Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-07-29


There was Isabel In the middle of the
room crying with all her might: stop
him, catch him. A man. Oh a mani
And there was Clara sitting on her
bed looking at her sister with the
strangest expression. At the sound of
that dreadful name l hid my head I'M
der the pillows and knew no more until
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the people came to our rescue. Then,
after camphor and burned feathers and
aromatic ammonia, / learned that we
three had been robbed, that my pre-
ciJus Isabel had caught the thief in
the very act, and that he had fed be-
fore her undaunted mien. Wasn't she
just perfectly splendidE And she has
always seemed so timorous, too. But
the dear bishop says that "timidity is
the proof Of coral-I mean moral
courage" / must now close for my
hand trembles so that all my heavy
strokes are blots. But l am all right.
With much love, Aida
T. S.-Clara is so cold and insensi-
bic. / think she must be jealous Of
her sisters laurels. How wrong.
am disappointed in her A.
Clara's strange insensibility only in
creased with time. 1t remained con
slant after the detectives had come
aud gone, and the newspapers had agi-
tated and ignored, and the sensation
ha spread and dwindled. It was as if
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the burglar had borne away with the
other gems that cheerfulness which
had been her attribute She became
moody and melancholy. Her pillow
was often wet with tears, and when
she slept she sighed once only did
Isabel refer to this chnge, and that was
when they were alone the day after
the catastrophe.
Perhaps you viii honor me with
your confidence sufficiently to tell me
under what grief you are wasting
away she had asked mockingly.
II will tell you" Clara had replied,
gazing at her sister with great eyes
Of dread II am nearly crazed with
fear and modification and shame l
saw you, Isabel Germainew
After this Isabel would shrug her
shoulders and murmuF "tantums"
when Aida spoke of Clara's apathy,
and gradually throughout the school
the impression grew that the girl was
sulleu nd ill-narurcd, so much so that
the bishop was moved to remark to the
master that he feared the younger /
Miss Germaine WIS sowing the seeds
of future Imhappiness, and TO deliver
= pointed "Wednesday evening talk
on the insidiousness OF envy.
But Isabel gained in popularity from
the very contrast with both teachers /
and pupils. She was SO unaffected, so
natural, and bore her donors so uncon- .
sciOUsly. Therefore there was general
rejoicing when she received "A dispatch .
to join her father in the metropolis, !
for they all thought she was we'll de- {
serving of an outing
She went; the period of her stay .
terminated, yet she did not return, and .
the master sent inquiries which were /
not answered, ana the girls whispered .
together Of kidnapping and such like
horrors, Then Clara received a let /
ter not through the ordinary course
OF the examined mails, but handed Der
slyly 10y a servant with a dubious
wink. She read il and wondered; she .
read 1t again and again and wondered .
the more What could it mean? What [
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new evil did ii conceal and what re
veal? Poor child She was so lonely,
so frightened. She had a sister, in
hit gf- v,ry.t. y.s
this? For thus it read:
"Whcn you hear about papa, your
moral hero as hear you must, you
win be all broken up AS for me, I've .
known 1t for some time, and | tind an
unholy pride and joy in the connection. I
But You are a poor, good little dear.
Therefore, il the priest and LeVite .
come TO your aid, stick by them and .
never think of me. But il they pass .
by on the other side, come to this .
Samaritan a, the Arcade at Prenton- (
vile, where she viii be for the next
month, ana she win bind your wounds.
ahye mOney-you know-and I can
get more. l also have beauty and
youth What more should one ask of
life? Eive In bagatelle' say l."
Clara could only bow her humble
head ana wait Her sister was a thief
ami an adventures, Her father was
involved in u mysterious trouble, which .
she realized must be disgraceful, Her
father her moral hero as Isabel .
Sueerngly wrote, yet how true it was
She had seen but Iittle of him, for
they had been kept at one school ana
another since infancy, but this little
had possessed a potency which famili
uity might have weakened. 1t had .
taken his graceS, and the man had
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many, and from them constructed a
dcmigod Of goodness. As il smiles and
gentle words and kindly deeds may not
hclpsu D black and hinty heart What
cn,dd She do but wait and trust il
not in her kindred then in these PEG .
Pile of pious fame and works who sur
rounded her They would not mis-
i,l1trs hpr, nor pIlpp fhp sins of others