Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1898-11-30

|NI young man Of decidedly pre-
L Il possessing appearance, good
looking, we'll made, well dressed.
Il want your help with regard to
young lady," he said. Her name is
Margaret Dalton. She was engaged as
governess to the children Of Lady
Decker, who lives at The Perches,
Avenue road. l first saw Miss Dalton
when my firm was putting in the cleo
trio light at The Perches-I am an cleo
trio engineer. As 1 am a distant cous-
in of Lady Decker / took occasion to
cultivate her acquaintance. l fell vio-
lently In love with her and soon pro-
posed. She refused me at first on the
ground of her poverty and position,
but / was determined, and, in short,
she consented"
What did Lady Decker sayY'
'She was angry. AS it was no con,
Germ of hers-our relationship being
remote-I can only imagine that she
must have intended me to marry one
of her own daughters. She treated
Miss Dalton cruelty, abused her vilely,
and ordered her to leave the house at
once.
However, while Miss Dalton was
packing her box Lady Decker changed
her mind, and told her harshly that,
as the mischief was done and l was
a connection, 1t was better that the
marriage should take place respect
ably from her house, and, in short. II
she liked, she could stay on till the
wedding day. We We're TO have been
married this week.
"And what has happenedY"
"a week ago Miss Dalton disappear,
ed. She posted me wild note. in
which she said that, though it nearly
broke her heart to leave me, she had
determined never to see me again, and
charging me, if / loved her, to make
40 attempt to follow her."
What did Lady Decker say?'
"Unluckily by most malign coin
cidence, Lady Docker lost a most val
liable diamond necklace at that time.
would stake my life on her innocence,
but Lady Decker"
Says that Miss Dalton has gone of
with the necklace"
Exactly, and / want you to find
Miss Dalton and disprove this odious
charge. She is an orphan and has no
relations that she knows Of She had
a patroness who paid for her school
ing, got her place with Lady Decker,
and, dying soon afterward, left ber
$3.50, but all that this lady ever told
her was that her parents were both
dead, and she had taken charge of her
on account of an old friendship for
her father, who, she said, was a Cap
tain in the army"
Then, of course, you are sufficiently
acquainted with Miss Dalton's hand
writing to know whether she wrote
that letter of farewell or not; but STILL
to make sure, will you let me have it
and some others of hers to compare
WITH
The young man flushed as he drew
from his pocket small packet
''These are the last three that 1 re-
ceived from her." he said with emo
ton, land the last is on top"
l wished to hear an independent
opinion On the subject of Miss Dalton's
character, and so l disguised myself
as a peddler, and in that character
made the acquaintance of one of the
maid servants at The Perches. She
told me that Miss Dalton was a nice
young lady, a perfect lady, but know
ing her place and giving herself no airs
at all.
"Where was the necklace keptT'
at was in missis' bedroom. Missis
kept it has rule hin a hion svfa hnt
she took it hout ter look hat halter
lunch, and ses that she forgot to put
hit back agyne."
A few days after this l was going
through Broad Sanctuary in the after /.
noon when / heard a man and wom- 4
an quarreling. Al least, to be exact,
the man was evide4dy in the quarrel /
some stage of drunkenness, and he was
abusing the womaE violently.
why don't you go back to your
Lady Docker?' cried the man as 7 ]!
passed. why die you leave her at |
Ill, to come to tie yourself like a mill /
stone round my neck? l am sick of .
your whining, wheyey face, and if you
don't take yourself off I'll make you
Eye hearT
AS he spoke he flung away from her,
with a furious gesture, and backed in
to the road, right under the wheel of
hanson which was flying recklessly
pa>N In the next instant the man lay
writhing in the road. The wheel had
passed over his body. He gasped out:
''Margaret-forGive- -
the mattress
Then the limbs stiffened.
The ambulance was brought from
King street and his body was conveyed
to the neighboring hospital. l chung
close to the girl as long as l could, and
waited for her until she came out OF
49, hospital-alone. She recognized
tIp and said. with grave but perfectly
ury eyes:
He is dead"
He was dear TO you:' inquired
cautiously.
He was my father" she said simply
You must be fearfully shaken and
unhinged. Permit me to see you home.
or at least portion of the way, if you
prefer it"
. She accepted with some hesitation.