Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-03-31


wearing any other now?-ask your.
/ Geif.'
You wouldn't wish to deceive me,
hope" said Matilda; and oil. Mis-:
Parkinson, You might be open with me
for I'm SO very miserable! | don't know
what to think. Tell me just this: Dix
you-wasnt it you who came last nigh
TO Miss Tweddle'sE
No" returned Ada, impatientiy-
mo, as many times as you please. Ant
! If BELLA likes to say ] did, she may; an'
| she always was a misunderstanding
| thing. How could ! when | didn't know
! there was any Miss Tweddle to come
| to: And what do you suppose | should
20 running about after Mr. Tweddle
for: / wonder you're not ashamed to
say such things"
But" faltercd Matilda, you Gid 20
to these gardens with him, didn't YOU:
And-and | know lie gave the ring to
sOmebOdy.'
Ada began TO laugh. You're quite
correct. Miss Column, she said, so ne
dId Don't you want 10 know who he
gave it tor
Yes" said Matilda, and YOU Will
tell me. have a right to be told. /
wS engaged to him. ana the ring was
given 10 him for me-nOt for any one
else. You will tell me, Miss Parkinson,
am sure you WiIl!'
Well" said Ada, still laughing, III
tel You this much she's q foreign lady,
very stiff AND stucl<up and cold Shes
got il il amy one has. | saw him put il
Oil myself.
Tel me her name if you know it."
II see YOU want be easy till YOU
know al about 1t. Her names Arid
dit or FrOIdity, or something out
landiSh like that. She lives at Kosher
Wich, Il rood deal in the open air. and
there don't be redicuIouS-itS only 4
statue! There's Il pretty thing to be
jealous orr
"Only statue echoed Matilda,
'Oh! heaven be with us both, if-1f that
was H."
Certain sentences in the letter she had
returned came to her mind with Il new
ancc Of the visitor last night-LcanderS
terror-ali seemed to point to some I'M
suspected mystery.
1t can bc-nO it can't, Miss Parkin-
son, YOU We're there; tell me all that
happened quick! You don't know what
may depend on itv'
What! not satisfied even now" cl1ed
Ada. "Well, Miss Column, talk about
jealousy! But there, I'll tell you all l
know myself"
And she gave the whole account of
the episode with the statue, so far as
which led to the production Of the ring.
You Soc" she concluded, that 1t
was III on your account that he tried
1t on all, and I'm sure he talked
enough about you all the evening. l
really was Il little surprised when l
found You were his Miss Collum. (You
won't mind my saying 500 Ii l was
you, J should 90 and tell him | forgaye
him now. do think he deserves 1t,
poor little man.
Yes, yes cried Matilda; IN go
III 90 at once! Thank you, Miss
Parkinson, for telling me what you
llye" And then She remembered some
lark hints i'll Lcanders letter: 'Oh, !
must make haste. He may be going
to do something desperate-he may
have done it aIreadyr'
And leaving Miss Parkinson to specu-
ate rs she pleased concerning her &C.
;entficity she went out into the broad
tcet again: and, unaccuStomed as she
vas 10 such expenditure, hailed a han !
som, TO" there was no time to be lost.
She had told the man to drive to the
Row Passage at first, but
Is she drew nearer she changed her
purpose; She did not like to 90 alone.
Tor who knew what she might see
here? 1t was ont Of the question to
NpccJ her mother to accompany her.
1ut her friend and nndlady would not
'CfCSc IL do So and She drove to Mill
man street and prevailed on Miss lived
lie to come with her without n mo
ment's delay. E;
The two women found the shop dark,
but unShuttCred; there WAS Il light in
the upper room. You stay down here.
please said Matilda; tiff anything
is wrong Will call YOU" And Miss
lWeddle, without very we'll understand
inc what it was all about, and feeling
futtered and out of breath was willing
enough to sit down in the saloon and
recover herself
And 50 it came to pass that Matilda
burst into the room just rs the hair
dresser WAS preparing to pronounce the
inevitable words that would complete
the goddcSsS power He stood there.
pal" ard dishevelled, with eyes that
We're wild and boriered with red OPP
positr to him was the being she had
once mistaken for a fellow-creatllre
Too well she saw now that the tall
and QlCcnly form. with the fixed eyes
and tinted mask was inspired by moth
ING human: and her heart died within
her rs she "azed spclIbound upon her
formidable rival.
''Lcander." she murmurcd, support
Ing herself against the frame OF the
door, what are YOU goir" to do
Keep back, Matilda" he ciicGl
desperately. Go awar--it's TOO late
now"
\ moment before. and. deserted rs he
believed himself to be hy love and
fortune ankle. lie had been almost re-
signed TO the strange ana shadowy
future Which lay before him: bat now
now that he SaW Matilda there III his
t,ntllr., Which LIZ hnfnra him. hut nnM-