The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1870-08-20

within ten minutesJ and where he was
received with open arms by Mrs: Ma-
plesote, an old lady with corkscrew
surls.
"This is my EMBELLISHMENTS, Mr..
Waters" said Mrs. Maplesone,
"I am exceedingly delighted to make
your acquaintsnc said Miss Annette,
languidly, and If we believe her (and of
course we can't doubt lady's wordj,
she certainly must great knack Of hid
ing her delight--for she certainly did not
allow any of 1t to appear in hef tone or
on her face. AT least, so Mr.. Waters
thought, and faint idea struck him
that perhaps he could not be happy with
such woman, even if his father did will
it.
But of course he didn't let such un-
courteous thought find utterance in
Words, but sat patiently by the fair An
nette's side, listening TO her senseless
twaddle, and pretending to feel an inter-
est in IL and her. and sad to relate-fail-
ed miserably.
He was fast falling asleep; and softy
to say, when he was aroused by an ex-
clamation that broke sr5m Mrs: Maple-
sone's lips:
"Upon my word, Annettey'
"WGll, ti1af'
''Just look" said her mother, pointing
out of the window with Mortified look
"there is your cousin Jessie, riding on
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declare that girl will disgrace the family
ii a stop is not put to her unladylike con.
duct"
"Pm sure, ma, quite agree with
you," sSid Annette, angrily. "Indeed
I'm quite ashaffied Of her when any
gentleman asks me if that wild, reckless
girl is my cousin"
Harty managed to glan6e out at the
window; and there he saw white pony
coming up the road at breakneck rate
and the rideri Yes, as he looked clos
er, he became convinced that the fail
rider was his guide of the morning.
She reined up at the gate, and threw
the reins into the hands of man WHIT
was standing there-this was Grillett
the gardeher; lie pony was His property
and then dismounted without the
least assistance, and entered the house
She evidently supposed the roofn u
be unoccupied, for she entered it with
rush, her hat in lief hand, and her hui
all flying over her face iii distractinl
manner; but she looked little confus
l od xuhn oh nf
room.
"Jessie,' said Mrs. Maplesone, severe
ly, ST wish TO know whether you con
slider it ladylike and becoming to act il
the way you do?"
"Im sure, aunt, meant no harm, anG
am very sorry i'll have offended you,
answered Jesse, quietly. ~ try to be a
lady, but can't"
"Then you should learn" said Mrs.
Maplesone, frigidly.
"Well, I'll try" said Jessie, With
sigh. "Let me see, I'll take pattern
m-from-Annette."
Had Mrs. Maplesone been quick-wit-
ted, she might have detected vein Of
sarcasm in this apparently innocent re-
mark; but she did not, aud only re-
marked, complacently:
"You could not take pattern OF a bettei
person. Ah, blythe by" she said, sud
denly resuming her politeness, which
she had apparently forgotten for The
moment, "Mr. Waters-this is my niect
Miss Randolph"
"Any relation to Colonel Randolph
asked Harry:
"He was my father, sir" said jessie
suddenly becoming serious.
"Colonel Randolph is dead" said Mrs
Maplesone; as COOL ) as if she was speak
ing of everyday topics: "Died about a
year ago. Had lie been careful nian
and taken care af his wealth, lie might
have provided for Jessie suitably. But
Ne was very fooIish-squandered his
money-and in consequence, Jessie has
almost a mere nothing to live on"
tessis's eyes filled with tears; and Her
cheek burned at this unfeeling allusion
TO her dead fatherj and 1t Is hard TO tell
what might have been tile consequences,
Dub ~ thhO ahOnSht AnheLtSI WuO Hdu
been watching all the proceedings with
evident displeasure, broke into the con-
versation.
"Jessie,'' she said, coldly, 'you had
better go and dress for dinner, for you
are hardly in a presentable condition in
your present state"
Jessie walked out of the room without
speaking, and held up her head proud
ly; but Harry saw the tears in her eyes,
and pitied her.
"Poor girlr' he thought; her fate is a
hard one. She is poor relation"
When Harry had been at at Cedar
Grove about two weeks he began to be-
have in very singular manner. His
eyes continually wandered from the face
OF Miss Annette to that bf Miss Jessie in
a most traitorous and ungallant man.
ner, and he gave every symtom of fall
ing from his allegiance and running
counter to his fathers will-in fact,
choosing for himself And as for Miss
Jessie, changed seemed to have taken
place in her also. Her manner and ac-
tions became more quiet and reserved,
and Mrs: Maplesone began to hope that
she had taken her advice and had made
successful attempt to become lady,
and succeedsdj but she was mistaken.-
1t was something deeper than she could
fathom-in fact, so deep, that Jessie her