The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-04-30
RETRI5uTIoN.

You wanted TO see Miss Celia West
leigh Goodness gracious, she was buried
yesterday -
The landlady ofthe shabby, out-ofthe-
way boarding house, stood at the door Of
the close little parlor, into which she had
just usnered two elegantly dressed ladies,
with an awful eDj lyment ofthe dramatic
nature Of her announcement.
Dead exclaimed one ofthe visitors,
in a shocked tone. And we only heard
Of her illness the other day Poor thing
So young, too How does her sister bear
it? She had a sister, I think %
Y-esni. She's taken il very hard
they hadn't nobody but themselves, them
two. Per'aps you'd like to see Miss
Helen p
"I-don't know, Mrs- Lennox ?" turn
ing to her companion with a look of EN-
barrassed appeal, and rising flush.
We are strangers TO Miss Westleigh,
you know, and if you prefer not 70 meet
her"
II prefer not TO meet her, Mrs Thur
low am not aware Of any reason why
| should object to meeting Miss West
leigh, said the second lady, who had a
voice Of almost masculine depth voice
in perfect keeping With her mndsome,
obstinate massive-featured face and she
turne to the landlady, saying
"Inform Miss Westleigh, if you please,
that two ladies are waiting to see her
Mrs. Lennox and Mrs. Thurlow.r
The landlady vanished.
You must not be offended, dear, =
Mrs Thurlow ventured to say, III was
really afraid that to meet Miss Westleigh
underthe circumstances might be-a lit
tle-don't you think-for some people, al
least "a awkward"
"If you refer to my having dismissed
Miss Westleigh's sister from my house,
can understand its being an awkward
meeting for her," said Mrs. Lennox. with
a look of cold astonishment. But am
at loss to know in what possible man
ner your observation can apply to my
self
That was what meant, Of course,
eagerly exclaimed Mrs Thurlow. Tc
spue the poor girls feelings, for-Celia
washer sister
Al am very glad to hear that that was
what you meant, Mrs. Thnrlow," said
Mrs. Lennox, not relaxing her injured
air. Z" For you must be aware that there
is nothing regard 50 highly as duty
And in this case OF Celia Westleigh's
above all. Ihave the satisfaction Of feel
ing that have never, for moment, eva
ded duty"
"To be sure, my dear-how consol-
ing"
when ] remember the unprincipled
way in which she took advantage OF hei
position OF governess in my hause, actu'
ally to inveigle my poor, weak headed
brother-in-Iaw into the folly Of offering
her his hand when remember that she
left my house in cloud of disgrace, con
segment upon her having secretly worn
and ruined valuable laces Of mine wher
l remember all the trouble she caused
me, from first to last then, Mrs. Thur
low, positively wonder at my own pres.
ence here to-day said Mrs. Lennox.
"Ofcourse you do, my dear"
" But the moment heard of the poor
erring girls illness, determined to visit
hera. once and endeavor to rouse her to
some sense Of her miserable state You
yourself. heard me say repeatedly, Mrs
Thurlow, that | should not finch from
the duty of reminding her of the past
and of pointing out. to the best of my
poor ability, that the way of the trans
gressor must necessarily be hard so that
if she chose to shut her eyes to the less
on conveyed by these things, and persist
in denying her wrong-doing, no shadow
Of misgiving might rest upon my con
science"
. Yes, yes and your strength of char
acter is wonderful couldn't have done
il"
~IIowever, we have come too late,
said Mrs. Lennox, shaking her head. We
shall never know what effect few strons
words Of warning and counsel might have
had upon her. We must be charitable
and remember this
How magnanimous :" said Mrs Thur
low.
Yes said Mrs. Lennox, we mus
make many. sIlowarce ces. We should not
be surprised, if We eshonld md Miss West
leigh, as your words seemed to imply,
prejudiced enough to cherish i'll feelings
against noe for people win be unreason-
able. But she need not fancy that, II sh
is herself sensible and respectable, her
sisters memory would ever, in my mind
be regarded for a moment, as reproach
to her.
Her sisters memory is the most sa'