Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1873-10-08
SAVED.

'Miss Violet. will You give this letter
70 Mrs. Maltby ?"
had my hands full of drawing ma
terials, but I received the letter and
continued on my way to Mrs. Maltby's g
drawing room.
The drawings were little studies had
made while down at the seaside, where
had spent my vacation-made by Mrs.
Maltby, to whom 1 had been a COM
panion for q year-and Mrs. Maltby had
been interested in them, saying: ''Touch
them up q bit, Violet, and will get a
portfolio for them and keep them" 1
usually sat with her in her dressing
room through the mornings, and thither
repaired to touch up the drawings,
while she sat with her slippered feet on
the fender, embroidering with purple
and crimson woods.
gave her the letter, and went to a
low seat in the deep bay-window. /
sharpened pencil, and then happened
to glance towards my companion.
Her face was ashy white. Her profile
was turned towards me. In its irregu-
larity and pallor it looked like face
cut in stone. But I had never seen it
look SO sharp and deathly.
The letter was clenched in her hand.
l had brought her bad news.
was shocked, but silent. I tried to
remember what I knew of her family
relations. She was handsome, black
haired woman of fifty, who had been
early widowed, and returned to her
fathers house. Her parents were dead.
Her mother had died in her infancy,
and she had been the mistress of Red
burn ever since. It was not long, how
ever, since her fathers decease. She
never had child. She had no brothers
or sisters whom had heard Of could
not surmise what had happened.
1 saw her burn the letter, and she
rose and left the room.
Afterwards I guessed whom that COM
munication was from.
A week passed. They were quiet and
comfortable but rather monotonous
weeks at Redburn. But, though young,
1 was less restless than most girls. I
was not unhappy with Mrs. Maltby.
Only sometimes | wished for little
change.
It came-a most startling episode.
We had company to dine - Mrs.
Maltby's lawyer and personal friend
from New York; was dressing her
hair, as sometimes did, for she liked
my arrangements, pronouncing them
artistic. Suddenly, without knock or
warning, the door was flung open and a
young man walked in.
1 felt Mrs. Maltby start under my
hands. myself was frightened, the
intruder looked 80 bold and reckless.
He was very handsome, but he looked
to me to have been travelling long, or to
have come out of some revel. His linen
was soiled his long, clustering hair
unbrushed his eyes bloodshot yet
his appearance was singularly attrac-
tive. / had never before seen so high
bred and graceful man.
Mrs. Maltby did not speak to him.
He seated himself before and not far
from her. however.
"Go on Violet" she said.
Certainly. Let the young lady pro-
ceed with her task" he said, quickly.
"What / have to say need not interfere
with her employment. 1 understand
dont thonSb T have not had the nlea-
anre of meeting her before"
The Last sentence anneared tn have
been quite mechanically spoken, for he
had fixed his eyes fiercely upon Mrs.
Maltby's face, and seemed to see only
her. went on pirning up the braids
of her hair as I had been bid, but my
hands trembled. / could not see her
face, but / think she met that look
steadily.
"You refuse me-" he said, in far
different tone from that in which he
had first spoken-low and concentrated.
Certainly" she answered.
"Do you want my blood upon your
head ?" he exclaimed.
II washed my hands clear of you long
ago." she answered composedly.
"Long ago" he repeated, and wave
OF emotion that was lnexplcable to me
went over his face. Then he was silent.
I don't know why, but from that mo-
ment I pitied him.
He got up and commenced walking
the floor.
81 tell Won. Winifred. must have
this money!" he said. III must have it
to.niobt Tonight. /" he repeated.
MIS-. Maltby was silent. 1 caught a
olimpse of her face. Flint was not
harder.
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