Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-07-14

IrAi from tDal-il Who uu-ptthhoil nNA",.
! watched You ns you sat there parnlyzed;
BY and by YOU rose aud left the room, and
! followed you as you went into the hal,
out into the little wood behind the house
round the garden, backagain upstairs, End
into the little room at the stair head. Ii
was there-how long after | don't know
but il was there that at last. with q
CHASTITY feeling Of terror inexpressible, 4
saw your form gradually grow tpdistinct..
] saw you fading slowly from my sight, i
saw you-.m A strong and uncontrollabie
shudder shook him from head TO foot, and
the strong hands that held hers were icy
cold and trembling. After moment he
resumed II must have tainted, l sup
pose. for the next thing ] remember IS the
bright morning light, and old Sam dashlng
water in my face. ] felt daZed and stupe-
fed. and was only conscious that ! must
have time 70 think. so | sent YOU that note.
dear, and | have been walking about ever
since"
There was long silence. Mrs. Ferrars
lifted her head. kissed her husband tender
w, rose and walked 10 the window. The
stars were shining brightly and she stood
there looking up at them. At last she
turned and came back TO him as he sat
watching her. still with the strained look
Of horror on his face.
NV poor dearl" she said, standing by
his side and gently stroking his hair, my
poor dear"
She was pale. and there was something
husned IN her manner and her low voice;
but otherwise she was quite herself again,
and seemed TO be rather sympathlzng Wi n
her husband than feeling on her own &C.
count. he felt this at once, and looked ut
her in amaZement
What can we do?n he said.
You have thought Of nothing-of no
plan fOr-for laying me!h she asked, with
"a little hysterical laugh.
lie shook his head.
Then will tell YOU what think. II Is
not 10 be explained. Of course; but there
must be some link-of which We know
nothing between my life and this mystic
nous house. and we must find out what 1t
L.. | have known very little Of my father
and mother. Ny mother died when | was
born. YOU know my father TWO years after;
and the Lessons. who were So good 70 me,
knew nothing Of their life in England-had
never even seen my mother. But we can
learn the history OF the house, and We VIII
90 10 Mrs Green tomorrow, and she VIII
tell us. She knows. am sure. II would
rather not go TO sleep. ] think: but you are
tired out, my dear, and now you must rest.
The slow night wore itself away at last.
He was TOO thoroughly worn ont 70 resist
her long, and slept tne heavy sleep OF utter
exhaustion. while she -at beside hum think
ing. She was very far from being AN I'M
aginative woman, but the story she had
beard and iis connection with her con-
understanding dream had impressed her
almost in spite Of herself. Her husbands
horror. too. had 20 a certain extent
communicated itself 10 her, and she
felt "a though she would never be
able to sleep quietly again. To think
hat while She was apparently lying quiet
U.s. 10y her husbands side she was visible IN
another place jhnt there WAS a force IN
her of which she had been unconscious,
over which size had no control! twas i'm
possible II was horrible. And Hubert.
BE would never see her sleeping without
thinking that, perhaps. even as he looked
40 ncr. 10 was there lu the old farmhouse.
lie was right-the Thought would haunt
them always. what did it mean: what
could theY DO:
Mrs. Green received chem the next
morning without AM apparent surprise,
ctrlr though u was She darted one keen,
eager look at Hubert Ferrars, and waited
for them to speak. There WAS moment )
silence a. thc three stood together IN the
dim ltjio room. and then Hubert FeuarS
began:
81 thinl, YOU must know why we have
come O. YOU to-tlay, Mrs. Green. You know
what what ] saw last night az The Glen,
and Won viii understand that We cannot
re-t-Irr wife and Until this mystery Is
cleared up
His breath came quickly. lie paused,
and Mrs Green said.
How cat / help YOU, sir ~
You can fell u- all Won know about
thc house and its inhabitants. Who were
tine people who lived there twenty years
ago?'
The woman seemed 10 be undecided for
moment whether to speak or no; and
Huber. F,rrar. ard his wife watched her
au>iDuely. At last she said suddenly;
I'm tell vou, sir. There's no reason
why I shouldn't. except tfnt was never a
one 90 talh, and ever since ! saw the lady
the other morning I've had the horrors rs
the ghost never give them To me. IL can
help YOU 10 see through IL ] Will. seven
and twenty years ago / was a maid at The
Glen There was three in family my
mistress. her second husband. and her
child by her first marriage, Miss Dorothy
Prone
Dor hy Frome'n repeated Mrs. Fer
rar-. Cxcltedlv. Hubert. that was my
mother, namo-the only thing | know
about her. Dorothy l. my name too,
though Eve been called Dorethea OF Thea.
Oh. go on. go on
The woman boxed at her for moment,
and then began again slowly, speaking
more easily 30, she went on, and her Ia
b.tlal reserve gradually gave way.
"She was pretty. delicate Up of girl,
was Mis-, DoratrV. with blue eyes aud vel
low nair. and iull Of Wnllns and taucies.
ina the -plinA of 5Gs my mistress died. The
place went to Mr. Farmer and ne and Miss
Doroth, lived there together. lie wasn't
uot to >ir unAmd 10 her, but they was
never friends together; and all Miss Doro-
tll's love seemed To 20 out to the old
house and garden. She'd Gre about n all
her life more u.s. folks care for other folks
tnan for places; hut tucm two years after
Der mother death ,ht got % love II SO as
never was. II seemed o. bc tied mp in her
lie like. At the oud of Two years there
came gentleman ABOUT the place u
coulun' of her and sho fell ID love with
him. Mr. Philip .larsion was his name
All! interrupted Airs. ferrar-. 81 It's,
Hubert. IL is That was ms father"
but the old man couldn't abide him."
continued Mrs.. Grron. No one knew
why. 10Y there wa, nothing against him rs
ever could hear. And ne vowed that #
Miss Dorothy married hlm neither she nor
child of hers should ever set foot IN The
Glen again. She did marry him, for he
loved her very true and pressed her hard,
ana they went away together. FOR ttl
months after / heard nothing g her, and
then one day ! saw letter all
crushed up lying on the parlor floor.
IL wasn't the place for letter, so
] picked il up, and-well. | suppose |
had no cali 20 do it, but | read It. II was
from Miss Doroihv's husband, and u begged
and prayed oi Mr.. Farmer TO Jet Miss Doro-
tiny come back 10 her old home. for she was
lil-aud trctting herself 20 death for IL. IL
asked Mr.. Farmer. II he wouldn't have tins.
to promse-lut / can tell You the very
words they've stuck by me al these
years: VIII you satisfy her SICK fancy by q
promise that her child, should 10 live, shall
he allowed to learn 10 know and love her
mothers hCme:' And 1t said how Miss
Dorothy. in her weakness. was Just crazy
90 have her child care for the place she
had loved so dear How She fancied, being
so i'll. that she could leave her love Of il 20
her child how she pinned and fretted night
and day But Mr.. Farmer was hard man,
and stood by his oath and Miss Dorothy
never came home again. After good bit
l began TO wonder whether her little child
had lived. and whether IL would ever come
to the old farm. And one evening in Sep
TENDER. going on for four years from the
time when / picked up the letter | saw
coming out Of Miss Dorothy's old room a
little, falr-haired, blue-eyed child. I'd
thought so much about how it would
be 20 have child about the place that,