Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-03-08
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BY Louise bedford.
CHAPTER v.-(Continuedl

Eason?"
There, then you heard me shut the
draweri" said Mason. with smiling
sincerity. Yes, miss. Mrs. Mortimer
was asking me for some certain rings
that I've mislaid somewhere. and |
could almost have declared for certain
that | had left them in that righthand
drawer of yours before you came
There were no rings there, said
Janetta coldly.
When Mason left the room Janetta
opened the drawer and peered in
There were gloves and handkerchiefS,
which had evidently not been touched;
hut on the top of all We're Neville's
letters. which Janetta kept bound to-
gether by an elastic band. One of
them had been taken from the packet.
and was half drawn from its envelope
aud thrown back hastily into the
drawer.
It's very queer and uncomfortable,
thought Jdnetta Il can't conceive
what object the girl has in wishing to
read my letters. She shall not have
The privilege | don't want any one
here to guess how anxious | am about
the boy / wish | We're sure that he
had broken with all his old friends;
no effort of mine will keep him
straight if he won't try himself.
She slipped the letter back into the
packet. locked the drawer. and put the
key into her pocket Her earthly para
disc seemed failing her all in minute.
Then she remembered how often she
had found Mrs. Mortimer eyes fixed
upon her when she received one o.
Neville's letters with Il queer suspic-
iOus expression in them; and she
laughed aloud as the thought darted
through her mind that possibly Mrs.
Mortimer was crediting her with a
young man of her own. and WAS
ready to make mischief about him
but. even if this were 81. it did no.
explain the reason why Mason should
ne foraging about among her letters.
She finally decided to make no men
ton of what had occurred bat to be
,aIeful about keeping her possession,
under lock and KEY for the future.
CHAPTER VI.
Clarice was not al all well for The
EeXt few days so that it was nJe
difficult for Janetta to ayoil any ia
innate conversation With Captain Nc
i,ale.
Her latent suspicion o. Mason W.,
tanned into a fame by the fact that
one afternoon, when she ran in late
from the town having gone on some
commission FOR Clarice. she heard
voices talking in the shrubbery near.
one Of the voices Was a mans, III
other Masons
Il sha nj Go it, tell you, There aye
plenty Of people in the house who'd
lind me oHt. and that new one is "a
sharp as . needle"
Janetta hurried on her way. feeling
Very uneasy What was it that Mason
was declining 10 do. and To whom
could she he talking? That the new
one" referred 10 her she was tolerabiy
certain Perhaps it would be wise 10
mention the circumstances to Mrs.
Mortimer. Accordingly that evening.
when Clarice had gone to bed. she
returned 70 the drawing room and re-
lated to Mrs. Mortimer what she hal
overheard.
1T seems to me- Miss Howard. that +
you are making mountains out OF
molehills. said Mrs Mortimer calmly. +
Mason is an excellent servant. most
civil and obliging: her character is
beyond suspicion.
II could swear TO her voice." said
Janetta. a little hotly Has she a
young man do YOU know"
oh. yes Is there a law of the
Modes aud Persians that parIor maids F
should be exempt from love-afIairs?'
asked Mrs. Mortimer Shes engaged
TO very respectable fellow who does
not live here Indeed | happen -
know that hes not in the place at
present. for she only asked my leave
today for few DAYS holiday 10 90
and visit rs people She TOLD me
that she had not seen him for more
tnan six months. / really think. Mis-
Howard, that it viii 10 wiser if Won
and servants TO me"
Certainly | will in future" replied
1anetta, swallowing her vexation. ..brf
il Is the second time that have had
suspicious about Masons straightfor-
wardness''
A letter for you miss, said a vote
behind her, and Mason. with y per
lectly immOvable face, handed her a
letter on a silver waiter. Ii was from
Neville, and .Ianetta slipped il into her
pocket; end she felt somehow rs II
.ier actions were noted alike b. both
Mason and Mrs. Mortimer
Straightforwardness, indeed NUT
tered Mrs. Mortimer angrily. when
.Ianetta bade her goodnight and went
off 10 her room. She's none too
straightforward herself. with letters
from one man nearly every day OF her
life. and playing fast-and-loose with
Miss SeymOur's lover under her very
eyes. only she's too infatuated to see
H. 1t Will be seen that Mrs Morti-
mer was letting her Jealousy run away
with her Judgment.
ihat letter made Janetta very anx-
i0us and miserable. IL was an urgent
demand for money.
Il literally haven't copper to bless
myself with. wrote Neville. "'The
landlady's using awful language. ana
II yca can't help me / believe soon
sheN turn me out into the street Il
knc you won't want to draw any
sa'hy yet; but isn't there some more
III the bank that you can lend me fo-