The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-01-24

ing me- And here is the most extraQr,
, dinary part-o il allzthough L was now
quite awake, 1 heard, Is 7 thongtt, Z
voice saving to me: u Go tell Mrs. Ben
son Martha S decelving her; tell her to
send her away at once"
"a Fhree times dhese words seemed to be
repeated in my ear. l can't describe
exactly what the voice was like; it was
not loud ,ibut quite distinct; and felt as
1 listened that it was. warning, and
that | must obey it. / woke my hus-
! band and told him my dream and the
words i had heard de tried to calm
l.llsszllAins, .aRdueSidentl yth0Hght me.f0el-
ISL to, be so frightened, by oQlya stupid
dfeaIp. Esaid would drive .pver the
first thing after breakfast and see if any
irhingcwas wreng with Mary or her
lzmetBers The-efily thing that puzzled
me was that, Martha shOaldt- be mention-
ed As teeeisfng AIRS Behsofi She act
ed As lhonsek &c Der and. lAds IS maid to
her, and was, believed To- be most trust
worthy in every way. FShe had been
four. years. with her, and was much re-
spected.s She was d Silent, reserved
Sind OF TpeRon, about 35Tyears ofTage.
t0ne thineaKhad often4 Remarked ab0nt
her was, that when speaking to any one
she 6eveHlo0ked sfr&ghtt at tlIem but
| thought it might be from a kind of
shyness hneIe thaa ahrthhlg Selse.
As soon as breakfast was over | set
off, telling my husband L would very
likely notreturn until the next day land,
If possible, he was to come for me- He
could drive over early and spend the
day; and we would return home togeth-
'er in the evening, If al was weil with
his mother. "a .EE
y When1f arrived I round Mrs. Benson
and Mary looking AS Yeh as ever, and
eyeFyAthiRg -seeminglyljust as usual.
Marthawas sitting at work in her little
room, which. opened OFF Mrs. Benson s.
dressing-room. could not help look
ing at her more closely thalSI would
have done, at = another time, and
thought l saw look Of displeasuEe
cross her face at, seeing me, Mary and
her mother were, of course, delighted
TO see me, and asked why Henry did
not come too So told them 1 would
stay iill the neKt day, fif they wouldG
have me and Henry would come forinie,
then They We're quite pleased at that
arrangement; for it was not very often
my husband could spend a whole dag /
with them. .ssEssu1aI 20 u g. e7l.g rHa I
Il As the day passed on and nothing ont
of the wavs happened; 4 began. to think A |.
had frightened myself needlessly, and
that my dream or vision might have
been the result of an Over,anxious mind.
Aud then. artlla, what about her? Al
toget her fswas peTplexed. did tot
kndH What. TO think Shut ( std felt u
ee1fain nadefR ed uneasiness. IoifsHeh
up assileHt praS er to be directed to do
Eght, dnd deternlined TO wait patientIy
and do .nuthine Tor a while. | alaa6st
rpped Lniight hear the voice agar, Civ
ing me definite distinctions how 10 act.
Elnch passed and dinner also gand the
eyening being very warm fefs it WIS
the Middle of July, we sat at the open
e1nnow enjoy ing hecoohHg breeze that
vet IN from the sea. ssss
3 As they were early people, shortE
after 10 O'clock we. said good nigEft,N
and went up - oars bedrooms NV
SOON lo0ked -ohsthe avenne some parts
of Which were in deep shades, while IN
0tiier 5srts tiie' fno5nffgiit sfi0ne bftght-
ly through breaks in the trees. | did
nstdesLip-the least sleepy; and, putting
ont my candle, l sat by the window,
looking at the lovely view; for could
see she eoast 9Hite plsinlyrzand. thevdis-
a allI ddid.n5t fhinf hon al
had been sitting there, until heard the
hall clock strike u. Just then | heard,
as Thought, a footstepgoatside of my
door, Which evidently Stopped there,
and then in few seconds passed on.
did not mind, thinking it mightabe one
of. the servants, who had; been up later.
than usual, and was now going quietly
to bed. / began to undress, not Ifght- (
ing the candle again. as l had light
elleEghT frenly the w9epsyl As 1ocame
towards the windowstosciose it, r saw,
exactly asin my dre9psa femslefgure
Aevidehtfy 'keepihg IN tthe shadslof the
down the avenue. l de-
termined to follow and see who it was,
for | now felt the warning voice was not
Sent 20 lie f6f nothing, and | seemed to
get courage, girl though was, to fathom
the mystery. | hastily dressed, threw
dark shawl over my head, and, going
No setes slS slovn SIRirs, opened Me glass
door m The drdwing- WINDOW, and
left it so that L could come in again, ],
Ike tim the shade "a the, trees AS much
asPessibles and qiliekiYfdilnwed the
BAN E93sl 5s Asd s Sse9 tRs woman itaskssy
ilfanls, inthe noshsr ;gdwoI1an' s. hfsdD
who was she? | came close, and got
sSs siss a & t tssas y At
they were standing in the light; I was
in the deep shade, just then the wo
man turned her head towards me. 1t
was Martha What did she want there
y fieHf @4HH who was this manp
l was puzzled. Where had seen that
face before? for that had seen it before
| was certain; but where, and when, |
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words were: "And why not Tonight
DELAYS are always dangerous, especially
nov, W. as they are Beginning to SUSPECT
mel ils stussxs Of bSisqsI9 sIE sE bas
''Beeause Mrs. Benson's daughter-in-
Id HI nc d61Aad Sbu MD
be sure to hear the least noise. Wait
Until tomorrow night; she will be gone
then But, indeed, John, 1 don't like
! IL 81 an En- 4 s=:ss f
am sure"
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