Spirit of the age., 1865-01-07

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IN the glass, ofceurse child sls.said elanc
ing cautiously towards tae 01ssf -slr,s.-
We were fools for thinking arvthin,
else would come. Still HoaldFnos sadyis,
you to try the plan, Euaice..
Oh, you may. be very ST s. nsvel
L Il ~ @sss qnrfe enough lad % vat Ta1s - -
was 50 frightened, cried all & II. ~
you really did not see anything defen.
What an unbelieyng heathe* vou are
Must [ take an oath she storfaa short
then yawned, and turned toward1<s, tho clock
again.
A quarter past twelve Ny Gant would
e.eut of her mind fshe knew We were up
SO late. Is the fire quite safe, El-aE 2
Quite, said her cousin, who tad hardly
ta.en her.eyes from Helen's face since she
rejoined them.
Then We ought to go to bss. I am
sure you. are all sleepy ene4eA> Eu-
nice take hold of my hand, if you. like, as
you go by that cellar door-burI assure
you-there are no ghosts there.
They stole out through the ea and up
the stairs as slowly as possible. I5nice and
Nancy shared one room--Emily md Tel
en- were to sleep in another just opposite,
but they waited, talking under ts4H breath,
TIL the others were i'll bed, lax,1-%1r ct cit
bnt one candle from the kitchets When
the door Of their own apartnelt fosed be-
hind them, Heicn's first moyemeH was to
put out the candle and draay up thl. curtain.
The moonlight streamtl into ssroom
making it as light as dar. Emf booked
at her inquiringty.
< E ya, tna,v ,.-f.a4 T 1,aI cnc,. Il 4La4
camille, you Woull not wonder t / car,
not bear e have it burn, SIZE saiY iow4y
They bot@hdressed in silence knelt
down to say their night prayers, selen was
much longer over hers than usu When
she got into bed II last, anl laid ser head
down On The pillow, Emily said, qsl;Ely:
aat - ~ 60 sas Isslt. Is. =;
Eunice are not to know. I saw Jtan< corr.
ing towards me looking SO well and laqpy
and just before we met there wass grave
between us.
Go on. said Emily.
My name was on the ston6.. Fl Hell
en-, in low voice. and the dates Us this
very year,
There was a long silence.
1t is nothing said Emily. at laS4s Yor
were nervous, and frightened heA 6 yol
went down there, and | only vo7 r yor
did not-see somsthing 9 great deaf worse
| know | should
Then you don't thingit WAS b->-rissn !?
said Helen, in voice 50 anxious thas It be
traved what she had been feeling.
The idea ! Don't let piece folly
ike that keep you awake, or Ill TEL Johr
Moore of 1t the next time see him.s Tooe
night -
Good night Helen turned upof7T1r oil
low with a heart suddenly grown lfgst. an5
soon slept soundly. But Emily ielaainee
awake long, long time looking out from
the window at the head Of the b-77rfs the
moonlight in the garden.
Everybody who has visited the fYYyae !
Twill remember the old ,.Poaa afeet
ing Housa, the rendezvous for al tt,
young mon and msideas IN the fvi sAbof
hood. It stoodupon a small Ail a,ref,:lrI
white building with high wooden stas-sa a,
green blinds-the. Pond sparkling Il tth,
sunshine nst across the road tles=saapl
trees hanging their branches over liz no
asn they loved It, and uoald sll~s-~<
from ii harm- At one side vas nna.
low she'd here the horses stood, - IL
messed to their w.gons, and switching ksi
tails when the flies annoyed them, of q
they thonght as they often lad reass.F !
think, poor things! thai the serFils Ha
too long-at the o. Ter, cool, green sFsis
leading out through tie fields to tl,e-.-s'-s 7
the distant mountain. ~Iaat walk hadAsad
more matches than al the etd women Il tt
country put together; it was qe'te 'tflsst 81
BILE to enter it dozen times with ansasc,sl! |
ing on the minister With ring lLyoa
vest pocket sooIf afterwards. The Yer.
trees sung love songs as they waved Fs1lt
the birds paired sooner there than aay-
where else, aud there was the esseaee 20
filtration in the very air you breathels s
one had better reason to believe thi4 -
Emily Thomson and her sister Nasfag.s
They had both been nihappy there, an q
they drove up to the door of the ma~tsn
house with their pareuts on the SlnSL
morning after Helen's return, they coke
first at the pretty grove, and then a. tw
fne-looking young farmers who 500
among the group on the steps in !. va til
:, spoke volumes. Old Farmer Thee.
however, was very strict in his notieaa
Sunday etiquette, and the rustic loyessssai
ed not help the girls from the Va.s5'