Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1879-12-24

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= new rose. but what would Mrs, CRU
0 dy say should q Langstrath ally hin
| self to a working'gil I They wer
new people In Elmwood society VIII
I. knew not Joseph, but whose opiuio
was OF value to Mrs, Random. An
I then there Il q class OF women VIII
/. dislike to see themselves supplapte
even 10 tho affections ofa brother, or !
the management Of q pleasant home
Mrs, Random knew by instinct tha
the pat OF second fiddle at Elm Pac
would prove utterly dlseordant to he
feelings, Yet not for the world woul
she have charged such thing as thl
to Rebccca's account II circumstance
had not put II out Of the question TO
q mind constituted like hers 10 repea
tho suspicion. II tho facts had no
seemed TO prove it, Mrs, Random
would have been the last person Il
willfully imagine such scandal. She
did not discharge Rcbccca at Onc'
from her employment, but she watch
cd her, aud was conscious that Lang
strath watched her, too, with sort o
miserable heart-aching anxiety. Blu
the bill did not put in appearance, tho
they left no stone un,urned. Lang
strath ordered the carpet in the sew
ing.room TO be taken up; II rat had
becu known to carry of valaables tc
his nest. But there was no rat-hole
TO be found, and no bill either.
dts not the money" said he. 81
would give all / have to find the fifty
dollar bill y Mrs. Random hardly
echoed the sentiment. Rcbecca had
lately appeared in n blue silk that
would stand alone. She had not been
in the habit Of indulging in such lux.
ures she could i'll afford them.
"Did you see Rebecca to-day" Mrs.
Random asked her brother.
"Certainly"-a little 'horosely, as if
be thought it hard enough upoh him
too be obliged to perceive another
proof OF her unwor,hiness without
bearing evidencO.to it.
Strange she had never bongbt her.
self silk before. She once told me
she never should willie she had to
work for her living"
"Win gold and you may wear it,
he returned, putting bold face on it.
ooh certainly but that blue silk
must have cost three dollars yard if
it cost cent"
"Thon fifty dollars couldn't have
bought it," he replied; but was far
from easy.
What a difference is would have
made to HIM had he known that the
silk dress was present from a
friend in distant country who had just
gone into mourning.
"Well, time will show said Mrs.
Random. But time seemed in no
hurry to show When Miss Gerrish
came to the house Mrs. Random OBJ
served that Langstrath did not find it
so convenient as it had once seemed
to drop into lunch, to make au errand
to 60 into the sewing.room, to walk
home with her to her lodgings at twi-
light, and spend the evening. There
had been time when he had invited
her to concerts and lectures adgiv-
en- her little keepsakes, and consulted
her taste with regard to The hanging of
pictures, or any improvement in the
house, as one whom such things con-
cerped. Now Mrs r. saw, with some
pity and mere pleasure, that all this
was at an end. Caesars wife should
be above suspicion. Yet he treated
Rebecca with a courtesy that tried to
be cordial, and one day Mrs. Random
found it more to her purpose to have
her gowns made In the city
"Do tell me why you no longer EN-.
Dloy Miss Gerrish p asked Mrs. Sharp
y. "Weren't you satisfied with her
its 2" t..a.
'Oh, perfectly but I cant bear to
10 her injury, you see. Well to tell
he truth 1 lost confidence in her.
Now pray don't speak of 1t outside. |
wouldn't have it get abroad for the
world but l feel confident that can
ely on your discretion. You see there
vas a tifty-dollar bill-and so the
Whole story came out.
"But you have no evidence" said S
Hrs. Sharply
"Only circumstantial evidence. S
3ut you know there is constraint i
n having suspicious people about +
me. ] She was making my gold-color. t
d silk at the time, and | must say I
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