Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1870-01-21


II should try to forget him."
Then, I suppose, I must die"
You have ceased to say my lady il
answering me. Why?'
81 beg your pardon, my lady, It is
thoughlessness-"
t'Do you care for titIes2''
mot much, my lady"
"But ifa titled man proposed to mar
Fy you, what then? Would you accept
hinIP''
s'If Iloved him; not unless"
Then, if accepted q man whom ]
did not Of, love, what would you think
II should be very sorry for yOn, my
80 You are strong young personi By
the way; you know Lord Splaigh toni ,
Yes, my lady. 1t was Lord Splaigh-
ton Is aunt who recommended me to
your Iadyship."
isTrue. Have yon heard of Lord
SPlaighton's mad belief concerning
marriage?''
'tKes, my lady
''And suppose I were to propose to
him to propose to you, for you are a
superior person for your station, what
would you say to him?n
There was no reply.
Lady Annie was looking in her glass
and now she searched the reflection o
the maids face; il was full of anxiety.
why are you so moYed?i'
a Because you are thinking such
strange things"
lyon have forgotten nv lady again, y
81 beg your pardon, my lady"
At this point a tap was heard at the
door, and the maid, answering brought
letter to Lady Annie.
eff you please, my lady, this was left
at the hall door Just now"
She opened the paper carelessIy.-
Suddenly intense interest spread over
her countenance.
This fact the maid Witnessed in her
face. She had forgotten evidently that
the maid was near her, by the time she
had burnt the letter Mt one of the wax
candles on the toilet-table, and even
powdered the ashes over the table with
the ivory back of brush. -
Then she was again looking at her
self in the glass.
':No, my lady, don't!" cried the m aid
in an agonfzed voice.
The Lady Annie turned.
81 beg your pardon, my lady"
me!''
go to bed-go to bedi I shalI not
want you any more. By the way, don't
let the idea of what I said about Lord
Splaighton float in your baby-head.-
He will not marry very much below
his own station. He is engaged to a
person by the name ofSmythe, a bank
er's daughter Why, you have turned
pale, child ~
HYour ladyship frightened me So"
''Be good enough to remember that
you must only address me as my LADY,
not your ladyship.' Goodnight"
Two evenings after this event, the
wall-hower dowagers could do nothing
but talk of the supposed engagement
Lord Gn1afoHfov7 and
Smythe, Satirical things were said of
Lady Annie Beacham, who had pre-
viously during the seasonJ apparent
~ refused to recognize her rival.
Sir Arthur Pennall was near Lady
Annie's side during the greater part
of the evening.
They were seated in the twilight
darkness of a profusely perfumed con-
and totally hidden from
view, when she said, "Sir Arthur will
you get some ice ?"
He left and returned with plate of
the refreshment demanded.
And now find my fan, while am
eating this cream"
For some two minutes she was alone.
When Sir Arthur returned with the
fan, the ice was untouched.
"Sir Arthur" she said, "Lord
Splaighton has gone to find Miss
some ice. I wish you would
HO4 MN taxing blAS 10 n6Ts EnG Is
sitting under the palms over there.
1t will be delightful to see the vexation
upon his face"
"Certainly, Lady Annie!''
Three minutes afterWard the alarm
ing news spread through the rooms
that Miss Smythe had been seized with
a sudden indisposition, and had been
carried to her carriage.
"She has been taking ice," said one
dowager to another. 81 very much
wonder that ice is not put down. I be-
lieve firmly, that it is the cause of
more deaths in a season than anything
else"
That same night the face in the glass
again alarmed the lady's-maid, but she
conquered her terror. Only once she
was near betraying herself, and this
was when my lady said, Few of US
commit murder, but we will all think
it.
Next day, Miss smythe was reported
to be worse.
Sir Arthur PennaII called upon Lady
Annie, and at once she noticed that his
style was totally different from what
it always had been. He was insolently
familiar.
This business of Miss Smythe's will
be bad job for Splaighton, for know
he was calculating upon her money
for his Derby book" ts
''But she is only poorly"
''Oh no; depend upon it, that ice will
do for herr
'fSir Arthur PennaIl!"
He laughed.
"And You are the doctor? Lady An
ME plainly, will you accept me for
husband?''
''Sir Arthur Pennal, you are forget
ting yourself"
NO; I am thinking of myself and
you,"
: s'Think of yourself and leave me to
my own thinking"
awe had better go in double har-
ness"
Here Lady Annie rang the bella
signal to Sir Arthur to rise.
81 shall be at liberty to say that after
getting the ice, you sent me away for
your fan, and that afterward you sent
me to her with the ice. You are known
to have lived in Italy, and you are
known to have been favorable to
SpIaighton. Good morning."
tampered with that ice?''
''It's often done, as we'll with men
and women as with horses"
And unless l accept you, you will
spread this monstrous charge p
I'm afraid so"
81 shall say yOu toere an acconplice. "
He ST .Fted.
Good morning, Sir Arthur Pen
nal-think over what You are about to
do"
She left the room.
That night she was once again be-
fore the glass, once again the face was
looking at itself, and the maid was
furtively watching it.
Two words changed Lady Annie's
life.
Steadily questioning her own face,
she said these two words, -
"Lord Splaighton ~
"Oh no-no, Lady Annie I" cried
the maid. "Your face is terrible !
You contemplate some harm to Lord
Splaighton. I forbid you to do this II
( You forbid !"
I am his t1lfe r.
For some months there was u ter
rible silence. Then Lady Annie
spoke.
"You are his wife. Yours is a face
which cannot hide falsehood. But,
being Lady Splaightou, why are you
here ?o @