Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-05-22

to missus' health and the approach
ing advent OF another little Perkins.
Poor Mary had gone hot and cold, |
and trembed as her varions delin-
quencies were pointed out to her
She had wept and shifted, and de-
clared more than once that she would
go and "drownd" herself in the con-
veniently situated sea: but for all
that she had gone on with her work
until she was dead beat, and. as she
expressed it, "felt regularly sinking
and all over alike
Cook slept in the basement, and
Mary occupied little attic all by
herself, so there was no one to call
her a wicked girl for this disorderly
proceeding.
How long Mary had been asleep
she didn't know, but she awoke with
a sudden start, and. sitting up on
the bed, began to rub her eyes and
wonder where she was. Somebody
was knocking at the door.
YES" exclaimed Mary, Jumping
up, what is it," "Open the door,
exclaimed the cooks voice; "sure it's
missus as is took bad, and ye're to
go for the doctor at once. Master
won't lave the misthress; she won't
let him.
Mary wasimmediately dressed, and
was down stairs, and had her bonnet
and shawl on in n minute. She
thought master might have gone at
such an hour of the night, but she
thought it would be wicked to say so,
so off she sped to the Doctors.
The doctors house was in dark
ness. She felt very nervous about
ringing him up, but she supposed
doctors didn't mind; so she gave a
gentle pull at the bell, which, to her
horror, changed through the house.
\ window opened above and a head
appeared, and the voice belonging
to the head asked what was the mat
ter.
"Please, sir, will you come to mis-
sus; she's took bad"
"And who is your missus?'
"NIrs. Perkins, sir
"All right I'll be there directly"
Bang went the window down, and
Mary, delighted to think she hadn't
made any mistake, or been abused
for knocking gentleman up in the
middle of the night, came down of
the doorsteps and made the best Of
her way towards home.
When sho got there she put hel
hand in her pocket for the key which
she had brought with her, and to hel
horror failed to find it.
, She turned everything out Of hel
pocket again and again. She grew
hot and cold.
The key was gone!
She must have dropped it some
where in the road. What should sh,
do? Knock at the door and explain
that she had lost the key? No; sh'
daren't do that. 1t would upset tn
missus if she heard Oft. Missus wa
, awfully nervous OF burglars, and a
such time as the present she musn'
be upset.
SO poor Mary, feeling more wicke'
than she had ever felt in her life, Wen
y back the way she had come, perrin!
: along the pavement, looking int
Q the road, searching every where to
: the lost latchkey.
On the way she met the doctor
He was walking rapidly. Mary silly
r ped aside, so that he should not nc
l. tice her. He would get to the h0us
d first. They would wonder where sh
:. was. They would be sure to wan
her for something.
: She walked on rapidly, stopping t
. look at everything that CLEANED o
y glistened in the moonlight. Sh
L. picked up hairpin, an old nail, an
l. a pair of rusty scissors, but tho Latch
II key was nowhere to be seen.
. She reached the doctors house an
u then her heart gave sudden boun
'. for joy.
g Therelyin on the side of the steI
, was the latchkey.
She remembered pulling her hant
kerchief out while she was waitin
:, for the bell to be answered. ST
~ must have dropped the key then.
n She seized it eagerly, SHE felt il
- clined to kiss it and cry over it, br
=. she mastered her emotion, IN
- clutching it firmly in her hand, we
=, preparing 70 take to her heels an
y run as hard as she could, when tt
- doctors front door opened and
;; ghost came out.
~ Yes, a ghost.
Mary was too Mortified to faint
too paralyzed to shrek. $500
n. A long, tall figure dressed in whit
I'd came gliding out of the door al
" passed quite close to her.
n Mary shrank back against the we
I'd and held her breath. But as the fl
" ure passed her she saw that Il
ghost had human face-a beautif
r. face-the face Of a young woman.
lie 1t g)ided across the road, and wei
sh slowly towards the parade.
IT, Then Mary suddenly recognized Il
id fact that it was not a ghost.
k. 1t was young woman dressed