Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-05-19

saw also the perfection of moral lowell
ness IN her face. Such an angelic face
Charley, There she sat IN the SQUIRE
pew, beside her ugly patroness, will
such intelligence in her melancholy
blue eve and fair half moon of brow
such breathing sensibility in hel
silence: and when / came to know her
what sympathy in her smile, what
silken manners, so soft, graceful, car
| essing, yet modest and full of dignity
She did not answer my note: but wher
! went to the cOpse behind RingwooC
house, where | had implored her I,
meet me she was there She came
she said, only to beg me to come, aBo
write, no more. She was a poor de
pendent, and the least suspicion falling
on her would cast her homeless ana
frieDdless upon the world. | will moi
dwell on this stale love story; it was
perfectly comprehensive of its kind
except that the dupe was not for once
the humble beauty, but the gentleman
from LOHdon. She consented to be
my wife; and at the summers end
without asking her single question as
to her past, without knowing more OF
ii than the farm folks volunteered to
tell me the first dayI saw her, brought
That's what came of being too good foI
this world, incapable of evil, or the
comprehension of it. / had written to
tell father of my intended marriage Ia
Il frankly confessed) "A perfectly obscure
and penniless young woman, that had
of course everything but position and
wealth to recommend her. | wrote a
respectful letter which | received back
In a blank cover. ct my heart yearned
to the cross grained old man, and from
the glory and joy of my fools paradise
| emerged voluntarily, before the
honeymoon was over, to seek q recon-
ciliation with my father.
When got to his door he drove me
away like beggar, like strange dog,
with his lifted stick, with his mouth
full of curses. That Is the last | ever
saw of him. He died, six months after
implacable.
/ hurried back to town, to be con-
fronted by the angel of my house. |
returned sooner than was looked for.
L opened the door by latch key, and
went softly up stairs to surprise my
wife. 1t was about two in the after
noon. Our little drawing room had
folding doors, which were now ajar.
No one was in the front room, but
heard-I heard my wife's voice in the
other. heard her voice and mans.
had but to step forward, and | saw"
1t was quite dark by this time, and
here the voice that had come out of
urquehart's black corner suddenly
broke into an awful sob.
Don't 90 on said much distressed.
'Let me alone" gasped Urquehart,
savagely.
In less than a minute he resumed,
steadily.
81 saw my wife with her arms round
n mans neck. She was passioBately
entreating him not TO leave her; he was
trying to release himself. The next
moment they saw me, and started
apart. Then instantly my wife, that
tender angel, flung herself at me like
wild cat. She did not scream, but
through her shut teeth, she said, III
kill you, I'll kill you, if you touch him ~
Her blue eyes glared much like yOnder
blue lightning that keeps flashing ont
there, and something glittered close tn
my face. She had snatched up her
scissors, and | verify believe would
have dug them into my temple if the
man, her lover, had not come and
pulled down her hand. She was going
to fall into his arms again, but he put
her from HIM, not very gently, and told
her 10 sit down. She Obeyed him in
stantiy. | cannot in the least describe
my state of mind all this time, which
was only a minute or two, suppose.
My impression is that | had ceased to
feel; that If my brain and heart had
been seooped out. | could not have been
emptier of emotion and thought; that
| was not conscious of any yindictive
rage, or any transport of despair. Some
people may think ought to have
kicked that man down stairs. Ineither
did so, nor felt any desire TO hurt him.
1t was he who took the initiative, and
made me sign to go into the front
room with him, which | did. Then,
when ] stood there face to face with
him, said suddenly, and, as 1t were,
iuvOluntaIily-
"WhO are yoUT
81 am sorry for you," said he in a
gentle drawl, looking at me quite COM
"this woman has treated
you very badly. Still, you know, you
have only yourself to thank. Your
conduct has really been quite incon-
rash, you know"
"Who are youg" repeated, staring
at him bluntly.
81 am Captain Edward Ringwood.
This woman is an actress, with whom |
became acquainted about year or two
before you first saw her. | assure you
| knew nothing of your love affair or
marriage. If had known It
ia time, | should certainly have con
sidered it my duty to warn you of the
awful hlupder yOu were making. When
| went abroad with my regiment, 1t
seems she chose TO go down and wrig-
gle herself into my family. What her
motive was | can't imagine. She is a
most artful, dangerous person that is
clear. She saw my return to England
in the papers yesterday, and sent me to
come and see her at this address, which
/ did. | give You my word of honor ]
had not been here ten minutes when
you made yonr appearance: She has
Just told Eis she'was married, and this
was your house; upon which | got up
and wished her good day."
BY this time had found myself un-
able to stand and was sitting on the
sofa with my head between my hands.
When Captain RingwoOd left off speak
ing, l looked up, meaning to say some
lulnS, out IOTSOt " nat III WIS anu only
stared at him silently.
He was a fair, slight young man,
about thirty, with handsome, thin fea-
lures and large. lisht-brown whiskers.
He stood there looking at me with the
same good natured concern in his face
that he had expressed in words in his
fashionable, affected way.
At last | reeolleeted what | had been
going to say, and told him | wished to
be left alone. He silently took ont his
card, laid it on the chimney-piece, and
went out. ...-....
don't know how many hours / re-
mained lying on the sofa. with my eyes
shut, in that strange tOrpor; but 1t was
night when Fopened them, and found
my wife standing by me. She had
lighted the candles on the chimney
piece, and was STOPPING down over me.
She started upright as my eyes opened
but she did not avoid them. She con-
fronted me, arching back her nynspth-
like figure and leaning one hand on a
table behind her ! felt no emotion at