Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-03-18
who constantly whispered devilish idea,

VINO constantly whispered devilish ideas
in my ear.
Finally Sinclair began to build.
Millicent was radiant with delight, and
they were constantly making plans and
talking of the new home, and Sinclair
would ask me every now and then for
a suggestion; but / always had some
excuse to take me away. We"
One day we stood before tall mir
ror together--quite byYaecident | was
struck by the difference in our faces.
We were just of an age, but my selfish,
mercenary, jealous and envious feel.
ings had marred my face, until / looked |
almost ten years her senior. Nature
had made me much the handsomer OF
the two, and yet could see that she
possessed tenfold the attractions | did
at that time. MON
This only increased my hatred, and
if could have marred her features
then and there with some terrible scar
l would have done it. Always in pres
ence of Sinclair, / tried to appear kind
and cordial, for | did not want him to
read my mortified pride and wounded
love, though now my love for him had
turned into dislike. Since he belonged
to her he was hateful in my sight.
BY and by new cause of misery to
me. was added. There was to be ere
many months passed another tie to
bind her to Sinclair. and Colonel Mon
roe.
When realized this l felt a madden
ing fury take possession Of me.
Little by little, unconsciously yet
surely by the force of her own worth
'sHd.hermany virtues, she had crowded
me out of the place | had grown to-
think was my own. ~ ibJ :
Ny stepfather worshiped her; Sinclair
loved her to idolatry; and even the SER
wants and the neighboring people could
talk of nothing but ''sweet Lady Mill,
cent" l was thrust aside, sighted,
forgotten. Yet it was my. own fault.
Nobody can help loving a sweet, smil.
ing, rnselfish and amiable person in
preference to black-browed,7 ,frown-
ing, cold, selfish being. / had not made
myself worthy of love, and l hated her
because she had; and now she was to
bestow Il last priceless blessing upon
the race, a blessing which / had been
denied the right of bestowing' - ''''
40, One. evening just inzthe. cleaning /
walked down the garden toward . rus
tic seatnear o large rose tree, In order
to'reach the seat T had to descend sew.
eral steps. They were fiat steps-cut
from quarry stone, and brought and
laid there. As placed my foot on the
second stair it tottered and tipped un.
der my weight. There had been Sc.
we're storm recently, and the earth had
washed away, leaving no foundation
for the slab to rest upon / fell as the
step gave way beneath me and bruised
my knee.
Il must tell John about this to
night,nI thought, "and he must attend
Ito it tomorrow ITS az dangerous
place" ......t...4.t
| sat down on the rustic bench. |
had scarcely seated myself, when | saw
Millicent approaching with her basket
and scissors; she was coming to, gather
roses to decorate the house a.
As she neared the steps was on the
point of calling out to her to be careful,
when the devil in my heart babe me be
silent.
'Let her look out for herself" he
whispered. "It's none of your bust
ness. If you had not come down here
you would not be responsible for what
happened to her, and she can not cX-
pect you to follow her about to guard
her from danger. y 81 Z,
While the evil spirit whispered, it all
happened
She stepped upon the treacherous
stone, it tipped under her weight and
precipitated her forward upon her face.
l ran to assist her to her feet, now thor.
oughly frightened and Mortified at my
own wickedness, but she did not seen
badly hurt, only slightly bruised.
That is n dangerous place." she
said. John must attend to it to-mor
row. IL "0fH lgtu4VtN
Even then at that momentit made
me angry to hear her. speak in, such a
tone of command concerning theprem
ises and the servants. IA 4-.----
That night the household va,
alarmed by the sudden illness of Lady
Millicent AT dawn, in spite of tn,
best medical skill. she lay dead, witt
her tiny dead infant upon her breast
was Mortified at the result of my
wicked silence. Yet the fun punish
ment came later in the day
During the afternoon the sharp re
port Of a pistol sounded through tn,
pines. 1t came from the room wher,
Lady Millicent and babe lay robed fo1
burial. Rushing thither we saw Sin
clair, lying over the casket which con
tanned the Two silent forms. The pisto
which had taken his life was still smok
ing in his hand.
Colonel Monroe followed them all Il
the grave before two years passed B,
his will was left heiress of all thos
fine domains of both estates and o
the pines. My avarice was gratified
There. was no other woman left t,
awaken my jealous feelings, or TO moeI
me With her happiness. L (E
No living being suspects my guilt
but the dead know it, aud often in tn
night they come close about me, &C
cusing me Of my sin. TlN.-gsEhs
/ abhor life, yet, l dread death, fo
then must meet them face to face
with no vail between. Eth WReele
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