Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1857-02-05
KENosHA WIS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5. 1857.

on in the afternoon.
" When they were expecting her te
dinner, ] went down and said that my
mistress was very ill, and that l was
very uneasy about her, as l thought she
would have fever. Mr.. Treylynn got
up quick, but the Italian governess said
that it was nothing, she knew-only the
heat of the afternoon. She had slight
fever herself; Miss Treylynn was sleep
ing. and would wake up refreshed.
returned to my watching, deter
mined to make the most of Miss Clara's
illness to frighten her father; but there
was no need. That night the whole
household was startled by her delirions
cries. Her father and Mr.. Ugo both
rode on for physicians-one in one di
rection and the other in another.
For days we looked for her
health.
/" 1t was late autumn ere my young
lady could walk on the terrace, leaning
on my arm, again. The weather was
very fair and mild though"
"But hadn't anything come of her ILL
ness-no alteration for the better in her
position %
" None. Once, as her father watched
her asleep after "a fever fit, looked
across her, straight into his fate, and
said, My young lady looks as her moth
er looked just before she died. 1t was
cruel speech; bat ! had no compassion
then, save for her. But when he NUT.
tered, % my God, another and turned
and went away feebly, my heart re-
preached me. A little after went into
his room hastily; the doctor wanted to
speak to him. / found him pleading to
his nephew, as if for life Mr. Ugo look
ed darker, crueller thon ever. From
that time pitied proud Mr.. Treylynn."
+" And did Miss Treylynn quite re-
cover?"
No. She continued as white as a
lily. She could just creep about, and
that was all. She was only dying a
slower death tl.an if she had died i'll the
fever"
"And Sir Raymond ~
:" lie had ridden over every day while
she was i'll. or Roger always managed
to see him. When she was well enough
to be down, she made me cntrcat him
not to try and see her; and he didn't
come again till one day when it happen
ed that Mr.. Treylynn and Mr.. Ugo were
away. They had started at daybreak,
and the night before Dir. Treylynn had
given his daughter fervent kiss, that
made the blood rush into her pale face
from surprise. That was a very lovely
day, and Miss clara seemed a little more
able to enjoy the sunshine as she walked
on the terrace. The italian goyerness
had settled herself in window over
looking it, and | knew she watched ey-
cry ster We took.
Presently a horse clattered into the
court. My mistress tottered, and sat
down, turning from white to red in a
moment, rs Sir Raymond came out TO
where we were. The governesS Joined
us almost Immediately. Miss Clara had
risen, and Sir Raymond drew her hand
through his arm, and asked her if she
could walk little way into the wood
with him. She hesitated but he said
earnestly that he must speak to her
alone. The governess made a thousand
objections but Sir Raymond said, Won
deriully naughty for him, that Miss Trey
lynn was her own mistress. 1t ended III
their going, Miss Clara bidding me fol
low with a shawl, that | had asked Sir
Raymond to take for her.
g | took care not to interrupt them,
poor things! and wandered about i'll the
wood good way off; but after while
/ came upon them unexpectedly, resting
in little glade where some felled trees
were lying. Sir Raymond's arm was
around Miss Clara, and she was nestled
down close to HIM, weeping on his
breast. Turning back quickly before
they had seen me, confronted the Ital-
ian governess. She smiled malic;ously
and glided away. Mr. Ugo heard all
when he came home next day, ] know
lie did, by the dreadful look in his
ewes"
The ghost-seeing look came into Mar
g'ret's eyes. How rapidly twilight was
closing in this afternoon But / must
hear the end of Marg'ret's story now,
even if ! had to endure the terrors of q
dark walk home i'll consequence.
FL be as short as l can, for your
sake and my own," Marg'ret said. AT
ter that day winter set in fiercely. The
wind moaned and walled around the
Hall as | had never heard it before: at
night twas fea f,l to hear The sky
looked heavy with snow that delayed to
fail. At this time Mr.. Trcyiynn and
MIR. Ugo seemed mutually to bate and
suspect each other, and the / allan wo-
man watched them both. Young Sir
Raymond kept away; but it was my
young lady's entfeatleS, not the weather
that detained him, and my dear mistress
didn't look unhappy. | suppose that the
talk with Sir Raymond had eased her
and, too, there was change in her faith
er's manner that gave us both hope.
Sometimes he was quite tender to her
but he looked more melancholy than
ever. The snow -"
just then gust of stogm-wind Shrek
cd past the window Marg'ret paused,
and we both looked ont.
on must 30 now, before II gets
darker" she said, ''for there'll be q fall
of snow before long. If it comes on
thick, right in your teeth, you'll find it
difficult to make your way across the
moor"
But, Marg'ret, this is only the mid
die of October"
"We often have snow as early as this
in these parts"
/ saw it was 70 use to plead-Marg-
ret looked resolu;e She dismissed me
with many cautions, | fought my way
home in safety. \ binding sleet set in,
but not till was near my cottage. As
my Iandlady brought III my tea that eve
ming, she entertained me with anecdotes
of people having been lost crossing the
moors on such an evening as this.