Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1879-06-20

the story Just as you called me-" said L.
Judith clapped her hands softly.
go back and make him tell it." said
she. .... ...
/ obeyed passively.
Il suppose Aunt judith will blame
me for her visitors going away" said
Philip.
81 am sure L don't know. That will
depend, | suppose, on what Jeanie tells
her."
"What can she tell herp'' cried Phil.
81 think she would be puzzled to give
any account of her conduct. There
never was man so abominably treated
as [ have BEEN"
Come, Phil" said l, 81 have known
Jeanie since she was child-there must
be some mistake"
"How l loved her" he broke in. ~
love her yet. Thati is the worst of it;
that is what drove me wild to-day. AZ
ter all that had come and gone, after
having been so cruelty deceived, Knocked
and made a jest Of that should be
such weak fool that the sight of her
do-that is what gals me so!'
Tell me, Phil, " urged. "At least
you know you can trust me, or Judith !;
younger brother"
"Yes, yes, know. Well, it is not
much of a story" he continued, with a
hard little laugh, :" met her in Rome
first, nearly three years ago. l don't
think | fell in love. | loved her from
the very first moment l set eyes on her
| believe | told her so in less than a
week. Well, WELL after while she gave
| 20 ho1, I,o
may as well tell it in few words
cousins wanted her to marry some Ital-
ian, and they quarreled with me. But
the upshot was that Jennie and / were
come to Europe-J Jeanie would be with
her at Blarritz-free from her relations,
and | was TO Join her there. | had more
than two months to live through. l Iwent
wandering about to pass the time as
best l could. At first received letters
from her very often, but soon they grew
more rare; and then they stopped alto
gether. 1t was not yet the time she
had set for me to seek her, but l flew
off to Blarritz, and"
His hesitation quite maddeued me. /
cried out:
Well-you saw her P-for Heavens
sake, tell the rest"
"Saw her!" he repeated, savagelv,
shutting his teeth together till they
clicked like steel springs. eyes, saw
her-I think | shall not forget it this
side Of the grave"
"Go on"
SIN the train from Bordeaux met
one of her cousins, who told me that
Jeanie was to marry the Italian; that
she had informed them of her engage
ment to me as a good joke; that she had
fooled me just for the fun of the thing !;
that she had laid wager that she could
do so." --
"What did you doP"
81 went to Blarritz. The family had
a house on the cliffs. 1t was evening.
went up there, determined to see Jeanie
| knew it was probable that should be
refused admittance. So l just walked
into the house, for the doors were open
There was y veranda at the back, like
yours here. | saw Jeanie sitting there,
and the Italian was kneeling at her feet.
did you go onP" / asked.
$50 onPn returned he. Z" I had seen
enough. There was night train to Pau.
| took it, From Pau | wrote to her. l
was determined that she should not
make an utter fool of me-"
"What did you write?"
THAT / had to thank her for our
pleasant Irritation in Rome; that, as of
course neither of us had ever considered
it serious, she would not be surprised
that hoped before long to introduce my
wife; that / trusted my sweet girl would
rank among Miss Morris friends"
Great heavens, Phil"
"Then | started for Australia, and
went round the world. Well, here l am,
and that's my story"
"And pretty one it is" cried a voice
in the library doorway, which made us
both jump.
We turned. There stood Judith.
you're dreadful fool, Philip she
continued.
"There was no truth in what the
woman told you. The Italian did pro-
pose to Jeanie--she could not help that
Il suppose you happened to go caves
dropping at the very momentw
AUNT Judith"
Hold your tongue!" cried the i'm
perious lady. "They had kept back
your letters and Jeanie's, no doubt.
Well, sir, the first news she had of you,
after weeks of silence, was that sweet
effusion you sent from Pau. Do you
know what you did, sil You nearly
broke her heartw
"If | could believe that" groaned
Phil, 81 would go and find her-beg her
to-
"Bahm interrupted Judith. Come
here!"
She pushed him into the library, and
shut the door behind him.
We heard cry from Phil, echoed by q
feminine voice. Then we neither saw
nor heard our visitors for more than al
hour.
The table had been cleared and the
lamps brought, and Judith and / were
waiting with what patience we might
The door opened at last
There stood the pair a little shame
faced, but as happy couple as one coulC
well find.
Judith hugged them both, and so die
/. Then we had some supper. Thel
Judith sternly dismissed us all to our re
spective chambers.
This is respectable house, and
am woman of ORDER" said she; :" it i
l past eleven o'clock and | feel as if W
had lived about ten years between sun
t set and bedtime"
A Diamond Eye.
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