New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-12-12
THE WHITE WITCH.

I'm inst 90 and see ny Aunt Hagley see ii
I II was Mary Brrnal who spoke and it was
Jane Daily 10 whom she SPOKE: and Wh'ti she
saiI She sill with an air a l.! more were ~ IL
behind than tie mere woids would SOW.
Jane Dalby tossed her head Co. ara wei
come! she answered GiSdaHil Ia or r sa r mi
as YOU TO an aunt like thai old .hag.ey' she
noae such a dear 10 be proud OF
An very well, Jane fOr you to cast stones
at aunt said May with snpcilor td n'aaGo'
Now. then, 20 on, can't you Z cncd Jane
ONT with IT, lou and them as knows what
'Nycui we knows what We knows, said Mary
after a pause. And nov you answered
Jane ,u -;
unnhantly AS one who has at least gwen the
enemy q check, if nothing wUrsc; gong MP
stars to adOrn her young mistress, BeIIe Lodcr
-,Or it WAS dressing time; whIIe Jane went 20
do the ike Office for her young lady, Rose
KeneaIy both maids having tue same ot9ect NJ
he1f. Tor each-the fascination OF M"jur JullNs
Clewkherne, owner OF Crew kheIne Manor nara
by. and the haudsomest nan III DtY0Asilfe as
he was one OF tha best matches:
Now CreWkderHe Name! ana TIC LoGc! prop
erty Law handy to each other; and II had a"aN :
been q faYoIitc wish OF bOtn houses tlit thS
Crewkhe.ne boy and the Loder giIl Should
fake fancy 20 each other Ndcn they crew up,
that W0u.d suit every Cue concerned. EIcii
property alone was well enough. ~ good falth :.
bat both together, they YOU'D pace me pos
SCISSOR among he best OF the county rld WOuiu
raise thp Joint families OF LOCtf Ore NhIclhc
10 position second 90 none IN Lngiand'
Wherefore in the great matrimonial chase IN,
sNtuled so sOOa ~ Old Darcy CIcWkhelnc dlta
and ms son the major came nome nom iHdla 20
reign iii his stead, EtIlc Lolei WIS HIS. ia "a!
tie n uullIc Cstlm .uOu; and every one sara IL
was a thing so plainly marked OUT ny ROW
dcncc-and tAe local map--the ntpoi GodI0l
but zee It, and do as bis father had NlS!Vi nun
10 do namely, take Mss bei!c ana Uh' l"A'A
pIoue,ty, as soon - Tie Qiya oi lhp"ihih% "tIC
al Al, end and il Was decent 90 take any bjdy.
And oatLHrs tEn4S would have gone iLel
CIV II the iodc15 couli have managed TO Keep
the mIior close, ANA not have itj aH5 one csc
have Il chance. For hC was fairy enough III
rI,ned ~ Miss Belle when be EIsi retUILcd, ana
showed III. .iaiug frankly But ID AZ t|I noun
for her he accepted an INVITATION 10 stay JOY &"
few DAYS at MaItins Tor, The haWdons pace :;
and there lac found Rose kcnealy, Mrs. haW-
don. or,hsned, pcnnlloss niece whom they
h,i adopted and brought W, and who was
ont IOT her hisl year. ,
mon talk, had been CAREFUL 10 ASK DCIIe I-ouSI
M the same lime as the major; WINE, 10 90
tiorn iustice no thought OF little Rose or ller
no.sibie attractions had entered into their cal
rulntious She was but cilid yet TO them an"
they did not think OF her marrying any more
N >
ri0Ltoen. They had known Hell and liked heart,
iy old Darcy CTewkhorDe, aud they iad lAto
julius too, WHEN boy and they WlSued to pe
ncigGbory and to carry on traditions ;-lhat
was all And a. Julus Was anxious I'd ndho
nov and reestablish old relations, ne had ROIc
10 Martins Tor willingly; and when ne han
seen little Rose he had remained more VII,
inVly Ii wa case Of love at hrSt sl4l' anu
the major WAS man or Gear NINA ana uete
mined will But neither Rose horbcli nor Ihe
4ut
everyone else and 10 more more thah TO Deue
herself. ....,... ,,..o-+
between two girls than there was between bcne
Inler and Rose Kencaly; and the CONTRAST
was not only on the outside Belle as TAI
LARGELY made sleepy-lOJhIng gln Win dcau
whlte skin, "a protusion ol straiHIt ahG silny
faxen HAIR, and heavy -ldded eyes OF heuI
hazel, with singdiariy large puplS' Du' you
did not often see her eyes for Size HAD tilcK
OF keeping them haif -ciosedj and only wheh
she wished W produce an elect, dId she open
them tully-wheu the enect produced was gen
orally striking enough. Rose, on lhe contrary,
was small, slight, vlvacions little 9lrl, WIN a
curly head Of brightest brown, TOse-ied c1ecks,
and large dark eyes that changed with the
light. being sometimes blue and sometimes
gray tender OF merry as the huhior tooA ief'
INT ALWAYS bTi yht aBd hank. hey were true
Irish ewes, inherited iroIo hef Iatner and were
A. clodurnt ~ other peoples words. ana me
fist sight Of them bewtched julius CIe"k-
herne. ,.,.,o1 :,
thn kitchen. when discussing the besline ol me
major toward tho two young hdlcS. M
Reile she waS the ore as ought 10 be, Dul
Miss Rose. she had Gewitchcd Inn. Ana The
rro,d WAS not used without meaning for the
Scvnpfhlre folk believe IN witches 10 this day
SGtchcs both white and black; witches who
80 n sneU and witches who take II OH again
witches who do harm and they who do good.
WHrtein was the sting Of Mary BeDais woId5
v,hicl, lane Dalby had understood we'll enough
for Aunt Iiagley down at Connie ANDREW was 4
white witch OF power, and leho"hcu ~ SuOl'
through ali the country side n..
Long before the dinner bel rang ana thc resi-
of the guests had asso'nlien' mAlor 1u'l.'1
snd almost Immediately after came Rose
Remedy She was one OF the girls WHO give
Lut iitfie time 70 their toilet, and less Thought
10 the eject they may produce; III consequence
Of Which SHE was always first, and had some
times iound herself DE- tOp. Belle, VINO htuole
every knot and circumgt ance OF heI azure ano
who believed in effect, never came lh uDtll tnt
last ; by which she lost chances ii shc gdiued }"
moIneDtary attention. .,
AS Rose came III, fresh end simple a. usual,
hor dark own curly hair caught patk Ny
broad blue ribbon and her white dress Ioopeu
here and there with blue ;--her smlli wius'
trinity belted yet leaving bei free ana eiastcI
the major thought her just the l0veiiest het'e
rosebud OF giil possible 10 be seen ann W, Will
nature rs sweet and pure AS her race. Ina'
frank look Of hers, neither hashfui nor ye'
bold. Just natural and unelnbarrasseo, Will