The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1859-10-12

frat act Of disobedienoe to her wishes;
lecored ] would never marry without he
consent. 1t was ell in vain; notwith
,tandng my tears and proteatations,
could not move her TO forgiveness,
but however great my distress o.
mind, it was for the time lost in bev;lder
ment at Josiph's conduct Il could moi
nave been more than 6ve ninutcs piter he
id inquired about the keyP. that he hui.
ricd into ny cunts drcssing.room, with.
ut 30 much rs knocking at the door, and
od III, in going he rounds of the house,
nc had found one Of the dihing.roUm win.
OWE, which opcned on the garden, un.
AIRED, and tn window open. He war
ertain there was some 20 fusion with pee.
pie outside thioves might even now b,
.creted III house H. rang the alarlu
'cIl wrlch was connected with tn room
His manner seemed so perfectly naturu
hat began 10 believe | must have wis.
aiken the voice, The women.servanfs
readiuIly frightened, came budding il o
he room, all but Lucy Where Wi,
LucyP NoboGy knew; she was not up
ialrs Josiah and the two men were to
carch the house The butler declared he
hal himself shut and barred the dinin1.
'oom windows. Presently we hear. VOICES
utsid in the garden. and Josiah came
ak to my aunt's room, laughing he
said it was all a false alarm. The butler
md footman had pounced upon Lucy Just
she was coming in at the window. Tie
Srctched girl was hurried into my aun 5
presence, and cross questioned, Josieh
standing by quite unconcerned What
had she been dolng2 she was 90 scared
and frightened. All We could gain from
her was she had gone to meet her sweet
heart.
My aunt gave her warning on the
spot and declared she should leave the
house next day.
." was far 20 excited to sleep that night
josiah voice was it Josiah'e voice |
could think OF nothing else
Early in the morning, Lucy came in.
to my room, crying bitterly, > b, begg
aud prayed would intercede for her
with my aunt.
"'TeIl me, Lucy, whom did you really
to meet p
Why, miss, only my YOUNG man.
shcrepIied.
What any hour 70 choose, Lucy
" Yes, miss but hes at work in Lon.
ION all day long
Il was determined to solve the mystt,
y about 10 iah.
Listen to me, Lucy I watched her
loseYy ne ! swokc. 'iie nj ht before
art, about h4li.past ten. l went TO fetch a
,uuk lIUm the eummer.house. She biushci
scarlet at NY words. herd the NJ, e'.
ng between you aud that man arranged I!
knew your voice Lucy, ami knew his,
She turned deadly pale and sank to
the floor.
"Ou N - she slid, in a low tone,
you lever can orgive me. TWAS very,
very wrong; but i you knew Ill, you
would pity me. Nj josiah Promised to
my brother let of being soIdier-ht
lid, indeed! Mothers bloscn.hear'e.
a. u 90. june
Il >new Il wa, true that Lacy's brother
h On ist,d.
H We you any proof to give Of p.
Jo,iuhs promisc2 asked.
Only my word but thars worth
thing now she replied, IN accents Of
4, spair. I've told one lie nobody viii
believe me
The g,'s confession, which was
ere tly to her detrimeut, lett no douo, Ia
my mind respecting my cousin; bit the
motive for his extraordinary conduct was
>tiIl hidden in mystery, cautioned the
!irl NOT to say a word about the affair
with Mr.. Josiah, which, unsupported as it
w, BY any sufficient evidence, would only
cnder her case worse with my aunt.
Ny aunt, Of he: own accord, after
,ery serious admonIton, awarded to Lucy
ne grace Of a months warning
Never again did my aunt aliude to
ny marriage with Josiah but she treated
me with tle utmost coldness and distance.
1t appeared that Mrs. liuntly had
erlectly compreheuded the reason Of my
sutnce aud teurs, WhcD ehe addressed he
At the dinner. In few days, r-o-iveu
letter iron her sou, making me an offer
" "Reioiced a- was al this ,yidence o
MIR huutiy's love, could have giyel
uythiug that his avowa should have been
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