Delaware inquirer. (Wilmington, Del.) 1859-18??, 1859-07-30

on the ear OF her auuitor.
"You look ill, child what could bring you
out on such nightf"
Despair has driven me from my home tc
seek you, madam for know not but that,
on my return, l may find my only earthly
friend corpse"
Miss Bellingdon shuddered. " Is your aunt
so much worse thenf" she interrogated.-
"Why did you not let me know this before ~
81 have sought you many times, madam
and sent you my little account, but all my ap
peals have been disregarded," Ruth mad,
answer.
"The fault then rests with my servants,
Miss Bellingdon interposed, WHILST the flusf
upon her already rouged cheek revealed tina
she was giving uttersnce to falsehood. 'Don
be cast down, however, shesoothingly added
81 will attend to the matter tomorrow
meanwhile, take this trifle, and get your poo
aifM something to do her good. Call in Q
surgeon likewise, and will pay his bill what
ever it may be-"
Ruth looked in the face of her late patro-
ness. " Madam, - she said, "you engaged to
pay for our lodgings at Kinsington but Twas
Obliged to deprive my dear aunt of necessar-
les in order to raise it myself, and finally to
leave our little all as security for the debt.
| accept of this" she added, taking the offer
ed coin, " for tits justly my due but I ask
for nothing more than justice at your hands,
This dress, " she pursued, taking up the skirt
of beautiful silvered muslin tunic in which
the fsir'heiress was arrayed-"t this very dress
cost me night and day of unrequited labor.
Could You wear it in the gay ballroom, and
not think of one of your own sex whom your
inconsiderateness, not to say injustice, has
brought to the borders of the gravel"
"Your Affections have made you neither
humble nor grateful, Miss Annesley," Miss
Bellingdon contemptuously remarked, with
ing bitterly under question which she felt
to be unanswerable.
"They have not made me ss,pile, madam,
Ruth rejoined; "but you are mistaken in
supposing that they have blunted my sense
of gratitude, for my heart was never SO keen
from your evening amusement, where voices
will whisper far different language in your
ear" she added, stepping aside as she spoke,
to let the footman pass and open the door for
his mistress. Miss Bellingdon drew more
closely around her the rich Indian shawl which
her lady's maid had just placed upon her
shoulders, to shield her from the cold night
air, and then hurried into the carriage, whilst
her fragile and exhausted companion set out
unprotected, to walk distance of more than
three miles to her miserable home.
Ruth had, in the foreign scene, acted in OPP
position to the natural gentleness of her char
acter. Her feelings had been powerfully
wrought upon by injustice, and the sufferings
of one dearer to her than her own existence;
but when again alone, she shed torrent OF
tears, which in some measure relieved her
oyercharged heart.
We leave the inhabitants of the narrow
garrett-one of whom appeared to be ON the
confines of eternity-to accompany the fair
heiress to an elegant party assembled at the
mansion of Mrs. Mapleton. The usual circle
of admirers and Hatterers attended her steps,
and hung upon her smiles, but she was this
evening distracted and spiritless. The once
musical but now hollow voice of the young
seamstress seemed ever and anon to sound in
her ear, and the form of her dying relative
selfish and inconsiderate but not heartless,
and bitterly did she now repent having ne
elected the young creature she had protested
to serve. Her painful "reminiscences were
augmented by the presence of Celia Howard,
whom she had not met since the day that
Ruth had been first introduced to her.
Miss Howard had that marning arrived at
the house of her cousin, Mrs. Mapelton, with
the intention of again making it her home for
a few days She had not forgotten the cir
cumstance and when alone with Miss Bell
ngdon for few minutes, she asked, with
much concern, what had become of the young
needlewoman whom DIR. Penrose had taken
her to visit on the day ON which she had left
town. The question caused flush of crimson
to suifuse the cheek of the gay beauty, and
she was for few moments incapable of re-
plying. Rallying, however, she murmured
something about having lost sight Of her for
some time, of having met with her that very
evening, and of an intention to call upon her
company you, Adelaide ~ Miss Howard asked;
Ipurposed spending the morning with YOU"
Miss Bellingdon would gladly have dispensed