The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-08-05

the home-eoning. said Mrs. Weed
eoek aftefEsrd. n relating the story
70 Asdenoiselle Widger.
MademoiseIle Widger vas the nil
liner who lived only three doors from
Mrs. Woodcoek's. and said mon
Dieu, 10 appesr Ike s FrenehE0m-
an She was eeuaIly fond Of cup
Of tea and . dish Of gossip, and made
al Mrs Woodeock's bonness FOR
nothing.
so there sat and saw II al, =
pursued Mrs Woodcock- And what
do you think, MademoiseIle, bat
Earnest came in with , lady on bis
arm older than his mother. Ny
wife, said be, and you might have
knocked ne over with one Of your
feather peoples. There never was
such 4 surprise in ThrockmOrton be-
FORE
Mon Dieuin cried mzdemoiselle,
with little foreign scream Did
you learn how il happened
ssNo mere than the dead. replied
Mrs Wooicock, solemnly. Mrs.
Seacrest tried 70 pass i Of with her
suOoih-if-awsy manner, but she
couldn't deceive ne / could see she
hsd hard work to keep her feelings in
But there she poured the tea and
passed the cake 70 that cid thing Is
smiling as s neon She Is such q
hand to eoTer up and make As
everything IS iast right Is happens
70 her"
SO yoa staid 70 lunch - queried
MAIDEN iselle. helping Lerself TO a
third eGp Of beverage from Mrs.
WOodeock's round black pot as she
spoke
Yes, they asked ne and / didn't
wsit 70 Be denied | thought Il
would be 3 good chance 10 see the
bride, how she looked snd how she
appeared"
well. how was itg" asked the
milli1er, between her sips Of tea
"She appeared vel enough, ss far
IS that went, If she hadn't seemed
old enough 70 be his graadmother-
fou know Earnest Is master young
looking for bis years, and l don't sup
pose be Is IS day over twenty
But dida't you have sny sarmise
how il happened to take place
pursued nademoiselIe-
Wei, 1 suppose she must have
been worIh property, = returned Mrs.
WoodcOck, who Ike . wise general.
never acknowledged q Gsfezt But
for al that l don't commend II il
him, snd | bad as lief tell him 50 az
his dinner-tsble.T
While thus the hidden affairs Of
the doctors family were being dis
enssed and stirred up in the Hollow,
as ben stirs amend dead leaves. on
the biii they were being covered ever
Ike the lost babes IN the wood Il
was never the Sescrest fashion to pa
rade the family skeletons Ike the
family jewels So thev ate and
drank and laughed, and tried TO look
ST The elderly bride without shgdder-
ing.
But the age was not the worst Of
II She was bonely. And her homeli-
ness was nOS the worst; she was stiff
aud unsttraciiTe IN person And II
was hardly the consolation that 4
should have been 10 perceive the IN
limited fondness thar the bOE bride
groom had for his aged eompAniou.-
For il Is really 3 comfort, though
small one. 10 see our friends ebafe
under degradation. Accepting sla-
very with e0atentmeet makes the
captive tEice slave
However. the less the family felt
Ike saving sweet things, the more
they pressed the sugzred cake, the ICE
cream and strawberries upon their
new member. Bat al this time some
thing was il the background waiting
10 be brought forward, sBd Il was tie
bride who bad the courage first 70
touch IL
Earnest she began With the
dominant air Of sa elderly aunt, an
explanation Is due to yOur father and
mo.her-snd sister, she added
glaaeing sharply al Miriam. Nho was
fairly seasiek with DISCUS; and sor-
row and mortiSeation.
Yes, Lily, tell them, answered
Earnest. looking az Der as though she
we're sugar candy
The idea Of ealing the cd. black.
greasy thing Lily
The truth Is, then said Lny.
turning Der EiIhered face away from
Earnest as ihO8gh il cost her s1 ef-
fort, ~by the VIII Of the uncle from
whom ! had ny money. unless mar
RED before s certain date lost II all
And kiasnan, who was heir at law,
was reTy anxious 10 inherit it.
The old eur wanted LI,y himself, .
Earnest, and be ;b0Ggbt
L be got her mooeF be would be
sure 70 get her At aaT rate be was
resolved 70 have that This was
EhT ne ha 70 Be 50 secret
Miriam fairly groaned; and even
airy hearted Mrs. SeAcrest dropped
Der nzpkin-ring on The floor. sad
came up from STOPPING for Il. With
wet evelashes. To think that Ezru-
81 bad sold himself for this Eoman's
yoid. So Mrs. Woodcock, down n
he Hollow, was right after sli.
Bot as though she suspected the
nature Of their thoughts, Lily went
n.
Il had some lroable IN persaading
2arnest, she said. looking Al him
iondIy through her blue glasses. +
while she pstied ber gray earis and
settled her cap f..I know you nad,
.;sculafed Miriam, insrdiblv-D He
lad foolish notion Of waiting until /
sfter had lost nv property. But /
lad right 70 il snd / wanted 10
zeep its
We bad 3 jolly time. though 4
so6ging old Drymsr. He Is about
iisooyering now, Lily. that be isa't
% smart as he thought be wss." said
Earnest. bursting Into a jOyo8s
aagh. and nobody bad the heart to
cia him
Then be took from his pocket the
marriage certificate, dated that re-F
iay. II seemed shat BE had tele-
q, his farher II rns.ef hsr-, ]