The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-01-03

Tor i1spectio1 Q G1eVo-boz 81 m1FnI1-
cent wofzmsaship vita ber. mcnoFram
iserusted On tie III 10 dismonas =
bright shat tbsy made Grsee shadz -
eyes lest their lighs should piercsthe
"Hs bee prop1ss4. siflA snd is con
ing totnight fos his answer noe, I jnsl
want you 70 zee Nh1t Q daace Ian
going 10 lead hiBL He 4 90 sWfuIit
sbsuft With bis stfssgbtfscsd SINGER.
ityi % you know thstI tbInh . mas
VERY isughable who e 20 terribly d
earnest You shall see his presen.
c~arelessly neelected In some odd cor
ber snd the place Of honor given q
Frank Rssd'a ycndeh. Do yo1 ksoW,
he is positively Jealous Of frank7 I in.
tend % refuse hint &c IL always tettef
10 refuse . man 81 hrsk you know. be
appreciates one more Afterwards. Of
course, I intend 10 marry Walter event
tAlly; he ID - awfdlly rich And NOT
half bad-iookine."
Grace, feeling indignant OF such
sentiments and guilty ut having over-
beard them, came forward, forming .
sorry contrast 10 the daintily-sttired
BUTTERFLIES Of fashion, snd startled the
girls, who each gave . frightened little
shrek - though an sppsrition bad ar'
pesred among them. Collecting herself
and commanding her voice - bes;
she could she explained her busil
ness. while the wrsthful beauty, irri'
tated ct the intr1sion, hastily tor the
bupdle and shook the folds Of the skirt
% that the light from the chandelier
shone f~etnofssiessly on the tell-tale
blood stain.
"why have yosdafed 10 present your
self here OF such IN hour and On such 9
dsy7" came hsfshly from the mouth
thai locked made only for kisses, "and
why have you returned my work spoiled
utterly and absolutely spoiled? Mon
ey7 Did any one ever hear of such In
s~olencei No, indeed, not one penny;
rather do you W me for my ruined
linen. And let this be the last time
that you apply 70 my maid for work.
Here, Adele. show this person down the
servants stairway"
Grace felt suffocSted She reached
the stairway somehow, and, staggering
forward, would have fallen nal not the
prosperousiookiHg maid TO whom
Christians va evidently . gala day, 90
FAR % generous tips we're eoncerned),
detained her with gentle hand, and,
with . tear Of compassion in her eye.
thrust something into Grace's hand,
which, when sIe reached her humble
quarterA she found to be money.
Grace Tfemaine VA . dreamer. All
dag long, as she sat and sewed, she
would weave strange jsncies and almost
vnconsciously form them into verse or
prose. On stray bits Of paper, on the
b,cks OF boxes, on ths Ay leaves Of old
books, the singings Of her soul found
outlet - freely and Is easily Is q bird
trilis its note simply because the music
Is in bis soul and mast break forth.
When the Ftory OF her grief had
passed, sac threw open her low window
and leaned far out into the sharp. frost-
air. The streets we're ablase with
lightS distant music and happy voices
rescued her ears, and she c~ontrasted
with bitter feelings her own sad fate
with that Of the Joyous circle assembled
in the magnificent residence from which
she had been 90 hsrshiy elected.
Az she thought she wrote: and whom
she bad finished her writing. By o sud
den impulse, she signed her name.
Some strange fatality surely must heve
guided her hand; for as her head fell
back, overcome by sleep. unconscious Of
the biting air. o gust Of wind snatched
the 'he,t from her loosezed fingers,
ard, Pc sing II from n gale TO an
other, waited it-who knows whither7
Almost at the time when Grace
Tremsine's sorrows were forgotten in
sleep, Q young man vas 70 be seen half