Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-10-13

JANE jumped. ups ran TO MIN,
and gave him coaxing kiss as be
stood on the threshold. s,s5sr :. -
81 shall write to you the mo-
ment / get there, and we shall be
separated but a brief time, after
all" - .. ..isl n t-,ssa5 .-''' - .-.s. 5sa@
81 may see you off at the sta
ton ?'9oE ozTRA& eTR3oA
"Notevefl thai !'gJanie WAS be-
ginning to be annoyed again. let
me have my own way for once /;
it is a woman's privilege until she
is married, at least" . .as.s. 80 :.
Paul Raymond was despondent
still. The dream haunted him
every hour it would neither be
laid nor exercised, let him strive
as he would. 2 - l.li ..s.5'i sa. -. q
"IfI / were at all inclined TO be
a supersti,ious ] man, said Paul
Raymond, 81 should regard my
self as mad if / gave no heed to it. I"
1t was a brilliant, night, when
the trim little figure, in the sober
grey travelling dress and yelled
face, took her seat in the stage
coach, which stood at the Court
field Station, awaiting the advent
of all Darnellsdale passengers !;
starlight but cold, withia frosty
clearness in the atmosphere, which
made closed windows by no means
uncomfortable. = -. 4 isss - ~ :
"Only two besides the outside
passengers, muttered the driver,
diseontentedly, as be slammed to
the door and mounted to his place
behind the horses, where tall,
dark figure already sat; 81 amt
goin' to make my fortin' on the
Darnellsdale road, that's clearsla
Jane Martin glanced curiously
toward the other passenger-a
masculine-looking old woman, in
beaver bonnet, a green veil, and
a huge, old fashioned cloak with
double capes, who sat nodding
with both her elbows on the lid of
square wicker haskell she car.
ried in her lap. jamie feltstrange-
ly lonely even the companionship
of an uncouth old creature, she
fancied, would be better than ut
ter isolation so she timidly at
tempted to begin an acquaintance.
| SIT is very eold tonight" she
remarked, in a conciliatory tone,
"for the month of May e AZ
"Eh 2" demanded the old wo-
man, ] putting her hand inquiring-
ly to her ear. ,sfooooees ,ssalv e.
ga cold night = cried jamie, at
the top of her, sweet' little voice.
eEh f'
! iIt was plain that the Old wo-
man would not be much company
for jamie, and sine abandoned her
social essays in despair. Still, a
deaf old woman was better than
nobody at all. jamie felt, that,
all alone in the coach, she should
have been very lonely, in spite of
the nervous thrills she experience
ed once or twice, when, happening
to look up, as the coach ratified
through the gaslighted suburbs of
Courtfeld, she rcaug5ty the quick
vigilance of the old wonan's- fur
tive sidewise glance instantly
withdrawn.
! T It was, not pleasant, and jamie
almost wished that she had CON
sented to Paul Raymond's wish to
accompany her, as ansescort, on
the long and lonely journey.
Paul's dream, laughed at and for
gotten at the time, came back to
her now with strange distinctness,
oddly blended with unpleasant
recollections of Lindley Grey.
81 am a goose" mentally pro-
tested jamie; "snd I'll GO to sleep"
But she could not sleep. On
ward rolled the numbering coach,
past the suburbs, beyond the few.
scattering habitations that clung
to the outskirts of the little town,
into the open country woods, where
solitary farmhouses that they oc-
casionally passed were already
closed and darkened for the night;
valleys, where the moaning sound
of lovely streams, kept up, their
monotone--past them all the
stagecoach numbering and jolted,
until suddenly they plunged into
the dark recesses of a wood; where
the taH trees seemed almost to
arch the interlacing boughs over
! the narrow road.oz saaW SC 2r
Jane gave a quick start; it was
the very wood that Paul had des-
cribed to her as so viyidly out
lined 10 his dream. = In an instant,
the warm blood seemed to CONCEAL
icily in her yeins.L w
"Nonensei" she murmured "it
is q mere coincidence; but ] wish
we were safely out Of this dismal
place. We have outlived the age
! of highway robbers and midnight