St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-09-06

ON the platform stood my sister Net
tie and cousin Allcwra. They rushed
forward with ''Oh. Lucille" and gave
me Il rapturoIIS welcome. as we made
our way to the sitting My wraps
were hastily dcpo>itcd upon u chai,.
and he only had time To catch my hands
III his for Il moment. a> he said ''('ood-
10y. until we meet again. to touch his
hat To the girls. and hurry back to the
already moving train.
followed him tn the door without
speaking. and looked after the vanish
in" train until there WIS nuthim" left "t
il but Il line of black smoke which went
siding of over ;hr trcc-tnp>.
"Wh waS he -
"What WAS his name ,"
Il don't know.
"Dom't know, why didn't Nou find
out > came i'll concert from my quc>-
TONERS.
Il never thought to. girls
"Oh. Nou mortal gooSc, And don't
he know who g"H are. OF what N"u
name iS -
mo. guess not; at least he did not
ask me-
And how in the world are you ever
going I" meet again. aS he said Nori
would -
he rnnrmitN of ON mistake cam,
over me crII>hingly. How should We
ever meet again. or lind each other
trIcd to tell them what little | did know
about him: but they declared il simply
amounted to nothing. And a> We walk
ed home. they loudly and mourntuiiN
hcmonmed my stupidity III not letting
him know my name.
1--WE not the least doubt he would
have written to her" Ncttic said To my
cousin. quite ignoring 80 weak minded
and inefficient Il creature a> mN>clf ia
the conversation.
"Of course he would have written /"
her. Did luu notice how he looked at
hcr when he said g""d-hy ,"
YES. | noticed | don't think in all
my life | ever ~Iw such handsome
eyes" sadly >"il"quilcd Ncttir.
"Oh. he WIS handsome beyond de
>cription. answered Allcgra.
And :" they went ON until we reached
home. tultmIiug me 10y prl>im. what
had allowed IT" >lip through my tin
gers" They had alwaN considered m,.
hnpclr>~ll imprIrtirahlr. and now they
gave me up entirely. The pleasure of
once more hciu" At home. and of talk
inw over the incidents Ot my long visit.
made nae tur Il while think less of the
stranger who had 80 Interested me
Still every day | SIN more clearly how
much | hId liked him. and how thor
nughlN delightful the tW" hours spent
with him had been. Probably if had
met him in the usual conventional WaN
in which | had met all the men | knew.
| should have forgotten linn at once
lat there WAS something unusual Just
Il tlugt of romance 80 dean tu every fem
mime heart and 81 remembered him.
For Il week nI TWO the uiIl>. my per
-ccutul~. talked continually nf him. and
| tool, Il muurntUl pleasure in listening
To them. even repeating much of the
conversation had had with him. parts
at which. thcN said. couN inrcd Ilr-m
more than ~ cr that he WIS greatly in
tclc~trd in me. and in the proper hands
might have been made to ''c"Iuc l."
something's" For Lack of = better maine.
We khcN him a. Mir. \. u>iu" the initial
letter of his native city and many w,rc
the plans We mad, IL >.rt 1T "ur sew
Ing. The, fl> "IIlr and most pI"Iahlr
one va~. that hc would come t" prN
den tu look t"l me. for that wa> what
should meet again.
One evening. about Il month IitcI
had returned home. had wandered in
an idle and restless state down Though
the garden tu the gate. ~ here stood IA
the soft twilight listening I" all the
sounds of the d iug Summer. The late
insects were still >hrill Diced and alert.
and the low wind which swept thr"u"h
the trees had begun tn take up the mi
nor ~tIain into which all nature seemed
To have fallen. \ m,.lanrh"ly chilIiur>~
had rrrpt into the. ali. which made me,
feel that the pleasant happy summer
hclou%td Ia the past. The cN Ncmln% dc
pressed me. and wondered why had
come ont into it. and WAS Just tuIniu"
to 90 back To the huu~c. when | SIN.
far up the road. one of "ur little neigh
hur boys comm" vhi>tliug along. /
waited for him idly. not Knowing why.
PERHAPS tn catch the tun, he WAS whist
ling. lie Wd> coming from The Village.
and ~ Lee approached m" he called "ut :
''HNc been to the post office. Miss Lu-
ellie: what would you like to have p
"Whatrvcr You have for me. Jack : Il
letter first. and if not that I'll h" con
tent with = paper.
"Wrll. here's Il letter for y"u." aud
hc put Il solid white envelope into my
hands. The light WAS NOT to" dim l."
prevent me reading my name III Il ia
miliar Vet unknown hand. and in the
corner. clear and black. the po>tmaIk
Albany. don't think | stopped even
To thank Jack. but flew into the house
and up To my room. where IL bright fire
WAS burning on the hearth.
Like Il thirsty person who has longrd
for water. and when it is reached adds
zc>t to the pleasure of drinking 10y look
ing into the cool depth of the dcwN g"h-
let. 50 | held my treasure in my hand
for IL moment with the seal mhrokrn.
Then. us opened it. said: Il will
read it straight through. IL word ut a
time. Just aS he wrote it: | will not
even look at the name until come t0
it," only allowed myself to see that
there was II sheet and Il half of closely
written paper. then began:
my DEAR Miss LUCILLE: hardly
know whether shall Ice pardnned for
the liberty take in writing to YOU. and
Vet | tell myself shall Ice. for | feel 81
sure volt whom seem to know 81
well. and vet may not know at all will
understand me. will know 10y mtuitioi.
how deep my interest i'll You is.
..Whcn parted from y"u Il month
auo something told me it WAS not torcv
cI-that We should meet again. At
first | thought it il strange fancy. which
| ought to shake off: but the desire t0
see you again and know you better has
grown upon me day hN day, until NOW.
aS | write this letter. feel sure il will
he. read hv Nou in the same spirit in