. Janet, a poor heiress . rting off after her thisminute.: Mrs. Bangs deigned no reply, but pursued her waydown the back-stairs, tying an old blue scarf on herhead as she went. She paused to take a sharp lookabout the house, then hurried on to aunt Rossys. Be-fore she had time to ring, Timothy Braxton opened thedoor on his way out. What! you home again, Mr. Braxton? Why,youre just the one I wanted to see, said she, stum-bling forward, and clutching at the door-post for sup-port. The grace of her attitude was only equalled bythe picturesqueness of her costume, — Lavinias redshawl pinned askew a
. Janet, a poor heiress . rting off after her thisminute.: Mrs. Bangs deigned no reply, but pursued her waydown the back-stairs, tying an old blue scarf on herhead as she went. She paused to take a sharp lookabout the house, then hurried on to aunt Rossys. Be-fore she had time to ring, Timothy Braxton opened thedoor on his way out. What! you home again, Mr. Braxton? Why,youre just the one I wanted to see, said she, stum-bling forward, and clutching at the door-post for sup-port. The grace of her attitude was only equalled bythe picturesqueness of her costume, — Lavinias redshawl pinned askew across her shoulders, and the bluescarf set awry upon her head. Good-morning, Mrs. Bangs: you are early; comein, said the young man, seeing at once that somethingelse was amiss, as well as the shawl and scarf. Well, I guess you aint any surprised: you look as if you knew something about it. Has she been here Tit* this morning ? ^cried the widow incoherently. 44 What has happened? exclaimed Tim, thinking at*&*£.. z*t. 98 JANET. once of Janet, who had scarcely been out of his mindsince he arrived last night in the midnight train. Iwas just on my way to your house. Oh, then you dont know! Jinnys cleared out,Mr. Braxton : started for no knowing where ! Good heavens ! you cant mean it! It was histurn now to clutch at the door-post. Yes, shes gone. You know they pitched upon herbirthday — that wTas yesterday — to break her heart,and let her know she didnt belong to em ; and it cameupon her so sudden Have you the least suspicion where she would belikely to go? asked Mr. Braxton, walking off towardMr. Vails house at such strides that Mrs. Bangs wasforced to run in order to keep up with him. Oh! you wont find a note or a scrap of writing,for Ive searched well. Your sister meant right, ; but it was very unforeseen of her, stirringJinny up just now when — 4 Where is her father ? What does he say ? Oh ! Mr. Vail dont know a word : hes off to Phil-adelphia. Then she hasnt
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