The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1869-05-24
kBridgepotth upon his way to pay q yislttaI
| theiiun. ofs George Wpitakers ~, =

hVu'tHShf nhS's w tVuiu E'IHh'uhS,p VI ilc
supper which lie thea ordered; il undis-
mrbed auie!pess. George Whitaker gave
his guest a small room adjoining tie lelar;
ger one, and then lstl him % attend 10 the
preparations Of the meal for Which lie had
spoken, and within q bali hours iimsa a
.savoryI repast wa; placed before the Duke
de BridgsnoHh, md tie girl Margery
called 70 attend hii further commands.
Bu, though, The viands were savory aud
tempting. and gaze evidence Of The skill Of
tie cook which Whitaker employed, and
Enough they were backed BY mine hosts
best ale, and good bottle of sparkling
c!aret, yet ths'guest appeared to have sud-
,irnly lost al relish for1the tempting food
Which. he had ordered. and the. girl Mar
gerry perceived that he scarce tasted it,
and that he entirely ignored the presence
VI the ule and vino, 50 she could not help
saying, as she, sbsetyed tic depressed,
cloudedlbrow of the dakeTriliaa,i hos :
81 fear you are i'll, my lord. You do
not taste the food which | assure youis
well cooked and palataLle,y and she looked
patllim auxiously, as she spoke. "
tAtfhc-buke te-Bridgenorth reused him
self from hisaistracltd imannor; ana ifor
the first time since hen entrance, no,edthe
gih. But though he had, not long since,
in this-SerS i1pSkpoken iof tile. beauty Of
lRimge'y to Lord Duubartonryet it ap-
ptared now to make no,cimpression upon
Film, asindeed itididnot, for his thoughts
were with the mistress, and notthe maid
and Wien he Rad aslgksp Of the latter TO
his, hobleMep friends, it was to turn the
attention Of Lord Dunbarton If possible
from pane Jtnnieto Margerys iIsut he
had failed in doing this, though tl;egirl
was ofa certainty, remarkably. fair, but
Fher golden tcutls, d blue aeyes.l and milk
white complexion, were hardly able to
carry thepal@ from the sparkling piquaat
/ beauty Of Dame Jennie and aside from
l'tlidt, there was an elegance and grace Of
carriage about the mistsess; 81 which were
wanting in lie qdicter and younger and
more childish Alargcry. . ''''' 80 4' IA
,.nfThou hast spoken the, truth, my good
NmaM and come nigh 70 the reason Why i
have moi taken this food which, peeceiye
| is ,eippting andwcll favored. But Gud
rlilsvt-no desire for'it, 50 you canrtake 10
away. aud, then call the good landlady,
that Lean settle my score with her ere /
DEPART replied the duke.a 500 Ia t,my
gMatsery did as directed, first removing
the untasted viands from the table, and
then she wassabout to depart to call 70,
George Whitaker instead, of her mistress,
10 appear and transact further business
with the noble guest. But it suddenly
appeared to enter the dukes mind that
the landlord mightbe summoned, inplacei
Of Dame Jennie wholnhelad ccmeItosce,
50 he spoke ag1in. saying. in q tone Of
careless inquiry a., ,l,i,,,, 49,, J.
"llst thy mistress within. good Margcry?f
II so, call her, for perhaps she can give
me a cup Of strong tea which will take
away this vexing headache. Of nine, aud
Iset me RICH, before ! leave the inn. !" H.,
Aud tho girl replied, in good, innocent
faith, believing her guests words, and
'bes'owiag, q look Of pilyiupon the duke as.
she went out: .ig.EI y,ael n.3q ssgios
NJ" Yes,my lord, Dame Jennie is within.
and III just bid her hasten hither aud at
tend togyoury wishes" And she left lin
TO do his bidding. " a5ao5dF W. ~
8" Ina few moments the door again op.
cned, and Dame Jennie, or Mudcm6i-
'selles Nleyser-for the two were one en-
tered. aud advanced toward the table
wherein the noble,nan had bowed l,isIhead
upon his hands, as ifin pain. But, when
the landlady had come sufficiently niglifor
him to feel that she stood beside him. Tie
head was raised !, and the Duke dc Bridge
north BOXED up suddenly in The face Of tile
tlandlady.G5 y, .5jyg ., ~ ,g 's ( = ,
n Dame Jennie uttered a quick c1clana,
tion Of astonished surprise, aud growing
suddenly pale, lwotild have fallen to the
floor, had not the noIle, sprung up and
caught her in his, arms. Tic held lief
there tightly for moment, feeling ,tl,ut
he clasped 10 his breast what was most
precious to him on earth.l Then hclookcd
in,o. her pale features and saw how terribly
agitated and white she WIS, and he feared
she would grow ipsensible, and lmayhap,
die from thepsuddenncss Of dhe shock of
this meeting. With this wild. terrible
feeling in his heart, he pressed her still
closely to his bosom in agony Of terror,
and bore her to ilounge ut u little dis.
,ance. Bu. Dame Jenniellad not tainted
though she was nigh to it. Sic reused
herself by strong effort Iofwills and re-
LEASED herself from his arms; aud then
sinking upon the sofa, she gathered voice
to say in displeased tone: lila bi .l5-s.
"You have doheiwrong ! Henri Mo
hitler and force an interview in this
manner.'',h n>1a hgr ~ (, ,,a mo
But she had scarcely closed oher words
Gro the duke replied in quick, agitaied
manner, asdhe knelt down 1T her feet aud
gazcd with passionate emotion upon her
pale countenancc: 9al ali 2 Etarri .tr
2..sAh! Jennie. | could not avoid it,
The spell was too much upon me, even as
itwasl when sprang upon The theatre
boards the other evening" and startled you
aud the crowd Of spectatcfs,by my strange
behavior. But il yOli are yexed, an