Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-02-05
The Nick of Time.
{ from HwpeT'S BGznr,I

single
lover whose grave, quiet, repreSsei de-
meanOT never let her exactly know whether
he were lover or not and drove her first TO
some action that almost BETRAYED her own
feelings, and then To one that shSuld give the
lle 10 that betray al, and set everything at
Loose ends again.
You could hardly say why Miss Truesiell
hsd so many suitors. She was not so very
COOd-that =. she was as good as most people
but nCi jOt better. she was not preJty-at
least not Till she laughed aud showed her
white teeth and a dimple deep rs love ever
nestled IN or till she lifted Der great grav
eyes and l-t you see how luStrOus they were
uLder t.dt TICK OF dropping lids. No, it
could not IaV been her beauty that was the
charm, 10 was voice, smile, face, figure, all
IugejEtT- rcT personality, gay spirits, teas
Ing MCOtS SWEET ways, her fnfuIfe variety
that aJjTE ctt-i every bOiy coming within It's
sphere. She sang a little, she danced 4 little;
whatever she did she did we'll. and so. of
course She .lrted TO perfection, and played
OF one love: against another "a pr-itily, the
lockers On H.. sht think, "a "a jug-ier losses
mis- golden balls. But what did the lovers
think OF III
One OF them thought verv poorly of it, and
was determined To bring VI ISIS Alice To close
quarters in mall time, not in the least aware
that all the others had made exactly the
sSamc deterlv nation, and had found that TO
determine was one thing and 20 10 was an
other. Man might propose, but Miss Alice
.-nust q SpCse, and Miss Aiice-as, Indeed,
they each a all f0ndly hOped-w9s match
Tor any Of them. II she danced VITA Gre
CORY, lust a. Gregory felt encouraged and
dropped Ee- fan with glance at Mallory,
who ta:ted 10 restore -, and was detained
with than X and gay words and replies lust
long enough 20 make II impossible for Gre
CORY 20 taEe up the thread where she had
broken 4. if she walked with Dr. FGwle, IL
was OILY after she had allowed Mr. BOlIes 10
know NAT She would be strOIlIng in that
direction. wIere she was always so pleased
20 meet him wuen he came up breathleSsly,
and found ;he doctor mutteTing anathemas
between has teeth-invOcations TO -Escula-
Plus, she GATED them.
But Or Fowle was not man y0u could
Eut of forever. when he once III tie ~ his
mind 70 a Thing. and So Miss Allie began TO
Learn. AID NL-l, one night as u" bale her
-OOd-tE Mallory aud the rest being there,
Le tod her, IA q grave but authoritative
uudertCUP. cutie unlike that Of the usual
lover, that he wished TO see her. next mora
ing az II o'clock, II she wanted 10 deny him
she could LO.. But, 10 tell the irgth. sne did
lot exactly want TO. The bOuus men hal
seemed 80 g. g1IscQucDt AMI so s;Ujied that
evening. NeJiE NTmltage had seemed 50
frivolous. thy hal. each IN turn, come in
and lLte--U.-ed the doctor when ne was tell
Jig her such faiTy-like tai OF recent dis
COVeriEs .r science, she rad shru-g 4 her
shoulder, ga them till the situation struck
her E!d.Cui p->iy, and then she hal laughed
with tie iG-rcieSJ or them, and DOI'ed al
the doctor. Bat now, as he was going, she
slipped her l8Di IN tis arm ana saauJered
down the lane with him. Tire night was
night "a Ju-e. when, n ever, nights aye per-
feet, tie aIE vas laden with the bSeatn of
, hONeySCCE.e and mock OTang-; the winds
distant ian"s 81 everlasting bloom, 20 sweet
they were. and the stars hung their lamps
through The clear dark close above the thick
tree-tDpS. She faucIeti. that uizht. that life
was too delicious "A thing 10 be lnIuiged in
freely, and he murmuTed something of the
fancy with half q laugh. There are times
when We a.! Iyel that life Is more than We
deserve lie answered. "To-morrJw-it
may be SHALL l feel the same myself to-
morrow. or VIII fate"
She laughed uueasily. ''HOG mustn't ask
las cried
AT II, io-TOrrOw, then he sail, lifting
Lis hat.
20 the house. wiShingit were II, to- morrow
now; aud tlsn, in gay freak, al she heard
the hall clock strike, she ran down the hall
and set tEr hands forward an hour. Bring
him The 4uiC ser, y she whispered Oring him
the quIcSer,' aud went back 10 the Others.
They were talking of the flags and bull
PUSHES that grew by Lenders lake, a sheet of
waller IN The neighbOring woods; and she
xHas eager tu hear the Details OF thedirec:ion
there, Tor SIZE shared the popular frenzy,
raging buIrcSEeS. and tho1gnt OF all things
she should like some great bunchss OF the
morrow.
could be There and back before IL"
''Wby H. said Mallory, laZily.
' "Oh, have an engagement at thst no IT."
she replied, bending her head little, that he
might Lot see the color creeping mp.
Il am al your service" he said.
"WiIl you come along, Netty?' she ask Al.
x
Not step. That hour in the afternoon
behind Iai- OF bays, would suit me very
well NOuLs Vary thought ii would suit
Very we', Mr.. Mallory. II you will
com At =. To- n Orrnw. 1 shall have my bull
PUSHES suc lc back in gopt sea,on.'
Wen rot fall said Mallory. "Ani 10
That emo. : assure this company that IT is
the witChiug lOlr OF night, when the sweet
est sound the ear can hear is tue Sl8mmIng
ot the big house door, And with that tney
AS : O'Clock IN the morning came. Miss
Alce, with Ter shears han sing at her side
and her bat tiet on, was looking I'D AMI
Gown The - impatiently. Sas quite for
got her freak with the old clgcz, the night
before. ~ IS ve-ysudecOrous way 10 serve
me- She CTiCt. Ten minutes PAST ), And
l shall no. wait another mott-u, I will
have my r,iTUSHes, Mallory or 10 Mallory
And II l SIN = Little late. don't care: II will
seem a. - Ougu "a body We're net 50 very
anxious. a-d J don't kuOw-I'm afraii-Fn
really afraid was gushing last night, ami
DO 20 deSp .se a susher! Aud ne may only
WaLt-M&. only want 10 en- gage me TO watch
with old Miss Steeres, the night she takes
etEeT for hat operation - And jheredt the
little body was or for Lenders lake, with
precious small lea o. the exact where bOlts
Of that ITetty sheet. 1--WE a tongue in nv
head ] suppose said she.
As Miss Alice continued, her IDEAS grew
ftlil less. she feared she would lose her va v.
and not be- tack AT all; she wished she n al
walled FOR Mallory; but she piotded on after
ltr OeSt sense ~ locality, tore her gown with
u
lear UTeaSlgg her ankle, ard at II O'clock
~ HeT WatC!l sat down aud cried hot bitten
by HES, tiTet oct. ami lost.
When she had finished crying she lookci
up and there, glistenlug double through her
cars lay Lenders lake, blue as sapphire in
the hollow 81 the hills. Her couTag. CANA
back at once. lfshe could not Keep her an
pOintmenf- she could show by the buIrushss
> Ihat she hal Intended 10. She forgot ia
Ilgue, ana vas OFT for the edge OF the lake
LOT so cas- liy reached, after all and with a
Triumphant handful OF the brown velvet
waEds ami ri great blue fiags. was presently
hCmeward rouId, having found the bigh
way, al >tayiug only To ask al tie door of
little hut fJr a cup of water.
- Nobody answered the rap; the d )Or was
<pen-she pushed 70 wider AID pee ne in but
started bas x al the sound of n grOau, AMI "A
quick sharp sOb, a perfect storm of sohs, A
moment Mss Alice heSitate1; but she was
no coward where pain was concerned; she
TOOK Leart tf grace and walked Ia. and found
tAe Drown cd berry woman with ner little
coy her gran tchild, bleeding To death In her
arms.
"ob. = she Exclaimed. II never k rev Won
he 90 its' NV 800
W IN the tx. with the AK Iust now, cried
lLe woman And can't stop IL, and I'm
al alone, Al can't leave him, ana he'll
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