The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1866-08-15

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he closed the door and walked off.
whats the next move, miss? l fear
som'uts up" said Williams, looking in as
the clock struck eleven. "No doubt he's
gated, and can't get out. When did you
see him LAST"
"About six o'clock" said the poor young
lady, sobeing. go Williams, he can't have
deceived me-! +"
Bless We, no, miss, he amt one Of that
sort. Why, miss, knows for certain he'd
die for you: still, it's precious queer. Says
he to me at three this afternoon, Let the
fly be ready Says !, Yes, sir; but shall
see you before night?' Yes says l.
I'm just going to say few words to you
dear young missus, and then | shall see you
But he never came, so follers former or
ders, and comes up here. But, dear heart,
cheer up, them great gates is shut, and the
porters won't let him out. But what had
we better do now, miss"
80, take me back, take me back {" she
cried. go, l wish l had never come.
will ask my father to forgive me he spoke
unjustly and cruelty Of George, still am
very wicked. o, drive me back"
"If were you, MISS said Williams, al
should not 20 back to the college; there's
no cause, as sees, that the master should
know anything about it. He thinks you
safe ahed, next morning you slips in with
bed makers. and no harm comes of it."
80 Williams, but then where can sleep
tonight"
This question puzzled him, and he
scratched his head in silence. At last he
said, .Well, miss, s'pose you sleeps in this
ere vehicle; I'll keep watch on the box;
eh, miss? Z"
80 no, Williams, you know you would
die of cold. l must 60 back; perhaps he
will forgive me-
Williams went to fasten some piece Of
harness preparatory to starting; in a min
ute he returned, and lowering the window,
looked in again.
BLESS you, miss, what fool was not
to think Of it afore: why, miss, you see if
you goes back it must be through the por-
ter's lodge. as the other entrance shuts
early. A deal of gents may be in the court
You will not like to 60 by yourself; s'pose
you come to my sisters, Ell -
80 no, Williams; should die if l met
any one in the court. Thank you for think
ing Of Mrs. Gifard she was my nurse, and
l know would have pity on me-"
Well, sir, you know my grandmother's
name was Gitfard, and she was sister to
Williams, he being my mothers uncle.
Mother said she was then only ten years old,
but remembered the night Miss Dorothy
came to our house.
She and her father and mother slept in
the same ROOM They had been in bed
about two hours when they were awoke by
knocking at the door. My grandfather
sprung up, and looked out Of the window.
Grandfather threw his wifes shawl over
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than minute he was back again "For
pretty go, poor beautiful young creature,
and perishing with cold" Then he turned
round to my mother who was sitting up
wondering in bed, and told her to 60 to
sleep. This my mother pretended to do,
but was far too excited and curious to do
more than close her eyes. Her father and
mother were soon both down stairs, and the
sound Of Undertook being struck, and
FIRE lit, soon reached her ears. In another
hours time her father returned alone to bed,
and in the next room she heard her mother
trying to pacify some one who was sobbing
loud enough for her to hear through the
partition. After time all was quiet again
and she did not wake till her father rose;
he was one Of the buttery-men at Trinity.
Then she got out of bed and listened,
there was more crying in the next room;
she went to the bedroom door, and looked
out, and saw tall young lady, very beau
tiful and pale as snow, pass hurriedly along
the passage followed by my grandmother.
Mother says she never saw ALLY of the
valley without thinking Of Miss Dorothy, as
she looked then, SO frail and trembling, with
her white face bent down.
The master had discovered his daughters
fight, and was beside himself with passion.
Grandmother knew this the night before.
and was not SO much surprised that Miss
Dorothy had come to her house at that late
hour as she would otherwise have been.
She was MIR. Bonds bed. maker, and going
to his room about chapel-time she had
noticed his portmanteau locked and lying
on his bed, but had seen nothing Of him.
He had not slept in the college, and no one
knew anything about his whereabouts.
There was nothing else talked of in college
but the disappearance Of Mr.. Bond. That
Miss A. had intended to run away with him,
thanks to the discreetness Of my grand
father and the Masters servants, was never
generally known: at last, like all other
wonders, it ceased to interest any one. All
knew MIR. Bond was wild young gentle
man, and cared for no one: what more like
ly than he should have betaken himself to
his home in the north for weeks change,
and had not cared to consult the college
authorities on the subject? Still to Miss
Dorothy, my grandmother, and others, there
seemed some mystery which they could not
fathom.
Nancy, the lady's maid, who slept in a
little room out Of her mistress's, had sat up
till past three, waiting for her return.
Twice, in the middle of the night, she start
ed up, hearing something like cry Of dis
tress coming seemingly from the college
library. At first she thought it only d
dream, for she was anxious and nervous
, about her mistress, but the next time she
, felt that it was more than dream, and
woke one Of the maids, who sat up the rest
of the night, sir, by this very same fire here
sir; but there was no more sound, SO Nancy
, believed it to be dream, till what was dis
covered afterwards proved it to be no fancy
WE'LL sir, need not tell you that the Mas
ter was furious about Miss Dorothy; at frs
he threatened to turn her out into tn,
{ streets, but his pride prevented him doing
this, as all the university would have known
, his disgrace, so he wrote off to his sister il
Wales, begging her at once to come am
take her back with her, and in the meal
time strictly forbade her to leave the house
At the time Of which am speaking tn,
Masters house ran along the west side O.
the old college library, and there were two
small oak. panelled rooms at the end of tn,
east corridor, which were separated from
the rest of the house. In these rooms Miss
Dorothy was confined; they were well suit
ed for the purpose, for there was but ONT
means of escape, and that was actually
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