Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-02-20
CALLED BACK.
A wen-Told Story of Continuous
and Absorbing interest.
BY f!CGii CONWAY.
CHAPTER ~. CQNTINT-v,s.

CHAPTER ". CONTINUED.
She gave me her hand at parting a
small well-form2d soft hand | could
scarcely re rain from pressing my lips
TO it could scarcely e!rain from tell
inc her thea and there that for months
l had thought OF her and her only but
in udiciouS rs such proceedings might
have !ecn Mt 4 first meeting they would
have been doubiy so whilst old Teresa
was wing and, in spite Of her pans,
with suspicious ewes watching every
movement OF mine: SO l could only en-
press Il wish t. be of further service to
her aud low myself out dscreetlv.
But the ice was broken-cur hands
had met. Pauline and | were strangers
no longer.
Old Ieresa's sprain. although not
such 4 serious affair as she fanciCd, kept
her indoors for several days. | hoped
this would enable mo to improve nv
acquaintance with her mistress. but the
result was not commensurate with the
hope. For the rst few DAYS Pauline,
so far as | knew. did not leave the
house. Cncc or twice | met her on the
stairs and. assuming fictitious interest
in the old woman, Kept her IN CONVEX
sation for Il minute or two. 1t seemed
TO me that She was pain 'uliy say so
shy that the CONVEX nj on | would fain
have prolonged. alter little while died
a natural death. was, not conaeited
enough to attribute her shyness and ret
icence to TIE same cause which made
me b,Gsh ard stammer as | spoke to
her.
At last. one morning | saw her leave
the house alone. | took NV hat and
followed her. She Wi walking up and
down the Ia ement in front of the
house joined her, and, after the
usual inquiry FOR Teresa, continued at
her side. must make an tmpt to
eStabl Sh III tiers on q better footing
between lis.
You have not been long in England,
Nils MaYch2f said.
Some time some MONTHS" she re-
piled.
81 saw you in the spring at Turin
in hurch, at san Giovanni" She
raised her eyes and met mine with a
strange puzzled look.
You We're there W til your old serv-
ant one morning" continued.
"Yes-we often went there
" You are English, suppose your
name is not IN Italian one?''
Yes. am English"
he spoke rs though not quite GER
tain about tor rs if it was matter of
complete Indifference
- our home is here you are not 60
ing back to Italy?''
Il don t know can not tell.''
Paulinc's manner was very unsatsfy-
ing. | made many attempts to learn
something about her habits end tastes.
Did size play or sirg-was she fond of
music, of pictures. of flowers, of the
stage, of travelingp Had she many re-
lations and friends? Directly or indi-
rectly, / asked her all these questions.
Her replies were unsatisfactory.
Either she eyaded the questions, as if
determined | should know nothing
about her, or she did not seem to I'M
derstand them. MANY of them felt
sure puzzled her. At the end of our
little promenade she remained as great
a mystery to me as before. The only
comfort l could take WAS that she dis
played no wish to shun me. we passed
and repassed the house several times,
but she did not suggest re-cntering, as
she might nave done had she wished to
get rid of me. There was no trace of
coquetry in her manncr-quiet and re-
served as / found her. she was at least
simple and natural-and she was very
beautiful, and | was very, very much in
love.
1t was not long before | discovered
that old Teresa black eyes were
watching us from behind the blind of
the drawing-room. She must have
crept from her bed to see that her
charge got into no mischief | chafed
at the espionage, but as yet it was too
early to escape from it.
Before Teresa could hobble out of
doors had met Pauline more than once
in the same way. She seemed, | was
glad to believe, pleased when | Joined
her. The difficulty labored under was
to make her talk. She would listen to
all had to say without comment and
without reply, save yes or no. l., bya
rare chance, she asked a question or
spoke longer sentence than usual the
effort was never sustained / attributed
a great deal of this to shyness and to
her secluded life-for the only person
she had to speak tn was that terrible old
Teresa.
Although every word and action of
Pauline's told me that she was we'll
educated and gell-bred. | was certainly
surp. ised at her ignorance of literature
quoted an author, mentioned a book
BY name, the r, mark passed unnoticed:
or she lookel al me as ii puzzled by
my allusion, or distressed at her own
ignorance. Altho Oh | had now seen
her several times. was not satisfied at
the progress had made. knew had
not as yet strack the keynote OF her
nature.
AS soon as the old servant, Guenna,
friend, or'what she was, grew well,
beard some startl ng news. Ny land
ady asked me if | could recommend
Ter apartments 10 any friend of mine
such as myself she was good enough to
say-Miss March was going to leave, |
md the landlady thought she would |
prefer taxing gentleman in her place. |
! felt certain this was countermoFe |
If that old bag Teresa. She bad cast /
7enomous giaBces al me when we passed /
Zach other on the stars: had respond /
ID surlily when 1 asked her If she had /
quite recovered from the effects Of her /
a word, | knew she was |
ny enemy; that she had discovered my 1
ceilings toward Pauline and was doing /
her best 20 keep Us apart. / had no
means of knowing the extent Of her /
power or int uence over the girl, but / /
lad sometime since ceased 10 regard /
Ter as nothing more than a servant.
The intelligence that M fe.loy-lodgers
sere about to quit showed me that TO
ring my love for Pauline to a success
al issue, /. must IN some way make
latters straight with this unpleasant
Id attendant.
That same evening. as l heard her
oming down the stairs. | threw open
~ door and stood face TO face with
er.
.sigrora Teresa. / said, with high