Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1890-03-22

tim Of . sCoundrsl, and CAPT. RayneI
was ut fault IN his evideuce. no punish
ment on earth could b TOO ersat Tor tht
villain who planned his rain. and NO 70
morse could atone for Cara Raynert
share. / never saw % I'D . kace o.
mortal man ~ Mr.. Hayns'A otsvse
Van Antwerp, wish I wers : mani
would trace that mystery to The bittsl
end.
"1,his Il strange letter 10 send to--su
you; but am . strange girl. Already
am moro than expecting you 70 write
and release mo unconditionally; and you
ought to do It. do not say want Il
Faithfully, at least, yours.
ssNxriR.
'P. S.--Should you write to Kate, you
arc not to tell her, remember, Of my
meeting with Mr.. Hayne. OF course ]
am anxious to have your reply to that
letter; but II will be five days yet"
An odd letter, indeed, for . girl NOT
yet twenty, and not Of hope inspiring
character; but when Il reached Mr.. Van
Antwerp he did not pale In reading Il;
his face was ghastly before he began. II
anything, no seemed relieved by some
passages, though rejoiced by none. Then
he took from an inner pocket the letter
that had reached him . few days previ-
night he read n over n..ir thrs,, !.
unon the tahIc AZ which Ss ,y.s s;st,ne :
then with noss,onata shsrdorr,.,,t
tn,r;a,, b;s face An L;s aru,s .nd ~rooro.;
aloud in anguish.
Two days after writing fhis lattar As;ea
Travcrs was 10 unfortunste as IN hear =
conversation In tbo dininO roo,, vh;ch
vns mot intended Tor hcr sors ahs ,, hod
0one to ber nom inmoai.toI~ .sto-
breakfast. and uIanc,nc from hsr r,;n.
dow saw that the officer wera inst %. -
inc 70 beadonartera for tba d.;iv ,rss;
nee. For half or fbraa-oua-to-- - a.
hour. therefore. there con!d ha M rroho.
BILE interrunt;on. and abe decided 10 ,,r;t.
mn answer to the letter which c.rrs f-o,,,
Mr. Van Antwerp tho prev;or. &C.,. .
noon. A bright fire was hnrn;nc a. ~.
old fashioned stovo w;th wh;A, e-ont;.. NJ.
ouorters are warmed 70 rot orro,ne,tad -
and shc nercbed her littie sl;nnarod ~.
upon the hearth. took her nnrtfoi;o IN
nor Ian ana hecon Mrs. Rarnar ,ros 4,
the nursery. absorbed With tho habv ord
the nurse. when n servant came ana an.
nounccd that "a ladv wa.; IN tha t;tchorr
and wanted m aneoI With tho lodv -
~. ho,,.o NJ p.r
.ne s.e.,aos | H.. -, ' n.. PsSpy ~
sp J:..,....s ' s sly, We nusy anu IouiuI
~ ~ Az. | a..s @ ..AI -" "o 1.:.",. wv :. oo.''o
&C.,. -, " ... ya., ~ .~' ne
,s:.s -. .r s..,, A," iieu
sav a. - 'ou
~ wish vo, wou,a y wo. t,,o ~o,,v
ana Mics Trovars ,,,t as;a. La~ ,r.;t;n'
"Didnr sbe cive apv anew osted Ms
Royror ~ tho Ah;oo;, -rho ,roa .ta,d;nr
with her bcad ;ust v;s;hlo ~ tho .to;r>
wnv n be;ng one ~ the nnconouarohl.
tenets ~ front;er do,nest;cs 70 90 No ' TO-
tbcr than ia abso,utelv nacessorv IN cor.
yev;no messaoaa ~ sny L;nd ord th;s
tlouoS nav n tbo ro;chI,o-hood
was native and n tho monner horn IN iii
the tricks of the trada
..She eaid Won knoy ber ror,a ,,,o,.,,
She's the Iadv from The bosn;tain
"Here. Jane. take tho habv, N.ror
mind. Nellie: I must uow Ana Mrs.
Ravner started with s,,rnris;ro olac-;tv.
hut ma sbe passed her door Miss Traycr,
saw the look Of deem an rietv on ber face
moment later she heard voices at tine
front door-a party OF ladies who were
going to spend the morning with the
wife at some "Dorcas society"
work which many OF them had embraced
with enthusiasm. 81 want to see Miss
Travers, just a minute" sho heard a
voice say, and recognized the pleasant
tones of Mrs. Curtis. the younp wife of
one of the infantry officers; SO second
time she put aside her writing, and then
ran down to the front door. Mrs. Curtis
merely wanted to remind her that she
must be sure to come and spend ti,e after
noon with her and bring her music, and
was dismayed to find that Miss Travers
could not come before stable call; she had
an engagement.
"Of course: l might have known II.
you are besieged every hour. Well, can
you come tomorrow? Do" And. to-
being settled upon, and despite
the fact that several of the party waiting
on the sidewalk looked cold and impa-
tient, Mrs. Curtis found 1t impossible to
tear herself away until certain utterly
irrelevant matters had been lightly
touched upon and lingeringly abandoned.
The officers were Just beginning to pour
forth from headquarters when the group
Of ladies finally got under way again and
Miss Travers closed the door. It was
now useless to return to her letter; SO
she strolled into the parlor Just as she
heard har sisters voice at the kitchen
door:
"Come right in here, Mrs. Clancy.
Now, quick, what is itT'
And from the dining room came the
answer, hurried, half whispered and