Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-20

of the duties that devolved on her. Quiet
very pale and hollow-eyed, she went about the
house. From the nursery she found that the
nurse had escaped, deserving the baby that she
might talk over the events that had occurred
in the kitchen. The cook, Salome found had
made the pastry with washing instead of baking
| powder, and the housemaid hnd found too
| much to talk about to make the beds by
| o'clock in the afternoon
Only when everything in the house had been
seen to. woman provided to attend to the
| dead, and all the trains of their lines set
| on them again, only then could Salome sit
| down and write to her sister of their common
| loss.
After this was done she wrote few notes to
| friends, and then, lacking stamps, came with
the packet to Philips door.
he was seated at his secretary writing, or
pretending to write, with his brows bent when
| he heard her distinct and gentle tap at the
door. He knew her tap, it was like that of no
one else, and called to her to enter
my DEAR" she said, II have not been able to
come to you before. l have had so much to do;
| and-dear, 1 have wanted to speak to you; but,
as you know, in such case as this, personal
wants must be set aside. Have you any stampsf
1 require foreign one."
He hardly looked up from the desk, but
signed with the quill that she should shut the
door. He was always somewhat imperious in
his manner.
She shut the door and came over to him, and
laid the letters on his desk. "You will stamp
them: for me, dear?" she said, and rested her
hand lightly on his shoulder. Then she saw
how stern and set his face was and a great ter
TOR came over her.
"Oh, Philipp' she said; and then, ST know
what you are taking to heart but there is no
changing the past, Philip"
Sometimes we have seen the reflection OF the
sun in rippled water out of doors sent within
on the ceiling. How it dances; is here and
there; now extinct, then once more it flashes
out in full brilliancy. So was it with the color
in Salome's face; it started to one cheek burnt
there moment, then went to the temples, then
died away wholly, and in another moment was
full in her face the next to leave it ashy pale
Her voice also quivered along with the color in
her face in rhythmic accord. Philip withdrew
his shoulder from the pressure of her hand
and slowly stood up.
~ shall be obliged if you will take chair"
said he formally, "as desire an interview, but
will undertake to curtail it as much as possible,
as likely to be painful to both"
She allowed her hand to fall back, and then
drew away step. She would not take chair
as ne nau risen lTOm MS.
"Philip," she said, II am ready to hear all
you have to say" She spoke with her usual
seIf-possession. She knew that they must have
an explanation about what had come out.
There was always something in her voice that
pleased; it was clear and soft and the words
were spoken with distinctness. In nothing
neither in dress, in movement, nor in speech,
was there any slovenliness in Salome. There
was some perceptible yet indefnable quality in
her voice which at once reached the heart
Philip felt this, but put the feeling from him,
as he had her hand
"salome." said he. not looking at her, except
momentarily; "a cruel trick has been played on
me-"
Philip" said she, quietly but pleadIngly,
''that man, as told you, is my father, but did
not know it till yesterday. 1 had no idea but
that was the daughter of those who had
brought me here, and who gave themselves out
to be my parents. will tell you what know,
but that is not much. Hell mean that man
had married my mother who was the sister of
her who is below, dead. He got into trouble
somehow; I do not know what kind Of trouble
it was, but it was suppose disgraceful one,
for he Lad to leave the country, and it was
thought he would not venture back to England.
My real mother grieved at the shame, died and
left us to her sister. who with her husband Mr..
ellsworth, cheerfully undertook the care of us,
adopted us as their own, and when they came
here shortly after, gave out that we were their
children, partly to save us the pain of knowing
that our father had been -w well, what ne
was, partly also to screen us from his pursuit
should he return, and also, no doubt the more
to attach us to themselves. AS you know,
shortly before Mr.. ellsworth, our reputed
father, was to be taken into partnership,