The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1869-09-09

them Sne CoulQ not do that but IL
was scarcely easier to take the thread
from her hostess hands and wind round
after round from these others, whose own
er had done her such heart despite, anG
between whom and herself word even
| had not passed for months. &
The company soon resumed their occu-
lpation, and Sylvia wound en- and on it
seemed for hours almost-only vaguely
glad the often threacherous thread did
not tangle. A little snap, and 10 the
supply had ceased, and the end of the
warn had hidden in the skein, and was
not to be seen
The northumberland arward for her
| to regain it, and as she Sought futilely,
with fingers nearly quivering, spite of her
almost fierce effort to keep them firm, she
heard the question, as others might have
done, but whose atwo-folda meaning was
for her, and understood by her only.
4 -eWhat has made this breech ?''
She looked up at him instinctiyely for
the first time, and found, his eyes, full and
earnest, steadily on her.
1"Ask yourself, sir. r
+ 81 have done SO often, and there is no
reply in me. - 80 -
aThen pour mind fails to include con-
yersation some time ago at Mrs. Mayhew's
| with her son. - 5a7 go. .to
He seemed in surprised reelection. gsd
81 certainly remember a talk with
young Mayhem; but where in anything
then said ofense to you can lie I declare
I do not know .or bra 4s--,.4l- 9pi.
"You do not see, II presume and her
voice was full of indignant pain-"how a
lady can hear herself, adjudged forward
and unmaidenly nay, DESTROYS of forcing
herself upon man, and yet feel no dis
pleasure ?"
We can believe the yarn was got in q
fine tangle by this time, albeit Miss Cree.
wy, CHANGING that way just then, wonder
ed, in an undertone to DR.. Akerly, who
was officiating as her holder, how some
folks could contrive to snarl and fool ov-
ier yarn in such purblind way whereat
the worthy doctor, who, by dint of hold,
ing the skien close to his nose,3 had not
slipped thread, proudly braced out his
yarn, and watched it till his elderly eyes
and arms must have ached. J., - 9giI
Meanwhile Phil. Elcaren's memory had
run swiftly back, andwas sharply review
ing every word of the long forgotten dia-l
logue. Then helooked mentally around
the parlor, whose festive garland had
been three months dead saw Sylvia at
chess with the doctor, and heard himself
warding off the green young collegian's
accusation as regarded himself and that
shallow little firt, Euphrasia Lance agd
Eureka! He didn' say the3werd, but
long before the yarn began to reel off
smoothly il. would have told two young
folks mental state thoroughly. 81 rLl''
Two.thirds Of the great skein had an
ished into the growing sphere she held,
when, fearing to tire him, she asked:
"'shall we not break of, now, and throw
the rest aside ?" & .sssslaT q ..}-el - i
"stop ,minu4e, ''2said he9 in low,
quick voice; "'the threads have run
double almost from the first. If you
break Of this visible grey one / shall take
it the other is snapped beyond repair
otherwise Ooh, happy chance y it will run
on golden1y through life,, and take Us
both to wind it side by sidesp o.
She did not break the thread but af-
tel one quick look, wound on and on un-
til finished, it slipped softly through his
fingers. p9Yq
And SO Sylvia set out on her journey
home over the winter hills The moon
was up in the sky no less than in the
heart; and it, is wonderful that under
the glamour of two moons the trees should
have turned from dead giants to harps of
Eolus, which seemed touched by hands
of fair spirits as the wind stirred softly
in their million boughs.; and the land no
longer grim, but lying with calm smile
pure, white, undefled-as it were Ma
lures millennium come di,' aL.ae .aoa 4Gi.i
n L ,IgTILI & y ,f1Oddh i Tyt tseyy