Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1870-10-26


Of nervousness. nsEven before he left
her, she bitterly irepented" she had
said "5'Y7sh
d Had persevereds d little longer, she
would have confessed the truth II She
did not, however, believe he would leave
Long Beach, even after he had said SO
Hence early in the rnornmg 9she had
started for a long walk on the sands
hoping to meet him there as usual 7 fol
hardly day had passed within the last
month that these two had not so met s1b
90 There was an old wreck at that time
about mile or more above the hotel
which had been fayorite haunt of theirs
and thither she repaired. She tried to
read till Herbert should appear but bel
eyes wandered from her book continu.
ally. Meantime q AN hour passed with.
out Herbert appeariueadiHer heart be-
gan to fail her. she1spentithe stime eA.
amining her real feelings and the more
she ,scrutinized the more she felt that her
love had gone from her forever. ByTand
by the hot tears began to. come. She
knew how proud Herbert Hastings was,
and she said to herself be would never
come back. -. .,r. - ......., .....,.
The sea rolled heavily in 4; the wind
blew fresh from the eastward ; the sun
shone dazzling bright, She gave up all
hope at last, and began to walk back to-
wards the hotel. But after awhile she
sat down again on the beach above the
sands She would not yet abandon the
chance Of seeing him. Gradually che
fell into sort of reverie, and began, un-
consciously to trace q Herbert's pame in
the sand with the point of her parasol.
' 1t was at this juhcture that Herbert,
walking along the top of the beach, dis
cerned her. His heart began to bea.
fast. Here was the chance he had wish.
ed, yet dared not hope for. 1t surely
was favorable sign that she had gone
to their usual rendezvous. He hastily
bent his steps towards her.d p si-sr1
He thought she would hear him as he
approached. But she did not. She
was evidently too much absorbed in
what, however, he could not discover
He CAME nearer and nearer. What with
the roar of the surf and her own labsorp-
ton, Kate still remained unconscious of
of his presence. q He approached so
at last that he could look over her shoul-
der. Blessed vision Could he believe
his own eyes F. She was writing with
her parasoi in the sand the word-"Her-
bert" ..--rF.-T U -.ft ...'
His first impulse was to snatch her to
his arms. lie was loved, then Mrs.
Maxwell had been right. .,.-... -
.r But he restrained himself. waiting
with bated breath to see wha. she would
do next. -s. .t.... -.... .r.-.r
She did nothing for a moment. Then
she sighed, and went on tracing slowly
other words. They were" Herbert, |
love you !"
Hastings could control himself no lon
ger. STOPPING over her, he caught Ka-
te's face in his hands, and kissed her
full on the lips. She aprang up, with a
half scream, and turned to face him, an
grily, for she did not suspect for mo-
ment who il was. But when she recog-
nized her lover, she blushed over throat,
cheek, and brow even, and covering her
face with both her hands, would have
run away if Herbert had not been too
quick for her. Id ''''s' j. '''- "
DARLING" he whispered. clasping her
in his arms and drawing her to him,
'hesven bless you for those words I! !
had come to try my fate once more. Say
that dear confession over again. -7'f'
Kate was silent for awhile. But his
caresses soon dried her tears, and made
her forget her momentary shame. By
and-by she looked up saucily, and ex-
claimed, "Well listeners never hear any
good of themselves, and if I'm such a
flirt as Mrs. Maxwell tells me am, you
haven't much of bargain There; will
that do ?'' -s3a'1q-5ira 7ed 10
zn'tThen you do love me p insisted
Herbert, eager to hear the acknowledge
ment in her own sweet accents. f9a..ryq
Kate's eyes were full of mischief. 'A
"What is written on sand. you know
is the smile for waman's ficklness."
But even as she spoke her sparkling
eyes lost their saucy look, and gazed at
him with such love, that Herbert took hel
in his arms again and kissed her raptur
ously. .Eto9it) urr"s7ag oImi
What a happy hour it was that follow
ed The lovers paced up and down the
strand, far. out of,sight of any intruders,
exchanging confessions as to when they
first began to be interested in each other
IAh that first hour of mutually &C
knowledged affection. Is there anything
in life ever after half OR quarter so bliss
full ,.o, so. ~ ,s.-...r -,...~.
Mrs. Maxwell happened to be stand
ing on the hotel balcony when Hasting,
and Kate returned, toward lunch-time
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