Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-10-25

was tying himself up. Miss Pillsbury
she nodded and SAYS: i understand; go
out to the carriage-shed and find the
Doctor And then she takes straight
jacket down from the top cupboard-
shelf and slips into that Office as silent
as an Indian, and before Miss Bagby
knows anything she finds herself strap
Eped to her chair Mad, When the
Doctor came in that woman was Just
raying. He dursen't unfasten her for
| spell, while Miss Pillsbury she stood
there smiling as sweet and innocent as
ever You see, thinking she'd managed
that lunatic pretty clever.
@sAnother time
THAT is enough about 'Liph," inter-
rupted Charlotte; ''but did you happen
| to know Tirzah Pierson. who lived with
Mrs. Pillsbury one winter?''
/ ''Know Tirzah Person? / went to
the 'cademy with her. She was a-big
girl and a little sun''
.'What became of her? Did she die
| of a broken hearth, ..'. sf5-3t5
..She that was Tirzah Person? Not
| as | ever heard on. 1t was aZinluth or
plumbago, Or something. She died at
her son S, Solomon Burleigh's, up on
| the hill.''.
| Charlotte grew deadly pale.
'.Then my John Burleigh is Tirzab
| Persons grandson. she said.
| | thing she was not aware of her ex-
preston. My John Burleigh,'' but I
| notieedit. is.'E - -
| Aunt Debbv N Numbered on unmindful
| of the impression she had made.
! 'sMiSs Pnlshur., set a sight by Tirzah;
Size Remembered her in herwiIl that was
lost. but all She ever got was her grave
clothes. You see, Mss Pillsbury was
! burie SO siidden-like, on account of the
plague. and without 3 Christian fu-
neral; and when the estate come to be
settled they found her shroud and things
a ] marked and laid away in a chest up
/ garnet. 1t didn't seem worth while to
send EN- 10 'Liph, and faint likely
| man. and SO it was decided 10 give 'em
TO Tirzah. There was just one thing
ABOUT Iirzah that never could UNDER
stand When she died her son sent for
me to come ami lay her out; and hid
awaVi n q chest under her clothes what
do you suppose found9''
Mrs" IiIlsburs's will. exclaimed
Charlotte, with flushing cheeks.
Yes; and whatever possessed the
creature to steal it is more than [ can
make out. She'd a come into A nice
little property II she, d a let it alone:
but Satan does possess people to do
themselves the worst harm they can. L
gave it TO her son. and we talked it over
together. He said such length of time
| had passed that like as not the viii was
outlawed. and at any rate the lawyers
would require more money than he had
to recover. ANYTHING. Then, too. it
seemed like slandering his mothers
memory to accuse her of stealing any
thing, and we agreed to hush the mat
ter UP betwixt US. l don't know but
L m doing wrong speaking of it now,
and dom knox as / am, The Scrip
] ture sass thatth what IS hid shall be
made known. though perhaps I hahn t
any. call to be a-shouting it from the
house tops
Charlotte drew her mantle about her,
and I followed her to the door. No,
shall not leave DeepgroTe until have
seen John Burleigf.' she said. Il owe
Tirzah pierson too great a debt for that.
To think Of her concealing the will that
| made her an heiress, to leave. every1l
Ting to my good-for-nothing grand ! ]
father: q
aAnd John Burleigh has the win
now. YOU Think
..'Yes, and like his OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
up all attempt TO profit by it when he
ascertained in whose hands the prop
erty rested"
/ received an Invitation to nv friend 8
wedding the following winter, and with
the cards came letter:
'.DEAR L.: More disclosures John sent me
my wedding present yesterday. none other
than the quilted silk petticoat which Mrs.
Pillshury speaks Of NAL King in her journal.
&hieh per1icoar w4s laidaway with the Cloth
ing designed for her burial and was finally
given TO Tirzall Person. 1t has been saeEedly !.
kept ali these. Oars III Johns family. ana nas7
Teve r. ueen vera ~ gu know n hat apraEtieal
tbeingI am. We'll. the quilting is exquisite, |
and as the lining to mt seaiSkn sacgue which |
/ bought inrLondon. two winters ago il a little
with Mrs Pillsburys petticoat. To do this
Mad my dressmaker takeft partially apart. and
we found the upper portion wadded with the |
very papers which Mrs, Pisbury threatened
ID carTyTwith her when she died! !. You know / |
said they ought to have been g5geE to little |
Tirzah. Well. she really did possess them all |
her lite without knowing ii, sand in marrying |
John1 make.a richer match than Hedoes. If |
itwere only written outas a story Eho would
believe it:s |
Lizzie ". Champney, in The Coast;.
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