The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1866-09-29

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tha aud Ellen, ifit were you were wear
| ing this for" and he touched the black
dress.
"Rupert," gasped Emily.
"Not dead p
"No--sailed this morning in the Ari-
adne !" Assistant Surgeon. / was too
late to see him."
lie didn't run away"
"No no; but | was too late y
"There, there, don't talk about it. Too
bad F! You can tell us all about it to-
morrow"
And, overcome by fatigue and excite
ment, Emily was only too glad to be ta-
ken up to bedroom and told to rest qui
etly until morning
1t was night of sore perplexity; but
before morning her resolve was taken
She could never return to Mr.. Lee. They
would suppose her thief when Sophie
told her story. Well better so than to
think Rupert one. She would tell the
Baxtcrs enough to explain her appear
, ance upon the wharf and then try to
Igain employment in New York. They
would recommend her, she felt sure
/ They had known her from little child
/ and only her deep mourning and busily
E employed time had caused the intimacy
TO anguish in the past two years. Yet,
t if they ever met the Lees! Poor Emily
! was dizzy with painful thought long be-
fore the breakfast gong broke in upon
her reflection.
Fl Mr.. Baxter listened with kind interest
to her story. That she had been gov
/ crness, but had left her situation sudden
G ly, to try to see Rupert once more, was
l.. all she told Of herself, and their inference
0 that she had come from some far distant
g point, she did not contradict. She had
!. lost her baggage, she said, left it behind
her in her haste to catch train.
''Dcar, dear, what pity! / have nc
' time to hunt it up for you, for you see
c the girls and | arc going to Europe in to.
g day't steamer. Now, my dear, are you
going back 2"
d ~ cannot I forfeited my situation
- by running off so suddenly"
i "What follyw rose to Mr. Baxter
lips, but he glanced at the pale face ant
q suppressed the exclamation.
% Papa" said Martha, and dragged
m him to distant window for long whis
d pered conference, while Ellen caresse'
o Emily and scOlded at the hard.hcartet
N people who would have prevented he
d seeing Rupert off The pair at the win
% dow became very animated, but at las
). Ellcn's curiosity was relieved.
Emily" said Martha, crossing tn,
RI room with Jump and slide, 'you Cal
speak French, can't you, and German 2
T Yes"
IN "Thcn papa wants you to come will
,e us. Nell and me have 4 kind Of hodge
podge VIC call French, but are ignoran
ID as owls of German, aud you can be ou
< interpreter"
III Miss Dunbar" said Mr.. Baxter, wi
1T you accompany US as governess an
er companion to these two mad-cap girls c
ID mine 2"
e. "Ah, do; say yes !' said Ellen, kissin
r. her
er "You say Rupert will be gone fo
or three years. We will return before ther
ii so you can be here to meet him. MAJ
rs tha says she can help you about the lo'
er baggage"
ne Oh, yes, We have oceans of clothes
RS You will only want black dress or TIVE
or Do say yes" pleaded Ellen.
"But have no references, no"
,d "Pshaw! Who is better referenc
us than your fathers old friend, who ha
nd known you from a baby. To be sur
er you have buried yourself pretty we
tn since your father died, but Martha an
,r. Ellen never tire of telling wonders
e! your scholarship at Oak Hall. Look
en- my eyes, Emily"
,r. She obeyed.
". "Steady now. You have never dor
ID anything that makes you an unfit cor
panion for my motherless girls y
,at "Ncverl so help me heaven in my u
ew most need !" said Emily, solemnly mec
rst ing his eyes with steady, firm gaze.
Il believe you, dear. You will go vii
no us?
Thankfully"
his 1t is vain to attempt to describe Il
CONSERVATION at Mr., Lees when Sophi
,is having patiently waited her hour, can
to the sitting room with the lost note
her hand. Emily or Rupert? Emf
or Rupert? Who was the thief9 III
ri one far on the Atlantic before this !; Il
m other-where
All night the gentle mother watch,
his for the unhappy girls return, in vain
Mr.. Lee could but place this new e'
nj dence in the hands of the detective; th
md none of his former suspicious pointed
fbe lRupert. Indeed, some of the eyidep
he laid before that grave official contl
Ell dicted entirely, any such appearances
guilt Fanny Watson's distress was u
of controllable. She would not hear h
friends name coupled with guilt, and
dignantly protested against any accu'
r." tion of Rupert. Yet, there was t
the note!
And while Mr. Lee advertises for
led runaway governess, in terms that OF
len she could comprehend, while Fanny d
uz- tractedly haunts railroad depots and t
wharyes in the vain hope of seeing
Ie I dark eyes and curls of her friend, VIII
led the grave detective steadily sits eviden
and watches hourly for proof of gui
ate Emily, in her new position is far aw;
low "outward bound" Ee
tha Meeting only love and kindness frc
her her new friends, filing her hours wi
inc teaching and study, training the girls
ere French, and iniating them into the m,
the teries of German, she passes the days s,
cessfully, and thankfully realizes t