Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-05-03

But the occasions when Maggie could
meet her lover were so uncertain, that
he would sometimes seek the rendezvous
for days at a time before he met her
One morning he was seated in the grove
awaiting her when he saw a female
form on the mound. In an instant he
was fastening to the spot under the
supposition that it was Maggie, but
when he arrived there no one was to be
seen. Disappointed and heart sick he
turned away. For several mornings
the same thing occurred, and Clark be-
gan to be perplexed and very nervous
At length, however, Maggie was able
ts meet him, and he forthwith related
to her what he had witnessed. She was
as much confounded as himself, bul
they soon forgot the subject in talking
over their own affairs.
Not long afterwards poor Ann PendeI
went to Mr.. Morton's house, and re
quested him to give her some money
that she might employ men to search
for her missing husband. At first Mr.
Morton spoke kindly to the poor crea-
ture, though he refused her request
but when she became clamorOus in heI
demand, he treated her rudely, and
ordered his servants to see her off the
place.
"And you refuse the supplication OF
the widow" 2" she screamed. "You do
hey? Well, curse you, and the time
shall come when you will lose your
daughter, and you shall seek her and
not find her." ..-.---
These were the parting words of Ann
Pender.
Some little time after this when Clark
and Maggie Morton were holding one OF
their stolen interviews in the grove,
Ann Pender was lurking near at hand.
Maggie was telling her lover that she
could only spend a few moments in his
society on account of the scrutiny that
was exercised over her movements.
"And is this to last forever?" asked
Clark in a mournful tone. "Are we to
meet and scarcely say two words OF
welcome before We say goodbye. to
meet again We know not when:"
"Be patient, willie," answered Mar
garet, "when 1 have right to my for
tune, if my father is still opposed to our
union, l will marry you without any
longer delay"
"Yes," replied Clark, land the world
will call me fortune hunter"
"What will that signify?' said Mar
garet. II know you are not; and that
is enough for me-"
Courses on you both" shouted a
voice from the bushes, and stout wo-
man i'm tattered and faded dress stood
before them "I have discovered you,
have i? I'll away and give the infor-
nation, and perhaps he'll give me the
money" and in an instant the woman
had darted off
"'Tis crazy Ann" Maggie called to
Clark, who was pursuing the creature.
''She is harmless" 5.s.
''But she will go and inform your
father" said Clark.
''Never fear," replied Maggie, "she
will do nothing of the kind" But
Maggie Morton was mistaken. Ann
Pender hastened to her father and re-
lated the conversation she had overheard
in the grove, but Mr.. Morton, failing
to give her money, the woman rallied
against him as she had previously done,
and was again turned of the grounds.
For long days Clark waited in vain
for Maggie to appear; and was not
aware of the terrible scene that had
occurred between the father AMI daugh-
ter, when Maggie openly admitted that
she had been meeting her lover.
Some time after when Clark was wait
ing i'm the grove in the hope of meeting
Maggie, poor Ann Fender appeared be-
fore him.
81 have done a thing" she said,
s'which makes me sleepless. gave the
II md i
the mischief, l will repair it. | know
your trouble. Write a note, and Ann
Pender will deliver it. Safely and
quickly too"
Clark was deceived as many are de-
ceived by mad persons temporary re-
turn to reason, and agreed 20 meet her
i'm an hour with letter for Maggie.
But he more than half repented having
done so, when at the sight of the letter
Ann Pender's wildness returned. ii
was too late, however, for she was gone
in moment, cl1tching the note tightly
in her hand.
81 was a fool to trust her." MUIR
INJURED Clark. "She will give the letter
to Mr.. Morton"
He was mistaken, however. The next
day the poor creature met him with a
reply from Margaret. She had man.
aged to crawl under Miss MOrton's
window unobserved. and deliver Clark S
note and receive reply.
The letter of Maggie gave him some
thing to ponder on. She directed him
to keep himself concealed, and see that
report was circulated that he had left
the country. That at nights he could
repair to a certain hollow tree in the
grove and search for letters, and when
it was necessary to communicate with
him she would send him some impor-
tant instructions. For two months
William Clark kept himself concealed,
and only ventured out at night to seek
the grove in hopes of receiving letter
At length he was rewarded. A hurried
note told him that her father was salts
fed that he had left the country, and
she was not so closely guarded as be-
fore. She, moreover, told him to watch
for her on the third morning after he
saw a small fire kindled on the mound.
The third morning afterward, he was at
his post, and Maggie appeared on horse
back.
'.To-day / am twenty-one," she ex-
claimed, as she threw herself into her
lovers arms.
,s'will you-fly with me?" asked Clark.
'sThere is no occasion to flee," replied
Miss Morton, ''but / will marry you.
Get horse and we will ride to town. 3"
William Clark required no second
bidding; he was soon on his way to a
neighboring town where he made Mar
garet Morton his wife.
I'm the mean time large company of
friends had assembled at MIR. Morton's
house in honor of Maggie coming into
her fortune. As soon as her absence
was discovered. Mr.. Morton was fairly
frantic and with the guests began to
search the country for the absent one.
"Ha. ha hal" cried the voice OF Ann
Pender, 'sdid I not tell you that you
would lose your daughter, aud not find
her? And now again l curse you, nor
will I aid you to seek her."
The CONSERVATION OF Mr.. Morton and
his friends was indescribable when
night came, but Margaret came not
with il. "a f
The following day letter from his
daughter solved the mystery. She was