The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-12-22

Perhaps it would be best to TAKE
up the card, and say that Mrs. Stead
desired to see her"
Wonderfully calm and self pos.
sessed the lady seemed to Us and
yet she could not entirely suppress
some signs ofemohon or excitement.
She said that illness in her family
had prevented her from seeing the
papers for some time, or she would
probably have been mere before.
| took the card up and showed it
to the patient She turned very pale,
then buried her face in the pillow
and burst into tears.
Shall the lady come up ?" l
asked.
thought she sobbed out, yes. "
The visitor came up. Slowly and
calmly she walked up the ward.
The news had somehow got about,
and several Of the men found that
they had business in that part of
the house Just then. The lady stood
by the bed, and said softly;
Elizabeth :"
The girl looked up, and their eyes
met. One glance ut the face was
enough.
Yes" said the lady, Il can iden-
tify her"
is it your daughter ~ asked
Adams.
1T is my cook, said the lady
Elizabeth Saunders"
| think | said that | only once
saw Adams considerably discompos-
ed, and that was on the present oc-
casion. "I-I-thought her name
was stead, he said, and his eyes
rested on.a pocket handkerchief ~
ing on the pillow. The lady's eyes
followed his and aslisht smile play
ed on her features.
Yes it was even so. The acute
scientific observer, the far-sighted
young surgeon, famed for his dag
nostic acumen, had been through
this case, but had not seen through
his patient. | turned out that the
girl, being remarkablygood looking,
and having acquired, from a preyI-
Gus situation III a nobleman's 1ami- I.
ly, a very correct way Of speaking
and some very ladyish manners, and f.
frequenting places Of public amuse- /
ment she usually attracted a good .
deal of attention. Her mistress /
having been called away from home f.
to nurse q sick relative, had allowed f.
her servant to 20, as she thought, to /
visit her parents in the country, but I
The girl having her wages in her
pocket, had preferred to remain with
IN acquaintance in London, where
she enjoyed her Christmas holidays
very much to her own satisfaction,
lntil her accident put a stop to her
or rather changed her
ield Of action Finding, as she re- +
covered, that she was addressed rs
Miss Stead and that she was the
object Of much interest and atten-
ion, il seems to mc-judging by
what experience of human nature
)n its female side have since &C
lUirci-not very remarkable that .
lie preferred to keep the delusion
Golden silence being her main line .
If tactics. And, fair readers, do you +
hink 1t very contrary to your ex-
1erience Of human nature on its
male side, that another wise exceed /
nglv acute young man shonld be
ubject toa delusion Of this particu-
ar kind.
The lady spoke very kindly to the
.irl and guessing, | fancy, how
matters stood, said some very grace
ul things to Adams. Subsequently
'ou viii perhaps be glad to hear,
he proved a very kind friend to
lim. and her influence was Of no
mall assistance to him in his future
Professional advancement. She be-
anne, in fact, quite a mother to him,
hough not a mother-in-law.
| really do not know what beiel
he girl, except that, and at her own
lesire, the lady Obtained for her "a
in the country out of the
7ay of temptation and that she
,roved to be faithful servant.
/ am sorry to have to state that
,ublic interest in this case at st.
lichacl's rapidly declined after Mrs.
'tead's visit perhaps because the
,0nce, said, theinteresting symptoms
ad disappeared But | said then,
ay now, and always will say, that
was from all points Of view "A
Really Good Case