The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1909-08-27
Northpcrt'S
Myrtery.
By ALEXANDRA DAGMAR
Copyrighted. 1909, BY Associated
Literary Press.

She came to NoFthport alone and IN.
announced, an entire stranger to every.
body. She boarded at Mrs Folks. and
II was thought that when fan came she
would so away, as did the few other
city jewellers who were able to get
summer accommodations IN the con
sentative old town. But when fail
came she bought a pretty cottage on
quiet street
The arst thing Mrs. Wrest did after
going into the house was to hire Cor.
nelia Bangs, partly as a servant, partly
as companion. CoFnella was a peculiar
old soul, but respectable and a good
worker, and the position Mrs. Wrest
offered must have been a real godsend.
or course all the ladies in the neigh.
borhood went to call upon the new
resident She received them graclously
and served them with tea and cakes
made In COFnella's best style. But she
told them nothing that they had come
to hear, and they went away with their
curiosity completely bafiied. Who was
Mrs. Wrestf Whence had she comet
Was she widow or divorceel They
were at liberty TO conjecture what they
chose, but they could find out nothing
positively.
Comella Bangs. being proverbially
close mOutbed. was as impenetrabIe az
her mistress. She didn't know. That
was the answer she made TO all
queries.
Il was evident that Mrs. Wrest
meant to live very quietly and cared
very little for social doings. Most Of
her time she passed I'm reading or
playing upon her violin or doing little
kindnesses for the sick and needy.
Mrs. Wrest attended all the services
Of the church. although she had pre-
scented 20 letter for membership. She
dressed always very beautifully In
black, but she wore no jeweIry save a
large pearl brooch, which Mra. Hay.
the jewelers. wife, said was the fness
OF the kind Ehe had ever seen.
No other woman IN Northport had
such q way Of wearing her clothes, o.
carrying herself. Of fitting her chin.
And no other woman was as beauti-
fuL II she had not been beautiful
there would not have been 20 much
said OF thought about her.
She had q calm. pale face. surround
cd with dark hair a. with a frame.
Her eyes also were DARK. inscFutable
IN their depth aud stiffness. Her
mouth drOoped q little, but then some
mouths are not shaped for constant
smiling. II was not q sad mouth. and
4 was not q happy one. u waa Just
still, Ike the rest Of her face.
II che had had a great sorrow she
hid Il skillfuliy or else she had no
heart. There were q great many wom-
en- who thought aha bad no heart
That u 'often the nrst accusation
brought against q beautiful woman By
others who are not % beautiful
She had lived IN Northport two years
when something happened. Peter Mere
dllh zen IN love with her. OF course
there might have been other men than
Peter IN love with her and probably
were. but Peter was the only one that
advertised bis regard boldly.
All the young unmarried women
were simply dying Coz Peter. IN the
arHt place be was rich. and m the next
be GOOD looks would have made him
eligible without tie addition az money.
His marrief SISTER tooh hlm 10 task
h aoon a. ahe suspected his tnfatua-
bon. SIC ha0 t1nl Alm erom marFg- I.