The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-09-20

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ihInk ilsnehs tlss son, Ralph
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ulinrWiae
You aea 4 Viola had lived I should
have hoped you would have liked each
other II would not have seemed Ikea
stranger coming ini0 The family But
since that cannot be-, Blanche " the
nett th1ice II my heart But, NJ c0ufse,
don't expect you 10 plonsc mo !
only mentioned II brcnnse I inncIod on
were mutually pleased with each other,
aud Tom and thought II would be-
plcnnnt 10 have II "a. Tom likes you
40 murhl'
"Tm greatly Obliged TO him" Ralph
said. with a laugh. hut I'm sure ! don I
know why he should; he doesn't know
much about me may be- that Is the rem
sonl Well, now am going 10 tell you
what ! attempted nj first. There Is n
girl -umo sort of n waiting. maid. or
servant IT some kind-at Mr.. Mont
ford's, who looks just Ms ! have fancicd
Viola would II she had lived 10 be o
woman. She " very slight and fragile
looking. but for n certain iDdOmitable
air aud expression which give her u
sort Of subtitle strength. You rcmcm-
Der that popularity in Viola. Thsgirl,
whose name IL Stella Blake, camcto nd
NIT us this morning, and | was 80
startled by her resemblance 20 Viola
not so much u resemblance as 10 what
she was, as to what ! thought she would
have been that | was guilty OF tho rude.
ness Of staring At her, | fear, very inn
%pertinently.'
"llow does she look7 wish ! could
see her. Mrs. Anderson said. eagerly.
"She is, ms ! said slight, with n pale
olive skin. and lefty eyes and hair. But
that do,cn't give you nm idea about her
looks NJ all, Tor that rests so much upon
expression, and she has got the most
expressive facG-not after Blanche's
style. Blanche controls her face. this
girl does not with eyes that look like
%smoldcrng volcanoes; Mrs. Montford
calls them uncanny.' BY the way,
what sort Of n man il this DeYriosp II
always seemed to me that no knew
more about Viola than he was willing
10 tell. II Is rather odd, isn't il. that
We should happen TO be neighborsPh
II don't know, | never thought much
oiiL never saw him but once; then
he called here, and very naturally the
conversation turned on the shipwreck.
lie seemed to feel very badly when
talked with him about the sad fate oil
little Viola. lie said he had been stop.
ping in England and on the Continent
some months, settling up the business
affairs of Mr.. Montiord. who had com,
TO America with his family the previou.
May. He had completed his business
and being ut ~llayre. he took passag,
In the lie Brun in preference TO waiting
for the regular steamer n week. Their,
we're but tive or six passengers. and thii
Mrs. Mallard-to III nks the name wa
Mallard. rs he remembered seeing Il 81
recorded. and he remembers distlnctll
hearing the Captain address her by tina
title-and her child were among them
but he only saw the child; the lad,
seemed suffering under some neryou
mnlady."
"Why didn'tyou tell him what violi
J said about her mothers being 80 nj
| fccted when she saw himP' interrupte,
Ralph.
81 did. but | am positive. Ralph, tina
she was mistaken. You would hay
been II yon had seen how panied and SUI
priscd he was that the child should hav
t. iancied such q thing. lie said II he ha
, thought Of such n possibility he shoul
not have rested till he had removed tn
erroneous impression from the child
Z mint II he had made the journey fror
the West on purpose. He thinks lines
] aud the excitement Of the storm. adde
. To her half-drowned condition, turne
I the poor woman's brain, and your fathC
r and ! think 30. now. But II doesn
/ matter since both are dead. Did yo
I sec Mr.. Montfotd?" she asked. after
p moment Of silence.
: "No. not the senior Mr.. Montford.
: saw Mr.. Victor Montford-a inc youn
6 fellow, too, | Judge"
YES; but why | asked. no one So,
+ much Of Mr.. Gilbert Montford. onl
: when he drives out. or something
Z that kind. Some think he Is not quiz
rs clever as people in general. and TIN
: Is why he keeps this DeVries Ia aiten
; to an his business Affairs. May b
however. It's The English way Of doir
l. things. | presume It's. But no one ey'
goes to Mr.. Montford on any busine
!. matter whatever. but alwa,s 10 Mr.. !
: Nrics. who negotiates loans, invests q
y moneys, and pays all claims"
|, "Do YOU mean that he Is not brigh
this Mr.. MontfordP' Ralph aske
: looking surprised.
20 dear no. not that. really. On
that he isn't rs shrcwd and capable. Pc
A haps. rs some. and any one who W
q keen might take advantage OF him, y
sec, but perhaps Il Is only surmise.'
CHAPTER VIII.
- Mr.. Alfred Dcvries did not quite III
IN the new servant at Montford Hous
n Onc thing particularly he did not lii
aud that was the way In which the G
> gAgcmcnt wa made. twas somethil
quite unusual Tor Mr.. Montford to Ia
business into his own hands In this wa
=, aLd Mr.. Dcvrics felt rs II his RICH
n, had been invaded.
~ Perhaps | might rs well say here.
anywhere. that Mr.. Gilbert was not
:, clever rs some ~pcoplo-his private u
rrtary, for instance. lie was one
those people who are characterized
~ having "morc money than brains
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