The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-09-27

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b.nr. hr hmY.t pIda would m.tfY
ian.n wa 'au'tp W rfr rfnncr ip"ut
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".oNt' iDu forget lhc follow bnr
unu cousin. la interrupted. tnud hn
Sides sou know what fnI aill o little
nh.lr ngo rerIaW .hr b. foolish
enough lo bo uuulllfh n well m some
ono rlsp
1ho proud fano .onouol amt .hc
made 40 Wlhur 'mUrfirlnrn against
Buunhr's con Iunf.
Possibly Alfcl IcYics bud some
cause for hif suspicion NJ s'oiIa Blake
no other servant hlI ever taken special
pains to please nud courl ate Mr. Mont.
ford hoolhar .cryin' hn ever sat in
the library ul no with him of nm even
ing. and played rI,g4 and dom noes I'LL
ten - clock But Miss Blake did both
Mr. MontIord WIS not part cullriy fond
Of society. lie knew That hc did not nl.
ways make a gooI appearance that Il,
nm elegant and rpI ned appearance HIS
position seemed too much for HIM ii
was greater than hr SO ho gradually
Withdrew hims IT, and charitable people
called It "EngIish reserve, and some
not 20 charitable said llcrc was "somc-
thing lacking ~ bis make up' Per
hnps both were rghl. liul let no one
fancy Gilbert Monllord au imbrailc, or
foolish, or less bright than agood many
whom they may happen to know, and
who pass eur cnl MS very pn,sahlc sort
Of people, not UHcon ortnbly laden VITA
brains, perhaps, bnt very pas>ablc One
thing was always noticeable about Mr.,
Mont ord A sort OF unconscious scr,il-
rs, as II the position he bore and the
garments he wore hal been made for
some one else, aud had fallen to him by
lot neither seemed 10 III him exactly.
You have cen sDCh people. perhaps,
whose place In The world seemed more
nm accident than u design. and wondered
why u"h AMI such m one, who would
M thr pace admirably. had not been
born to H. There nrr 40 many things
In the world wo cannot understand,
You know.
There WIS. In he east wing Of Mont.
ford House, u small, onicc-likc room,
which communicated with the library
IN the man building By n long, narrow,
dar, passage. Tho room was usually
kept clean, for there were kept the
Montiorl family records for generations
back, the deeds and titles OF estates
which had been handed down and pre-.
served with religion, care for nearly
two centuries lion there were later
papers certificates OF railroad stock,
mortgages ON real estate, etc, etc. The
room WIS plainly iurn ed, A green
anil LACK hooking covered tho
floor, and a round mahogany table in
the center 0l the room with two leather
covered "onicr chars before H., and
q heavy mahogany writing desk. AMI u
cabinet oi tn anne material and make,
constituted the movable furniture,
There were shelves across one corner
ON which wa piled old, yellow news.
papers, creased aud dusty; and scvcr'
dogs cared volumes OF old books which
had been stored there evidently 10 guI
them ont u the way. rs they certainly
contri,tcd rather unplcnsan,Iy with III,
elegantly bound vol mos IN full Tur
key which graccd the library shelves
, Now. there was certainly nothing on,
: would naturally cousi Ter attractive To I
: young girl w hi, musty little store
room. or '~'olirc.roum. rs il wa
> called. There were no pictures. ~,
> odd or curious relies. or bits ol antique
Workmanship. no books among III,
dogs carrl vollmci 81 adventure O
romance, nothing. In short. in the place
! that a girl II Stella Bake age aud cvi
: dent tastcs We ia be- likely 10 look at
but one evening, while the lamil'
y were nj tea. in the dul. watering u i
VI . grey November twilight. StclI
I blake etcrt carefully up stairs 10 tn
u library, tho III the long. dark passa q
/, 10 the "olirc room door, and. lakin
y n hey from her drria. lttrd it'in,o Il,
j., lock. and turned It with a quick. rose
: lutte hand Oppos tc the dor wcru tw
|, Windows ,et hut little morc than a foe
!, apart, an a. the right OF them q do,
that opened into a narrow hall whic
- ran the length ol the east wing. irur
, which nVcurd two or thrJc small hct
- rooms, and two store m. ms for bcldin
!, and I'm casonahlc clothing. She steppc
. softly across the floor aud tried tn.
y door. il was locked. which seemed
satisfy her Tho turta'ng wcrc hu
ia linen, she drew them mp to the ceilin:
y and thcu kncrling before tho cahinc
-. which stood NJ tie let VI the window
and opposite the wing door, she Dire
"A out one after another Of the yellow
{ mo slA ncd apers, aud holding the.
=, Ia the light, devourcd them eagerly wi
her eyes.
- What marvcloGs ewes they were
they Elcamc through the fading ligl
i, Miss Mnntlurl was ccrtu nly not far u
i u the Way when Size cal ell them "u
c%auny.' Indeed there was rather
supernatural lenk about The entire IN
Ia. ~ IL turned itself to the light. loanil
", over sometimes In q sort 81 fever
cagcrnrss iil the warm hr a'h on 4
gla's dmmcd the already dim light. L
10 never once lootiug w. or down.
= away anyw hers, IN short. bat straig
nm NJ the old. old raprr' A fierce. liz
rrti burned In The "a rks. and the u
Al wcw firm anl compressed. and I
~, scarlet shawl folded over the bosom NJ
Il, and fell In short. sharp undulaticuS
ew Suddenly a door orc7el and shut. ri
i'm then n slow, careless step came up I
ch. stairs With the speed ~ lightning :
~. thrust the pipers back into the cab n
I'M. sprang a r'-s the lcor. and GU, into /
a library pa.sage just as the east ia
In opened. anl Alfred Dcvrics came IN
the husky little "olica.ruom." N
q" DcVncs looked s~u.piciuu.ly ut I
yes drawn-up curtains. then he went acr
lie the nuor and tried III other door y,
ien much as she hal done that. and look
i equally satisfied NJ Uniting Z fast
any There is no knowing what :
by might take q fancy Ia do. and It's W
nan enough to BE- on the safe side h. "a
under his breath. a. be took a liz
in. bunch Of keys FROM a drawer In
desk. and quietly proceeded 10 lock /
cor writing desk. the cabinet ani the 4
old small drawers In ths table.
This done, he drew down the g
the tain=. locked the door on the inside. 4
up taking the hes. inserted Il In the tsl
TEL The other door. turned u. went o