The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-07-28

Such dsiie hffai place - 1t MAS =
Mrs Sylves,er's drs~iEs room. with It's
rudfy glow from the CRATE fire, sending
warm lances of light all over the cream
and CRIMSON carpet; the raw silk furni-
tuye Of cream and pale blue aud crim-
son; the velvet and saiin-iined drspery
st the four French windows; aud ell
the numbsfless objects Of elegance and
luxury that wen. 10 make It <uch Q
charming pare.
IL was SIX O'Clock Il March right
bleak and t,!a.,.F,.ss oat.i &c, si,h
streets SLED ~ith hy 'ns aust. ~sd Mrs
Sylvester ieaued back III her chair. ~ith
. Sigh of selfish comfort. ss she held
the Jspaness screen between her deli~
cate face and the ardent FIRE.
She was . habds3me woman. ao
wore diamonds and velvet Assqaeen
wears her royal robes; = wealthy wo-
man used to command aud control !;
h4nghry aud dognatic ia her positive
ness
And this evening she VAS in her most
positive. impsrious mood. as she sat
there, making her decision about Theo
Vincent Then she rang for lights,
and bv tbs servant sent . message for
Miss Vincent TO wait upon her rs soon
as Master Garnisr and Mirs GiraldA
could skspsnse with b. services.
II ~as ten minutes later when Thee
obeyed the summons. ard came into
Mrs Svlvester's pre- ence--a slender.
pals i,cei gir, of sixteen or seventeen.
~irh lovely brown eyes, soft ~ velvet.
aud = great mass of brown hair on her
small. graceful hesd-a delicate, re-
fined. thoughtful looking girl. who
bore the indispntabls traces # having
worked almost beyond her strength
Sh" came quietly near to Mrs Syl-
v, ster. aud stood awaiting that lAiy's
pleasure.
4 sen, to have word with you ON q
subject very distast.ful to me. Indeed
Miss Vincent Mrs Sylvester begsu.
coldly. i refer to display of for
wsrdnsss and boldness on yosr part to-
ward certain gentlemen might name.
winch has been called to my attention
more than once. j desire to say that l
shall not tolerate ans further attempts
on your part. Miss Vincent. to fiirt With
grntlemen visiting at the houss-nota-
bly, with Doctor Pennington-Ah. do
MT interrupt me. and | am Indignantly
sorry TO say. my son aiso'
Mrs sylvester. y',u-
Tueo att. mp'ed to gap her pro. est;
but the co d. relentless vote resolute-
ly nush~d her.
.Debisls are moro than useless, Miss
Vincent. 1t is notorious fact that
you. q tpere servant. common nursery
n0verness aud sea'nstress. boldly at
tempted to engross Doctor Pennington's
attention last night, and on one or two
evenings las. weok, when You were or
dered to attend the children in the
drawing room. Again. upon more
than one occasion. you have inveigled
my son into conversation with you
you. whom his mother hires - ser.
van,l Miss Vincent. / havc-'
Theo was standing there white and
her eyes fnll OF Mortified
modification and insnlted pride.
'Mrs Sylvester. che interrupted. hot.
ly, 1 cannot permit You TO launch such
= torrent of abuse at me. II is not
true that l have tried to fiiIt with your
guest or your son. Doctor Pennington
spoke to the. aud I answered. - any
one would have done. AS to your
sOn-'
And her lips curlsd involuntarily--a
gesture which did not escape Mrs syl-
vestsr's eyes.
We will not discuss the subject fur.
thsr. You have acted disgracsfully.
aud. in justice to my little. innocent
have decided TO remove you
from your care over them. You are
from tonight. aud, in place
Of months notice, you can have o
wsees-as is my custom with
oil my servants. Az to . character
and the cold eyes took . malicious lock
st the pale. trembling girl. of course,
that is out Of the question. You are
excused. Miss Vincent
She pushed roll Of bills toward her.
but fhea did not touch 1t. Instead,
her face grew suddenly cold and
and she walked out without
. syllable OF further protest.
And. somehow. Mrs Sylvester realized
that she had cone something more than
simply discharge servant:
It's . shame-a burning ,shsmer
Auut Ibby said. indignantly. It seems
TO me that nowadays the rich do no,
thing bat grind the poor. You poor
child you-dont cry any noss absut
il! That Sylvester woman ian's any
great shakes hsrself. Jon taks NJ wesd
Tor il. or she'd not b thinking sch
thugs about you. Don't cry, Thso.
Chirk up. and we'll 60 out for walk
IL Central Park this afteraoon, chr
But Theo did not 'chirk up. nor did
che 20 with dear old Aunt 1bby for
walk u Central Park. Instead. shs
had cried and worried herself into .
bet fever that delied oil home runedip
"a FEVER that ran higher end hotter.
until even Aunt libby thoseht It vas
best so send for . doctor; end . doctor
was s-n. for BY little Tim Aagu6n.
next door above.
And be quick about il. too. shs
said. slipping penny 10 his .grimy
little paw. 'You eaa run around 20
Doctor Prfry's ofice in > few minutes,
/ know, and tell him to coms right
around
But Doctor Perry wasn't homs-out
Of town Tor several days-and Tms
wits were puxslsd 10 know whether. -
long ~ Miss rheo Was % awfully sick.
one docisr sasa't jsst - e I'd = ss-
ether: and. In thai full belief. he
rusi,ed ID Tor his aoshes's family
nh v.ir;an. To ipd Doctor Cslleudey also