Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1890-12-10

ssain, and dePartt 4 kit -!terIvvsrj -
me 70 think oyer poor FensIIais
story Somehow grief had conc -
ny little waiting-naid. That, ~ ieosr.
was c, ident.
ihe little room that had bcaa Fa,.
eua opened Or Of mine. II VS. a
snaIl opartue-- with q H-tIe foI5i,r-
oedstead placed against the wall. an
image or the Virgin on q brarEe- a
ehair, table, ani in the win5oTv a
great box. in which grew some plants
and great creeping vine, which chm,
to the latticed panes aud made an exs
qulslte curtain.
whenever I entered this room fr1,
Snii4 creep through ne, and grew sad.
had noticed that from The iirsr 90
pposed It TO be because the story the
old woman had told me ba5 5,5 :
strong effect upon me.
Ihe image Of FeRella weeping at II,
window seemed to have impressed
ltseH upon my mind, so that ! could
almost see her sitting there.
| wakened one night with q strsp-,
emil upon me. Il was not the chill
that precedes an illness-we all know
It very well. = thought given 10 those
mysteries, which all sensible peUuIe
profess TO doubt, will send IL creeDiue
through the blood OF almost auv human
being. had been thinking cs moth
Ing, dreaming of nothing; but | wax
ened with this chill upon me, and look
ing through the door of the little room
L have spoken OF, which naturally did
whenever l opened my eyes. I saw
Fenella.
Yes, my maid, Fenella, just as she
had looked when she lived with me.
Her black petricoat, her red bodice, the
white sleeves of her cheIuisette were n
plain ss though they had been tangible
garments. Her black braids fell 10
her knees. Around her neck hung the
black velvet ribbon on which l Knew
she Wore her wetdiug-ring. She was
weeping bitterly, and bending as she
wept over the box in which grew the
vines and flowers which dClg their
shadow on the mOOnlit floor, so that
she seemed 10 water them with her
tears.
My first thought was that the old
woman wac mistaken-tLat Teuella
lived and had returned 70 The Wills in
the night without guessing il WIS IL
habited.
"Fenella," IcaIled. "TeneIla, it Is
Miss Maria; don't be afraid"
But, as l spoke, she was gone
gone without moving from the sr0t-
gone as bubble bursts and vunishes.
l uttered q scream that aroused NV
husband from his slumler.
l was advised to believe the whole
scene as & dream, and tried INV best -
think It soi but before three days ~;
passed 1 saw FenelIa again.
This time I was not sIee--=-. :
was in the garden and looks ==-Ju-h
the window, and what l saw Juis time
was Fenella kHeeIiuE beside the flower
grown box, masking tie sign OF the
cross above il. Her face was Ike the
face OF death; her hands waxca white,
like those OF a corpse.
The sight was 50 terrible that I lost
my senses, and was found by Charles
lSIng in q death-like swOou upon the
grass ten minutes after.
Weeks had passed. I had accepted
my husbands version OF nv vision.
looked upon myself as the victim Of
optical Illusion. I saw Feucl.a no
more. l laughed at myself for having
seen her, or for having fancied II. And
the time had almost come for our re-
turn home, when one night we enter
tanned one or two English friends in
our lictle villa, and between the pauses
of song and chatter, some curiosity that
we picked up in our travels was spoken
Of, aud ran into my room 10 get it.
1t was dark night. No moon fiuny
its radiance through the window
Only little swinging lamp Llumils-.
nv apartment, but that inner ron,
once my maid Fcnella's, was bright
with q strange silvery light that
seemed TO grow as l looked rs-Jn x.
And, as / stood motiouleSss gazing
towards It, saw my vision once
again.
Fenella, paler than eve--but this
lime strangely occupied. She was
digging in the earth about the roots OF
fhe vines, and heaping the mould into
the form OF q new-made grave.
sFeneIla!" l said She did not
vanish. "Fenella!" I screamed. She
turned towards me. saw that new
born babe lay upon her breast. She
made the sign OF the cross ABOVE 1t,
aud was gone
L crept DaCk 10 MY = guests ~ NAtL4S -
having screamed or tainted. had de-
termined not to be scofed at as q ghost
seer. even kept nv secret from my
husband; bot that night strange thing
hlppened. Atempestswept A across The
country, and took our villa in its way
Il demolished chimney and the deep
window of Fenella's room; with II the
fower-grown box aud the great
!Ixuriant vines
We sent for worlmen TO clear away
the rubbish. and this is what they found
among it, deep down in the mould
from which the vine had grown-a
little box, in which lay the unies'
skeleton human eyes ever rested upon
and about its neck little golden chain!
to which hung a heavy, pain goic
wedding-ring, with this name engraved
within it-Fenella.
Both Shot In the Air.
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