The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-01-09
ROSES REVENGE.
It Was d Noble One, and Brought
Ecr O Reward

A ECT u tNEMhEA
Quit is q grave III the moonlight
WIS the Aslin mansion In the sultry
summer afternoon The siesta then
absoIved everyone from the present.
and, III fhe lznd n dreams, mistress
anil slaves found . temporary equality.
In Der osn vast, dasky room, ciosely
inclosed fram every sunbeam, madam
asfast asleep. She was at all times
q beautiful womanf but more SO nov
In hcf snowy deshabille. calm and still
behind rese-tiated u1osquito-screens.
have said all were asleep and
dreaming, but must make one excep-
tion. Frank hslin. aged twenty, was
dreaming without sleeping. He had In
biz pocket ! letter which was quite
sufficient 10 banish steep from such an
enthusiastic, romantic nature; and yet
the letter was Uriy from bis father, the
grayest gentleman you would meet In
. years j~oarneyiEg II was short and
simple enough, as an Judge Aslin's let
tiers were, and merely said.
fDKAR Boy tekalI BE- home On " eenes6ay
night Come 10 meet me ~ Neale.s station
and bring mo carriage. ~ there will b ; young
lady with me. G1ts Queen orders 10 make all
Afrangauzehf4 Tor her eondfoSt II your mother
feels able 70 give any directions shall feel
obliged 70 her"
But HRS Aslin had not felt able. She
heard the news just as she was pre-
pairing for her siesta and was satisfied
p delegate full powers 10 the negresa
Queen. Who the young lady was ahc
did not know-And she really had little
czre. The house WA large enough 10
give a 81 70 a good client Of the
judges without causing her any an
noyance, and she was quite sure that
Judge Asiin would not offer his hospi-
taiities 10 anyone who was not likely
In sonc way or other TO be an equiva-
lent
Felippa Psd Joanna Asiin, being
themselves young ladies, speeulated
little about the stranger, but with no
lively interest. They had seen several
Of their fathers lady clients and they
had generally been women ot 4 sor-
rowfil spirit, struggling through the
intricacies of Spanish land titles and
government claims, The word young
lady. was, indeed, the promise Of some
thing different; but they Inherited.
with the Mexican beauty Of their
mother, her lazy, inert disposition, and
they knew no medium between indif-
ference and enthusiasm. Frank, on
the contrary with the Scotch physiog.
Monty Of his father, had also inherited
bis speculative, energetic temperament.
Mons are 50 pretty as my little
mamma" naid Frank, STOPPING TO kiss
the lovely face lifting itself out Of
floating lace and cleaning gems. Then
be drove rapidly 10 Neale's station and
was iGst IN time to see his father lift a
young girl out Of the stage--a girl
quite unlike any be had ever seen, q
fair, rosy, golden-haired divinity, who
lifted eyes, blue and clear as heaven,
70 meet him.
The jaag. said her father had been
his earliest friend and that Rose and
her fortune were left 10 his care. He
demanded for her the coolest rooms,
the best maid, the most scrupulous At
tenticns. Her dresses were rich, hei
allow suce ample and there seemed nc
earthly reason for madam to interfere
with Franks worship Of his new diyin
ity. So the sweet old drama was lived
over nSair; IL was delicious enough tc
live It over in that dreamy, passionate
cline, where no rude element jarred
It's perfect beauty. But, though Judge
Aslin seemed well content that Frank
and Rose should love each other. hs
persistentiy opposed all talk Of mar
riage. by and by this opposition. where
opposition seemed 50 unnecessary,
reused all the dormant curiosity anc
Jealousy Of madam's southern nature.
ibhe began to question Rose carefully
about her former life; but the child hac
nothing 70 conceal, and told all with 4
frAnkness which madam considered o.
Itself proof positive Of a preconcertet
tale, Her mother she denied all knowl
edge Of; her father she described as Z
sad, lonely gentleman, writing much
and seeing very few strangers. Wher
madam asked about the establish
ment," Rose described d little cottage,
standing in q cocoa and tamarine
grove, and an old negro waie
she said was still living III Key West
all 81 which increased suspicion against
her, as Mr.. Aslin had told d very differ
ent story.
He had spoken 81 great obligations
20. this evidently poor, nninhuentia
gentleman who wrote much and saw
Few strangers. and had intimated tina
Rose was connected with a wealthy
anaSpowerful family and was heiresl
70 large estates
With NIL her inexperience and sim
plieity Of character, Rose wa al Length
sensible 81 being watched and no
pleasantly commented ON. Her ram
bles with Frank became matters 10
espionage, md every kind word an,
sctlon from her guardian raised Al
angry frown4p on all the ladies' brow.
Then Frank was suddenly, and wit