Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1861-11-28

could settle this vpxpd nuaetion Rut vcith
ali her Kindness ofheart and sffab;l;ty' there
was gentle dignity in this lady's man,,ar
that prevented any attempts AZ fam;l;sy;tv
so no one was bold enough 10 AK her no;i,t
blank, and hints and destinations she either
could not. or would moi understand I'LL
Miss LoyetaIk once yentnred IN sst "Jf
she expected to hear from the Doctor ."
To which she received decided negative. u
And they had each, respectively, exSrcssed
their astonishn,ent at his sudden d;ss,,nssr-
apce. in the hone Of obtaining some cIre IN
the mystery, but the widow listenea in q iora,e ~
silence, giving them no intination. by word
or look. tbat She knew snv ,ncys sSo~t vii 4,
than they; so they were codeJefelv bsff,ed
'There il Hattie Burns going bv y said
Mrs. Wormwood, suddenttys Al Ehe Nan.
pened to glance out of the Window sf'u
warrant she knows something about H. if
she was only q mind to tell she il over to
the widow smore' n half the timellp'i la2idi
''I shaudn't wonder If she did, exclair,-
ed Miss Lovetalk. II mean to csll herih.r
Dn Hattie waa called in accordingly and no
important witness ever underwent a sharper
CROSS questioning at the hands Of the rnost
ingenious criminal lawyer than did the As.
tonished girl before this self.constituted
"Oourt of Enquiry" 2uol No 17d rp ilf
But they ELECTED nothing Of Importance,
Hattie solernly declared '7that she hadn't
heard Mrs, Jenkens mention the doctors
name though she had Thought that sbe had
seemed more sober than usual since s he @ went .at
swayH -" ~ '1""A' @ = iShSe '''0e i'j "' "e"' you"
with which thew nI;ed her ,;bsraliv & % HATTIE s.ty
who was but a yonno. giddv S;rI and not !
little elated at the idea of bc;no !. narson ~
so much importance was induoed to nrom;se
that She would nsk Mrs ,JenLens vbr she
refused DR., Wells. for that sbe had refnsej I
him thew were fully convinced. and duIv
rerort her reply. b - '',' - -, N'''
Hattie had hardly left the bouse before
she heartily repented Of the nrom;se N ~ che
had SO thouchtlessly made. Int as she had
given her word she determined TO redeem II
So the next morning she sef ont nnon bet
errand The nearer sbe onnrosched the
house, the more unple asantjy sbe felt. foI
she was sensible. tbon1h i'm mi nuls;ve iii III
Ana could not but feel. mon reelection tbat
this inquiry was impertinent and one which
their intimacy, omen and unrestra;ned 40 Il
vas gave her mo right n m,te : 80 = y
when she reached the house Tho clo,,d
anon her usually sunny brow n nj tbn % unwon' won
tea constraint Of her manner coulJ MT fa;I
to be noticed hy Mrs Jenkens who thonoh
bnt . few Years herl senior f.lt ! ,potber,y
inte-est in the vounc ill who waa nm ~.
nban ~ - m = efii' - '''f-f'.o'-
,.Wbot nils vouy n H,tt;eo,' she ;no,;red
kindly, 1Arc vo,, Sick ps,' 'i'
H'"No-yes," Hammered noor Hatt;e ubo
heSans m f,,e, VIM .i;t,S rc,,,s -
Seenable 70 muster oos;ns % > out II the he enSs %SS
of her frcers tthat 10 I don't taoI var,
we'll u Tbc fact il /" aha addcd Sdssnsra,aIy
tI'ye ent';nto n scra ne ~ fGN' NSHY -N''
The kind hearted widow looked a l;tt,a
opx;ons fnr She was we'll, o.ono;nted v;tS
H,tt;e's imnnj,;ve disnos;t;on bmt sbe .oM
ou;etlv. Sand Won have come n M asl T mo % 70
Helm Won ont of it?" 1 N-1 y O,A'> 'A "'' " :"
T'7slvysoo oIy uS w 70 ~. IL ,.;u u..c
JenLons TN nron;ss von @ that ' IVY w;,, , maSsr ,s st
;nto sncb opotber - '.'"N' va "''i So
"You NAV he sure that 7 will ,1o the hest
T can far Won. Hattie. but Won nnst frat tell
me what tits p" '''' 49, 4NNH ~ '''' -
T'nWell. the ssocictv lad;es, ve.t.r1ov
made me- nron;se toask yon !, nuest;nn
vorv s in,ner+;nent @ oue 7 sm am s,ra vo, vo, viii 4
saw wben yon have hoard i So - w.
Mrs Ienkens' conntnnonce cle,red "Ts
tbat al, vom s;llv cb;jd p" she said t.Wbr
I Thought Il was something terrible Rnt
do NAV tell me- VIA the nnest;or;s2 am
very c4r;ons m tnowp" -" o'i''1 : 90
G'iTbav want ~ Eno,v said Hott;s bes;.
tat;noiv ,whv Won d;Jb't marry Dr. WeIls
Tbev w;ll have h That he has turnad ont
Soma me terrible character : nitrate airobber
to saw M last and hat vi, bs ~ fo,,rJ 4
ont nd d;sm;ssed him - ' ~ f''p 'oN"f ~ =
M Mrs Jenkens' exnrsss;ve @ conntea,,, connteace rce
as she heard This underwent yor;ouschanpes.