Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-09-12

w ny, Berta!'
He was with one to whom his
heart has wandered, at this hour last
night" the gypsy had tod her.
promise? 1t chafed him terribly as he
golden hair. All, it is writtenl you
will set him free, and soon."
"Were you alone?" she questioned,
softly.
"No; Eleanor was with me. We
were talking OF you"
Eleanor"
Why had she not known that this
fair-faced cousin would win him from
her-the lover who had seemed so truly
her own-who, since he, an orphan of
fourteen, had been accepted as ward by
her father, had seemed TO love her?
And now had come Eleanor. with
her stately grace and azure eyes, to
shatter her beautiful love-dreaml
With steady fingers she drew of a
ring that had not left her hand in a
year.
Give this to my cousin-to Flea
norl" she said, distinctly.
And Kenneth Duncan would not
have been more surprised had the earth
yawned at his feet.
"In heavens name, what makes you
ding my love back in my face like
that2" he cried "What is your cousin
to me2 What is any woman save your
self? Berta, my dearest, what does
this meanIn
But now they had left the glpsy-
camp behind them, and were nearing a
stIle, which they must cross before they
found themselves in Mr.. Howell's pri-
nd that etf1a Gat
Eleanor, awaiting them, beautiful
vision of serene maidenhood, with
clouds OF white lace enveloping her
shoulders and lying softly on her yell
low hair.
AS Berta looked, the German legends
came in with bitterness into her minds;
| and she remembered the beautiful,
/ soullesS things who won men to mad
ness, cold and uncarIng; but she gave
keuneth's question no answer.
Eleanor, as the trio walked on TO the
/ house, understood what was written on
| the two pale faces, and was triumph
ant.
4 week went by, and those seven
/ days had almost driven poor Kenneth
mad. Berts would explain nothing,
answer nothing to his pleadings but a
sad. ~ on are free; why do you not
| go to EleanorIr
And at last, because she had stung
| him into obeying her, he did go to
| Eleanor.
1t was Just one week from the day
on which Eleanor had visited the
camp, that he asked her to become his
wife and she accepted him; and almost
in the same hour Mr.. Howell having
/ heard that malignant fever was
among the gipsies, sent his servants TO
order them from his land
Bu: the dark-browed wanderers re-
/ fused 10 90, saying the fever was not
! 4 contagious disease, and the sick could
not be moved.
II will show them who is owner to-
morrow" the old gentleman said,
| angrily, when told.
And then he went to dinner, saying
nothing of the matter to the young
| people
After dinner, they gathered on the
veranda to watch the moon rise; and
| Eleanor, being IN a merry mood, play
| fully sang a weird incantatlon to Luna,
Kenneth standing sullen and silent
/ beside her.
How very lovely she looked. in her
triumphant blonde beauty, clad in
palest of azure, with her white hands
I AlAlcu. LlC OAA ASA Af0s
Berta turned her eyes from the fair
vision, with low sigh.
"How can l blame him for loving
her?" she whispered, wearily-
Then dark, majestic figure entered
at a distant gate, and went hurriedly
toward the group on the veranda- The
rising moon showed full outlines,
heavy, unbound hair, black as dark
ness, great, flashing, dusky eyes. as the
woman went up the steps, and paused
before Eleanor.
With the song unfinished on her
blanching lips, the girl recognized
Gipsy Madge.
''And it is thus you keep faith with
mep' the woman cried, scornfully.
"You promised me freedom from mo-
Iestation If would tell a lie for you to
a credulous girl. / told the lie, and
now my people are ordered from your
uncle's land like dogsP'
Mr.. Howell stepped forward, hi:
face very stern
s.If YOU are one of the gipsies who
have had the audacIty to camp almost
ut my door, on my land, what do you
want here? / understand there Is a
child among you, III OF malignant
fever. l cannot allow you to bring
disease and contagion IN our midst, ant
if you are not gone by noon to-mor
row, you VIII learn something o.
tresspass-law.
Send her away at once, uncleI'
Eleanor cried, clinging to his arm
PRAY send her away; she frighten'
mel''
The woman laughed mockingly.
ssYou did not fear me when yor
Thought to make a tool OF mel'' sh'
said, bitterly.
Then she went to where Berta wa:
standing, somewhat apart
81 deceived you, lady," she said
with a certain half-savage dignity IL
face and voice. ~ told you to free |
man who, bound to you, loved another
babe YOU ask him with whom he had
stood in the moonlight at a certain
hour or the night before, If you woul'
learn that others name. And yo'
! grew white with pain, but trusted me
, and did as bade you; and your hear
is very heavy tonight, because yo'
think yourself unloyed; IS II not so!
. Berta- with hot tears in her eyes
turned from her, but Madge followed
= HE Is true to you; he loves yo
weul'' she said, eagerly. "Could 20
not see? But she," with gestur
toward Eleanor, who was quivering an
| ashen under Kenneth's scathin
glance-ssshe bribed me to make 20
, doubt him. She bade me make you tes
him as 1 dIdI She wanted your loverl
"Kennethp'
II was a low. questioning cry, bu
: the young man sprang toward her II
|. answer to il, and caught her e1tende'
hands
"Then it was not because you ha
ceased to love meY" he asked.
: And she answered:
, at was because thought you ha
ceased to love mel'
"As * couldF"
The woman shook back her roug
, hair. and was about to depart, whe
\ Berta laid a hand on her arm
: stay" she said, kindly. Papa.
! TO Mr.. Howell, '.you will not mind