Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1889-09-04

II Was very lOhSC. NOA hAAON AA4A- IL
it not have dropped off somewhereY'
suggested Effie.
L did not keep it on, 1 tell you; l |
| flung it back said Sue fretfuIy, be /
! cause something occurred TO me, just |
then; 1 distinctly remember throwing /
/ it back
No, no; you went out with it, I'm /
sure,' Effie persisted.
Don't tell me that again, Effie Olds, /
said Sue, angry with herself and with ]
| Efie for what she considered her obsti- !
macy. All Is, the rIng Is gone! No |
| body comes into this room but the
family, and-well, 1 must go and tell
papa that the ring is lost. l shan't
| get another Ike that in a hurry
Ellie condoled with her, and inno-
Gently searched all the work baskets
through. For days it never occurred to
her mind that she might be suspected
of taking it; not until she thought she
noticed change in Sue, and, SO it
seemed TO her, in other members of the
family. Even then she could not ad-
nit the terrible suspicion, but it trou-
bled her. Could they think she had
taken the ring? What if Sue had
spoken of it?
The matter preyed upon her spirits.
She grew pale and haggard. Her
grandmother, noticing her cOlOrlesS
cheeks and preoccupied manner, begged
her to come home; and, indeed, so
wrought upon 10y her imagination was
she that she fell Ill, and did not leave
, the house for several days.
/ Meantime preparations for the far
= went on Sue had not been near her,
, and Ellie did not know that she had
gone to New Y Nork for a short visit.
, When Mrs. INLAND heard that Effie
| G1t -aVaf lna sl,s
, her, with the message that Miss Single
: ton was quite recover ed, and she should
= not need her any more, but she must
make haste and get well in time for the
entertainment. i very cold note,
: Ellie thought.
: Had they found the rlng?' she won
: dered.
She determined to ask Sue on Sun
: day. But when Sunday came and she
tried to speak about it, her tongue re-
fused to speak, and she could say moth
E ing. At the close of the service, how
; ever, she managed 10 gather the cour-
= age requisite to put the question
: Did you find your ringr'
) No, indeed; never expect TO- was
= the curt reply. by the way, Mr.. Ara
bin ISN'T going to sing. Excuse me,
Z L must speak to Mrs. Arabin before
she goes.
= Then Sue hurried away, leaving
! Ellie shrinking and troubled, quite sure,
e now, that she was suspected.
i Sue certainly was changed; she
o thought everybody was. Chances were
u cast askance at her, people hurried by
II her without speaking; at least one OF
II the congregation who had always stop
n ped to speak seemed to avoid her.
II What should she dop Nobody spoke
n To hav ahpt2f falrfnu ~ in tho iUal
" and the rector's sermons were unusually
1t pointed. Yes, 1t was plainly TO be seen
L that the news had gone all over the
5, parish that Sue INLAND had lost hel
l, diamond ring, and Sue was charged
II with taking it.
2. In the midst of all her distress, the
L new rector and his mother called. HaC
/ they come to watch, to convict her
n The pail of her own dark thought hunl
over all this visit. Her constrained
a demeanor forbade ease either of man
ner or conversation. She had worked
ii herself almost to frenzy, not daring t,
W speak to her grandmother about It
at when, in the silence of her own room
IN 1t seemed as if the sweet voice of al
ut angel fell upon her ear.
- Did you take the ringp'
IL No.
I'd Then why this cowardly dread
,ll Why this horror of darkness, when n
u one has ever accused yOup'
in Il won't torment myself any longer,
of she said. with d new determination, o.
the night of the entertainment. 'HoN
40 do | know but the ring has bee
H. fOundI'
There was no sweeter face tha
Enie's as she went half reluctantly int
id the hall, which had been gayly arraye
nj / for tho festival ElauS NJ t1pUarS Iaf
grated the walls, birds III gilded cage
ds sang overhead, the tables were brigh
Dn with the gifts of the townspeOple-
ed why, Etfie Olds, what have you bee
IL doing with yourself?' asked one of tn
young ladies, as she met her at I'll
N; door. Somebody said you were OF
at with it all; and you haven't been nea
nd us to help one bit, so we concluded yo
we didn't care about it, and gave you
be table to Anne Metcalf. To tell yO
re the truth, don't believe you woul
ay have made as good saleswoman 4
nj she, you are SO very quiet.
il Effie was glad but hurt; glad that 81
pa had no table to tend i'll her presen
= state of mind, and hurt that they shoul
nd so easily have taken 1t for granted thu
on she did not care to help them. In spit
of her brave resolution she was temple
to fly the place dozen times within th
a hour.
lgl Suddenly her name was spoken; OF
| and another turned to look at her-ju
ais the most natural thing to do.
tie Miss Effie, indeed you must sing f.
I'd, u.s. said The rector's mother, Il am TO
you don't need the notes; come, ever
j a body is eXpectant; something must
of done. 1t is getting a little dull; won
rly you try2'
,ry How could she refuse? Eaie We
toward the platform. The lights,
hes she looked up, all seemed to resol'
it themselves into huge diamond ring
osL The old dread, the old horror can
,ut back, and while rendering the secOT
lIy stanza of a charming little balla
ng everything grew dark before her. 81
,ed tainted; and life was blank to her f
ing many days. At last the fever left he
and reason was restored once more.
fife How strange to inI herself in the o
ay familiar rectory; and once more IN b
sue own cheerful room She looked at h
1t hands-they were thin and bloOdleS
to her head felt heavy, she could scarce
tile move What did it all mean? I
of \ memory of the past came back to he
lk- but only of her childhood. This W
the home, but where were the restr
lad % notherI mother!' she moaned.
me Ny darlingl'
The soft, low voice thrilled her to {
he heart, and bending over her-wds
me that mother who went TO paradise
long ago who had come back TO h
fin child?
Is it you, mother?' she whispered
it No, my poor little girl, 1 am L