Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-11-19

without further notice being taken of her presence there, felt unreason- able resentment that 1t should be so!
 Traitorous spy" she said to her self, 'little would he care were I slain if he might accomplish his dastardly ends" The brilliancy had died out of the scene. The outbuildings which had been ablaze were either smouldering or completely out. The only building which had burned to the ground, and which was the one that had acciJ dentally been setafire by the invaders, was supplementary stable in which had been quartered many of the British horses that could not find accommodations in the main stable. In breaking open the door and re- leasing the horses torch had caught the straw in a stall and the confagra- tion ensued The handful of soldiers who had been left upon the premises went about gathering up the camp equip age, which had been badly scattered in the melee, and caring for the wounded comrades who had been left behind in the general pursuit of the Americans. Jane ordered these carried into the house, and made cots for them in the wide hall, turning the residence into a temporary hos pital
 She had just finished breakfast when an orderly arrived with a note from Bessemer, filled with grateful appreciation of her hospitality to him and his men, and with regret that it should have caused her to be the victim of an unmannerly invasion by a horde of ruthless desperadoes, upon whose trail he and his soldiers were then hot. ... .
 Jane thought it a most mannerly note, and if some of the sentences were so fulsome as to almost draw from her a smile, she was yet accustomed to such sgallantries, hav- ing spent two winters in Charleston with her mothers Hugenot relatives, naingling in that polite society whose daily conversation was shower of bouquets; though, indeed, sometimes the bouquets were made of flowers which pricked. She could not but contrast Besse- mer's polished deference with Worth ington's more abrupt ways. What had her stepmother so often termed Godfrey-a rude boor? ! And she, Jane, had ever come to his defense; yet what thanks did she get? He would have roasted her alive in her fathers house without a qualm in order that he and his lawless band might slaughter those who were her guests. s>,
 The next few days, after Bessemer had sent to take away his wounded and she had no longer their care to occupy her, were lonely ones for Jane. She was tempted to follow the advice her stepmother had given her before leaving home and send for some of her girl friends to keep her company, but the mail brought her such unfavorable news of. her fathers condition that she had little heart for the entertainment of guests, and, moreover, the war had either estranged or separated from her those whom she liked best. Even her own Aunt Susannah, to whom her heart turned more warmly than to any of her other relatives and whose affection for herself she could not doubt, had vowed never to step her foot within her brother-in- laws's door as long as his Tory wife was it's mistress. This rupture was brought about by one of those caustic speeches for which Jane's stepmother had no little reputation in the neigh borhood. .... .j..=-, ,' ,.e Jane knew her aunt too well not to realize that she would keep her word; but if she would not come to Jane, at least Jane might go to her, so one morning she ordered the car riage and set out for her Uncle Ehjah's in no little state, for, though her stepmother had taken the gilded coach with it's painted panels and it's six black horses to Charleston that she might impress her royalist friends there and overawe her hus- bands first wife's relatives, yet the equipage in which Jane set forth with it's maroon cushions and it's two negroes on the box seat in their white-and-maroon livery made an att tractive appearance. .+.. The sunlight flashed on it's polished lamps and turned into gold such of the hair of it's fair occupant as could be seen under her. beribboned bon net. On the front seat facing her sat Aunt Rachel and Nanny Anne. Jane, always kind and considerate mistress, had not the heart to make visit to their old home without taking with her as many of her Uncle Elijah's former retainers as she could. Neither of the men upon the box seat was regular Ellery coach man. One was Gabriel and the other was Absa1om, who had been her Uncle Elijah's footman until the re- verses came.
 The faces of the darkies beamed with satisfaction, except that of Jane's black nanny, who resented having her drive with her mistress shared by Aunt Rachel. In truth, no little jealousy existed between the two old women, and their mistress