San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-04-24

| ADOuO OlG Ii4lAu lIOIlllIS VI our SJd13 OA
| going up to my bedroom after breakfast,
was surprised to find a strange maid in the
room. She was standing by the bed,
| smoothing down the bedClothes with both
hands and appeared to take no notice of
me, but continued gazing steadily in front
of her. while her hands went mechanically
on smoothing the clothes. l could not
help being struck with her pale face, which
wore a look of pain, and the fixed and
almost stony expression of her eyes. left
her in exactly the same position as / found
| her. On coming down l said to my wife:
| Il did not know Mis- C. employed three
servants. There certainly is another MAX
| ing the bed in our room" | am short
| sighted, and my wife would have it that I
| had made mistake, but | felt quite GER
tain / had not. Later on, while Jane was
| laying the lunch, | said to her, Il thought
that you and Mary were the only two SER
wants in the house"
| "Yes, sir; Ouly me and Mary" was James
reply, as she left the room.
There" said my wife, II told you that
| you were mistaken" And did not pursue
the subject further.
| Two or three days slipped away in pleas
| ant occupations, such as driving, boating,
etc, and we had forgotten all about the
third maid. We saw but little of Miss c.,
though her handiwork was pleasantly ap-
| parent in the cuisine.
| On the sixth morning of our stay, which
was the day before we were to leave, my
! wife after breakfast said she would go up
| and do n little packing while | made out
| our route Tor the following day in the
Bradshaw" but was soon interrupted by
the return of my wife with u rather scared
look on her face.
"Well," she said, you were right after
all, for there is another maid, and she is
now in our bedroom, and apparently en-
| gagged in much the same occupation as
when you saw her there. She took no
notice of me, but stood there with her
body slightly bent over the bed looking
straight in front of her, her hands smooth
ing the bcdclothes." She described her as
having dark hair, her face very pale, and
her mouth very firmly set My curiosity
was now So much awakened that deter
mined to question Miss c. on the sub
ject But our carriage was now at the
door waiting for us to start on an eXpedi-
ton that would engage us all day.
On my return, late in the afternoon,
meeting Miss C. in the passage, | said
to her, "Who is the third servant that
Mrs. K and myself have seen once or
twice in our bedroom"
Miss C. looked, l thought, rather
scared, and murmuring something that l
could not catch turned and went hur.
riedly down the s.Gir; 70 the kitchen.
An hour - errU, . s. we were sitting
waiting for oar dina.", Jane brought
note from Nj j. inclosing her ac-
count, and saying that she had just had a
talaCrro,,, l,,r,,y,nr,inr bar tp ha sipLg hn1
of a relation, that in all probability she
would not be back till after our departure,
but that she had left directions with the
servants, ana hoped they would make US
quite comfortable, and that we would ex.
cuse her hurried departure.
A few minutes after . cab drove up to
the door, into which, from our window,
we saw Miss c. get, and drive rapidly
away.
Later on in the evening, while Jane was
clearing away the dinner things, said to
her, "By tLe by, Jane, who is the third
maidW She was just going TO leave the
room as | spoke. Instead of replying she
turned round with such scared look on
her face that | felt quite alarmed; then,
hurriedly catching up her tray, she left the
room. Thinking that further inquiry
would be very disagreeable to'her forbore
again mentioning the subject Next day,
J CIR week being up we departed for fresh
woods and pastures new.
! Our tour led us considerable further
| north, but a month later saw us homeward
bound. The nearest route by rail led u
by X. AS we drew up at the station we
noticed on the platform parsOn, in whom
we recognized one OF the clergy of x
| whose church we had been to. Presently
the door of our compartment was opened
and he put in a lady, wished her good-by,
the guards whistle blew and we were off.
| After short time we fell into converse
ton with the lady and found her to be the
clergyman's wife. Among other things,
we asked after Miss C.
"Oh, Miss c." she REPLIED ''she is
very well, but | hear, poor thing, she has
not had a very good season"
Il am sorry to hear that" / replied;
"why is it?" She was silent for a minute,
and then related to us the following facts:
At the Ues inning of the season a rather
| untoward event occurred at Miss G-'s
lodgings. An elderly lady took one of the
flats for month. She had with her an at
tendant of about thirty. Before long Mss
| c. observed that they were not on very
| good terms, and one morning the old lady
| was found dead in her-bed.
| A doctor was at once called in, who, on
| viewing the body, found there were very
| suspicious marks round the neck and
! throat, rs if PERSONS fingers had been
| tightly pressed upon them. The maid on
| hearing this at once became very restless,
| and going to her bedroom, which was at
| the top of the house, packed a small bag
and, having put on her things, was about
| to descend the stairs when, from hurry or
| agitation, she missed her footing, and fall
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