The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1878-08-01

NlDu- evening. ana having Deeu -eItA-
rated from Alice during the six weeks
which hst elapsed since her mar
risge, We had, OF course, many things
n tais over. So, though the morn
ing vs. wearing away, We sEII sat
there, Mr.. Granger considerably
leaving Us TO ourselves while he read
his paper by the window. bad for
gotten bis presence, til sudden eZ-
clsmation from him drew my stten-
ton to his part OF the room.
I had come TO Alice's from grand
msmma's, where had been making
= visit, and hsd brought with me
among my luggage the portfolios OF
sketches and drawings which she had
left behind lsst year. They were Iy-
ing on the table, and Edward, having
finished his paper, and getting no at
tention from US, amused himself by
examining them. When We turned
round, he WAS holding in his hand,
the spirited sketch of his own fea-
lures, which / 80 well remembered.
"Why, Alice" he said, "where did
you get this ?'
81 made il, OF course"
"But never sat to you"
mo; ] drew il from memory"
"How came 1t among these things
that Charlotte brought from yoar
grandmother ?''
"I left il there last summer"
"What little story-teller. At that
time you had never seen me-"
"NO, nor any picture Of you yet ]
had drawn you, as you see."
"What does she mean, Lottie ,"
said Edward. "The original OF this
must have been myself or my dOub-
le."
Precisely. It was your double.
Alice knows that as well as do"
"WIE you ladies please explain ?"
said my brOther-in-lsw, throwing
himself back in whimsical perplexity.
Alice laughed. "You will not be-
lieve me IL tell you," she said seat
Ing herself upon his knee.
"Well, love, tell me for sIl that"
Alice began the story gsyly, but, as
Il proceeded her sportIve tone became
serious, and her large violet eyes deep
ened with an expression OF earnest
ness and wonder. When she ceased,
il was with cheek somewhat flushed,
and q sensitive quiver OF the lips
which she could not quite control.
Her husband had listened at first with
smiling interest but this soon gave
way TO an ominous look OF exaggerat-
ed gravity and when the story was
finished, he burst into loud peal of
uncomfortable laughter. He laughed
till the tears came into his eyes and
when we thought he had done, he
suddenly started of again, and laugh
ed till lie was tired. Alice and / Join
ed in the mlrth, but my sister not
very heartily.
"My dear little GIRL" cried Edward,
as soon as he could speak, "dO you
hope to persuade me that you dream
ed all that about the green lady >"
"But it Is true, Edward"
Edward went of again.
"And you dare aver that you we eTe
asleep, l am confident you peeped."
"YOu impertinent boy Small ad-
vantage In peeplng, when you were
not there"
"Do you presume to say you did
not know / EUds there ,"
"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
we're on the Atlantic, q 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"
"My dear child, who told you that
L had just arrived from India ?"
mo one, perhaps but we supposed
so, OF course"
Nevertheless, on that night Of the
23d of June L was near enough to get
my first kiss from your lips. L had
just time to gain the shelter OF the
thorn-trees before she came round the
point"
'tNow, Edward" cried I, In amaze
ment, "explain your part in this mys-
terry"
fThere is little mystery about my
part. It Is true that when Frank
Baldwin left Calcutta 1 was intend
ing to come home in the sailing Ves-
sci MogUL, which belonged to our
firm. But as found it would be nec-
esssry for me to 60 to France any
Yav- took the steamer route by the
Isthmus OF SueZ, ana was IN mHT-
seilIes before the M0g,A had passed
the Cape Of Good Hope. 1 stsid in
France several weeks, crossed over to
England, and took the steamer from
Liverpool to Quebec, arriving on the
30th of June. 1t happens that one of
our clerks IN Calcutta, faithful, ex-
ceIlsnt fellow, has a mother and sis
ters living on farm not far from s.,
and I was the bearer OF letters and
gifts from him to them. 1 might
have sent the things by express, OF
course, but / thought the women
might like to see and talk with some
one who had come from Fred; so, hav-
ing plenty Of time at my disposal, l
concluded to visit them myself. You
see, no one in New York knew of my
arrival, or expected me for fortnight.
1 made q detour, and reached s.
on the afternoon Of the 2Sd. l spent
several hours with Fred.'s family, tell
ing them everything / could think
about him, and praising him to their
hearts content-the good fellow de-
serves It all. 1t wss quite late when
/ started to walk back to the town.
The evening was so fine that felt In
no hurry to reach my hotel, and
strollIng along quite regardless of the
way. PerceiviDg q fOOtpath which
seemed to lead through some pleasant
fields to brook, / left the main road
to explore it. Where 1 went am
sure cannot tell perhaps you, who
know the localities, can form a guess.
L know that I passed through deep,
lonely glen, from which the brook is
sued, and, following the wildings OF
the stream, had just succeeded In
making my way through a dense
thicKet Of old thorn trees, when was
startled by the sight OF female figure
lying on the grass. drew near and
found q young girl not dead, bat Sleep
ing sweetly. What brought her there
at such time was q mystery. The
delicate texture Of her round arms
showed that she was not probably un- |
der the necessity of choosing such q |
bed-chamber. III had remembered |
what night of the year It Was-the |
chosen hour OF the people in green
1 should probably not have attributed !
to her q mortal character at all, but |
should have supposed that she had |
merely arrived too soon st the rem |
devious, and was waiting for her sis |
ters to begin the greenwood revel.
Whether under such q suppOsition
should have ventured to take the lib
erty did dare not say but as 1t
WaSB Lnlnk my BuiiL nau 6oHAo CA
tenuating circumstances. The deWy
red lips through which the sweet
breath came so softly why, 1t was
not in human nature to resist the
temptation Blushing to the soul for
the jeprayity of my race, admit my
crime"
"YOur contritlon is somewhat tar
dy, sir" replied the blushing Alice,
trying hard to frOwn. "Pray, how
long were you there ?''
"IL could not have been more than
five minutes at the most, was re-
yoIving the chances Of getting an
other kiss without waking ysu, when
1 heard footsteps, and just had time
to gain the cover OF the trees before
Charlotte appeared. l hurried away
across the fields, and reached my
hotel about midnight. Next day i
started for st. Louis, whence l had
Just returned when / reached your
house."
"Aud did you then recognize
Alice ?"
TNo, I remember that at first sight