The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1878-10-02
s / made 1t, Of course Z
s But 4 never sat to you.

58#Sss T. drew from mem CRY y ii fass
How came IT among these things that
Chariot brought from your gran dmother' s ~
u left IL there last stmmer.
What little story teller sAt that time
you had never seen me-. s.. Z. & s sss$ III.
No, nor any picture Of yon, yet T had
drawn You, as you see n s53s
. W hut does ,she M AN Isttie said Edward.
aIhe original OF this must have been myaelf
or my double = Az 55 s55 .5
knows that rs we'll as lido q ISL
JVsll you ladies pldasa explain said my
brother-in-laW, throwing himself back In
Alice laughed. you VIII not believe me il
tell YOU she said seating herseA upon pom his "
D .'Well love, tell me for all that.
Alice began the story gaylY, but, las IT pro-
ceedea her sportiye tone became serious, and
her large violet eyes deepened with an OK
preston Of earnestness and wonder. When
she ceased, it was with q check somewhat
flushed, and a sensitive culver OF the lips
husband had listened al aarst with smiling H.
terest; but this soon gave way to an ominous
look OF exaggerated gravity: and when the
story.was. finished, he burst into peal Of UNI
comfortable laughter. He laughed till the
tears came into his eyes; and when We thought
he had done, he suddenly started off again,
itllu uC WIS blICu- #fAllCC stilA !
Joined in the mirth, but my sister not very
heartily 4. 5. si5s58 II 5E
: ''My dear little girl'' cried Edward, as soon
as he could speak, "do YOU hope to persuade
me that you, really dreamed al that about the
green lady:'
"But it is true, Edward.''
"And you dare aver that you were as leep.
am cortdent you peeped.
you lmpertinent boy! Small advantage in
peeplng, wien you were not there"
"Do you presume to say you did not know
l quas there? s5s.
What do you mean, Edward ~
81 mean that my recollection Of that kiss
IS as vivid as your own, only ! do not pretend
to have been asleep"
"My dear Edward, at that time you were on
the Allan tic, weeks sail and more from
home. It was ten days after the eve of st..
John that you reached our house, and you had
only arrived the day before."A
MY dear child who told you that had just
arrived from India?'' I'll # 81 .si
"No, one, perhaps; but we supposed 50, OF
course"
NEVERTHELESS, on that night Of the 23d Of
June was near enough to get my first kiss
from your'lips. Itwas a mercy Lottie did no
catch me, though. had just time to gain
shelter Of the thorn-trees before She came
| round the point" @
"Now, Edward cried /, in amazement
| ''explain your part in this mystery
"There is alttle mystery about my part.
| Ct is true that when Frank Baldwin left Cal
! lutta was intending to come home IN the
sailing vessel Mogul, which belongs to our
| firm. But as found it would be necessary
for me to 60 to France, anyway, took the
steamer route by the Isthmus OF Suez, and
was in Marseilles before the Mogul had pass
ed the Cape Of Good Hope. I stayed in
| France several weeks, crossed over to En-
gland, and took the steamer from LIVERPOOL
to Quebec, arriving on the Goth Of June. It
| happened that one of our clerks in Calcutta,
faithful, excellent fellow, has a mother ana l
| sisters living on farm not far from S.,
and was the bearer Of letters and gifts from
! him to them. i might have sent the things
! by express, of course, but thought the wo-
| men might like to see and talk with some
one who had come from Fred; so, having
plenty Of time at my disposal / concluded to
visit them myself. You see, no one in New
| York knew Of my arrival, or expected me for
| a fortnight. / made a detour, and re ached
| S. on the afternoon Of the 23d I spent
several hours with Fred's family, telling them
everything could think of about HIM, and
praising him to their hearts, conLent--the
| good fellow deserves it all.
1t was quite late when I started to walk
back to the town. The evening was so fine that
l felt in nohurry to reach my hotel, and ]
strolled along quite regardless of the way
| Perceiving a foot-p path which seemed to lead
through some pleasant fields to a brook ] left
the main road to explore it. Where went /
am sure I;cannot tell; perhaps you, who
know the localities, can form guess. know
that / passed through deep, lonely glen
| from which the brook issued, and, following
| the windings OF the stream, had just succeeded
in making my way through a dense thicke1
OF old thorn trees, when I was startled by the
sight OF q female figure lying on the grass.
drew near and found a young girl not dead
but sleeping sWeetly. What brought hel
| there at such time was a mystery NJ The
delicate texture Of her dress and the CLEAN O
a heavy gold bracelet on one of her round
arms showed that she was not probably under
! If had remembered what night of The yea
| itWas--the chosen hour of the people in greer
Il should probably not have attributed to he
! mortal character at all, but should have sup
posed that she had merely arrived too sool
at the rendezvous, and was waiting for he
sisters to begin the greenwood reyel. Whethe
under such a supposition 4 could hav'
I yentured to take the liberty I dit / dare no
say, but, as it was, think my guilt had som
extenuating circumstances. The dewy REL
lips through which the sweet breath came S.
oftiy!-why it was not in human nature t,
resist the temptation! Blushing to the sou
for the depravity Of my race, admit m
crime.'
Your contrition is somewhat tardy, sir,
replied the blushing Alice, trying hard t,
frown. "Pray, how long were you thereW
"lt could not have been more than fly
minutes at most / was revolving the chanc
es OF getting another kiss without watkins
you when | heard footsteps, and had JUS
time to gain the cover of the trees befor
Charlotte appeared. I hurried away acros
, the fields, and reached my hotel about mid
; night Next day I started for St. Louis
! whence had just returned when / reache
) your house" Eli B
"And did you henrecognize Ahce?"
mo. | remember that at first sight he
face seemed slightly familiar, but the i'm
; preston passed away. Until to-day
. never for an instant associated her with til
, heroine Of my almost forgotten adventure
In that uncertain mingling of twilight an
starlight, features were not, accurately distiI
guishable. The only wonder is how she mar
,, aged, undetected, to get 50 good view q
mine.o 81 &ef zls>'E $.6 St
Now, Edward cried Alice, in a tone Z
, real distress, you surely do not believe"
He stopped the reproach with a kiss. II IN
, darling; OF course I do not believe anythin
{ OF the kind. But, Charotte,' he added, 'wh,
q strange thing it is, this blending &.
the events actually passing around us wit
: the fantastic images of our dreams! VIII.
, faculty Of the mind is it viii, h remains awak
TO take cognizance Of things outside the close
|, eyelids?"
THE prophetic faculty., it would seem in tn
Instance answered, with as much gravit
: as could assume. tsBut perhaps that ia o.
Ecllliar fn ,f Mias,, -,