The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1876-11-15

! uneQuiyocally ben chaassec. coul'
. not belp thinking of this long afte
/ she had gone. And then it occurre'
to me tha. Julia Harper was certain
ly on q rather large scale. She ba'
: a good figure Of its kind, and she ha'
J 6ne eyes; but Rachel's were quite a
bright aud much softer; and as for al
the essentials of graceful and femi
nine figure, the mistress was far in
ferior to the maids. ! kept thinking
of this all the evening, and after
had gone TO bed. And | thought
too, Of the very unpleasant specimen
of Julia's insincerity which had be
trayed itself in the case Of the slip
pers.
/ The next day was an auspiciou'
one Looking prei,ier than ever
Rachel came with a note from heI
mistress was ia no hurry to cper
it. you may be sure | asked Rachel
a good number of questions, and wa:
specially solicitations on the score
Of vet feet, which | feared had been
the result of her last homeward voy
age from my lodgings, She had BY
this time habituated herself to talk "a
me in a much more free aud unem-
. barTassed manner than when frs,
she came TO my apartments; and the
more she talked to me the more
charmed ! was; for she expressed
herself so well, had such a pleasant
voice and delivered such sensible
iopinious, that | scon began to think
that The mental qualifications Of the
mistress none Of the highest be il
said yere by no means superior 70
those Of he maid Indeed, to tell
the truth, NY good fellow, was fall
iog in love with little Rachel as fast
as possibly could
This day, Indeed precipitsted the
crisis We had talked some time To-
gelher, when Rachel reminded me Il
thought that there wa ~ expression
CT meek Feproaehinlness in the little
roGad face) that | had not read in
her mistress letter. | opened il 10
careless maonerj aud had Do soOn-
er seed the tirsL line than | burst oat
iuto loud laughter, | exclaimed,
foG are q nice little messenger, IN
deed, 70 carry young lady's 5iW3ts
doaE Yu have given me wrong
letter. She took up the envelope,
which had fallen TO the ground, ond
showed me thatit was directed 20
Edward Bioybap ESQ" All the
b.,teT, Aaehel,n y / said; but this be,
gins, i an 80 delighted. my dear
Captain Gox-Hgrraa, for The enve-
lopes..'
/ looked into Racnel's face. II
vas not easy to read the expression
Of t. First she seemed ioelin-
ed to laugh-then to c3y. Then
she blusbed up to tie Yery roots Of
Der hair Size was evidently in .
state CT fncertitude and eoaf1sion--
ps-4led wsat course 10 pursue /
ioldsd up the letter, placed it in al
other eBvel5pe-not having, OF course,
read another word Of its contents.
What Wss the cause Of ii. { sxees-
sive delight az aot aware up to this
moments bat / could not help asking
Rachel something about Captain Cox
0ae question led to smother Rachel
hesitated at first; bat at last, with
fsi,erIng voice and tearfal face, ;o.d
me the whole truth She said that
she had .e,; Eegse,f Tor gone lime in
e very PaiGial and embarrassing sit
aation. Size recognized her duty to
her mistress, who had been kind and
indglgent 10 herZhgt she could not
helm ses,L; ;Lgt nuch which bad
beeu done was extremely wFoag. She
had ali along been ashamed Of the
daiy on wsica she was employed,
and had more than once hintei Der
bQt bad been only
laughed s. ~ ptcde. She had Of
tea e8rfoa6bsd herseif for teiog q
party 10 The fraud which had been
practiced on NE. She had net al
first falhome1 the whole exte2t ot il;
bat now she knew loF aad : matter
il wSs. Us Gsta was, thai Miss
Harper bad for sowe lime been car
ryiDg on something more than eiF-
tauca with Captain Cox. But her
father dislised toe man, IS DO though
very bsudsome and sgreeable, gose
bat g go1c elaraeter-and
tho-eL3rs. ,{ai,s lad acted cautiously
sad gnardedly in the matter. and had
az Indifference wa.sa aad de-
eeiset Mr.. Harper.
Whsa first came TO anchor at
Canterbury, Captain Cox was on
leave Of absence and, as he aaj
gone away without ma.iag a deela-
ration, j: kaa appessed 70 Juiis tina.
aa overt airtation vita me in lhs cap
taia's a55eRce-someihiEs that would
Certainly reach si. ears-migh, stim-
uia:s siai 10 greater activity. and
eiieia sn unre;rsetsbie avowsl Her
Irritation with ne vas Intended. also.
10 impssss on Mr.. HsFper's mind tss
conviction that she was ssE4T at
taehej TO me. and se Sease5, shere-
fore. 70 :sSg gole sfraseh sAoal Gap
tan COX he lized do. and be En-
cauraged re. 3a purpose that the
0dioss captain might be thrown into
toe shade Such was the state of az
fairs a; the outset Of Juiia's Situation
with me. But Rachel assured me
that really had made al impression
oa the young lsdy's heart. though
she bad not by sny means given gp
the gallsat captain
asked Rachel bow ta;s e2zIa. Se
how it ves PossiSse 1Gsf any heart
eonid beas two Impressions 8; the
same time. She said that she sup
posed seme impressions were Eoi as
deep and ilesseeshie 2s others At
sii e.es,s, she believed that to Miss
Harper it was matter Of no vital
c5neegnmelt whsitsr she married
Captain Cox CT Mr. Bloxham; bat
that she was dets rmined 20 baye one
or tie ot5er The fact i, the sd
xss playing double s-4ss. aud de-
eeiving a0th q Is All this was
verT sse4s. 20 re fTom Ractefs story
But sae told ue il was hss own be-
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