The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1915-02-11
A Story Of
Heredity
BY EUNlcE BLAKE

. mTS. waterbury employed mdlC
who was not only comely. but there
was about her an air of one to the
: manner born. So impressed was
the lady with the belief that Silvia
had good blood In her veins that she
asked the girl to tell her something
about her origin. Silvia refused.
Where did you spend your child
hood3" asked Mrs. Waterbury.
II cannot tell you.- was the reply.
while Silvia hung her head.
! Don't you remember your parentsr'
Il II do not"
/ How long have you been In serv-
iceY
Two years" -.
Mrs. Waterbury gave up trying to
ind her MAZDA antecedents. but she
was not convinced that she had been
horn a servant Silvia's case interest
ed her the more because she reminded
her Of woman she had met when she
| was entering society. This Mrs Mar
shall had been at the time a woman Of
forty and had become a social leader
from the fact Of certain courtllness
there was about her.
What 1t was In the servant that re-
minded her Of the high bred woman
Mrs. Waterbury could not tell Mrs
Marshall had been socially prominent
quarter of century before. Mrs.
Waterbury. who was twenty years her
Junior, had not been intimate with her
and had seen her only at certain func-
lions
Silvia came to be an important per-
son to her employer other than as a |
servant Arthur Waterbury. the lat
ter's son. came home from college and |
had not been In tho house a day before
his mother noticed that he had become
engrossed with her maid Arthur
struggled against the passion till with
holding expression Of 1t became I'M
bearable. then confessed 1t to Silvia.
His mother overheard him doing so.
"You were not born a servant" said
Arthur mo such high bred manner
could come from a plebeian; 1t Is hered-
itary.'
~ am a servant and nothing else"
Silvia replied
Whatever yon are cannot help low
ing you. | do love you. and you shall
be my wife"
II will not be your wife. because to
marry me would deprive you OF the
social position which is your right
You would always be ashamed of me.
and | would drag you down" &
Mrs. Waterbury heard no more. She Z
said nothing to her son about what
she had overheard. bur the next day
lid all she could to save her SOD from
! misalliance She sent the girl away +
ind did not tell Arthur where she had
zone.
Several months passed. Mrs Water
Jury saw that her son was not the Z
anne man he had been before he came
ome from college Ambition had left n
i'm; he took no interest In anything.
lie had experienced a grand passion, II
nd the breaking with his mate had b
lighted his life. Il
Then came a condolences chain Of /.
II there were no coinci-
ences there would be no stories.
DR. Shotwell. Mrs. Waterbury's fam W
Y physician. one day drove up to her :
ouse. rang and was admitted F.
why. DOCTOR" said the lady. what
rings you? We are all well here p
lrely you must have called socially n
I'd are welcome socially" "
II have called to tell you OF a singu- -
r happening" r.
Let me hear IL" n
you remember the pretty maid you ca
ID here for time. have often seen =
r here and noticed how little like q FL
want she appeared-that ladylikO
- -
Yes. we all noticed that" interrupt. &c
the lady somewhat impatiently.
Wen. on leaving you she at once BIC
nnd a position In family l also at
I'D professionally. She is Ill. and I FC
IS called In to treat her. In applying
hot poultice between her shoulder in
ldes | noticed a birthmark shaped
netting like Maltese cross. had ~
lson to remember that birthmark,
bad attended the mother of the for
Id who bore 1t eighteen years be- =
e under peculiar circumstances. The fO
man was the daughter of social Q
der. and ! had not heard that she yea
been married. though was after VIII,
I'd furnished with proof that she Of
}. At any rate, the ACCOMPLISHMENT
J secret" FO
The name Of this family, doctorY' h
J. Waterbury broke In.
Do you mean to tell FO'
that Silvia is the granddaughter OF n
+ James Osgood Marshall, who
rished socially twenty-five years Co1
p FIJI
do. Julia Marshall. the daughter.
ried clandestineiy. There was trou- goo
In the family, and her mother with sew
v from society. Julia's marriage fee.
never published. The child was -
signed to foundlings home and FOT
lost to her parents, both OF whom Ct
soon after she was born"
hen Silvia recovered her health she
removed to the house OF her for. 49,
mistress not as a servant but as WI
betrothed Of Arthur Waterbury lo'