Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1858-07-03

"ElZaOetD, called out MT. orHe.
She rose and went to the door. "I es."
Bring me mp light. will you Bring it
yourself"
"Wbat sad now ?" thought Mrs. Yorke.
~ take it upl" But she lighted a chamber
candle. and went up stairs with it. Her hus-
baud was standing inside their bedroom door,
which was all but closed, and nothing to be
seen of him but bis one hand stretched out
for the light.
"Where have You been so late? Did the
fog cause you TO miss your way?"
lie did not reply, only took tho light from
her. She pushed the door, wishing to enter,
but it resisted her efforts. "Let me come IN,
she said 81 have some news for you. Olivia
Hardisty's come"
Not word of reply was vouchsaTed to her.
Only the door banged TO in her face, aud the
key of it turned.
Hes sulky again." thought Mrs. Yorte'
"Hcw fortunate be did not happen to come
home while Mr.. Janson was here Make
haste" she condecended to call out. as she
retreated, II have half done dinner"
Mr.. Yorke soon came down, dressed. a
mark OF attention given to Miss. Hardisty,
Mrs Y Yorke supposed or il late, like that he
would not have troubled to dress for her,
He scarcely spoke and did not eat, but he
drank freely aud he seemed to have been
drinking previously
81 asked you why you were so late,' said
Mrs. Yorke
You answered yourself" was his reply
chat ! lost my way. The fog was dense.'
THE fog seems to have taken away your
APPETITE, aud to have made you thirsty"
1.-The luncheon did both. The meat was
salt"
"Were did you get luncheon?'
"At Squire Hipgrave's.
"llave you had good sport p
"Middling. Who can shoot 10 fog.
"You have brought no birds home"
81 leis them at Hipgrave's.'
"Phesan.s suppose
Yes | wished you would not keep up this
running FIRE Of questions. My heud aches"
Mrs Yorke ceased and cot ber dinner. As
the cloth was being removed her guest came
in. and also Leopold. Mr.. Eorke was COM
PEELED to exert himself little then, but he
had partaken far more freely OF wine than
usual and Mrs. Yorke, was vexed, for she be-
liered it must be apparent to Miss uardesty'
II ow well Leopold looks considering his
long illness !" exclaimed Miss Hardisty.
''Ile is wonderful" returned Mrs Yorke.
~ on would not think, TO see him now, that
he was so very ILL.,
Papa" cried Leopold, "Mr. Janson says
| ] am got well soon because was good, and
took the physic without crying"
"Ah" said Mr. Yorke, when did be say
that"
Tonight, when be was here with mamma
and they called me in
Mr. Yorke turned his eyes upon his wife,
! ixedy steadily "Was Jansou here tonight
This afternoon, between four and five
| 1t seemed like night, it was SO dark" she au-
swered, equally, but in spite Of herself she
could not prevent O vivid flush rising to her
cheeks"
"You told me lie had done coming"
! "a lie had | remarked TO him that had
understood him TO say so, and he replied that
| he did not call to-day professionally, but just
dropped in as lie was passing to iuqnire how
! Leopold continued. lie told me little b;
of news, too about himself" added Mrs \ orke
to her husband, affecting to speak gayly,
which | will repeat TO you by and by"
When the child's bedtime came, instead OF
| Finch fetching him, it was Charlotte.
Where's Finch ?" demanded Mrs. Yorke.
She's gone as far as the village, ma'am -
She wanted TO buy some ribbon at the shop. -
GLOW could she choose such night as
this p returned Mrs. Yorke. GLOW stupid
she must be . she will lose her way"
"Oh no ma'am the fog is not as bad as it
was an hour or two ago, and she said she did
not care for fogs. She won't be long
charlotte went Oft with Leopold and Miss
llardisty smiled. Servants are sadly wan-
ting in common sense, most Of them"
IL suppose Finch had previously fixed on
tonight to 20 ont, and of course she could
not bear to diappoint herself but must 60
log or no fog. It's just like them"
Mr. Yorke laid back in his easy chair and
seemed to sleep, and his wife apologised to
Miss Hardesty that he had a hard days
shooting, aud was done up"
About nine o'clock Finch came bursting
into the room, her things on, as she had er.
tered the house, and painting for breath
"Oh ma'am, don't know how I've got
home I've run every step of the way, fright
ened out of my life. There has been such an
awful murder -
"Where :" asked Mrs. Yorke.
"Close here in the village, Come thieves
set upon a farmers son coming home from
market. and shot him, and pulled him Off bis
horse and then beat him about the head til
he died, and then rifed his pockets of his
watch and money, and then left him in poo
Of blood" replied Finch all in BREATH
lie was found about five o'clock, and the vii
lage has been up IN arms ever since; every
body's ont Of their houses"
Mr.. Yorke sat bolt upright in his chair
His eyes gittered upon Finch.
"A pretty tale" said he. to his wife and
Miss llardisty, Finch few off TO impert the
news in the kitchen. This is how stories
get exaggerated. There was no horse in The
affair." and no robbery, and it was not {
farmers son going home from market"
"You have heard of it then! !" exclaimed
+ Miss Hardesty.
"Ycs, was Mr.. Yorke's reply.
nd pavar IN ha told ln nj
ed his wife. "You say it was not a farmers
son. Do you know who it is?"
Janson. Murdered in his own garden o.
, he was going in. Just inside the door,