Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-10-12

the world will lose much when you are
gone." SO saying she went out OF the
room, slamming the door after her, know
ing that to be a noise particularly obnoX-
ious to her mother. After getting the
wine which was wanted, she sent it to her
mothers room, and went upstairs again
to her apartment.
"Oh, my head My poor headl" ex-
claimed Mrs. Thompson. ''Br1ng me the
camphor, Sukie, and rub my temples with
it, please"
The faithful girl, who had waited on her
mistress so many years, and had studied
her comforts, and gratified her Whims,
was quick to minister to her every want,
and manifested an example of patient
waiting which was a constant Teproach
TO jamie, from whom such services might
have reasonably been expected. She tried
her best to comfort her poor mistress, and
begged her not to cry. II specs Miss
jamie no well herself today" she said,
"an' when people sick dey 'bleege to be
crOss.'
A thousand times had poor Mrs. ThOmp-
son felt Chow sharper than a serpent
tooth it is to have thankless child.''
When the wine came, and her sanga-ee
was made and some composing drops put
in it, which she was in the habit of using
daily, she fell asleep.
Another mail morning came and the
same measures were taken to get posses
sion Of Ciara's letter, and it was read,
laid aside, and another put in its place as
before, and the one sent forward was
colder and more unsatisfactory than the
last. zone more mall" Miss Thompson
said to herself, ''and then / must open Mr..
lie VeTrier's letter. By that time there will
be an answer 10 the first one | sent, and
the poison will have commenced its work.
l look for rare developments" She glOried
in the thought of running the happiness of
one whom she always claimed as her
dearest friend. 1t occurred to her that
morning that perhaps she could turn Mrs.
lie Nerrier against Clare, and this would
help forward the plot. She Immediately
made preparations to go to Mrs. Hon
tieur's for that express purpose, and hav-
ing studied out how she could best set
about it, she put on her bonnet, and TAX
ing Flora, which she always did when she
walked over, started for Glenside.
As they were going on, she said to
Flora, Everybody is talking about the
Irritation between Mr.. Green and Clare.
/ wonder she should 60 on so with him
when everybody says she is engaged to
Mr.. lie Verrier. / wonder If she is really
engaged? She has never owned it to me,
and if she was l should suppose she
would be above flirting in this way with
another gentleman
Flora told her that Ma'am Annie (who
was Mrs. lie Verrier's maid) told her
that they were to be married the next
time her mars Arthur came up, and that
her old mistress was staying for the we'd
ding.
awhile we are there to-day, Flora, you
must talk to Ma'am Annie about her. Tell
her the neighbors are all talking about
Miss Clare, and say it is very strange she
should take on so with another man, when
she is engaged to her master; that he
ought to know of her behavior. Tell her
she goes with Mr.. Green riding every day,
and never goes to any church but his, and
that before he came here she hardly ever
went to the chapel, but used to ride to
church five or six miles from here every
Sunday. Ask her if she has noticed how
they 90 of into the parlOr by themselves
every day, and sit from morning until
night. Mrs. lie Verrier is going home
soon, and then Annie can tell her master
what is going on here. You be sure to
make the stories Just a S bad as you can.
Tell her you heard me say l was coming
over here to-day to find out tor myself
whether these stories were true or not,
and that if l found them true l did not in
| tend to associate with her any more; and
say to Annie that somebody ought to tell
| Mr.. lie Verrier about it. That If he was
| your master, you would walk all the way
| to New Orleans but what he should hear
I of it. You understand what l want of
4 you, do you FlOraW
The maid expressed ready and intelli-
gent acquiescence, and entered into her
mistress plans, fully understanding the
/ instructions she had received, and the
motives which prompted them, but before
! separating from Miss jamie she gave her
maid a charge relative to choosing her
/ time for a talk with Annie, when the
/ family servants were not near, as she
/ knew they would all stand up for their
| Miss Clare.
! Miss Thompson had a favorable oppOr-
/ tunity for gaining Mrs. LIE Verrier's ear
and made the most Of it. She said, rs
/ il not strange there is so much talk about
/ Mr.. Green and Clare? The whole nelghbOr-
/ hood is busy with it. Some of her friends
| are so scandalized by her intimacy with
/ him that they say they will never visit
! her again. l tell them if they had known
/ her as long and as Intimately as l have,
/ and knew how exemplary she was, they
| would not be so quick to seize upon her
/ first indiscretiOn and make so much OF it,
"What indiscretion has she COM
l mitted p asked Mrs. lie errier in amaze
/ ment.
Il was abiding to her Irritation with
! Mr.. Green"
Amy one who accuses Glare of being a
! flirt knows nothing of her character"
! was the rejOinder.
THAT is lust what l said when 1 was
! told of it, but l was argued down, and,
unfortunately, L could not deny that she
/ rode with him daily, and that he spent his
whole time in her society, was always at
\ home deYOting himself entirely to her
amusement, reading to her, aiding her In
the care of her pet birds, and tending her
| flower garden for her. All of these things
were spoken of to me, and l could not
| gainsay one of them"
"HOW easy it is for censOriOus world"
said Mrs. LIE Verrier, ''to give false col
| Oring to things in themselves so innocent.
Because this poor sufferer, with one foot
in the grave, as it were, has his lonely
hours beguiled by her sweet and pure so
ciety, they must both be so viliied. wish
those who say such things of her would
could come to me with their vile ISLANDERS.
l would soon make them close their
mouths for very shame"
'YOu could not defend her more earn
estly than do, am sure" replied jamie,
81 love Glare so dearly that such reports
pain me more than l can express, and
have done everything l could to frOwn
them down, but what l say in her favor
has very little weight, for my devoted
friendship for her is so well known that
my defense of her is all attributed to that
scOre.o
Miss Thompson went home that even
ing fearing that what she had said had
made very little impression upon Mrs. lie
Verrier, but from what Flora told her Of
her conversation with Annie she hoped
that seed had been sown there W hich
might produce the fruit she desired.