Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-05-16
den upon it. AS she felt the change

den upon it. AS she felt the change
from the sofa of the little sitting
room to the softer resting place,
Amaranthe opened her eyes sudden
ly and looked around her. Then
she gave a succession of piercing
shrieks, as she sprang from the bed
and fled unaided through the door
way and into the little sitting-room.
There she threw herself upon the So
IA, still giving vent to screams of hys-
terical anger and passion. I had seen
her behave in this way a few DAYS
before, but then there seemed to be
some cause for it. There was no
such cause now. The poor ladies,
overcome by this change in her,
closed round their ruff1ed dove and
tried to smooth her feathers and
calm her spirit. eco away!" she
cried. Go away! You are trying to
entrap me, to deceive me. I am not
accustomed to that-that bed I
thought he was bringing me here.
My nerves are wrecked, and you are
setting me wild among you. I will
leave this house this moment. Call
the carriage. I will GO back to Mrs.
Brathwaite, or the poor woman in
the city who took me in, rather than
stay among people who, knowing
what l wish, try simply to annoy and
upset me-"
To say that the poor ladies were
dumbfounded but feebly expresses
their feelings. They wept, they i'm
plored, they soothed, they begged
forgiveness, and as left them Amar-
anthe was sobbing some very wet
sobs, and begging them, if they
loved her, never to surprise her
again; to tell her always what they
meant to do, which they, poor, sweet
souls, promised most faithfully.
AS l went up my steps, found FL
der Wynne was sitting, as usual, by
the front door.
81 have not seen much of Miss
Dacres lately?" said he.
| thought this an excellent time to
tell him what had been the outcome
Of my taking Amaranths into my
house, SO l sat down and told him
the whole story. When I had finished
he exclaimed, "Capital! Capital!
Nothing could be better! What
clever young woman"
"And how do you mean she was
clever?' I asked Indignantly. I had
made Amaranthe's cause so much
my own, that 1 could not bear to
hear word said to her discredit.
"Why, clever, most clever, to be
thrown from her bicycle exactly in
front of the Hall door, and be taken
in as she was, while she took them
in"
"Took them in," said I angrily.
"She could have walked up there any
day, and with those little portraits
of herself as child, with the remi-
niscences of her babyhood, with the
letters to her father, with her memo
ries of the place, of the animals, of
me, to say nothing of Amaranthe's
eyes, and Amaranthe's hair, she
could have got into their hearts just
as completely as she has through her
accident. Your sort of people"
Gently! gently!" said Elder
Wynne. L now saw that Mr.. Beldon
was standing behind the pillar where
twined the champeny cluster, and as
1 had not seen him come in or GO out,
he had probably been there ever since
I took my seat. 1 started as my eyes
fell upon him.
Don't mind Mr.. Beldon," said Ell
der Wynne, coughing as he spoke.
"He has probably enjoyed this story
much more than I have" How Elder
Wynne knew Mr.. Beldon was standing
behind him I could not imagine.
ITO Be Continued