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

1t was so sweet to be in the dear old
room againl
y day or two after that she ventu ed
10 ask Mrs. Arabin if the ring had been
found.
1 am happy TO say yes was the an
Swer We know all about It. You
revealed your trouble that first week .
when you were delirious and it gave |
us the heaTtache, can tell you 1t I
was altogether a fancy of your own. /
Nobody thought that dreadful thing of
YOU. Miss INLAND says II never entered
her mind that you had taken the ring F.
She simply gave it up as lost through /
her own carelessnesS, and thought no
more about it,
1 am so glad she found IT. said
Ellie, drawing a long breath Of relief.
Where was the ring, Ms. Arabin?'
she did not find it; 1t was Mr.. Ara
bin who found it
'Where?'
1 am going to tell you. After you
were brought into the rectory, the.e
was an auction sale of cakes and flow
ers One of the cakes was reserved for
the rector, and put in the closet. 1t
had the name of Miss INLAND on the
tag. a few days afterward, while You
were still very i'll, We had company. l
left you III care of your grandmother
and went down stairs to oversee the
table That cake was cut, but still re-
talned its shape. When it was d strl-
buted, my son, breaking his piece, felt
something hard. and, looking at 1t
| closer, there was the rlng.'
How In the world did it come thereF
asked Efie.
The solution is easy. Miss INLAND
! sln FF,sA 10 Lii n, rrTK~
! directions about the cake, and found
! the cook already mixing it. In her
! headlong fashion she declared that as
| that cake was for the rector, she must
have a hand in making it. She does
not know how the ring got into the
dough without her missing it or the
| cook finding 1t. She was positive that
she had put it back in the basket. L
| can assure you, however, that Miss Sue
did not once suspect you of taking the
| ring. She was much gTieved over the
revelation you uucOnscIously made;
and here she is to speak for herself
Sue came in radiant, and almost took
Ellie in her arms as she kissed her.
You precious, silly little goose she
| cried, but her dark eyes were full OF
tears; to doubt me sol AS if l could
charge the granddaughter of our dear
old bishop with stealIngl Why, Ellie,
how could you?'
Poor Efie only shook her head; she
could not speak a word; the memory OF
it all came over her so vividly.
Il wondered what altered you so,
why you were so cool and distant, and
there YOU were writing such terrible
things against yourself, and no one ever
dreamed of it. l certainly thought ' on
were changed, and tried to remember
what | had done to displease you. A,
for the ring, it didn't ence enter my
| head in connection with the case.
Then when the fever came 1t was AL
explained; and haven't l suffered since
| found out what caused it allI Papa
has bought me a special jewel box
lost the first one-and if ever L ali
: tempted to forget to put that ring in 1t
I'm going to wear beans in my Shoe.
for penance. I've a great mind to give
it to you.
Effie shook her head.
We'll, then, seeing that my miserabl,
thoughtfulness has caused all the Jrou
ble, am going to take you home 1,
stay long, long time.
Not yet, said Mrs. Arabln. Aus
, tin declares that she sha not leave Lhl
rectory, her Old home; that 1t was crue
to turn her out of 1t, and If he ha,
D known the facts Of the case before %,
came, she and her grandmother shOulC
j never have lett IL. The TectOIy Is
large house, quite too spacious for US
and he has arranged for her grand
D mothers comfort. II would indeed D
i barbarous to send the widow of "A bisho
= and the mother of a clergyman back L
; that dreary little house on the Outskirt
I of the town. 1t is Tequittal enough {
see that dear old lady enjoy her room
which is almost precisely as she left it
e SO you s-e, dear Mss INLAND, she ma
: come and visit you by-and-Dy, but thI
l Is her home
+ When Ellie returned to her old plac
II in the choir, she met with quite "a
II ovation. There were choice dover
u from the organist, the members Of Tn
Il choir, and even from the seXtOr
= Everybody congratulated her on ho
return to health, and never hal siI
e sung as she did that day, she was $
y very happy.
d / say, Efie,' said Sue, as they wei
u about TO leave the church choir seat
don't forget me aud the good old tim,
u we've had when you mount the rome
Z what do you mednr asked Ellie.
Don't you remember the dream 20
ie told me the day after the first SerInu
81 of our new rector That you came
tie church, and it was so Gro ded thi
u there was no standing room, but TIL
III YOU seemed to float over the heads
y the congregation TO the chdncel, whe
- Mr.. ATdbIn sat Oh throne, and yC
I quietly took your place beside him Z
yes, every girl in the parish has give
II 1t up. L, myself, yield gracefully 81
= added, laughing.
'e Efie turned away with brig
;. blush; she had always wondered Uv
lG that dream
ID 1t was very sweet to feel at hou
J. o ce more. The very wall, with tie
ie lowering vines, were dear 10 her. Ho
d much she had missed her home, s
I mad never dared say even to h-rse
And the blessed old grandmother, wi
~ her happy face, declared that q
ct C ange had added years TO her life.
II Il never spoke of it. deary, she sal
>, one day, Il wouldn't for your sake; b
~ | felt so cramped in that little place,
nc if it were tomb instead OF HON
II l. dreamed of your grandfather la
ds night; he sat over there IN the AT
char, and a more con ente smile
never saw on a human face. L am su
he sees it all and Is satisfied
le So the rectory was TO he their hoI
II always; for the rector, a. well a.
80 Inother, had fallen in love with swe
ei Ellie at first sight, and before anOth
spring came rounI there was a weddI
in the pretty stone church, the strai
oI Of the wedding march rang blithely ol
lu and Efie found her rightful place
eI the side of the new rector
Oh -
is One hint is worth two bushels of q
We vice.