The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1869-10-16


Iet; land you'll have to make haste
Iplease, if you want to see her alive.
Contance opened it in profound as
tonishment, which increased to q lool
Of intense horror us she read the con
tents.
Z" ! am dying. dying fast, but cannot e
I'LL have told yon what II on my mind. Pleas
dont refuse. but COINS as quickly % you can. Tn
whole happiness of your future life depends %
Jour seeing FAuLtse BAnaY."
80 my poor Pauline !" exclaimed
Miss Power. 1.-The girl that left me sc
suddenly four years ago. Where il
she. my good man? / will go at once.
"She il in my house, my lady, clost
by the wnter-side. She had been an6
drowned herself, and me and my mis-
SIS has minded her ever since /; they'd
have taken her to prison if we'd peach
ed on her, miss, you know, and shes
so quiet and so good and the doctor
has been very good to us, and given
us a bit Of money, and"
Yes, yes, interrupted the trem-
bling girl 1; "you shall tell me al
about it as We 90.
"Nonsense, Constance p cxclaim.
cd Mr.. Power Who is this Pauline
you are talking about 2"
Have you forgotten her, William
the girl who was my. companion when
poor papa died All, ! forgot she
left just rs YOU returned from abroad
but you must have heard me speak oi
Pauline Barry. / loved her like q sis
ter. She is iIl-dying ! must 90 to
her ut once.
"lou viii do nothing Of the sort,
retortcd her brother ~ shall not al.
low YOU to BE- 80 foolish.
II will nlust?" she said and the
little white teeth were set deternin-
atelY, and strange defiance flashed
III the violet eyes. IT viii be too late
in the morning"
"iou will go, and in these trap.
pings = and he pointed contemptuous.
~ TO the clouds of lace that hoated
around her fairy form, the pearls and
opals cleaning on her fair white nccl
and arms, and in the tresses Of heI
amber hair.
Il viii cover them all over with ms
large waterproof cloak, she said en.
treatingly. mo one viii recocnize me,
and Philips can go with me-
:" And | also. If You will be so in
anao r
mo, no you would only be in iie
way J. she exclaimed hurriedly. " Dc
be sensible, darling I am not afraid
with Philips. Be quick dear. and ring
the bell; every moment may be toe
late.
and ii viii miss. cried the man
respectfully. ii we doesn look sharp.
aiy missis said rs how she couldn't
last very long"
You are decidedly ont of your
mind, Constance. said Mr.. Power,
when he saw she was determined
q going Of at this time Of night to lis
ten to the rhapsodics Of dying wo-
man.
which Is the most mad, sho re-
tortcd, flushing wasting Gods hoiy
time IN frivolous arnusemcnts, or sooth-
ing tho last hours of the SOULS foi
whom he died2"
Mr. Power shrugged his shoulders.
AS You please" he cried; "but ]
insist on your taking ole Of the men
with you as well. | viii send away
the carriage; you had better have q
cal, it will attract less attention.
4 short time afterwards q cab drew
up before dingy-looking house in q
narrow dirty street running parallel
with the river, on the south side oi
the Thames, and n man descending
from the box, assisted yelled and
muffied figure to aiight.
wait for me here, said Constance
IN 4 whisper to her maid; there is nc
occasion for YOU to come inside"
"But master said, miss
II am your mistress, replied Con.
stance haughtily, 80 do rs you AK
told"
The girl shrank back; to tell the
truth, she was quite us ready to stor
as to go, far preferlinga chat with the
footman to witnessing the death-strug.
q Of the poor: she saw plenty O
that when Miss Power dragged her In
to the lothsome alleys and wretcheo
streets to be found even in Belgravia
The old man Parker. he said his
name was-opened the door by mean.
OF n string pulled through hole. Nc
need of bolts and bars there, except t6
keep the thieves inside when justice
demanded them.
Mind the step, my lady, he said
cts not often the likes of you come
to such a place as this. .
I'm not afraid" said Constance
gently; but as she spoke she trembled,
and her incert sank at the impenetra.
bic darkness before her.
The noise they made had evidently
been heard, for door opened, and Q
woman came cautiously down the stairs
carving a swealine candle in broken
candlestick.
''Is that you, Jim?" she called, in {
loud whisper.
Say, my gal; and I've brought the
lady with me"
''That's right" cried the woman.
And Constance found herself face tc
face with a poorly-dressed but moth
erly-looking woman.
Chow is she p was her first ques
ton.
every badly, miss; very badly
She's been and dropped into doze
but they say she can't last till morn