The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1880-05-05


made by hands; it always seems to me
the nearest approach Of man to works OF
nature, and I'd about as lief make lace |
as paint pictures.r And then Miss Meyer
began Wrapping herself in a black lace
mantle 50 precisely designed that the |
very dewdrops seemed to glisten on the |
poppy petals there; and presently all
the other girls were masquerading ia the |
precious things, while Miss Mahoney |
sat by ycomplacently enjoying her mig
nificence.
"Now, my dears, said Miss Mahoney,
rs one by one they resigned their bor-
rowed plumes, you see l have nice
things, if ] don't wear them.p And,
satisfied with the exhibition, during
the next week she put on nothing cost
lier than nine-penny print.
WELL" said Adele, it's just a
pleasure to haveathem to look at. "
Poor little Adele was the penniless or
phan of penniless parents, and she
taught drawing in a large schoolin BoS-
ton, where Phil had happened 10 see
her and love her at first sight. Phil
was coming before long now for his
months vacation, and she was only
living by counting the hours. A little
restless till then, the light talk OF the
girls seemed to her unmeaning clatter,
| in which she had small interest, and
she used to wander off by herself sketch
| ing on her little pocket-boards, or lying
| in the fern or under the shadows of the
cliffs, with an unread book in her hand,
| by the hour together. o cupied with
her own fancies, and with drawing OF
the outlines Of old Worlds End, it was
not strange that she did not particularly
notice the demcanor of the girls, o., il
she did observe them whispering with
their heads together, that she should
have thought it no more than the Gus
tomary mischief and merrymaking-
She was standing alo ne one morning,
just as the sun was drying the grass and
moss on the top of Breezy Bluff, behind
her the great purple mountain, below
her the dewy verdure of the hill sides
hawks were soaring and sweeping over
her head in the marvellous blue of the
stainless sky, and under her feet the
tops of the woods were bowling and
bending. 1t was not like daily life. che
was saying to herself. "This wonder
ful hill countryl Itis just as if one had
died, and were really approaching
heaven And in her white gown, with
her bright brown hair floating out
about her face in the wind that famed
so pure color there, and with her
luminous eyes borrowing the very color
of the skies, she looked almost as if she
were. AS she stood there, rapt in rev.
erie and happiness-the world was so
beautiful, and Phil was coming any day
now, and she had hardly any other
thought-she did not notice Miss Ma
honey, under a big umbrella, toiling
, up to meet her, till that Individual was
close upon her.
II have followed you here, Miss
cafA ohn lv in
most rasping tones, ''to save you any
modification before the other boarders,
and to ask what you have done with
my Devonshire point"
- With what2n
"With my Devonshire pointn
What / have done with your De-
+ vonsllire pointg Why, Miss Mahoney,
what do you meanPn she exclaimed
descending from her day dreams.
g mean what say. My Devon
+ shire point has disappeared. l have
> searched everywhere for it-so have
two or three others--every box, every
bag, every basket, every drawer.
have shaken every garment, have lef
/ no nook or corner neglected, and it il
not to be found. You were the las
r person seen with 1.-THE only one whS
1 appreciated it. What have you dom
/ with itP"
"You must-you must be dreaming
. Miss Mahoney," said Adele. "Wha
in the world should do with you
n lacep"
q Finish bridal toilette with it, per
haps," said Miss Mahoney.
, "Do you mean--is it possible yol
: can mean"
8 Miss Montrose, mean that some
5 body has taken my lace, and that to b.
j. plain, suspicion points to you, and tina
: / am giving you chance to restore
. ! to me before call in an officer. Fo,
r doubtless, since you could do such a
: thing, you know the value of that lace.
r "Am talking to crazy womanP'
: cried Adele.
: NO." said Miss Mahoney. But
|, am talking to q thief"
For a moment Adele was dumb. Ther
s the full meaning of the accusation
smote her, and her anger flashed up lik
& flame. How did it happen" sh
!. broke forth, that so dreadful, so con
t temptible a woman came under the same
; roof with mel Leave me-leave me thi
instantl refuse ever to speak to yoI
3 again"
! You will speak to the officers of tn
law, then, " said Miss Mahoney, .usin,
r her umbrella like tipstaff. " The peo
: pie at the house have but guessed tina
s suspected you. Now / shall speak a
t once to Mrs Pierson and the othe
: boarders, and tell them my certainty.
s never dreamed that coming into coun
e try farmhouse was coming into a del
: of thieves And she was as good a
|. her word.
2 Adele herself hurried down the noun
& tain, slipping and scrambling and roll
d ing. But fast as she went in her indig
d nation, Miss Mahoney's long legs ha
2 gone faster; and as she drew near tn
+, house, she saw that the usual gay morn
II ing parties on the piazzas were absent
y and she presently understood, by tn
u sound of the loud torgetiul tones tina
/ came through the open window, that th
p loss of the Devonshire lace was unde
3e discussion.
,d "Mr. Philip Hunt will learn, !" Mis-
Il ALn.-a. .uaa nnninn o that halora IN