The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1869-10-08
BIDDEFORD ME-. FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 8, 1863.
sctsd, more what she wished than vh.. she

pected, more what she wished than what she
really knew.
On the nineteenth another event happened.
We had the doctor In the house professionally.
He was summoned to prescribe for . person
whom have had occasion to present to you In
these pages-our second house-msid, Rosanna
Spearman.
This poor girl-who had puzzled me, a. you
know already, at the Shivering Sand-pu1iled
me moro than once again In the interval time OF
which am now writing. Penelope's notion
that her fellow-servant was In lore with Mr..
Franklin (Which my daughter, by my orders,
kept strictly secretly .eemed TO me just as absurd
a ever. But must own that what myself
saw, and what my daughter saw also, OF our
second house-maid's conduct began to look mys-
terious, to say the least Of II.
For example, the girl constantly put herself
In Mr.. Fnnklin's way-very slyly and quietly,
but she did 1t. lie took about rs much notice
Of her as he took Of the cat; II never seemed to
occur to him to waste look on Rosanna's plain
face. The poor things appetite, never much'
fell away dreadfully; and her eyes In the morn
ing showed plain signs Of waking and crying at
night One day Penelope made an awkward
discovery, which we hushed up on the spot.
She caught Rosanna at Mr.. Frinklin's dressing
table, secretly removing rose which Miss Ra-
chel had given him to wear In his button-hole,
and putting another rose like 1t, Of her own
picking, in its place. She was, after that,
once or twice impudent to me, when gave her
well-meant general hint to be careful In her
conduct; and, worse still, she was not over
respectful now on the few occasions when Miss
Rachel accidentally spoke to her.
NJ, lad,, ,oX.ooI AZ. .L.u.. ,rd askcd ms
what thought about II. I triedsto screen the
girl by answering that thought she was out OF
health; and II ended In the doctor being sent
for, as already mentioned, on the nineteenth.
He said II was her nerves, and doubted II she
was 6t for service. My lady offered to remove
her for change Of air TO one Of our farms in
land. She begged and prayed, with the tears
In her eyes, to be let TO stop; and In IN evil
hour advised my lady to try her for little
longer. As the event proved, and as you will
soon sec, this was the worst advice could have
given. II could only have looked n little way
into the future, would have taken Rosanna
Spcarman out Of the house, then and there,
with my own hand.
On the twentieth, there came note from Mr..
Godfrey. He had arranged to stop at Frizing-
hall that night, having occasion to consult his
father on business. On the afternoon OF the
next day he and his two eldest sisters would ride
over to us on horseback, in good time before
dinner. An elegant little casket in china ac-
companied the note, presented to Miss Rachel,
with her cousins love and best wishes. Mr..
Franklin had only given her plain locket not
worth half the money. My daughter Penelope,
neyertheless-such is the obstinacy Of women
still backed him to win.
Thanks be to Heaven, we have arrived at the
eve of the birthday at last You will own.
think, that have got you over the ground,
this time, without much lettering by the way.
Cheer up! I'll ease you with another new
chapter here-and, what Ii more. that chap
ter shall take you straight into the thick Of the
story.
(To DE CoSrINUEp.)