The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-06-05
VOLUME X.
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makers.
Mamma" said Ammo May, iii voic.
strikingly unlike the high pitched ton.
of Miss Garnet, "would it not be as vel
to mention the business for which WE
called upon Miss Westbury ?"
Garnet's ears tingled so that perhaps
| new splendor shot from their pendant
jewels, for was this not a prelude to an
invitation to their house, to some Ger.
man or grand reception, where she
might see the president, and some OF
the great men of the country?
Yes. dear" said Mrs. May, in the
same low, modulated tones. "You see,
Mss Westbury, we have been searching
the city for missing friend, and having
heard, accidentally, that you were n re.
lation, We called to see if you could
give us any information concerning Miss
Stella Glen"
"Stella Glenl Ny cousinr exclaim-
ed Garnet, the blood raceding from her
cheeks, while she inwardly wondered at
the strange question. Was it possible,
after all, that this could have been the
only object of their visit ? Did they
not come to make her a call of acknowl-
edgment, or OF compliment? Could it
be only to inquire after Miss Stella,
who perhaps they took for dress
maker? And who knew but she might
have been one-she was such stickler
for the right of women to help them
selves and at the thought her cheek
burned.
She drew back little, mortified to
the heart. Had all her fine clothes, her
point lace gone for nothing? Had she
been called down, it seemed to her now,
like a servant, to tell whatever she knew
about her cousin?
''Miss Glen ie here, with u.s." said
Garnet.
s'What in this hotel? Oh, mamma ~
exclaimed Miss Anne, with sparkling
eyes.
81 will go up and send her down."
said Garnet, rising.
"Prav, don't think us 80 rnde," said
Mrs. May, and her hand was on the
bell-rope.
A card was sent mp by the servant,
while Garnet sat still, in mute surprise,
her high spirits gone, her vanity laid
low.
Presently, to her horror. Stella ap-
peared in the doorway, in the same
identical black silk dress-rusty at that
which she always wore. But now Gar
net cav with new eyes-saw a delicacy
in her face that had been sealed to her
hitherto.
What was her exceeding establishment
to note that all the Mays rose, and with
outstretched hand welcomed her cousin
with the warmest demonstrations. Miss
Anne kissed her; Mrs. May patted her
cheek and called her darling Miss
Belle chided her for not coming to see
them all had kind word, real well
come, for the girl Garnet had considered
a little nobody.
At last the truth came out. Miss
Glen was the daughter of one who had |
been brave soldier during the war.
Her father had died, nobly giving his |
life up in the heroic effort to save his |
superior offlcer-and that officer was |
Col. May.
Miss Glen had then devoted herself
10 the sick and wounded in hospital and
had, singularly enough, succeeded by
her devotion in carrying through ter
rible illness the son of this same Col
May, young lieutenant, who had been
wounded at Gettysburg.
From that time the Mays adopted her
As nearly as possible until they left for
Europe. They had been very anxious I
10 take her with them, but as the young
officer aforesaid had made proposals of
marriage to Miss Glen, and been re-
iected, she very wisely declined.
this Garnet learned afterward. At
3if1s she only felt a burning resent
&eqf INT this quiet, questionable
~ had preceded her in the good
- a one of the most prominent
kiA u town, and it seemed like
lddins. the oqe drop too much when
Mrs. May, after almost literally implor-
ng visit from Miss Glen, turned, as
f she bethought herself, and blandly
4dded: "And. bring your little cousin
With you." Evidently they thought
Ter fresh frCm school
"I'n never go-In never go!" she
ried, in tempest of passion, when the
ousins regained their parlor. "Why
lidn't you tell me you knew them?"
nd she, turned on poor Stella with
'erfect torrent of vituperation, blaming
Ter for all that she had been obliged to
In time, however, she thought better
f it. Finding that her quiet little
ousin had the entree into society, she
to treat her upon more
quail terms but she never forgot the
humiliation or the lesson of that days
lefeat.