Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-09-29

loo,r; s.V eAiei g WI. ranger CONSIDERABLY
leaving us to ourselves while he read his pa
per oy the window. had forgotten his pres
ence, till sudden exclamation from him
drew my attention to his part of the room
! mad come to Alice's from grandmama's.
wnere | had been making a visit, and had
folios OF sketches and drawings which she had
leis behind last year. They were lying on the
table, and Edward, having finished his paper.
ana gettng no attention from us, amused him
sen 6y examining them. When we turned
round, ne was holding in his hand the spirited
membered. ~ ~
this ?" 'ou se'
II made it. of course''
but never sat to you.''
NO; drew from memory
how came It among these things that
Chariot brought from your grandmother,ss ,s
II left it there last summer"
What little story.teller! At that time
you had never seen me.
NO, nor any picture of you; vet had
Drawn you, as you see."
What does she m IAN, Lettie 90 said Edward.
me Original OF this must have been myself
Precisely. It was your double. Alice
KNOWS that as we'll as do.n
WM you ladies please explain" said nv
brother orc law, throwing himself back in
pcTpleXlCy.
Alice laughed you will not believe me il
! knee. 'poh MS
well, love, tell me for all that"
Ailce began the story gayly, but, as it pro-
ceeded, her sportive tone became serious, and
ner large violet eyes deepened with an ex-
she ceased, it was with cheek somewhat
hushed, and sensitive CULVER of the lips
| which she could not quite control. Her
husband had listened at first with smiling in
teresI; but this soon gave way to an ominous
LOOK OF exaggerated gravity: and when the
story was finished, he burst into peal of I'M
comfortable laughter. He laughed till the
he had done, he suddenly started off again,
and laughed till he was tired. Alice and T
loIned IN the mirth, but my sister not very
.,My dear little girl" cried Edward, as soon
as ne could speak, do YOU hope to persuade
me that you really dreamed all that about the
green LADY," 'iio
But it is true, Edwardn
ana you dare aver that you were asleep.
You impairment boy! Small advantage in
peeplngg wi en- You were not there.n
I aoas there?' NV"
What do you mean, Edward?n
II 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 Atlantic, weeks sail and more from
home. 1t was ten days after the eve of st.
John that you reached our house. and Won had
only arrived the day BEFORE"
My dear child who told you that had lust
arrived from India?'
mo, one, perhaps; but we supposed SO, of
course" -
NEVERTHELESS, on that night of the Esd of
June was near enough to get nv first kiss
RON IRON your lips. 1t was mercy Lottie did no
| catch me- though I had just time to gain
shelter OF the thorn trees before she came
round the pointn
Now, Edward,n cried I, in amazement.
explain your part in this mystery"
mere is little mystery about my part.
Gtls true that when Frank Baldwin left Cal
lItta was aasai Intending to come home the
firm. But as / found it would be necessary
Tor me to go 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 / stayed in
France several weeks, crossed over to En-
gla AM, and took the steamer from Liverpool
happened that one of our clerks in Calcutta.
faithful, excellent fellow, has mother and
sisters hVlng on farm not far from S,
and was the bearer of letters and gifts from
him to them. might have sent the things
ny i@5t Of course 1 but thought the wo
one who had come from Fred; SO, having
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
a fortnight. | made detour, and cached
81 on the afternoon of the 23d. I spent
several hours with Fred's family, telling them
praising him to their hearts content-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
felt IN no hurry to reach my hotel, and |
stroled along quite regardless of the way.
Perceiving foot path which seemed to lead
through some pleasant fields to brook, / left
am sure l 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 dense thicket
OF old thorn treos, when I was startled by the
slght OF female figure lying on the grass. !
but sleeping sWeetly. What brought her
there at such time was mystery. The
delicate texture of her dress and the CLEAN OF
a heavy gold bracelet on one of her round
arms showed tnat she was not probably under
the necessity Of choosing such bed chamber
Ii had remembered what night of he year
itwas-the chosen hour of the people in green
i should probably not haye attributed to her
a mortal character at all, but should have SUP.
posed that she had merely arrived too soon
at the rendezvous, and was waiting for her
sisters to begin the greenwood revel Whether
under such supposition l could have
yentured to take the liberty d 4 dare not
say, but, as it was think my guilt had some
exteDuating circumstances. The dewy red
lips through which the sweet breath came so
softiy!-why it was not in human nature to
resist the temptation Blushng to the soul
for the depravity of my race, I admit my
crime"
"Your contrtion is somewhat tardy, sir,'
replied the blushing Alice, trying hard to
frown. aPray, how long were you there?"
'It could not have been more than five
minutes at most. | was revolving the chanc-
es of getting another kiss without waking
you when I heard footsteps, and had just
time to gain the cover of the trees before
Charlotte appeared. I hurried away across
the fields, and reached my hotel about mid
night. Next day | started for St. Louis
whence had just returned when reached
, your house"
''And did you then recognize Alice?"
| NO remember that at first sight hel
face seemed slightly familiar, but the i'm
preston passed faway. Until to-day
never for an instant associated her with the
heroine of nv almost FORGOTTEN adventure