The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1860-01-07


lawokes feyered and i'll. I babe farewell to
my hosvitable entertainer, and vent home.
I asxer mentioned my vision 70 any one,
but sishersthe shock Of the salt ggs almost
j fms bed my existence. For three weeks I
La AT the point of de4th, and sll the while.
i so shey told me. raFed of a dImple ia The
/ chin mole upon the cheek, and curls ike
/ molten moonlight. recovered at last. and
! in the. course of a year departed for New
/ York to enter into business with my uncle.
.sBy curious coincidence It was once
more ALI Haliow Fen when reached New
| York and as, Tie, cab In which had EN-.
seonced myself at the landing rolled along
Broadway, thought even while my eyes
rested upon the brilliantly lighted and gaily
bedecked stores, and the 8bastling crowd
which thronged the broad sidewalks the
| quiet farmhouse chamber the dark oak
presses, the ebon-fran1ed mirror, and the
white apparition stealing from the shadows
slowly, softly, terribly, but, OBJ SO beautiful
lily! Shall ever meet her p murmured
/ Were those spectral kisses the foretaste of
warm. delicious, living earesses, fresh from
the ruby lips of an earthly Maiden 2 AS II
spoke, the carriage stopped at my uncle's
| door -e-.t..,t..5 f..
Here Uncle Oliver paused for moment
and gazed around him. The older girls
were blushing yiolently-the younger ones
were in a state of awful seriousness edifying
to behold, and no. one spoke single word
Uncle Oliver gave US a peculiar qnizzical
glance, and proceeded: ,gs,-
/ ut was very near the dinner hour; and
after exchanging greetings with my uncle
and aunt, was shown to my apartment. to
make some requisite changes in my travel
ing costume twas very different room
/ from that of the old farm house, where
had slept just one year before but, some
how, half expected to see the bright appa-
riton steal from between the Hossy lace eur
tains, or rise from behind the great velvet
rocking chair beside the fireplace, as 1
stood combing my hair aud arranging my
cravat before the toilet glass between the
windows. 80 2saf5lE Ea5Sss1 afI - 17lsf
The dinner bell srecalled me to myself, and
Ilopened the door to descend to the dining
rooms AS I stepped into the hall, / stood
directly opposite flight of broad stairs
covered with rich velvet carpet, and lit by
a pendant lamp of amber glass: Upon those
stairs saw something gliding towards me.
Transfxed with ,astonishmenI, gazed upon
lit. Golden curls; snowy. shoulders, blue
eyes. a dimp.e in the chin, a, brown mole
| upon the cheek, a mouth like rose bud
All! had felt the pressure of, those lips
it was once more my apparition: not clad
in white this time, but draped in glossy
robes of tender purple, like the hue of an
angels wing. The amber lamp light foated
down upon her, and she came toward me,
H. i, 4 4.
but retreated to my room, double locked
the door, and fell into chair, trembling
| like an aspen leaf. "A knock shortly after
somewhat restored my self-possession, and
| answered Come in with the full deter
mination not to admit the spectre, if this |
were she. The servants voice responded,
Please, sir, dinner is ready And with
renewed self-possession 1 descended to the
dining ROOM.
g. Miss Star, my nephew, Mr. Oliver
! Landon. . e3~Tti'Ie9-7s sfs .is-t- a.-s3aa ~ |
1t was my uncle who spoke 1t was ny
| apparition-g curls, dimpled chin and |
rosebud mouth. who bent in acknowledg |
ment twas Irwith my hair standing On |
end and my heart in my mouth, who mH-
tered some words in reply-wbat. neitherI
nor any one else knew She had come 1t
last. In living flesh and blood she stood
before me, the realization of my yision-my
fate, my future wife, 5as. IKE |
AUNT Helen?" exclaimed the group, II
one breath. lz $3.50 : I
80 Yes, my dears, your Aunt Helen,'' re-
piled Uncle Oliver, land the very appaE-
ton who had appeared to me in the old farm
house, from the fairy foot to the soft curls,
identically the same. Well, my dears,l We
knew each other, loved each other, and weie
married onmy twenty 7third birthday Sic
became my wife; and on the following Al
Hallow Fen we were sitting quietly befoie
the fire in ouriown little home. had never
told her ofathe vision, but on that nightI
had resolved to do so. had opened my
lips to speak, when Helen spoke instead. /
MY dear Oliver she began, "did 1
ever tell you Of my adventure on All Halloy
Fen just three years ago p know I have
not. Would you like to hear it 90 as,b
Of course I assented to the proposition.
swell, on this night, just three yeats
ago, was a long distance from this place.
Just at this hour / arrived, weary with
long journey, at the door of an old farm
house, some miles from Cincinnati, on the
road to Nj fa1Q tsl9asss!2Zs a-uss
Sat the door of an old farm house, some
miles from Cincinnati. on the road to M?
I repeated, slowly. ESQ y re az III
I'D Yes :: an aunt and uncle of mine, an
old Scotch couple, lived there. and I was
to pay them a visit, - replied Helen
Your aunt and uncle, an old Scotch
couple, lived there. and you were to pay
them visit ?'' I repeated once more. So
YES" eotinued Helen al was to meet
at this place my brother James. whom [ f.
had not seen for three years.
70 Your brother-James? '' I gasped, in
bewildefment.7 s4d ed 8 tzsw o7la -has
s.. 'sYes; and. of .ceurse, I was very anxious