The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1904-12-23

new nurse from England-a Scotch
hussy. Ms Ugly as she was silly. saw
her sften In Milan after my dismissaE
Oh. that time! Oh, those weary days!
wcpt. prayed. moaned. I was
wreck. With what money I had ]
went to convent near Milan and
stopped there for n month. But ]
could not remain AWAY from him.
eame.o out. He wns gone. went to in
quire Mt the hotel. He had gone to
Rome. Afterward a message came
that all letters were to be sent to San
Reno. determined a 60 to San
Reno and to be near AksselsEss,d
..Fss still sine love with me, proved :
wiillng tool. could not get to San
z Rcmo; without money. He offered ia
advance me tho railway fare, and he
got me situation in the Hotel DAN.
gleterre rs housemaid. He also was
going there for the season rs a waiter.
said that II he took me to San Reno
I would marry him. He did SO, and l.
but that comes later. Sufficient IL -
10 say that George believed in my
promise and that found myself again
In the presence-the heavenly presence
of my adored Percy.
"But I had only come to submit ny
self to fresh anguish. He saw me, but
took no notice Of me. was afraid to
FOLLOW him too closely lest he should
ask the police to interfere George
Rates was jealous, too, and l had to
consider him, as, failing Percy reward
mig my love, I could fall back on
George. He was always useful to SUD-
ply the money for ME to get back to
England, where was certain of a sit
nation. handled the situation in q
mastery manner and contrived to see
Percy without his seeing me and With
cut exciting too openly the jealousy of
George Rates.
"But It was the horrld girl that
caused me pain. She was one Of tho
daughters Of General Howard, whom
Perey had met at Como. The two girls
both laid themselves out to catch my
darling. But their arts did not succeed
at Como. Jenny was the one who tried
hardest to get him. but Violet took her
chance also When they came to San
Reno they stopped at tho Hotel d'An-
gleterre: I looked after their room.
and, knowing what they were, I made
myself their friend. They knew me as
the former nurse of Percy's little son
and wondered how came to be q
housemnid. told some story which
satisfied them. I forget what 1t was.
They believed in me thoroughly. and
they found out that I loved Percy.
Then they were amused, and I hated
hAr fnlI fhaf 7
was watching him, and he came to the
hotel no more. But I still pretended
to be their friend for my own ends.
There was n masked ball coming Off,
and the Miss Howards wished to go
unbeknown to their father. entered
into the spirit OF the joke. I procured
them two blue dominos and each a
sprig of yellow holly so that they
might know one another. They went
to the ball thus disguised.
81 went also In the same dress. I
hnd got third blue domino. and also
wore a sprig Of holly. In my pocket I
took stiletto. Why did do thati
Because was determined to kill any
one who tried to make love to my Per-
cy. I knew that Jenny Howard, tho
little cat, would try to get him to
love her, and would have killed her
with pleasure had she become Percy's
bride. AS I was masked, had no fear
OF being discovered should I stab any
one. and, moreover, were there trouble,
the Misses Howard, being dressed as
= was, even to the sprig Of yellow hol-
might be accused Of my crime that
Sght happen. Moreover, even IL I
killed Jenny knew that the two sisters
Qnarreied and that on the evidence OF
the holly and the domino Violet might
be charged with the crime.
'About the stiletto. I received that
from low shopkeeper called -yeiez.
who was In love with Percy. She and
her husband kept an oil shop, and her
husband was very Jealous Of her. She
was madly in love with Percy, as
found out when buying something at
her shop, and I got to know her in
timately.
"I heard Percy propose to marry
Jenny, and was minded then to kill
her. drew the stiletto from my
breast and would have rushed for
ward, hoping to escape In the con-
fusion when I killed her. But my
heart failed me; even when she was
left alone my heart failed me. Jenny
took OF her mask. and left her sit
ting waiting for Percy's return. Then
I followed Percy and saw Violet join
him. knew 1t was Violet, owing to
the unmaslking Of Jenny. and, more
over. I had seen Violet listening, as l
s-Wus. She loved him also-the cat!
However. I saw that she wanted to
get Percy out Of the place by making
kf think she was Jenny. She did. ]
foifcwed. He took her home to the
gates Of. the hotel and left her there.