The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-11-09

midnight, so he resolved to stop at the
nrsC house where he saw light, and
ask shelter or further direction som
ai'er he came upon large building and
=, n a small one close By Vas pale 1ight.
lyIng his horse, he hurried toward If
ana seeing the door slightly aiar. was
ABOUT to enter, when he saw the figure
~ woman with long golden hair seat.
20 De ore table, with her back to h,m
a nrSt lie thought she was praying, but,
WIN DIS usua 10 g Of adventure, ne de-
ei hl9eu Co see her face, s. he stepDe1
no 'NelesSly he hind her. aud saw thar she
"'S before mirror. That moment she
FalSeo her eyeS-such hear .nLy ewes he
'ald-and looked at his face in fha gl,.s
through the golden veil OF her baa9tirni
hhr; ant AS she looked not A soun5 ma
from her, and every trace of col,r dial
out OF her lace, leaving it like marhl,.
and tearing to brighten her mnn Iva
gave her rea>Snring smile, AMI quietly
Withdrew as he came Until H., was
t"niy IN the slddie tg4n and some d,s-
lance on, he did not once think OF his
eirand 50 eOIaptured WAS be wish me
beautiful vision; but he rode IN unti he
came to village, and finding hotel,
stopped long enough for few hour's
resi- and was off at dawn. Since tbae
'ime ihese eve have followed him in
dreams, and come between him and All
duty"
20 KITTY DON'T" pleaded ChrIstanel,
as she hd her 'rImt)n fAce IN nv l,p'
why, 'iarling, Pm Just repeating ms
own words, only can't tell &c as sJlrn.
dldty a. h" did it. We'll, any way, he
never thought about the locality when
Roland asked him to come here; and so
rs be came on Christie this afternoon. her
face seemed ike Il dream to him, and he
could not he ID that exclamation. Still
he wasn't at al sure about her. yet, when
be saw her again, by Iamplght, the re-
Semblance was startling. But he thought
Il must be his fancy, until, as we came
into the grounds, he looked up suddenly
toward the house, and it all e shed
across his mind III moment,-the large
bulldlng looming out or the darkness, and
the smaller one with iioht moving
about in it-tor suppose some of the
folks are prowllng around Chrissie made
us hurry INTO the house, but promised
she would explain her part to him by.
and.by; and | hink it would be SO rO-
mantIc It she wound only 60 out into the
oid study with him and tell him all
about 1t there. Isn t it splendid to think
1t Was all true, after all, Aunt Jean ?"
And KITTY paused, quite out of breath.
For answer [ raised Chrissie's face and
head between my two palms, while I
tSked, And what does my Christabel
say TO all this? Did she recognize her
midnight lover this afternoon ?"
YES, Auntie," she responded, in low
toue, II knew the face the moment saw
1T, but dared not say a word [ knew
you would all quiz me so and it all
seemed SO mysterious till he explained it.
But it seems as though [ must have
known HIM all this time"
well, my darling | hope it will all
come RIGHT. [ hardly know what to say."
But had an uncomfortable sense that
things were fixed in one direction al
ready. Chrissie had new shyness, and
seemed reluctant, yet anxious to go down
stairs. AS we entered the parlor, saw
our little romance was still secret
among Us five, and would remain so.
During pause in the games, Chrissie
whispered quietly to me, 'Auntie, Mr..
DelamOre is impatient to have me keep
my promise, and Kitty has out it into his
head that the story must be told in that
very room. I have agreed, if Kitty and
Mr.. Hayden and yourself Will go with u.s."
600 into the library, dear, all Of you,
and Stay till L Can slip away upper
ceived."
Which [ soon did, and in solemn file,
4 4
down the corridor into the grim, musty
little study, where we received chrlsm
Of cobweb by the way of baptism, IN this
new Lovers Bower. Rollic perched on
the desk, Dick leaned near him, and
Kitty nestled in my lap, while Christa-
BILE stammered out the story of her or
deal, which the iIreverent Rollie receiv-
"a with shout Of amusement But the
delighted hero looked as though he
would like then and there to assure her
Of the taithfulness of the prophesy.
Kitty suddenly sprang from my knee,
exclaiming:
"rhere I've been wondering how that
door came to be open. Remember now;
that was the way | came to bring the
mirror, for had horror of that pokey
old passage!"
Things were getting little awkward,
and proposed return to the parlor,
lest we should be missed, mag unanimously
leading the procession this time.
With q wooing so mysteriously and
begun, can you doubt the
sequelP Mr.. Dick found my old home
very attractive long after the family dis
persed, and the strange road" became q
highway to happiness with him. This
is an age of progress. The wooing sped
so we'll that placed June roses in my
cap for tn double wedding, for willful