The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-06-28
LETTf'S PROMISES.

When laurence Van Everea was about %
sail Tor the East Indies Be asked LEFTY o. walk
half an hour IN the orchard with him. which
was wreathcd and pSrfumcd Nlgh trau tlgs-
SONS
q. I've request % make you, my dear Irtty.
hC SAID '' ana I'm hAif afraid Won may think
il s >rlGsh !EIEg % AsS indeed know i. D.,
bEt Vet. N2th the renowned se-&shuvss u man,
MT ua,y ask, aeg Il,
What on earth can il bes" said Lefty.
sf0iline, 10 Won want 10 Sei me 90
nsuueTy I'll YOU RETURN. OF 20 traVel 10 Ca-cEtia
= marry yuas Or 90 Yen van: me 70 give the
coll shoulder % Tom LoDSHor,ly, and promise
never 90 SAY SO much a. How 10 Sc DO
e. hru - Fer the SoSsiuS had -lil their say Ia
Van Eytro1's ear when he returned from hls
las. VOYAGE, % the eifect that Lougworthy had
taken advantage II has absence 20 Ge sweet on
Lefty.
- Ne, lefty. il S none of thee tribes, be
answered Ill Is something much more
iuP1rt4utto % my happiness
You know / Wil. 10 anything % please
you.
You w.l2 Then promise me hi, thing
s5'emu,y promise ,hs. 10 4Gyth.us should hap
pen % me, u ] should never return, II / should
e--nrouusc thai you VIII ry.,.aaa talug forever
-tlA; YOU vla newer. never marry another.
Can you promise this, ds-lrs
Ccrtsiulv. lfut YOU VII errue back-yug
must Why, | should die myself Il yuu failed.
lht.e Is no n-el ai suel s promise JEt / give
Il IA Ia s-llIt illi-lSe s3-tlll!ly llat II you
del Nll, ,ueyvr marry
Thanks sE,a Al 7 Ttgtl. Kissing her check
with al az of having e'a,eE-cd favor. 90
have exactly tyo minutes .-t, IN waleh % say
g1od-oNC. IEt.e u -res; q -. cd.ed love 30
tb!' world Winch j. -1-E tEHg-N.5-.iN 3 hli ole
mustn't CAL. Il LOVING. So tas IHet tr.ls US.
k1ly>, You e@l love 4s t4s Slsel- u-y,
"Hh iay tTe-2iA ~ "e@'ea svi"iAt Us.
And yll tilnN 20. etEA lefty
u knoE IT, Perhaps yol mean 70 commit
su,cde % iest l-e-
Aul then tg-.3Se. q !e" d.. uteS ut tender
nonsense. Ani Van LFer.a tore himself away.
le'v!lE Lefty ll tears. Na4, l1a-. long tnlv
II VAS o. look forward .u Ha| MANY e.g--Is
woal3 beAi along tie coast hos many suns
would sh.uo, mornings dawn and evening,
gather 90 their close, before they met a.ain 1,
IN the meantime here was her troIsse4u to
LaieA and she u-ca 10 - -t II hour bE hour.
with her th7aEht~ away ~ SOME distant reach
ci iae lnd'aa seas, eNeeg, when Tom Long
worthy loi;yTed III y lslH A2- tune Tom was
rt-liy comfort % her. ~ s.'t'r u Van EFeTeu.
uc7ea slnable iealllsv. Hy could tell her All
llpIi the long Ia1.a" 'gysse. % cycioEes,
cams Enn Trade y l.sls---4 ~tNHt the great
ilEeiga Glv> % Htch Ltr lover vas 1pHn :,
Oith then >tnhl.-lla1 t4'tF.-. tle.- strange
e.'stg'nS ta--r iEq.-,i-t sI1G-. and curious
1-ci-'-tt;tr- she tl.t -s i Sic were there
E-l--f. u U.s. s,tgg months later that Tom
L1u-Uu--ly c-ut .a Gs..l l'act .l ai> fac..
"lal srs ils slfl Lefty, -#-sri-- him.
&c N'' e. aH, tila- v1g, a.-lv ID 81 elss.'
Il,a TuU have -r2s. ta& news.
"lrs. have ~. .-t c.-r-
Nothing a.n-t T-l~r --.
hope IDt.
lnC hope rot Toy h--E . .alt
Yen huoE 2 Whist l-ljs Don't ..--- ~ are
sT-rlug nav frvG Et- ArG a-s only cru.4g -
lie Flylus seal -
J. lo.tt
Al- folndeTei- But There 90 certainty
vTtlrcE-ri % Laurence De- may le among
The .'NeL Lefty Lefty l.a hook a ma
3, II Z Al truughtli about. i sald c1chang,
place with ham gladly Tor Size. / would
indeed De cried
Sc iett her needle wheTe news found
i, auI folded 1@ay al iug lsHs garments.
anu mouth followed UuHtA #i anxious fore
tocH'E AM one or two old sa4In-a struggled
nome 20 thelr families, battered auI destitute,
after many A2ri-1ips, bat they anew nothing
Of Van Lverea be had not taken the same
loat some had beeu swept away by q wave
before The ship was abandoned and so ay sad
degrees hope snd Laurence EyeSea were given
up.
Il was. perhzpz. thre" Years and better after
the FlyIng Scud h4l sailed that Lefty, weary
Of declining invitations snd II being a.kei II
she ineant - sacrifice herself Ike a Huiua
willow, joined par;y % friends gong % take
their tea IN the sunset % TIE beach. two hnEr-
steaming down tEe river. She had understood
that there was to be bHt handful ~ people,
bui she found crowd and sitting ou the
sand. booking az the dellcate se--sheH pink ~
the eastern sky s@oye the tossing breakers. or
watching the grsups Of girls masug their
table ~ sand heap and spreading i With
daiates from their baskets. willie others
gathered drift wood anI lighted piciure-qu,
blaze beneath The coffee and eiam Put-. wa
pleasant change from the ntaaoiony ~ her
days. Presently, while She gael, little noat
with the sunset rcddenias IT. 'aIl-, .Iucn"aei
It's speed IN the slushy sand, aud Tom Long
worthy threw his anchor ashore.
Lefty.