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ner that night, rs | have since thought a
least; and when she wished me her BON Soir
she added Il am sure we shall both h
tired tomorrow. Bessie so call me al
hour later, and take nm extra sleep yourself.
! was never to hear my good mistress speal
any more.
Did dream that night that she had lcf
me all her wardrobe and that was marie,
in the glacc silk Did even in my sleep
build schemes Of what would do with th,
money that my dead mistress might cnricl
me with No as hope for heaven. anC
to meet dear Joseph, with all my woman :
vanity, had my woman's heart beating too
true AMI warm and | thought no shadow o
evil. | told them SO in court. where al
looked black against me, and they believed
mo even there. But in that morning, late
when the sun was shining full upon the
window, and the noise Of the people going
about their daily work was full and clear
| saw irightiul sight, CHASTITY horror that
the day but served to make more hideous
and unn1tural-my mistress murdered in
her bed No answer when | knocked
again no answer. The curtains at the bed
side were close drawn but through the
open shutters fiery flood of light fell red
upon the carpet and the curtains-ay, and
on the corner of the snOw-white counter
| pane, red also. It was blood | thought
there had been rain OF blood upon the
handles Of the drawers. upon the toilet
| cover. on the dressing case. upon the towels
in the basin. everywhere where the mur-
dercr's hands had been after their deadly
work and in the bed dared not look in
the bed but in that great swing-class-
where had dcckcl myself but few hours
ago, saw it all and every mirror in the
room was pirturing the same sight-thcre
| lay the corpse, the murdered woman with
| her gaping throat.
They thought at first that was mur-
| dcrcd too, lying so stiff and cold in that
death chamber. | answered nothing to
their questions, neither in the house nor in
the prison. knew nothing, nor could
have told them had | known, until Joseph
came 1t seemed to me then quite natural
| that he should be with mc-nothing praise
| worthy. nothing. Cribs dear little engaged
young persons eyes began to get rcddcr
about the rims at this romnisccnce, and
her story to assume an incohcrcnt as well rs
choky charactcr) | did not understand
how much | owed him how, not having
heard from me for some time, and reading
in the paper that an English lady maid had
been taken upin Paris for murder in the
Rue St llnnurr, but that she refused to
spcnk, and even had perhaps IN reality lost
,'.r S'''7TS' "' 81" ttu Oh ao once GIVING up
MS 'Inl'"N' anu borrowing ana "gg gihg
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an "' "l'' ne S''l was ''S7 ,''iih ne ought TO
"rNr ""''r' p''a"Ne h' ''lu "'h''eu III 10 me
"' GU ("ni'h' am sure, u'ar JnSeph never
ha'' nor ''ouSht "i "olhS ne stooi ny
me- II" '"ur In '"' prisoners pace along
WIZ me It" stood ana shared my shame. l
t"Ia Hh"ut the l'W''S' ana "l my trying them
on now everything was sre, ana the doors
locked, and the chhmh"r-winiow too high to
be climbed up to- though II man might have
let himself down irom 1t into the yard.
Ani then learned Tor the first time that
all that afternoon and night the murderer
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the drawers as well ns hose which my poor
mistress had worn that yery evening, but
from the moment he had dropped into the
courtvard. the rolice could find no trace of
him. 4 mere suspicion fell upon the bro
thor of the gateportor; but it was so vague
that he was not rut upon his trial. \ great
sum was offered for the aprrrhension OF the
murderer, making up. with what was offer
ed by my late mistrcss's family. nearly
r4OO' She died without a will. poor lady.
and they wor, not di.roscd to- give me any
thing beyond the wages due to me-
After INV acouittal, collection for mine
and Jo,epG's benefit was made by some good
| people; but the money only suiliced to bring
US back to England. Joseph had to work
out heavy debt, incurred upon my account,