Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-09-04
AUSTIN, MOWER COUNTY, MINNESOTA. TIL

require energy OF powers of oouversa
tion, in which she was ccrtinly s.leH
cient; and cut Of the fifty maid
servants that have had in nv service
from first to last, she was the only one
of whom could shy as much.
But how" my readers may I ask
"did Annabel get on after she became
Mrs. Trevelyan r.
That l can't tell you, but I. can, tel
you what happened TO me in conse
99ence, which is tho terrible part o
the seory. & s.sss sazEzs E3sss So ~
A stately carriage drove one day NJ
to my door, and my new maid "a very
different one from dear Annie cam,
running up the stairs in great excite
ment. "Oh mum, please, mum, there
is lords coach at the, door, and lie,
ladyship wishes to see you. ~
What's. her name z" demanded
quietly; for I did not wish this grin
ming idiot TO suppose that I was never
called upon by members Of the aristo
cracy.
Here's a card, mum; the Lady
Haliss something or other .,,s.
lit is not your business to read
visitors cards, said I, stiMy. "Show
Lady Alice Trevelyan up
The similSiity 6f name With thru oi
Annabel's husband of course struck
ne ct once; yet ,lyas totallyss....lale to
! conjecture her business with poor in
significant me. l was not long howeve,
left in doubt. A tall, bony stiff backed
woman of about sixty years of age
presently sailed into the room.
Miss Twitter, believe?" said she.
"Ihe same" replied I, politely.
"Will not your ladyship take seat ~
Certainly not" answered she,
snappishly. II merely came to see
assistance my unfortunate nephew has
been entrapped into matrimony. This
is the house is it," sand she, looking
round my little drawing room IN a
deprecatory way, "where this con-
spiracy was hatched2 In this vile hole
you baited your trap, did you, for that
innocent boy
II am quite at loss, madam, to
know what you mean, =" taid I (though
l began to guess Except that you in.
tend to be offensive"
"You IRE right there, woman" she
rejoined, acidly, "if you should never
be right again in your life. 1t is the
only consolation left to me, after the
ruin Of our house, to tell you to your
face what think of you. You are a
treacherous, designing creature you
entered into fraudulent conspiracy
Yes, know it's actionable, if there's a
witness; but if you dare come near the
bell, I'll knock you down. say, you
conspired to seduce the affections of
my nephew, the Honorable Arthur
Trevelyan, heir presumptive to the
Earl of Manilands. don't
say you did it yourself; 1
wish you had, because then the
probability is that the disgrace would
only have lasted your lifetime: YOU
employed youthful accomplice, who
passed as your maid servant, it seems.
and whose fatal charms overcame poor
Arthur's scruples. 1t is my belief that
you both ought to be hanged. Don't
answer me don't venture to speak to
me, lest the sound of your hated voice
should provoke me beyond all bounds!
You were witness to this atrocious
marriage. I have read your foolish
name in the register, you false, preju-
diced, crafty, abominable woman! 1t
l was not a lady born and bred, don't
know what 1 shouldn't call you!'
What she would have called me had
she not been lady OF hereditary title,
it is impossible to conjecture; she had
an immense vocabulary of abuse even
rs it was, and she exhausted it.
II shall come again, and let you
know what my opinion of you really
is were her last words, which were
perhaps the most terrible of all, She
had nearly frightened me out of nv
wits as it was and ths threat of that
scene being repeated, lay heavy on my
soul for many day, until my lease was
out, and took another house. Thank
Heaven, never saw her ladybhip again.
Once, however, l saw Lady Manilands
herself TOR her husbands uncle died in
q few years. going to court in the very
quietest dress in which any lady ever
did go there; she gave me bow and a
smile out the carriage window, and
that was all. She never called on her
old mistress. It is my impression that
in her heart she is not worthy of
her husband. How they got on to-
gether, l have never heard, but what I
have narrated Is, l think, lesson to
mistresses against encouraging SER
vant-maids to we'd above their position.
1 have heard it said by prudent per-
sons, "Never give anything away -
but above all I would impress upon all
spinster ladies, " Never give q parlor-
maid away in marriage to the heir.pre-
sumptive of an earldom, especially ii he
has an aunt that is touchy about the
honor of the family"