San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-06-27

The White Face AT The Window.
Written by Edith Aiken for the Light.

recognize that woman and you wish
to ask Mr.. Churchill her name to con-
firm your unwise suspicious. Rest
assured of one thing, he will not tell
you her name or address, he says he
does not know it. / have already
asked him, with the idea of employing
her to do some Christmas work for
me, and paying her myself, instead
of paying Churchill his extravaganza
prices
"But you heard her promise to
work only for him at presentW
"What of that? If 1 should offer
her double the price she gets from
him she would not mind her promise,
"But she would mind her promise
if you should offer her four times the
amount she gets from him."
How do you know? Whom do you
suspect her to be-" The large bril-
liant eyes of the speaker were fixed
upon her brothers. wife as though she
would compel her secret thoughts to
be laid bare.
Nellie turned away uneasily. She
knew the power Of those merciless,
beautiful eyes, so she said evasively:
81 don't know her name, wish 1
didn'
Nellie you know who you suspect
she is, and you must tell me"
Mrs. Sommers got up with sigh
saying: II do not feel like shopping
to day, Julie, but you can remain, as
long as you wish, will 60 home and
send back the carriage for you. My
head does not feel quite right"
"Nellie you must not go home until
you have become reasonable" The
ladies had reached the sidewalk, and
Mrs. Sommers laid her hand upon
the carriage door, but hesitated when
she saw that Miss Sommers was reso-
Lutte to follow.
LET US drive to Brookline and have
some more talk where there can be
no danger of listeners, before we go
home" urged Julie.
"No I must see Arthur at once!n.
replied the other.
You are madw answered Miss
Sommers in low fierce tone, and
then to the coachman, "drive to Mr..
Sommers office James," she entered
the carriage saying as she did so, you
had better come with me first, then
we will go home"
The lady, thus forced against her
will, entered breathing another sigh,
for she knew from former experience
that she would be obliged to yield to
the stronger will of her husband and
his sister, and the clue to the identity
OF the peedlewoman be concealed from
her brother Arthur Hidden until it
would be too late to carry out the
wishes of their dead father.
Thev-rode a few minutes in silence
and then Julie said scornfully-"do
you really mean to tell Arthur your
suspicious about that woman, for of
course 1 know you thought you re-
cognized Elsa Grovener"
81 am sure it was Elsa Grovener!"
replied Nellie throwing off all reserve
for now she saw it was useless to try
to guard her secret as far as regarded
the lady's name, though she would
not have told the hard scorning wo-
man her vision for the world. 81
know the poor sad lady who stood
beside me to day was my dear
mothers girl friend who did so much
for US when we were SO poor, my
father away in California, and my
mother dying with consumption. Elsa
was herself dependent on rich rela-
tives, but every penny of her spending
money she brought to- us, for our
necessities were many and father
could scarcely provide for them, and
every dainty, and every luxury my
sick mother craved this girl managed
to supply. Not only this but part of
every night she would sit by my
mothers bed, for watches were few
and hard to get for the poor, and every
moment that Elsa could spare from
her books and school, she spent wait
ing upon my mother"
"What claim had your mother upon
this girl?" was the cold question to
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