they didn't cross
my road? But," and h 44 eyes flashed
fire, mark yOu, I'll not be meddled
with. And now, 1 ask you; who: is
it that writes to you fro lontpelier ?-
What. do you know of at place ?
Have you triends.tlittre ? ? And she
rose from he seat, and in I- toWard„,
*here the young gi Lauding,
with a gesture althostVen.' ing,.
Huth Ras frightened at: he vehe
mence of manner 'display by Mrs.
:Montserrat; apprehensive oo,that
if, would be unsafe to exasperate . such
un unprincipled woman aiiphe possi-.
bly was, when thus alen^vith
,and at night; so, in a's quiet a than-
Der as she could assume, she replied:
!‘1 ,really cannot understand you,
Mrs. Montserrat. . I have no- desire
tb interfere . with your edheerns; and
. I . surely may ask as m* .from - you.
;I have a friend wholsjust now stay
iv Moot:pet ler' tilititt he. letter you
allude to is frotlirtlat friend ; bid
i you must excuseme if I decline en
tering. any &Alter. with you into my
.iOwn privets affairs."
I The eyes-of her. listener glared up-
on Bitth as shy spokeond seemed as
if - they would pierce into her very
soul. " Tell me this," she sari; after'
..pause • i " is -not - ply name in that
letter'?. I know the place," and her
voice trembled, and her Ole
,lips
grey` wtater. " Does your -cone,
• I
191.01) per Amium Advanc e.
spondent know me ? Tell me quick,
girl • I - won't be' triflLA with."
• l"
girl;
correspondent does not kiiow
you, - Mrs. .:Ittontserrut," respondcd
Ruth, trying, to speak calmly, and to
auppres,3 every sign of agitation.
" Surely I may., be= at liberty tdi re
ceive my. letters without being sub
jected to this intrusion." -
Mrs. Montserrat_ stood for a few
minutes_ in silence, with her . ' yes fixed
on the
,fire. " Tres bien petit etre,"
she began, in a . kind o soliloquy,
and then suddenly, bre ing off, She
laid her hand' on Ruth's m with . a
* force that made her leap . ith terror.
" You need not be in such a fright,
my
- ,little bild,'"-she said, mocitingly ;
" Pin not going to twist your neck ;
though "- 'She cast 'a look of
scornful hate upon . the small form
before_ her , —" it - wouldn't give much
trouble to do so. But mind' you, this
well "—and she lifted her hand' and
frowned darkly-"better for - you to
be a bird in the talons of the falcon
than to mix - yourself up with. any
business of mine. Pit. know who
writes, to you from Montpelier ; and.
what. you talk about . Irl the garden to
the
,bapt,ain,„l. can tell you ; and .1
give you now "—anti her voice sunk
to a quivering'. whisper—" bat one
last warning. Pass me by." „Sf )
speaking,
.she drew .her shawl more
tightly round her and swept fiercely
from the room.. '
[CONTINVED N 1 XT WEEK.]
'Mark Twain's Regrets
During a recent warts discussion
betw e len the Catholics and Brotes.
ants of
.Lancaster,- PaL, MisS Marl\
Kyle, a lady who had .always taken
a Jeep interest interest in religious
matters, conceived - a brilliant-blea as
to how these dillerenceS' between the
denominations could 'be amicably
settled. Believing that the .only
way - by - which this end could be ac
complished would be to have the
ministers and- master minds of .the
country asSeniblent a large r dinner,
and discuss at the same time religion
anOictuals,-Miss 'Mary issued invi
tations to a -number of prominent .
men; soliciting their aid in the fur
therance of her object, and asking
their presthice at a dinner to be giv-.
en :by her. - Among others invited
.was Maik Twain. The letter ad
dresied to the - latter gentleman was
Vong, covering a number of closely
written pages, and after giving a his
tory of the 'contest which was. being
waged .in religious- circles in that
city, stated that the writer bad been.
favored with .Visions and inspirations
from heaven, by' which she , was - told
that,the only way to settle the mat-•
ter was in the Way proposed hr: her..
In answer, Mr. Clemens sent the fol
lowing letter containing his •regrets,
and stating reasons fur not being
present: .
FARMINGTON AVENUE,t .
HAUFORD, CONN., (
Feb. 21., 1.8.4).
. .
Well, Mary, iny, friend, you .must
think I am a slow sort of correspond
ent, and the truth is, I 'am. You
must forgive this. fault; it• is _one
which I have never been able to cor
rect- I am - a pr , :tty busy • person,
and a. very by one; therefore I am
apt to let letters lie a long 'tithe be
fore I answer then), ._However, once
a year, on or about' Washington's
Birthday, I rake together all the un
answered letters and reply. to them.
I meant townswer the letteryou 'sent
me some weekS ago, but- waited;
,for
IWashine.ton's Birthday to cerne
Write. to me when you. feel like it,
Mary, but don't you feel- hurt , if I
keep you waiting till the next:Wash
in!iton's Birthday for an answer., I,
do not feel so much hurried i and
bothered when I have a year to an
swer a letter in as I do .when people
expect 'n answer right awa'. I only
send money' to people once a, year.
too, and :that, is on Washington's
Birthday, so you see if I had answer
ed yon earlier I could. not . have
sent you.the five dithers • until now..
Take this check which • enclose,
and go to the bank with MT. Miller,
and he tell the banker you;are.
the person named in it. and will give
you the money, or if you choose, you,
can limn the check (after writing'
your name, on the back of it) i ' to
Messrs. George P. Bissell
flartford, Conn., telling them to send
'you a postal order, and they will
send it-by return mail. I think your
idea' of getting those . clergymen to--
.gpther et a dinner table is. :a- very.
geod one. They will ltavito put up
with each other's soCiety tigood long
time in _heaven, so they may as well
begin to -get used to it here. Besides,
as you do. that their coming
:togetber in_n friendly spirit Will have
.a good influence on other ieople.
aminuch obliged-to you for asking
me.to be present and, carve the tur
key, .but 1 ,1 - must not go. Always
when I carve a. turkey I swear -a lit
tle.- (Alrpeople do to themselves-,
but, I swear Tight:out. I never could
help it, though it cost me many
a'pang).
.think a person ought not
to swear *here clergymen are, unless
they provoke him. Well, I couldn't
be there, anyway„because I have to
stay at hope arid stick clOse to my
work, else. this nation would become
so ignorant:in a little while that- it
would' break one's heart to look at it.
No, you and I have our 'separate ilh
-%ies in,this-World; M'ary--your line
is.to humanize the clergy,- and, mine
is to instruet - the public. Let us:not
taterfere with- each other's -- functionS:
I haves most kindly. sympathy to
wards you-and your work, and- per
haps 'that. is a. better ~ cOntribution.
than mine Would_ be. You stay "-Pity
me "—indeed 1 do, and that is a true
word. I . liishl eoullAn you wheth
erthose are genuine visions and in•
spirations yOuhave.writtern me about,
hut 4 - cannot be absolutely certain.
They-seem to me . to be just like alt
thmvisions- and inspirationa
.1 have
ever heard or, and so - I think you
may.rest as.s.nred that yours are as
wrfect.true and genuine: and trust;
worthy. as ant th at, have ever hap
pened in the world. - Now let that
comfort . you, let 'that give
PeuCe to your troubled spirit, and be
'Here me your friend.
• S. tr.' CLEwss, (Matk Twain.)
Mr. Phipps and thei Hen.
A few weeki ago my neighbor, Mr.
Phipps, .observed .al yellow fluid of
some kind issuing- from the water
spout of the smoke-house. Upon
examining it closely he ascertained
that it, waslhe yolk of -an egg. For
several successive dayia
. it continued
to drip from the spout, a,nd - Mr. Phipps
was perplexed about it: He had not,
noticed that the weather had been
raining omelette, or bat there was
any particular quality hr,the shingles
of the smoke-hohse roof that would
tards. lie determined ; to watch, and
on the following day ho observed the
Shanghai hen fly up'Sto the roof of
the smoke-hotise, settle right down
over the water-spout :and lay'an'egg.
• Mr. Phipps bad! riot the remotest
idea what to do abom it, so he let
the hewlay on forsev'eral days, while
be thiinght of a plan fordiseonraginn.
her from operating in.that partieulLs
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One day, however, when Ire went'
out, he
,found the hen sitting on the
top of'the - ,spout; manifestly with the
itnpression- that an earnest ,effort
would -enable her - to' hatch out the
eggs she had dropped into the . pipe.
This seemed to Mr. Phipps so_un
reasonable, that he resolved- to -pre- -
vent, the hen from engaging in such .
a delusive undertaking. Accordingly,
he tried to "-shoo " her oft her nest. •
She lOoked blandly dow — n‘ at him. •
Winked twice in a knowing way, and
refused tb budge. -
Mr. Phipps' _friend; Rogers, who
lives next .door, climbed over the -
fence and advised hitri - to gets lad
der and pull - the henkitf., Mr. Phipps
did so; and then Rogers said-that if
it-was his hen he-would simply plug
up the hole, ; • •
13e likely, to - Mg:lnce them to indulge
n a spontaneous production of -ens-
Jtr. Phipps drOve a plug in the
spout anti descetided.: 4 ls soon as he
tench the ground the hen_fiew up and
Began to try to hitch out the plug.-
Rogers said, that - he thought . she
might perhaps be sealed off, so he
threw a piece of brick at her, but
it
missed the hen and went straight
through Phipps'dining-room window.
Then Rogers said that if he - owned
a hen like that he *obld stop her . if .
he had to blow her up with powder. •
_So. Phipps - .got four ounces'of gun 7
powder and; packed it into the lower
end of the spout, and Roge - rs touched
it off with a match! It merely fizzled
ut, like a young volcano, and set lire
to Phipps' trouser leg.: . -
Rogers then said the powder ought
to have been " tamped?' So he put
anotherpharge in the spout, and then '1
droNt l e a white pine plug-in, leaving
gimlet-bole for the slow-match. The
.expiSriment wai in a degree success
ful..- There was a, fearctil bang, and
the )neNt minute Phipps' eccentric
chicken was sailing- out toward the
celestial constellations with a plug in
her claws. She -went up almost - ont
of sight, and then she came down - ,
down, and, ighted squarely-over the
spout-hole, expressing, by a cackle - or
two, the surprise, but, on the whole.
calm -and sweet-tempered, and as
resolutely disposed as.
,ever to give
her attention strictly to business.
Rogers remarked than for a mere
Shanghai chicken she had real genius.
lie said there vF'ds only one thing do
do now, and- that was Lo. turn the
garden hose on her. So- Phipps got
out the hose, and Rogers took the -
pipe and played a half-inch stream on
the hen. The hen seemed rather to
enjoy it. for she cackled a little in a
pleased - way, and Rogers told Phipps --
to turn the_ water oil: while he climb
ed
on the - roof tb get a better crack
at her. SO while Rogers was going
up the !adder, holding the pipe against
his breast with one arm , Phipps, who
must have Misunderstood him stid2
derily turned tle.water on again, and.
the stream sum* Rogers in the_ -
nostrils, nearly :choking .him, and
causing him to-14 pal:as had on the -:
ladder and fell td7the around. ,When
he got up he - said that- a man who
'Quit', own such a hen as that, was in
his opinion; no better than a pirafe
and a-pagan, :I n d so he got over the
fence and went into- e house: '
Phipps then w , fter him, and -
..
apologized, and then be asked Rogers
to lend- hii a •shot-..a.,un, so that he
could kill the chicken.- Rogers a g reed,
and he climbed back oventhefence -.
with the grin_ in his baud,: Phipps,
took the gun
_and Led: He missed
the chicken and blew the entire ca;
pola Ott' the smoke-house. ' T-hr-n
Rogers said that there were some men,'
a
who knew no more ; about - .titin a
gun
.than a . tom-eat knows about e '
idolatry. So Rogers took the'eapon,.
aimed _carefully, and pulled 'the trig
ger. About .one shot .hit the hen,.
and the remainder struck a cow in an
adjoining lot, - exciting her.. so that .
she hooked a boy and thre"him over '
a five-rail fence. The hen tie* up on_
top of 'hipp's house. and cackled as
if she lad laid 200 eggs_a mihute for .
'the,la t quarter:of an hour.' *Phipps
prop sed to tire at the -hen, - but
lingers sarcastically intimated that if
he did he mould hit. •Mrs. 'Phipps,
who was churning nankin the cellar.
Then Phipps told R9gers to shoot,
and Rogers did so, with the reitilt
that. he missed the chcken and broke
panes.-of glass in Phipp's:gart
ret . ThOn Rogers said
Phipps must have spoiled 'tlie •,,attli -
by" tooling with it,•. and he climbed
over the fence again and went home.
Just as he reached the house Phipp4
threw a stone at:the hen,: searing her'
so that she flew down, knocking two
pitehers.anci a tenni) oil . the dresser,.
and .frightened the hired girl intO
'hystries. Rogers rushed in, grabbed
the chicken, wrung its neck, and
went out to the fence. .As he tossed
the carcass over .to . Phipps, -he Taid :
•t "'There's There's that indecent, infamous
chicken of your`'; you take it - and
keep it. And I give.you notice that
if you come Tooling around here with
any more such .diabolical birds, liens!'
.or roosters, I'll blo'w"yOur head off-if
'l'm. hung
.for. it."
. Then he went into the house„ and-
ROgers'and Phipps donl . speak,when
they see each other at meeting:,"
'There was a young girl In Savannah, :
She had a mouth like an open piano
When her beau felt her head
ohis shoulder, he said:
Oli, ain't you a darling, gay Anna! a
- —Atlanta Phonegrap4
; . 'r may look like a piece of. cruelty to
keep hogs out of the beautiful mud holes
we have in our streets, but the law should
be enforced.—Ationta Evening Post.
A MAN who offered for'' , $5 to.put . any
one on the track of a paying investment,
seated an applicant between the rails of
the Boston and Mbany ilailroad.—E . oston
l'ost. • •
'A PA ICOTA father, _tending a six-mcniihs
old crying baby, gave it a tract .which
colpotteur had left, and the baby chewed
itoillrio pieces- in three minutes. Then
he handed it a pack of:cards to play with
on; the floor. •In a moment it picked out
the ac) of spades, poked up, and smiled;
—New 'York - Ileriztd. •
- WE advise the. Salvation Army to keep
Away from the Sun Mike, as lecithin' wilt
untionbtedly cut thetwilown to ten thous=
and'men.— Seto Yc?•; . ttointrorcitit
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