The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-01-14

the Watcn ana immature l. gave you
T" His look of surprise more than half
dlsarmed her angry suspicious.
" You mistake ~ he said decidedly
81 did not send, gave them to the per-
son who had right to them. That per-
son was not Mr.. Stanley, nor any one
connected with him, so far as / know or
can Judge. am as much astonished
as you can be at Mr.. Stanley's making
inquiries about the lady. l have heard
that she was lady. L would further
more say that 1 have never told how
Mrs. Paulier died. When, if ever, l feel
obliged to tell it, shall inform you of
my intention. 1 cannot be suspected of
working in any sly or underhand man
ner-though no one can deny my right
to keep my own secrets; and the secrets
of others, when become possessed of
them"
Certainly did not mean to insin-
uate any suspicion of you," she said inn
mediately.
Doctor Thayer rose.
"Shall I see Miss Fairfield now 20
And he left the room, scarcely wait
ing for the affirmative nod which an
swered him.
He was the Hall physician, and had
visited Miss Fairfield daily for the last
three months. There was no need of
any great ceremony, therefore, in MAX
ing his calls.
Mrs. Burkhardt looked after him with
a lowering face as he left the room.
How that man battles mel" she
muttered. T" Here have been trying
for ten years to find out whom he knows
belonging to her, and have failed. But
1 believe he tells the truth-he is too
much of gentleman not to-"
She got up, and walked uneasily to
one of the windows, looking out, but
seeing nothing, her face full of irritation
and something very like fear.
"What fool was not to have had
that apothecary prosecuted ~ she NUT
tered, clenching her hand in the lace
curtain that fell about her. If it must
come out now, it would place me in a
frightful position. That old fool is capa-
BILE of believing that 1 got her poisoned.
1 don't know but Doctor Thayer would
think it possible. Men are such viii
lains themselves, the moment they
know that one woman hates another,
and has reason to wish her out of the
way, they are ready to believe anything.
am glad that the creature and her
child are dead but have not yet be-
come mixer of doses.'
Mrs. Burkhardt spoke truly. When
her own interests were concerned, she
could be hard and unjust, she could
shield tacitly the sins of others, and
could be guilty of almost any sin of
omission, if the temptation was suf1i-
cient; but she could not commit
crime which no sophistry could excuse.
An overt act was something which she
could not gloze over.
Miss Fairfield found the doctor rather
absent that day. He did not give, she
thought, his customary attention to her
daily aches and pains. Neither did he
entertain her with that brief resume of
the news of the day with which he had
been wont to favor her. He even showed
signs of impatience when she began to
tell him her dreams of the night
before. b-r...
t" L feel as though something particu-
lar is going to happen," she said g for
last night dreamed of troubled water
waves running high, and dashing over
ships and bridges. You may think that
dreams are nothing, doctor; but with
me they are always followed by some-
thing" f4tg ar
81 do not doubt it," replied the doc
tor dryly. th
The invalid went on, without per-
ceiving any mockery in the tone of this
remark. sra 4al -tt
Z" L remember well how 1 dreamed
three nights in succession of wedding
before that poor Mrs. Paulier died at our
house, twelve years ago. And the very
night her little girl died at the poor
house, dreamed about her--thought /
saw her mother pointing into an open
grave, and trying to hold the child back,
the little thing kept smiling and walk
ing straight toward it. 1 thought that
If she should step into that grave, the
earth would fall on her, and she would
be buried alive. The very next day 1
heard of her death.'' D
Doctor Thayer looked at his patient
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