The Newtown bee., 1877-12-27

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 "Msshm, answgsed ,lls sil9ciut.s duly, as .l saeali ys lis aisa.nre to obey sueh calls, sat ypG ife sweye Jlli !. bsgr been sent away from your door twice without seeing the patient Allow nie to ask yos question--are you the mis. ,ress of he house r. G uf A1E. ."fieaven knows am," sald the nld iady. "I Lave lived ihere for forty years Town il. Iam the only person under that roof who has the right to give an order"
 'sApd the person who sent n,o away r" My old servant, Margaret"
 .,Did she do 1t Ut your ordcr.v s
 No, sir, it was piece of presump- iIon. But MIgaret means well she loves us.'
 Then. madam, If l accompany you shall see the patients'
 "Assuredly, sir
 put on my hat again, und we went out of the house together We exchapg- ed a few words as we walked the streets At tho door of the house the old lady paused 4 moment.
 Don't mind Margaret" she whisper. ed 'she means well. sss
 Tnen she ascended the steps.
 At the last one the door was opened to ns by the woman had twice seen be- fore.
 1.-The doctor must see my child, Mar garrett" said the old lady.
 Margaret stepped back.
 'Wslk ir, sir" was all she said
 The old lady beckoned me to follow per, and I did so. She wen, up stairs and opened the first door she came to It gas an empty bedroom. She closed j. with sigh. The next room into which she led me was also vacant. So were all the others. In fact we visited six apartments, only one of which seem- ed to be regularly occupied as sleeping chamber and at last the old lady came to me with a strange glitter in her eyes. t'Stolen" she said "stolen ] some body has stolan my child. Sir, do you know, 1 think it must be Satan l" Then steady step crossed the sill; Margaret game in, and the old lady, bursting into tears, suffered her to lead her away.
 As made ny Way down stairs Mar garet rrjoined me. "You understand it now," she said. t'You see this poor lady is not in her right mind" ##TE
 Il 6o, indeed,p l said BIS ''She had daughter once,e said Mar garet, and the girl--a pretty creature of sixteen--ran away with bad man. She came back home one day and begged forgiveness. Her mother turned her from the door in fury. IL was night; the rain and hail beat down upon the poor thing, and the wind buffeted her. There is no knowing what happened to her that night, but, next morning, she Jay dead in the police station. Her mothers address was pinned to her ba- by's clothing, and they brought her home.
 From that awful day, sir, my mis- tress--who, in her remorse and delirium. called in twenty doctors to bring her daughter to life--has always been doing what she has done to you.
 "i try to keep the secret generally, but some find it out, and others think odd things of us. thought I would tell you the truth. If she contrives to come again, you can promise to call, aad so be rid of her. Poor sopl she has nobody in the world but me now. She's punish. sd for her hardness, at sny rate, and you'll excuse her conduct"
 bowed. could say nothing. Mar garet opened the door for me and Walsed out into the fresh air.
 As I looked back upon the house with all its elegance, it seemed to me to have 3 haunted air, as though the ghost of the poor girl still hoyered about ii.
 God only knows how many fearful secrets such handsome bones may at times shut in" said to myself, as l iarned my back upon it gladly
 have never seen the poor old lady since that hour. Probably Margaret las kept too close watch upon her.