The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1888-03-07

/ qDeenly loveliness. when nay own hear
vas aching 81. vented my so-rox ans
displeasare upon Mss Grandson.
She Kas sitting By the window reading
and she iast raised her eyes TO give me
one long. steady look. slightly mingled
wi;h surrrise. then dropped them TO he;
book again wiihout 4 word
then told her what had overheard
and repeated ansrilv. that If was her
fault that Ralph had gone away
/ I-Iam sorry,- she said quietly tia,
T you heard what you did No one would
ever hare known Of your broiher's dis
app lintnent from me But su7esy, Miss
Perciv4l, you cannot say that hare evez
encouraged his unfortunate love either
by word or look
was forced 10 acknowledge that she
had rot
But, since he did love you- in spite Of
all. shy should You have refused him,
Miss Grandisoas Isnot Ralph young.
rich, handsome. and good enough for any
woman on earth? p
lie Is all that, Mss PsTriyal, she re-
piled, sadly
Then why
Ih4ve no love 10 give she in,erruF-
ted hastily and evea could / lore any
one. / have not the right
No, the righ; p repeated Then
you are engleei to some other
@No,- she said, quietly. bat saw the
crimson in her cheeks begin to deepen
. ~Beezuse I'm already wife
Il wife, cried IN zmazemsnt- Yoa
Yes, Miss Psrcivai-I~
Already sngry With her before this ad-
mission, her words drove ne quite be-
yoni ny T.oWer Of self control. and my
voice xzs fall Of bitter scorn- Yet II xas
30 match to the qaiei, intense SUN IN
he's. = she rose "a her fall queenIy
height. her dark eyes glittezing ike sssrs.
AMI the crimson spots in her cream
cheeks glowing ike the burning heart Of
the rich :. reidest rose
II all our acquaintance had never
admired her % much a. did AZ thai
moment. Bat, remembering the wrong
she had done ny brother. I fel, no kind
ness towards her
Pray explain, II you ean, Miss Gran
olson. sad, in my coolest tone, xhy
you entered this house under false
character. in which you wen my broth
er's heart only TO break Il; What have
yoa to s1y TO that p
g Nothing. except that your brother
knows all I have TO tell, and / don't feel
called upon 10 disclose ny troubles TO
the whole world. If you dsem ne unfit
for the position I bold in yoar. house.
Mss Percival, ! ziIl 20 eIsevhere
You may, answered coldiy-
i Kas ashamed 81 my unkindnesss even
a spoke, lla, believing her. just then. to
be a designing woman. the calm eoUlFsos-
ure of her manner angsresl me until !
neither spoke nor acted ike myself
VERY we'll she said. and my heart
snete me at the deathly peiIor Of her
floe as she turned 70 leave the room
4; tina; instant q servant handed me
letter from Ralph. and I tore It open and
read il where stood Soeh letter
explaining why Ie Lad gone away, and
declaring that Mss Grandson, whom be
he pronounced = the best and Tobsest
Of woman. w2s not TO bisme Tor his
folly. He eadei BY begging me TO be
kind to her, AMI not alloW her TO leave
oar home - long a. she needed such 3
position
Half penliently. ! plaoel the letter IN
her hand. remsrkinc that R4lphs wishes
were law 70 ne, and that hoped she
would forge; my words ani DO what vas
best for her happiness
She hesftaied minnie or -. with the
open letter in her hand. and knew that
a great strssrle vas going On beneath
that calm. beautiful ezterioT
It : humIIiaiins.7 she said at length,
wiih little, quiverins smile. TO remain
here under TIE circumstances: bot an
poor, Mss Perciyal. and mus; not think
too much Of rly dignity Besides. vas
sure. if you had known the truth, you
would not have been 20 unjust
And - size stayed.
Months after. when had gnDxn to
loVe and estee1n her for tie best aai
noblcss of women a Ralph had called
her. she toli me her story
Briefly, she had large fortune KILLED
to her by Al uncle Of her husband.
whose other heirs, throEsh Jealousy and
greed, had blastei her life By cruel sian
ders- In the bitterness Of their hatred
they had es.ransei her husband from
her, and he had deserted her believing
her to be false
Her enemies had been successful in al
their pioss against her and sae had borne
prosecutions and insults which. IS / lis
tened 10 their pafheiicsll recital, made me
wonder that woman Ike her could
have endured them and lived.
Ahandones by the husband whom she
still loved better than her own Iife, and
thrown. frisndless, upon the world, she
had kept her history to herself. lsimTly
dropping her married title FOR the s2ke
OF being less exposed 70 curious que-
iioning
When winter eaDe around again, We
Here expecting Ralph. who xrete that
be vas hearf-Ehoie once usore. and ia
tended TO bring friend to help hisn en-
joy his welcome home
HoE handsome Ralph looked as he
walked, smiling and happy, into the
midss Of our family ci.rie, and xhzt =
splendid booking man Vas the stranger
who followed close behind him.
As Miss Grzndlsans dark. beautiful
eyes glanced up Al them, 3 shrek tina;
shall never forget rang through the rosn
and she fell fain;ing into the strangers
arms.
We neei 70 say more- Ralph had con-
stitutei himself modern Don Qnixoie,
znd had secreily pledged himself to right
the wrong Of the woman who bad refsss-
ed him
he had fouad Paul Grandson, had
told him where his wife MAS. and sh4s
a true. p1re women she had proven her