San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-04-26

from her, and she turned TO Mary. MarynOt
to be less generous than her sister, CROSSED
her hand with a silver shilling She had
lovely face, its expression very sweet; and
the gypsy, after quick glance into the blue
eyes, shining upon her with kindness and
dancing with glee, began looking at the
palms OF her hands. Then, in the same low,
mOnOtOnOus sing-sOng, she broke into the fut-
ure fortune; and this time, by way of q
change, it was told in rhyme:
''AnOther'S loss will be your gain;
Your joys will cause another pain;
Your hopes will be anOther'S fears;
Your smiles will cause another tears.
That which will make you bright and
glad,
Will make another wild and mad.
One love will gladden. all yolfr years;
The morning of your marriage near;
The night you sleep upon his breast,
She in the arms OF death may rest"
The gypsy dropped her hand, and without
any pause, moved nOiselesSly over to where
Adelaide Arson was sitting with the candied
peel in her lap. Quietly and haughtily she
refused TO give her hand to the woman, say
ing that she did not believe in such things,
and keeping her eyes fixed on the strips she
was cutting. The woman gently lifted her
own face, looked seaTchingly, almost pity
ingly, into Adelaide's dark eyes, and whis-
pered:
"Of thyself beware, beware,
In thy madness have a care,
Lest thou Deaths white garments wear"
Then, glancing keenly at each of US in
turn, she put the two shillings into the body
OF her gown, caught up her baskets bent her
head in SalutatiOn and left the yoom. Emma
ran to the window as she passed, saw her
gain the road, and walk rapidly away.
We all laughed. Laughed at the incident
altogether. laughed at Emma's openly eX-
pressed glee at her fortune" laughed ut
Adelaide for her want of faith as we babe
her beware of the gypsy's warning. 1t was
Just fun, and nothing else, to us all then. In
later days when the smallest word and deed
were recalled distinctly, the memory of that
warning, whispered by the black-eyed, sweet
voiced gypsy-wOman, came back to us with
vivid and unpleasant force.
at is but the jargon Of all the gypsies, and
this one seems to have learnt her task we'll"
said to the girls, beginning to look for a
saucepan In which to complete my custards.
81 am dStOnisled you should have admit
ted her, or stopped to listen to her, any of
you" cried out Adelaide, with cOndemning
emphasis. pray keep it from Mrs. Chal-
loner; she would be shocked"
'She would only laugh for she is as much
of girl as we are sometimes" said Emma.
"But, Miss Lane-hOw could she know your
Christian name? Did she pitch upon it by
luck?'
II think,'l was beginning turning to
them, and there stopped, II think she and
must have met before, for her face seems
No al Str IN m a
may have heard my name" That was what
had been about TO say, but some feeling
suddenly arose, prompting me not to speak
it. Call 1t instinct if you will. Though l
could not see why it should have arisen, or
any purpose the suppression served, either of
good or i'll.
what were you going to say, Miss LaneT'
asked Adelaide.
"What was / going to say?' was my care
less answer. "Oh, something, | suppose,
about the cunning possessed by these gypsy
women. But I'm looking for that saucepan.
There must be one somewhere"
Have l washed and dried enough cur
rantsT' exclaimed Mary, appealing to the
kitchen generally.
yes" said Emma. "YOu must pick them
now"
BY and by, Mrs. Chaloner came in, bring
ing with her Eliza Mitchell, engaged for q
week. 1t was a great comfort, for the wO-
man was capable at her meter; she could do
all that was needed herself, she at once said,
and would as soon have the young ladies'
room as their company.
Mr.. Challoner was a large and successful
manufacturer; and Mrs. ChallOner was his
young and second wife. Nina, my little
charge, seven years old, was stepsister to
Mary and Emma. Mrs. ChallOner came from
Cheshire; and the gentleman now expected
on visit, George Arson, was related to her.
he was coming with a purpose. Mr.. Chal-
Toner had no son TO succeed him in business,
and it had been mutually suggested between
the families that George should Join him,
provided upon trial they found that they
suited each other. George AnsOn's father
was In the same manufacturing line in Ches-
hire, and the young man had been brought
| up TO It; but as he was the youngest of three
sons, TO join Mr.. Challoner might be a better
| opening for him than TO remain at home. In
| deed, II would be a very firstrate opening,
one not met with every day, even when funds
are abundant as IN the Arson case. George
would be two or three days the guest of the
Chaloners, and then take lodging; they
had invited him for the whole period of the
trial, fixed for three months, but he declined,
saying he preferred to be independent
Mr.. Arson arrived that afternoon in time
for dinner. 1 saw him first of all in the even
ing. The custard-makng over the fire had
given me headache, so had some tea, in
stead Of dinner.
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