Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1886-03-13
Judith turned slier blanc her
SIsjrIs as faasf1 al. alSi

4 wye II anu Longing attitude.
plaeHhere are you going, JUDITH
.sTo-to the house. [ am tirel
ofthis hot glare"
ssCome, then" but she had
passed swiftly across the lawn, an
so.awaY from him, feeling safe on
lyin fight.
AS she sprang breathlessly up
stairs, seeking her own room, a
high-pitched, querulous voice called
her name.
"Judith! Judith"
She walked slowly, reluctantly
into Miss Renevil's room.
The old woman, lean, slriveled.
and wrapped in u heavy shawl even
oniso hot a summer day, peered
sharply at her.
.sYou are too old to race around
the house like a hoyden. l SAW
yoIstearing wildly across the lawn
Just now. What is the matterW
.sNothlng."
aThen why, for heavens sake, do
youslock so whiteY Who was that
driving down the strcetw
Then such IL fearful temptation
aSsaiIed tue passionate, impulSive
girl. Rage and misery had for the
moment rendered her perfectly
reckless.
aNliss Kendric."
.Who is Miss KcDdric?"
"a cousin of the Salfo!ds,
and
.tAh, and so she belongs to them,
does. she?" vindctively.
'sAnd Stephens sweetheart"
A5thousand times since she had
repented that base betrayal of his
secret-llad passed sleeplcss nights
audwretched days broodlng over
it.
9Th! what" screamed the old
woman, with a dreadful look upon
her face. "H;ls he too betrayed
me?p
/. !. % says he loves herr
aH,Ie does, does he7 Then he'll
have her without my favor" tremb
ling with passion. "Girl you are
not lying?"
''Yes, yes,n she cried, in sudden
violent revulsions of feeling. re,
venge already turning to bitterness
Il have been mad!"
"Oh, no! you'd like to take back
the truth now. I see, l understand
Go, leave me, must think"
And Judith walked from the
room with guilty weight upon
her conscience. She had played
the part of traitor to her friend.
A dozen times during the sue
cecding days she tried to Tell him
what SHE had done, but the con
fession would not be uttered. She
slrank from hlm, avoided lin, u
fact he realized Slowly, and with
pain.
Miss Renevil did not change in
her manner toward Stephen, Meth
er did she ever alIude to Judlth's
rash words, and the girl secretly
prayed she had forgotten and for
given them. But now it WIS evil
dent that she had only brooded
over them, exaggerating their i'm.
portance and planning this terrible
punishment not only for Stephen,
hut also Judith.
The people were going out by
twos and threes; some few came up
with cold words of congratulatlon;
words that the girl received with
ouly an inclination of her bead
she could not trust herself to reply.
Soon the rooms were cleared oil all
save Telrel and the lawyer. They
conferred togetherin low tones.
~ will see you again before go.
ing up to the city" she heard the
young man say at length, and her
heart sank more heavily still. SU
lie was going away!
tsTlclesrrow?"
.'t,smellS by'grow."
n a,es lex, l!ms2a few stiff words to
'D ,'s sweet Pant took his departure.
= Ille OF Wn IlSgttihg dusky in the large,
silent room, but the outside world
was literally balhed in the warm.
glowing hues Of sunset. judith
Stood IN the same position she had
maintained throughout the scene,
curiously still and deadly white,
unable to raise her shamed eyes to
meet Stephens. She had no intcn-
ton OF spariug herself. Sue meant
to make confession, full and free,
but for the moment she felt inca
pablo OF speech. Wha5-what
would he think OF herr The next
moment she felt his warm hands Ill
hers.
judith, what is the matter? DO
you think you are biamable ior
thisa Do not grleve for my; i"
81 know that L AIN TO bllme,' she
cried, raising her stormy eyes to
his. "Oh, Stephen, You will hate
me, l know! l deserve it, but l
basely betrayed you. Oh. tile tor
lures | have suffered since that
dayn
"Betrayed me9 / do not under
stand," he said, III puzzled tones.
"D0 you remember the day
asked youif you lovcd Miss Ken
dric." her voice falling to a low Key,
her head bent down.
uYpsu nuiptly.