Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-06-30
engulfed, as further lenthening out Of


impressed.
Gail this happened where we now
are?'
yes, the Cocassett House now stands
on the spot where the dire prophecy was
uttered, and we now wait anxi0usly for
the final consummation.'
"Have they made allowances in their
reckoning for leap year," hippantly in
quired youth who sat opposite the seri- |
Gus gentleman.
6 you should not Jest under the shadow
of a great calamity, said the first I'M
pressively, regarding the youthful unbe-
lever severely through his glasses; then.
to the lady-'s the traveller was observed
to have Jet black hair the night before,
in the morning it was snowy white.'''
Part of the people at the table looked
serious; part were amused. Among the
with suppressed amusement, but he con-
cealcd it. Blanche and Louisa had been
interested listeners to the narrative,
growing somewhat dignifed by the dis
cussion at the dinner table. 3a
You see how much, foundation lies
beneath this apparently idle gossip. /
believe discretion is the better part Of
valor on our part" ajal .s#
Louise, from under her long lashes,
shot whitening glance at the man who
loved hor, but she did not deign an an
swer. She could not make out this man.
| She believed that sometimes she half des-
pissed him.
| II believe ! shall take the stage 70
Ashdale,''' announced Redmond the mex
afternoon, looking at his watch. ~ have
a little business there to which I wish to
attend" ,5'is""t N r@ttf@s sss s@~&
Louise flashed quick glance from her
large dark ewes.
"What! going to leave US to take care
of ourselves?" said Blanche. "We want
)you to help buoy us up when the water
rises" os ar ~
20! I shall return tonight. I have
no idea of being absent from such an in
teresting adventure" he replied. ''That
$, if I can positively see the gentleman I
am seeking just FIVE m .nutes. Good af-
ternoon, LADIES' and he bowed himself
out of the room gracefully.
"Tnere I am not surprised at this &C
tion on the part of Redmond Clarke, y
said Louise. "He will not come back
here tonight. l say, as I have said be-
fore, he is coward"
''Why, Louise, this move of his has
nothing to do will, the supe1stitious tale
we have just heard"
81 believe it has" The secret desire
to think and believe high and lofty things
of his name, drove her to sudden anger at
any suspicion Of the opposite. "Whoever
knew one of those blue-eyed, blonde
mustached men who had spark of true
courage and she looked anything but a
feeble character herself as SIC paced the
floor rapidly, her eyes tlashining dignant-
ly with the intensity Of passion 10 which
shehad wrought herself.
"Take care" said Blanche warningly,
| in low voice. "You remember Hamil-
ton Belmont saved my life at the risk of
his own. He was none Of your heroic
looking men,
"You will find that Redmond Clarke
is not a second Hamilton Belmont. If
could know for certainty that he ran
away from any danger, threatened or real,
I should never again allow him to touch
even my finger tips. should feel SO
Inundated that such a man had ever
dared to ask for my love-"
Don't judge too harshly-too hastily
said Der friend, gently. You knew that
Redmond Clarke and Louise Rand were
fitted to make each other happy could the
latter have the mists of doubt cleared
from her wilfnl eyes.
Clarke had really intended to return to
the Cocassett house as he promised, but
the gentleman whom he sought was alb
sent, and the last stage left before his re-
turn. es II 81 H.
Ashdale was primitive, unambitious
town. It's only connection with the great
world was the regular stage. It's hills
and valleys had never yet echoed with the
shrill whistle of the locomotive
He paced backward and forward on
the piazza of the quiet little hotel where
skies Of a fine evening, thinking Of Louise
Rand. Her naughty imperiousness had
charm for him. He smiled to himself
as he thought, ''she will thoroughly be-
lieve now what she suspected when I left
Ter, that should not return tonight"
He was prouder than she. There was
! depth beneath that indolent exterior she
had not sounded and because she had
doubted him-she whom he loved-he
would not deign to inconvenience him.
self to gain her approval. A man with
less inherent haughtiness would have act
ed differently.
He retired early and was soon in u
deep slumber. It did not prove refresh
ing. A feverish, restless dream wreath
ed In and out of his brain. He saw
Louise suspended over a waste of waters
clinging to something that threatened
every moment to snap with her weight,
and she be engulfea forever. Then the
scene shifted, and he saw as plainly as
if it were reality the building where he
had left her enveloped in flame, and
amid the cries Of frantic men and wome-
Louise in her white night robe at win
dow where the flames were rapidly clos
ing round her, reaching out to him with
wild shrieks for help. He woke with
the agony of the scene. Perspiration was
starting from every pore. He sprang out
of the bed and threw up a window The
night was sweet ard fair as when he re-
tired, with the added glory of the fnll
moon, in the fuller light of which the