The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-01-07
where the late twilight was falling slow

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"What did tell you, aunt?'' said Ju.
liza, triumphantly "Do you think this
will cure Hngh!'
II confess am greatly surprised. ]
though I was coming to the quiet home
where high thoughts and noble living
prevailed. DIR. shenley is great schol:
ar, and Janet
''You always overrated Janet. Now
you see the vulgarity, the pretensions, in
which she has been reared. But there
was something more.'' lowering her voice
to shrill whisper. 'sDid you see the
goblets2 The epergne2 I could wager
my life they were yours-those that were
stolen from you last winter. They were
across the table. But I was certain ]
detected the crest and the j. S., your mi.
tails before you were married.
Mrs. Asher drew pack Indignantly
"You do not mean to accuse Janet OF
theft?"
moo. She would not have been SO
idiotic as to put them on the table. Bnt
no doubt the girl has bought them in
Baltimore of the thief, or pawnbroker
I assure you the plate is yours. I'll con-
vince you of it in minute" she added,
energetically, running back to the din
ing room door. "Youl mother wishes to
speak to you,' she said to Hugh, as she
passed him. 1870 ..
''Can have some water for my aunt,
Miss Renshaw? In one of those beauti-
full goblets? Thanks" ..-
Miss Miranda walked loftily beside
her down the path.
Cline old piece of plate! Yes, Miss
Julia, should think so! It has been in
the family hundred years. You observe
the coat OF arms, Mrs. Asher-and the
initials J. S.? My brother is the third
Job Shenly. --.... ..
Mrs. Asher grew very pale as she held
the goblet. Hugh took it from her, and
looked at it with blank dismay in his
face.
~ must 60, my son. I am not well,''
she whispered. "Let us go away from
this place, and never return
"What is 1t, mother?" ...
ITO think how nearly you have been
entrapped. You must give up Janet at
once-at oncen' - .ra ..
"You are not surely going so soonl''
cried Miranda, rushing forward. ''There
IS my brother" as the doctor opened
the gate and came up the path.
Mrs. Asher stopped. Something in the
gentle, benign presence of the old man
suddenly Gained her, lifted her to other
levels Of thought. She remembered how
her husband had, all his life, hoped to
know this man. -.... a ...sa
:. In moment she was seated beside
him IN the arbor. The twilight fell.
Hugh sat beside her. Janet, who had
torn off her gaudy dress, was on the 9TH
er side, the simple little girl Mrs. Asher
had known and loved. 1t seemed to her
that she was living in purer air than
she had ever known. She told this old
man of her husband, his work, all that he
had done or hoped to do.
Miranda, her dinner, her sham splend-
or, were forgotten. But she rushed in
upon them, at last, from the house.
"Brother, the constable is here? He
has arrested this man! He was escaping
from town with your horse and buggy!''
The constable appeared with his vic
tim at the gate. -. ~...s
"Hugh?' cried Miss Julia. 1T is AL
phonse = Your footman last winter"
Hugh caught up the goblet and con-
fronted the mulatto WITH it. 1884,.
Yes, I took one," SAID the scared
wretch. II sold them to Miss Miranda
this morning. Be merciful, for Gods
sake.'
LET him go. Hugh" said Mrs, Asher.
She gathered Janet's hand in both of hers
Your poor aunt" she sand, laughing
nervously. But she never finished the
sentence.
Miss Miranda left Newburgh the next
Cay. When Janet was married, in the
fall, she sent an elaborate pair of pillow
shams as bridal present. But she did
not come to the wedding. -.