Smyrna times., 1876-06-28
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How the Story Grew.

" Mr> Gray has a new boarder, | per-
ceiye. remarked her opposite neighbor,
Mrs. Linn. turning the shutters a trihe to
observe a lady come down the steps and
cross over q \ member of that select cir
Gle carries letters patent of espectability,"
>Lr added. laughing; Mrs. Gray is NOR
t.dly afraid of any suspicion lighting upon
one Of her flock
The caller addressed replied, with some
animation.
Il presume the person is Mrs. Judge
Atherton. heard that she was to spend
the summer in Eastman, and the Blakes
have moved out in season to accommodate
her with rooms. Judge Atherton is in Eu-
rope
very pretty woman she is but do you
know what have known or where | have
heard Of her? cannot think And Mrs.
Linn looked perplexed, while Miss Harris
knotted her forehead in sympathy,
She was an Earl before marriage-NIary
Earl; that's it! Ny sister Luwent to school
with her at H., and when somebody men
toned her last summer at home she said
that there was something very queer about
her. wonder now whatr'
Some trife, possibly suggested kind
Miss Harris. "Queer may mean nothing
worth speakingof
hat is true and shall call directly" !"
answered Mrs. Linn. So the conversation
turned into different channel.
Bat, LEFT TO her own reflections, the op-
Foslte neighbOr once again required to the
subject of Mrs. Judge Atherton and her un-
known oddty.
Wouldn't Mrs. Gray fdget if hint of
the sort were to reach her ears p she
mused. If Lu were not so far away as
Switzerland | should write and inquire
PARTICULARS; one likes to sift doubt. But,
dear me Lu never answers a question on
paper. shall have to wait her return"
Eastman justly prided itself upon its
ch"lec society, and Mrs Gray's private
boarding g-house was the centre of much
social enjoyment. Mrs. AthertOn found
awaiting her that sympathetic welcome
which only well-bred people are ready to
oiier stranger. Even had her antccedents
been less established the graceful and
'prghtly little woman would have won her
way unaided. The result proved that the
last conner to Mrs. Gray's table was social
SUCCESS.
Mr. un1 a
iaTOrably impressed, and once, as they
commented on Mrs. Atherton, the former
claimed
What was my sister LI thinking of! ]
see no peculiarity about her, except the
unusual one Of being very agreeable"
One day, weeks after Mrs. Atherton had
become entirely domesticated, Mrs. Gray
was entertaining a cousin from the next
town, and as they asked and answered
friendly questions, the cousin remarked:
You have Judge Atherton's wife for a
bOarder?''
slight infection of her voice caused
Mrs. Grey to look up as she replied
warmly:
Yes you never came across a sweeteF
woman. wonder that her husband can
"e contented on the other side of the
Waterr'
Did you make inquiries about her be
'ore she came to Eastman? Do you under
. S'and that her marriage was a happy
One?"
Now, Della, what do you meant" Mrs
'fay face was flushed and worried. You
'aht have been told stories about one oi
my familyr'
lou are not responsible for the history
u each individual, are your Really, con
Ner you unwarantably sensitive. As fol
t', ' case in hand, person from Eastman
u a., me that there was talk about Mrs
iefton before she left school,"
Nobody accused her of being a fool
mat am positive--and lady she could
O' help being, unless her nature undergoes
%fevolution.n
~ honestly" confessed the cousin, I"
''A'e no suspicion of any definite charge