Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-06-23
CHAPTER XXXI.


The wedding morning dawns; a bright,
crisp. cold. snowy Christmas Eve, and
the wedding guests assemble; notably Mr.
sutton of baltimore and his grandson
SyNester-transformed by a year of Dub
I'm existence into vulgar young dandy
who makes inane attempts at being
fast"
AT last the bountiful wedding break ast
comes to an end, and the bride and groom
take their departure amidst rice and cd
shoes, and the guests go away one by
one.
Hettie has been heroic in her own sordid
way she has endured a martyrdom OF
misery, and apprehension of some one dis
covering the suppressed news, and thus
making "a horrible upset." as she phrases
1t; and all the while she has smiled. ana
made witty replies, and been courteous
and pleasant and attentive until all has
been safely over" the bride and groom
sent away smiling, the wedding guests
gone the wedding breakfast cleared away
ant ~he house quiet; and then, according
10 the program she has laid out for her
SELF, the afternoon post comes, bringing.
letters for Miss Stapleton, as she has
cieverly managed that it shall; and. az is
her usual habit, she takes them upstairs
10 read in her aunt's room while they are
drinking their afternoon tea.
iei rs NOT WIN tneh' indeed she
uef makes one III any Oh their cosy hre-
1,ue ht,e. ena's OF Tea urihkihgs. ohiy for
ner ne "ouiu nave oeeh soh'hrE
uie ior the last tweNe mohths' now that
Iui'h mas gone IL VIII De utter loneliness
,hueeu- minute atIer minute Hett1e de-
ia!s' treMpiihg while she drinks her tea
showing there is yet one letter to be open
ed The pUyalnpe haa he-u oy,lInIua4 m.
again TO preserve appearances, and SHE
Tears II and the teli-tale postmarkS across,
hs she uhioias the leiter Win an eAeiana-
non or surprise that 1t Is In Mr.. farreh
handwriting
She reads few sentences and then, as
.he news Is haii toiu, mugs the 'e'ter
hown WIN wiio cry OF pltter erle1, winch
Is all real and poor Mrs. Lieweiiyn learns
the dreadful truth from Hester's heart
'fefsa astte se's sst ann 'sny' child the old lady
says presently, in u strange, constrained
voice, her hands shaking, her face ashen'
gray, but her eyes quite bright and tear
-1ess-"get up, Hettie, 1t isn't true! Stop
crying, child, it isn't true! My boy, the
only son of his mother, and she widow
it isn't true, Hettie! 70 you hear me?
'.11rs snh-.1sSesjiSL Lsan-<,is l..>rSer--bid.
him GOMEZ over td NE at Once-at once,
If it costs hundreds! Bid him come at
once to me, and tell me what this means!
And you must telegraph to Edith, Mrs
LlewellyL says, feyerishiy; she must
come back again at once"
Hettie plays deus machina again in
this instance, 1t is true, by the simple mis-
spelling of the name of the hotel to which
the telegram is addressed. Hotel Denis
instead of Hotel DreuA' ana as the
house III question Is very quiet select
Father olu insLioheu piaee' there Is ever
prospect or Tie Telegram oeins eonsiu-
erabiy delayed
And II one can get Gays breathing
time, n is something when one Is sur
FOUNDED oy seinsh' thouehtiess peopie'
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ILL - feahIv h.ginniup ,o yvsan
.Iyifar Sb. is no wifeI She is only an
a-,f,I Dir, that delud.d Eric into going
tbr,na,b tb. marriage ceremony win berr,
Hastsr saws
Sbs burrie. ort of the room ss she
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