The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1877-01-04
oTHE MATCHED SCARF.
BIZ INEZ IRVING.

From the New York Sunday Mercury.
Milliccnt Silverthorne, sat under the
lofty trees of her friends suburban
residence, and looked upon the far off
line Of hazy hills that met the horizon
in the distance.
1t was lovely forenoon in August,
one OF those rare, happy, dreamy days
that crown the perfected summer ere
the golden.browned Autumn takes
her place as reigning queen of the re-
volving year.
A step, a hand laid lightly on her
shoulder, and Stuart Lindley's tall,
well.built form aud handsome face
bent over her for a moment, and then
he stretched in a graceful attitude on
the green turf.
A glorious day to live, isn't it,"
said Millicent 'what still, delight
full languor in the air! I dread to
Leave it and go back to the city. I
have lived week to day.
land yet we must soon be going"
said Stuart. consulting his watch.
''Five o'clock. Only one hour more.
and then we shall have to take the
train.''
He lay resting his head on his hand,
and looking into her face with love.
light in his eye.
Millicent pulled out her handker-
CHIEF, scattering a faint, subtle odor
around her. A tiny scrap of news
paper fluttered out of her pocket and
settled under his eye. She was look
ing out into the distance, and did not
notice. He read:
PERSONALITIES me at half mast eipht ~
CLOCK, at corner OF - aud - Streets
wednesday evening. INK.
Ho did not pretend to notice it when
she turned to make some remark and
it caught her eye. She reached out the
hand on which her engagement ring
sparkled, picked it up and placed it in
her porte-monnie without comment.
Stuart pretending not to notice the &C.
ton particularly. glanced at her face
and thought he saw slight flush upon
her cheek, scarcely defined embar.
rassment of manner.
Stuart Lindley's principal weakness
was Jealousy. lie had fallen in love
with girl who was not likely to keep
it dormant. She had the name, though
without reason, of being a most outra-
geous fiirt before the engagement. He
Knew OF 1t. but trnsted that all such
tr1hlng was becoming merged in her
love for his superior self. With the
absurd unreasonableness that jealousy
beg ts in the Muscular mind, he did
not stop to view the matter fairly,
jumped at the conclusion that she was
planning to meet some one secretly
ana that this was an appointment with
her that she had cut from the paper.
Instead OF speaking at once, he con-
cluded to wait and watch, the most
foolish thing he could do under the
circumstances.
The six clock train deposited them
in the city twenty minutes past six.
and Stuart, after accompanying Milli-
cent to her boarding house, went to
his room with the little matter on his
mind. Wednesday evening, this was
Tuesday. Tomorrow night he would
watch and see. .Can it be possible
That she would do anything Of q doubt.
full nature = he thought. sit seems
scarcely possible in one so ladylike and
high bred.' Then he reflected that he
did not know her antecedents. He
had only met her In the CITY as a
stranger, and becoming interested in
her at once, he now began to love her.
At half-past eight, he mused: "I'll
just step round to that corner about
that time and see what is going on
He accordingly did so, and in short
time q lady about the form and height
OF Millicent. closely yelled. came along.
and fingered as though expecting some
one. Stuart's heart beat faster: He
see her. But peculiar scarf which
Millicent wore around her neck caught
his eye. He had never seen one like it.
1t verified his suspicious. He glanced
again over the figure. It was robed in
black, which Millicent nearly always
wore. He could have sworc it was her.
While almost beside himself with
jealous doubts, q tall well.dressed man
with q quantity of jewelry glittering
In the gaslight joined her, and they
walked away together in. IN opposite
direction from Stuart 3 point of Obser.
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