Connecticut western news., 1878-08-15
and Edward, having finished his paper,

and Edward, having finished his paper, and getting no attention 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 1 so we'll remembered.
 "Why, Alice," he said, "where did you get this ?"
 "I-made it, of course. -.
 But never sat to you."
 "No drew it from memory
 'sHow came it among these things that Charlotte brought from your grand mothers ?'' sa-
 "I left it there last summer.
 "What little story-teller At that time you had never seen me.
 No, nor any picture of you; yet I had drawn you, as you see."
 What does she mean, Lottie p said Edward. The original of this must have been myself or my douhle.' Precisely. It was your double. Alice knows it as well as do."
 "Will you ladies please explain, " said my brother-in-law, throwing himself back in whimsical perplexity.
 Alice laughed. You will not believe me if tell you," she said. seating her. self upon his knee. =
 We'll, love, tell me for all that"
 Alice began the story gayly, but, as it proceeded, her sportive tone became serious, and her large violet eyes deep ened with an expression of earnestness and wonder. When she ceased, it was with cheek somewhat flushed, and a sensitive quiver of the lips which she could not quite control. Her husband had listened at first with smiling inter est but this soon gave way to an omin- ous look of exaggerated gravity; and when the story was finished, he burst into peal of uncomfortable laughter. He laughed till the tears came into his eyes and when we thought he had done, he suddenly started off again, and laughed till he was tired. Alice and I joined in the mirth, but my sister not very u0dTblly.
 My dear little girl" cried Edward, as soon as he could speak, edo you hope to persuade me that you really dreamed all that about the green lady ?"
 C But it is true, Edward
 Edward went off again.
 'sAnd you dare aver that you were asleep. l am confident you peeped. {"
 'sYou impertinent boy 1! Small ad- vantage in peeping, when you were not there."
 Do you presume to say you did not know was there ?"
 !" What do you mean, Edward ?''
 s' mean that my recollection of that kiss is as vivid as your own, only I do not pretend to have been asleep"
 My dear Edward, at that time you were on the Atlantic, 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."
 q My dear child, who told you that I had just arrived from India?'
 "No one, perhaps but we supposed so, of course.
 Nevertheless, on that night of the 23d of June was near enough to get my first kiss from your lips. It was mer- cy Lottie did not catch me, though. I had just tune to gain the shelter of the thorn-trees before she came round the point" .s.....-
 'Now, Edward" cried I, in amaze ment, "explain your part in this mys- tery."
 There is little mystery about my part. It is true that when Frank Bald win left Calcutta I was intending to come home in the sailing vessel Moqul, which belongs to our firm. But as I found it would be necessary for me to go to France any way, I took the steamer route by the lsthmus of .Suez, and was in Marseilles before the Mogul had passed the Cape of Good Hope. I staid in France several weeks, crossed over to England, and took the steamer from Liverpool to Quebec, arriving on the 20th of June. It happens that one of our clerks in Calcutta, faithful, excel lent fellow, has mother and sisters hv- ing on farm not far from S., and I was the bearer of letters and gifts from him to them. I 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, having plenty of tune at my disposal, I concluded to visit them my self. You see, no one in New York knew of my arrival, or expected me for g fortnight. I made a detour, and reached S. on the afternoon of the 23d. Ispent several hours with Fred's family, telling them everything I could think of about him, and praising him to their hearts content-the good fellow deserves it all. It was quite late when started to walk back to the town. The evening was so fine that I felt in nc hurry to reach my hotel, and strolled along quite regardless of the way. Per. ceiving foot-path which seemed to lead through some pleasant fields to a brook, I left the main road to explore it. Where I went I am sure I can not tell perhaps you, who know the localities, can form $ guess. know that passed through deep, lonely glen from which the brool issued, and, following the windings o the stream, had just succeeded in mak ing my way through a dense thicket O old thorn trees, when was startled by the sight of female figure lying on tn, ] grass, I drew near and found a vount