The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1867-02-21
RICHMOND. WAYNE CO.. md. FEB. 9l, 1867:


the bed. and did not imlnedissely get In
abe stooped AMI lifted the curtains which
HING around the bottom and caution ly
/ oassed her arm under and around IS far
| a it could reach I almost felt her I'm
| eers craze nv face ~ held myself fear
/ fully snsi silently hack against the wall,
TOO far. just too far for her reach Ap-
| parently satisfied that no danger Was
near her, she lay down in the bed again
and I counted her respirations till she
vas lost in slumber.
| As for mvself, sleep was out of the
question I never was 90 vide awake in
nv life How lay upon that hari Car
pet and thought the night ont tho isht
Of her and her love for me. thou ht o.
mvself and ms love for her. Yes ! Was
| convinced from that mnnent that the
hand Of destiny Was in IL and slaat .
benign and ell wise Proviience had seen
6t in this extraordinary way ID open
nv eyes to the path Of haps,ness sni
peace a@ -
/ With the morning light fresh fears
came upon ncle INV uncOn scious room
mate might peer beneath the bed for
robbers be'o.e she LETT the roo n BIT
nv fears were grcundtess She rose
and dressed herself expe titionsly. for
she was to Join her coa,iTs at an early
b reakfast, and she had oversight herself
| When at last she took the kew, unlocked
the door. and departed, I lost no time in
slipping out of my shameful place of
concealment and escaping from the ho-
tel On the stairs met Fred coming
out of his room, who exclaimed:
why. what's the matter With you, old
| fellow. You look like the last days of
an i'll spent life. And your coat. too
why it's all over feathers and dust
| Where have YOU been z
/ why / slept--stept out last night !;
that's all Our house is full. and so /
| had to find quarters elsewhere. 1 am
just going home to dress
/ Il should say so, decidedly. I see it
! all, old fellow. You've been on a lark
I aud aad to put up in the watch house !:
come now, own up and tell US all about
it, vs
No lark at all, Fred nothing of the
kind, assure YOU
We'll. if not lark, what kind of 4
bird was it? From the looks of the
feathers I should say it was a goose
'You' re tie goose, Fred. But, seriously.
I've a word to say to you of . most i'm
portant nature. Be = man, Fred. and
make up your mind To hear something
excessively disagreeahle. It must be said
to you. and may as we'll tell it now.
Good Heavens. Gus how earnest
you look at me; you don't mean to say
that-that anything has happened to
Belle Bronson
4D--.4--.--.i4.L has. .-.-r as4i. Ered.
for she'll never BE- anything to von. !
have it from one who knows all about it.
| kof ~ha IA hod tn nsalX Ia laA
who intends tO marry her There's no
mistake about it; so bear up aud try
your luck elsewhere
But Fred Evans was not to be dis
couraged by mere i.earsay. That very
day he went to see Belle, determined 70
. know his fate from her own lips. Soon
after he left Oakville, and did not see
hin, again tor several years, when, meet
ing him in town one day, insisted or
bringing him home with me. and pre-
senting him to his old fame. Belle Bron
, son. the present Mrs. Evergreen.
'Ah. Frei! said he. after dinner
when nv wife and the little Evergreens
: had left us to ourselves--.ah, Fred yor
: served me a shabby trick when you al
lowed me to lose nv heart to the CIR
. you were all along intending to MARI,
yourselves very shabby trick, one o.
w.dch never suspected voI!
: Sol hal to tell hin lin strict conf
dence of course. "a tell vou. reader
t all abont the bedroom aff.ir at tie Oak
: vile Hotel. AMI tie love that grew out .
f it-Hdrpers Magazine.
& The LAFAYETTE Courier tells OF mar
Z in that city who built sleigh in the Gel
: lar the other day. and when faisae,l
{ founi it wider by three or four inche