Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-05-09

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policemen dragged her forward. She
laughed, and shook her fist in the childs
face. Little beast! what does it mat
ter? have had all the revenge l want
out of the Lorimers and the Fairbanks
and the Hemways.'"
Nora started violently. ''Out of the
Hemways? Oh, Dennis, can it be She
was poor Mellie's servant: could She
Nellie was the only Hemway she
knew"
sit is clew worth following up.
came to bring the child to you. am
going to consult the chief of police"
Slowly, cautiously, the slight indis-
erection of a vengeful outburst was
woven in and out with every strand of
circumstantial evidence, until, standing
at bay, the French woman, under Sc
we're Interrogation, made her confession
of guilt with fierce recklessness born
of despair.
EYES," she said, II have had all the
revenge l wanted out of the Lorimers
and Fairbanks! The women, mean.
They are arrogant and treated the
| nurse Celeste as if she were a worm.
Worms turn sometimes, and Celeste
| Bougereaux is that sort of worm.
When Miss Fairbanks ordered me from
| the house and told me / was not a fit
person to be with her niece, hated
her! When I got back to New Orleans,
| without place and without money, l
was in despair. If / had been hand
some, l need not have despaired. But
lie bon Diem has cursed me with ugli-
ness I had, therefore, to look out for
myself. A fellow servant of mine at
one time, a man named Bennett, feel
ing sorry for me, told me that his mis-
tress, a beautiful and rich lady, wanted
to change her maid, and might posi-
bly, get the place. He took me to see
her. l laughed to find that Mrs. Eu-
gene Norcross was Ninette's mother.
She did not laugh. She turned very
white when I came into her beautiful
library, where she was sitting alone
knew too much of her past life. She
spoke insolently to me. l don't know
why it infamed me so. 1t was perhaps
because l had drunk some brandy just
before going there. I went very near
to her-I do not know what for.
put my hands about her throat.
| do not know what for. 1t was
all done so quickly. / do not know why
| did it at all. l think meant only to
brighten her. But she lay so very quiet
that she frightened me. l did not ask
Bennett to show me the way out. When
got back to my room 1 found that a
little charm which l wore on my brace
let was gone. 1t was a bit of broken
chain with a seal with bird on it that
the child Ninette had had among her
playthings, and l had taken it from
her, for she knew nothing of its value,
and liked it. 1t was pretty trinket.
81 had no idea the whole thing-the
mystery, mean-would hinge on that.
have read all the trial. The Fair
banks and the Lorimers have suffered
equally in 1t"
Then, glowering sullenly on her per-
secutors, as she called them, she folded
, her long, thin arms and stubbornly re-
fused to utter another word
But she had said enough to alter the
> complexion of the universe for the two
families upon which the concentrated
: hatred of her ignorant soul had beer
conferred. The lawyers did the rest.
1t was several weeks after that acct
dental meeting of the child Ninette and
her bonne that Lorimer, turning
as was his wont, to thoughts fol-
others, ordered his horse to ride over
to Glenburnie. White Cliffs was giving
only just that old Cato should be made
a sharcr in the universal joy.
l 81 think I'll just read him Dicks let
7 ter entire" he said to RATE, who was
5 lcngthcning his stirrup straps for hin
':"r he had mounted. at is such &
y bright, happy letter. and tells it all sc
clearly"
Its been worth drug shop-fuN o.
tonics to mother" said Rafe, applying
his broad open palm vigorously to the
0 shining flank of Lorrie's horse by way
of scnd-off.
Don't let mother move until como
5 bach" Lorrie looked over his shoulder
l to command.
Rafc laughed, and, bounding back NJ
: the stairs two at Il time. laid the com
mand pcrcmptorily on the mistress O
White Cliffs, who, though pale and THU
= from her late sickness, was essaying t.
grasp once more the domestic scepter
s. "You are not to move" said RATE
: severely; that is, after | get you int
that big chair in the corner. Lori,
IL says you are not"
Mrs. Lorimer sank into the chat
with a new sort of docility. This Hines
g and the hours of reflection that hat
II come to her with convalescence ha,
lessened her sense of self-importanc
n materially. 1t seemed highly probabl
l. that the world, and even White Cliffs
e would have gone on even if she ha
not.
s! 81 think l should like to hear Dick
letter again." she said, then smiled a
IS Rates. comical expression. 81 know
D. have heard it five times, but it is goo
to hear of the clouds breaking ava
10 and the sun shining on them all dow
d there. And, Raphael, | think it will d
me good to humble myself before Der
D. mis- and before Johns wife"
II don't think they would want thai
g mother" said Rafe, with gentlenes
10 born Of pity for the sharp self-rebuk
III | in the old woman's tones.
r, Ives, yes! or at least will want i
Of [ kept Dennis from marrying that nobl
le girl for years: nd-and-Raphael, II