The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-01-12
-Ruaenann qispattt.
THURSDAY MORNING. JAN. - ia
MY dODMOTHER'S STORY,
IN TWO CHAPTERS.
CIV APJkR n.


happened. Some friends Of mine had recen
ly settled in EidersIey, and pressed ME to tax
lodging near them for time. Margars
was always accommodating aud anxious !
ia this instance, there was everything TO re-
commend the place to her own FEELINGS
Captain Cameron being quartered in tn
town. and the wedding outfit being NOR
easily procured there for it was nov n sst
tied thing that the marriage should tai,
place in the middle Of October Narg,re
nad wished u TO be delayed for another year
but her lovers regiment was under order,
ior Canada, and her dread of a separation
from ntm came to the aid Of his own earnes
entreaties. She had been most cordially re.
Ceiseo by ms family; had paid long visit in
the course OF the summer 10 his Highland
home. and was TO meet one OF his young
sisters in Eidersley. Margaret's health and
spiri's were now recrui ed, and her past grie.
aoo present happiness alike exercised a soft
entnG influence over her charac ter and ma n ner
which marveiously increased her beauty
her father, her ponies, her garden, and her
music seemed to have suffced her till she
saw Henry Cameron Then her heart woke
TO fuller lite, and concentrated itself upon
him. l have already said that he was well
yet thoroughly liking him a did, the more |
saw Of him the more l vaguely felt he was
not exactly the man l would, if might, have
CHOSEN for her II was impossible to imagine
Margaret leaning upon him for strength and
guidance. Loving him as she did she would
probably never find out her own superiority:
but plainly foresaw, that in any difficulty or
perpexify. should such occur, ii would be
the part Of her clearer intellect and frmer
viii, to unravel or to decide. But / need
hardly say i never hin ted at this 70 her; had
l done so. it would have been q death blow
70 our friendship, for she firmly believed her
Henry very hero for greatness of character
and her spirit delighted to bow down before
him, as before being in all points nobier
wiser. stronger than herself
bidny was less tolerant of her young mis-
tress' itlusion-no, that she ever ventnred TO
breathe the real sentiments Of her heart in
her presence. for fondly attached as the
faithful creature was, there was about Miss
Moore certain unconscious lofiiness of
manner which little awed the Irish tenn
ornament, out OF me- she stood in awe
whatever, and-l often heard her mutter her
sincere belief that "the diyil was in it all |
surely; the weddin' dress ordered before the
Grape was brown, and the young mistress so |
hkon up with the captain, before the wild
waves were tired Of tossing the master TO and
fro out there in the salt sea" Indeed. Biddy
was always thinking of her master now |
partly through ontrarety and a general |
preference for lugnbrious subjects rot nm |
common among her class--partiy. too because
OF vision she had had When we moved IA
EInersley, had left her behind me- for a fort
night; ana as she was passing by The Acton
gate, on the top OF the coach early in the
m 'rning on her way to join u.s. she had she
protest lea TO me, seen couniryman prowiing8
ABOUT who Favored Mr.. Moore mosT
strangely, and who, she more than SUSPECTED |
was no living f-sh-and- blood countryman
Tor all his homely dress, but her masters |
gh st. OF course l attached very little i'm
Porance TO poor. Biddy's vision. and there
was no need to caution her not to say a word
on such subject to Miss Moore so the tall.
ma gone out OF my head altoge. her when
aoout u week after her arrival in Eidersjav
she came 10 me the first thing in the morning
with the same look of horror | remembered
so well tina. IA tai day year ago, declaring S., |
sure as She was sinful woman thai sine had !
seen Inc masters ghost again! l really was |
out OF patience with her at first: but there | -
was solemnity about her manner which 7
QUO not meet with ridicnle, aud thought i, |
'etter TO treat the subject gravely, and try |
" h'~pel rather than to silence her evident
error.
Ii seemed that the evening before when the
arriage came to the door to take Margaret | l
captain Cameron, aud me, to spend a few | -
'ours with my friends, i'iddy had stolen on, 2
nto the area Just she said, "to see the tail
!, u, Tue young m'stresss dress, and her small. ?
title feet, as she got into the carriage" We ,
we're less punctual than usual, SO that she had p
wall ana was looking about her, when 2
er attention was arrested by the very same 2
Ountryman she had seen before near The Ac ?
On gate He was standing a some little dis .
lnce from the house, with the light from the 81
post falling full on his face and his ewes 81
eadlly fixed upon the door. He had a large | 81
card, she said, and his hair was long and | 81
rev but. SO sure as she lived to tell it ME g
was her lost master! While she stood -
'ere. benumbed with horror, the door had -
'ened, and Margaret had come out leaning ~
} her lovers arm, and with a merry Uttle A.
ugh at some rema~iS of his, had jumped II
10 the carriage The man by the lamp AZ
ISL gave slight start forward, and shading ~
$ lace with his hand, ~ ached the carriape | a.
II away When 1t was out of sight, he a.
aiked once or twice up and down before the n.
use. looking up at the lighted windows. ! =
d then disappeared. l tried to convince | s.!
ody that she had been deceived by sore 81
,gular likeness; that her quick Irish inn %.
.na..on' dwelling OF late so much upon her S.
lster's image, had conjured it up in the Ssa
'omy indistinctness of the October twilight sd
Y she was i'll no way to be shaken =
DO you mink that l, who lived fifteen wears COZ
the masters service, would not know his 6iZ
oct l saw his sad eyes and his iIlieant 90
lite hands, and Id swear to Thin amonga oie
,usand. It's the love in his heart for his s5a
uDg daughter as has brought him back G,i
look on her. Oh, ma am, dear. but It's aw. 65a:
10 mink OF, and niVer So much as a mass GyJ1
! to quiet his poor restless sowI! Sure o9'i
to rps axe to, To rather Carroll Thin we git ITO
y he there'll be power TO help him. hi l5,S
my wages down in Masses 7.U4
6lddy," l said, II implore You never 1901
breathe to mortal ear what Won have 1886
what you think you have seen. for 40
Viii not believe vet but what YOU are ny ~
taken Biddy, l know you love your $500
ng mistress; / know l can trust Won II Sui
are right-but God grant you he not si3t
Il. II lsno ghost, il is the wretched man $500
self, and there-there will be ruin and s2,5
ery indeed. And tried to make her uu- s s,s9
tand the felony Of which his reappear sySi
would prove her master guilty, and the
tuition to which Margaret would he ra. 1923
"a by exposure. This last clause made a 1857
impression and I saw n,.inI,, -. 9to9
Fl was safe But as to the fraud agains, s sia
insurance company, Biddy's native dis | o5cs
had passed In TO the hands of some insti g,Y3
IN OF that nature, and a hard inexorabe 9il4
IoIo IL made so, "Drat them ins uran,es 9l3S
mem right!' was the conclusion come 9ii9
,uat mead by the honest creature who 3 a2o2
ia not herself have stolen min 35W
idently. indeed, her mind was relieved Of 3 eid
oIroli out on, what weight she left nm 9S52
" mind! Could il indeed be so J 7 rec.tIa5 9S96
circumstances the body never found The -
crate embarrassme pt The ha,vy wv, .ne ICOSo
the agonizpd ia rewaII In IL ~ VI oah- 1025O
emoIacr To his daughter, the absolute | I06,s
"nlch MS death at that iuncture ayer,ad | 1854
Z was, Indeed, frightful possibility that l"777
might be right; il So what u,ovIS 49, | 1855
uty IN the case If silent lent mvsaif 1899
rAud-I was party TO deceiving Marga me-
Ie!t her standing on the brink of preci | liz.
!et my ell had not seen Mr. Moore. | lIap6
y mad no right, acting upon the renori l 800
iknorant and fanciful Irishwoman tn | 1896
IL his daughter mi nd at this crisis 81 ha. 1881
Again, was it my part to watch This mr rl 1913
MA" VINO mad been a kind friend IN ii'-"
- oerouhce MIN, to expose him 10 nm I9oso
eur, 70 rum MS daughters prnsnec,s -
- o.' must endure--so 1t seemed In
ehoure IN silence the horrible snsn.nss. -
,her &C. ;ns wv certainty that the unhap- Nos Pr
'neE-n, inceed, 1t Were he--would nn, | -
~. ~" the rex VI discovery. lie had son $50
'.. u-sern ner bright and happy. and ON ssi
'Nere arm he knew the succss,s ou sS6
rat" game he had PLAYED: This w., ~ .ne aN
,i% he would to sh @0o os.e sna ss
" nis owe oishonorable existence whers 1851
g &c, ""o YOU'D never be seen. never he -
VI more biddy was safe As the grave. Con-
mystery, whether fact or fancy wonla | signed,
q no heart bat hers and mine Rnt ,ha drawn
of thar day passed over me- Dut .ne cartif,