Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-02-14

tied over the widows face, but
beyond that there was not the
qulveriDg of muscle.
Il think you must be mistaken,
madam she SAID at length, coolly.
My name is not Rose, but Mar
ion. Who is it you wish to see?
"Her father stepped up close be-
fore her and looked her squarely 10
the face"
awe are here to see you he
said, sternly. we intend to take
you home with u.s.
"Her face flushed and it was
plain that she was becoming down
right angry.
"Indeedv she retorted, sharply.
Then she turned on me. TO whom
am ] indebted for this intrusion =
she asked. Il have paid for my
room up to certain date aud II L
cannot enjoy It's privacy without
being interrupted by strange and
unwelcome visitors pray return my
money and l will 60 soIe place
where | will not be suspected ana
subjected to insults
Her aulaclty fairly took our
breath away. There we we're, her
parents, her former lover, her
dearest friend and my self, WHO
think know a thing or two, all
as confident OF her identity as we
were ofour own personality Yet
there was she, on the other hand,
deliberately denying her IL ana aud
her people, and what werewe to dol
The long and short of it was we
didn't do am thing. She got over
her spunky spell IN few NOM
ents, and before Mr.. aud MR..
Malsbury went away she joined us
in the pArlor aud made merry over
the mistake we had fallen into
and offered suggestions for learn
ing the whereabouts of the real
Rose MalsOurY.
For two dAys a quiet but
thorough search for the missing
girl was carried on, but to no IT,
feet. Ga the third day the widow
wrote q note to the distracted
parents and requested them 10
call. Again there was meeting
in the third story alcove, and that
time she broke down and acknOwl'
edged her duDlicity. The only
reason she could give for such a
piece of deception was her love tor
the doctor aud her desire to be
near him and learn what he was
doing. She begged so pitiiully Tor
forgiveness that we pardoned hel
then and there, and before she
went away the engagement be-
tween her and the doctor was re
pewed and another date was SET
for the marriage. The next day
she threw aside her mourning aud
donned her own clothes, which her
mother had brought, and they
took her home.
Tt looks as if the affair would
have been mysterious If it had end
ed there, but the funniest part OF
It is vet to come. Size stayed with
the Malsburys two days and then,
a. nv boy Tom wouli say, she
tlrned up missing. She left a
snort note stating that she hac
told them the truth IN their frs
interview, that she had really
never heard of them before, but
that she was sick with loneliness
! and homesickness, and when thu
opportunity came to impersonat'
another and taste, for few hours
at least, the joy of being lovct
| and belonging to somebody once
again, she could not reslt th'
temptation. She could not ell
durs deceiNlng them longer: sh'
added, aud must go away, pray
Ing that their own daughter wOnl'
soou be restored to them.
'rhat very night Rose her'e'
came hone, dressed as she hat
been when she went away ant
looking precisely the sane. Sh
berated her parents soundIy for no
writing to her ana explained tina
she had stopped in Lincoln Will
another friend, for whom sac care'
more than the one she had at hrs
intended to visit. She said sh
had written informing them of be
change of plans and had 0eel
greatly nonplused by their nc
answering. | may as well sa
here that the letter she claimed I
g have sent never came to hight, an
| Mr.. and Mrs. Malsbary were s
i. happy in at last finding somebod
. who was willing to be their daugl
n - .l,t tha., fooly har of bpr ,vOr