The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-05-03
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Then Herbert Wilson departed to his
hotel, aud Minerva enteredlthe garden
The fat landlady greeted her on the
threshold, even made some .half-intelli-
/ gible remark e as she passed up stairs,
to which She assented vaguely Minor
vas knowledge of German was very inn
perfect The rooms were excessively
black and silent.
"Janei- Jane - called the younger
sister, softly. She managed to strike a
light after much laundering, for Miner
va was not one of the women who can
find things ia the dark. James hatwas
not in its place, nor was Jane herself to
be discovered. When this truth dawn
ed upon her, Minerva, withwhite cheeks
and dilating eyes, rushed down stairs
in alarm. The house door was now
closed, and the stout landlady had in
vested her head in a cotton night-cap.
Jane had not been home at all; the
stout landlady inferred that she was to
remain out. Minerva wrung her hands
in helpless distress. An hour ago Jane
had come along the street alone. What
had become of her? Minerva obeyed
the first impulse of terror, and wrote
line on her card beseeching aid of Her
bert Wilson in this emergency. Oh,
what would she do without him now?
That gentleman wassmoking his cigar
outside the hotel, still enjoying the glori-
Gus night, and Immediately obeyed Mi
nerva's summons. 80 ~ 81
In the meanwhile the landlady had
talked volubly in German, Minerva had
replied in French, and the maid-servant
had stared at both of them silently
When Herbert Wilson appeared, Minerva
ran out to the gate, and suffered him to
take both of her cold little hands in his
own resssuringlys while she commune
Gated the dread intelligence of james
disappearance. yTII5 al
"Oh, what can become of a woman
alone in place ike this at nightP'' she
cried. ..---- ....r -..n.5
Every beer garden and shadowy path
had become a pitfall of robbery and vio-
lence to Minerals excited imagination.
ave shall find her soon, l am conf
dent" replied the artist, it must be CON
fessed rather vaguely. '.--zi a
''But she never came home," sobbed
Minerva, not daring to frame her own
fears, yet believing the worst. sirs
Jane was scarcely the sort of person
tosbe willing away the midnight hours
in tap-room, or in solitary ramble
through deserted avenues. The land
lady, still in her night-cap, waddled
down the garden path with fearful
suggestion as. to notifying the police,
which made her hearers growcold with
apprehension. lsest
At this critical moment of suspense
the voice of Jane reached them, APP
parently from mid-air. lltI
Where do live, did you inquire?
Never you mind that, but try to obey the
doctors orders.'f t9 .fklh'd .hts Il
The group at the gate glanced up in
voluntarily at the next house, where
lights were moving about, and two forms
paused near the window thus Illuminated
One was Jane, nodding her head ener-
getically, and the other a tall man, who
shrugged his shoulders deprecatingly.
perhaps the doctor win be so kind
as to say that the gentleman came to
this apartment month ago. observed
the tall man. .- ..
81 have been here a month myself
said Jane, decisively. al don't know
the laws of Germany, though. -
"she has gone mad!'' exclaimed
Minerva. "Oh, my poor Jane, what
has happened to you?'' 'ssi r.- s. .sEa
"She has mistaken the house, said
Herbert Wilson, smOthering laugh. I
When Jane had identified the sick
man on the bed, she was. very much
alarmed, and instantly attempted to re-
vive him, obliyious of her surroundings
She held her own yinaigrette to his nos
trils, and dashed the remainder of the
water in the carafe over his face.
Then she rang the bell violently;
and when it was answered by a
chubby servant whom she had never be-
fore seen, Jane. managed very well TO
brighten her into immediate summons of
the doctor The alarming impropriety
of the situation never occurred TO her.
Had it been a strangerwho thus invaded
her territory, Jane could not have done
otherwise that revive him; but it was
actually the Rev. Mr. Powerton in the
flesh, and Jane trembled as she contem-
plated his helplessness.r "a
The Rev. Mr.. Powerton was clerical
star of the first magnitude in the firma-
ment of home where Jane dwelt, elo=
quent, genial, and popular to the extent
that might have turned the head OF a
less wise man An adoring public had
persisted in investing his personal histo-
~ with a charm of sentiment, for he had
never married, and was the idol of the
feminine portion of his Congregation ac-
cordingly. Jane, in her inrnost heart,
had for years considered him noble
among mankind, but she had Withdrawn
from all public manifestations, although
She had in secret wrought one of the in
Vulnerable. pairs of slippers sent him
anonymously. She always blushed when
She thought of such temerity, while
hoping that the weary feet of the great
clergyman might seek her gift after the
days labor had been accomplished
All these things rushed through her
mind while she held the ,vinaigrette to
his nose, and she had the satisfaction of
beholding reviving consciousness as
the doctor entered. The doctor was
brisk, abrupt little man, intent only on
his business. The presence of Jane
seemed to surprise hinl--if any thing
could surprise him in his professional
career-and he demanded to know
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