Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-09-04

require energy or powers Of oo"vcrs:.
l,tiOn, in which sho was certainly .lcti
cicnt; and cut of tho fifty maid
from first to last, she was the only ono
of whom I could say as much.
But how" my readers may ask,
"did Annahcl get on after she became
Mrs. Treve'yan?'
That can't tell you, but 1 can tel
you what happened to me III consc
quence, which is tho terrible part OF
the story. e :, -s ~
| A stately carriage drove ono day ur
to my door, AMI my new maid "a very
different one from dear Annie) came
running up the stairs in great excite
ment. "Oh mum. please, mum, there
is a lords coach ut the door, and Lei
la.lyship wishes to see YOU"
whats her name - demanded ]
quietly; for did not wish this grin.
ming idiot TO suppose that was never
called upon by members Of the aristo
cracy.
Here's card, mum; the Lady
Haliss something or other"
lit is not your business to read
visitors cards, said /, stiftly. "Show
Lady Alice Trevelyan up
The similarity Of name with thSts oI
Annabels husband of course struck
me- at once yet was totally -...,v,l,ie to
conjecture her business With poor in
significant me. 1 was not long howevc,
left in doubt. A tall, bony r-backe.l
woman of about sixty years of age
| crooorf1xv lid :,,ko
Miss Twitter, believer" said she.
1.-The same" replied T, politely.
"Will not your ladyship take seat ~
"Certainly not" answered she,
snappishly: II merely came to sec
tue sort Of person by whose ncfariou
assistance my unfortunate nephew has
been entrapped into matrimony. This
is the house is it Z" SAID she, looking
round my little drawing room III u
deprecatory way, "where this con-
spiracy was Matched? In this vile hole
you baited your trap, did you, for that
innocent boy"
~ am quite at loss, madam. to
know what you mean" said Though
l began to guess, "except that you in.
tend to be offensive"
"You are right there, woman," she
rejoined, acidly, eff 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
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 a youthful accomplicc, who
passed as your maid servant, it seems.
and whose fatal charms overcame poor
Arthrr'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 o witness to this atrocious
marriage. I have read your foolish
name in the register, you false, preiu-
diced, crafty, abominable woman! 1t
| 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
as it was, and she exhausted it.
IL 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 my
wits as it was and tbs threat of that
scene being repeated, lay heavy on my
soul for many a day, until my lease was
out, and took another house. Thank
Heaven, L never saw her ladyAhip again.
Once, however, l saw Lady Manilands
herself (for her husbands uncle died in
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 20.
gether, 1 have never heard, but what
have narrated Is, think, lesson to
mistresses against encouraging scr
vant-maids to wed above their position.
1 have heard it said by prudent per.
sons, "Never give anything away >
but above all 1 would impress upon all
spinster ladies, "Never give parlor.
maid away in marriage to the heir.pre.
sumptive of an earldom, especially if he
has an aunt that is touchy about the
honor of the family"