The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-07-28

| to enlighten her. +" L can't say that she
attracts, rather that she puzzles me. |
find it hard to believe that she is really
the little Rose Sangerford / once knew"
and no wonder" 1t was not Mad
anne Harrington speaking now. Miss
| Power had drawn near in time to catch
the last words. Between ruined
complexion and golden dye, and being
three inches taller than when she went
away, she is changed out of all telling.
She must have liver complaint, | sup
pose, to have turned her so yellow, or
perhaps it was yellow fever itself They
did have it awfully in the West Indies
that year after Power was married.
In the West Indiesl"
" In Havana. I'm very sure some
| thing unpleasant occurred there, for
Rose can't be brought to speak of that
time, and when asked Power about it,
he positively turned pale. Alicia, he
said" Miss Powers voice grew mascu-
line and dramatic. She had power of
mimicry which could be made very eff
| fctive. Alicia, if l could blot out the
fact that 1 was ever in Cuba from my
memory would gladly do so. You
will oblige me by never referring to this
subject againP Now, Mr.. Killuth, Ma
dame Harrington, what do you suppose
could have happened to them there?'
A wild, startling idea flashed for one
instant into Mr. Killuth's mind; the
next he dismissed it, but it required
again when the ladies moved away and
he was left for moment alone.
"She is enough like her." he NUT
tered, half-aloud
GsVNbn 4, opo,,crh 1;l-o ,,-Lo 49,. H.,
fellowP Are you dreaming of your first
love, and does Miss Alicia resemble her?
Does she want to take you captive that
you have such a 'frighte'd e'e'?'
If am inclined to be frightened a
any one it is not at Alicia. Launt,'
with conviction, . Mrs. Oliphant is no
more like Rose Sangerford than l am.
She is the very picture of what Mignon
AImont might have become if she had
lived, and been worn upon by time and
trouble and perhaps remorse. l saw
that when l stood face to face with her
yesterday. For one solitary instant /
thought it a0aS her, until | remembered
that her hair was black and this womar's
yellow. Whoever she may be, she is
not Rose Sangerford. If it were posi-
BILE to believe | could swear that she is
that arch-sorceress, La June herself"
but it is not possible. Black hair
does not turn yellow, the grave does
not give up its dead" f.' H..f
sit turns gray, as Alicia more than
limited Mrs. ELEPHANTS is. And there
have been mistakes made-impostures!
practiced as rank as that" t1
"And Alicia Power has talked you
into this" said Launt, angrily II
hope to heaven, Killuth, that you
haven't, between you, imbued the
madame with a notion so absurd.
Inwardly, he was resolved to put a
check on Alicia Powers mischievous
tongue. If there was no other way Mr..
| Oliphant must be told of her insinua-
tons against his wife. but another way
occurred before the evening was over.
II was after dinner, and the party had
betaken themselves to the grounds. The
grand pageant of glorious sunset
| streamed out of the western sky, and
Mr.. Harrington, strolling away by Sc
! cluded path for the solace of his after
dinner cigar, found Miss Alicia in
garden-chair, letter-or what APP
peared to be a letter-in her hand. So
absorbed was she that she did not hear
his footsteps until he was close by her
side. She started then, and crushed the
paper quickly from sight. @
90 1t isn't a love-letter," she declared.
with kttenish playfulness. az dare
say you thought it was. | wonder, Mr.
Harrington, how much you would give
to know what it IS ~
Il have no curiosity regarding your
correspondence. Miss Power, it would
be well for you to evince less in matters
which concern the family here. You
have promulgated ISLANDERS regarding
Mrs. Oliphant which l feel it my duty
to check. l give you fair warning that
if | hear of anything more to that
lady's discredit proceeding from you,
shall lay the whole matter before Mr..
Oliphant.n
Do" There was. uncomfortable
malice in the glance she gave him.
TEL him by all means. I think my
self that it is pity that he should be
left in ignorance-a shame that he
should have been imposed upon all
these years"
Imposed uponl Do you mean to
say ="
~ mean to say everything that said
before. What was it, Mr.. FarringtonP
That Rose is old and faded and dyes her
hair, and l stand to it all still. I'm not
one to go back on an assertion after
I've once made it. If must be mar
tyr, I'll be martyr to the cause of
truth" H'
She met his stern chances with de-
fiant look. In her heart of hearts Miss
Alicia had always hated the woman
who had won her Cousin Power, for
having won him. She had wanted him
herself twenty years aoo He never