The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1879-07-10

The whole OF this part OF my life
is so dreamy that IL is all like some
golden vision. But I was at her
chair, I know, and that glorious
evening / was content TO watch the
soft, dreamy face beside me, as she
sat there with her hands folded in
her lap, Watching the sunset.
At last we rose aud walked togeth-
er through the wood, to stop at last
beneath an oversbadowiug tree, and
here 10 low, broken words I told her
I loved her, aud in her sweet girlish
simplicity she laid her hands upon
my shoulders, looked up in my face,
and promised to be my little wife.
went home that night riding in
a wonderful triumphal chariot instead
of a gig, aud, TO my great surprise,
on reaching the house there was
Fred Clarinet.
Back alroadyr l stammered.
Already Why the months up,
he said, laughing. "You must have
had good sport with your fishing,
Master Max
It came upon me like thunder,
this return, and / lay that night a.
wake-bsppy, but miserable, for this
meant the end of my visit, and what
was to come in the future I l had
not thought OF that.
put it of for the time, aud having
obtained willing permission from
Garnet, I went his rounds the next
morning, aud, of course, found my
way to the farm,
fancy tho servant looked at me
in rather a peculiar, constrained way
as she said that her master had gone
to the olf-hand farm,
"And Miss Kato T. | said.
"She's down in the wood, sir, said
the girl.
1 waited to hear no moro, but ran
along the garden, leaped the gate,
and crossing two fields, went through
the Wilderness, aud over tho stile in-
to tho wood.
My darling J. l kept repeating,
rs hurried on, expecting to meet
her at every turn, and then stopp>
cd short with n horrible pang seem
ing to catch my heart. l was dizzy,
faiut, raging with anger, aud mad in
turn but that all passed of to loave
II bitter, crushing seuse of misery rs
| hell on by young sapling, and
pcered at the scene before me.
There stood with her back to me,
Kate. false, false Kate--with the
arm of II tall, hanlsomo, military
looking man encircuing her waist,
her head resting on his shoulder /;
and, even as gnzol, he bent his
head down and sle raisel her arms,
her face, her lips to meet his kisses,
as he folded her tightly to his
breast.
saw no moro, but stole blindly
away, went 30 the stable, saddlcd
aud bridled the horse in dreamy
fashion, mounted and rod back to
Burnley, threw the bride to the
man, walked straight to the station
without seoing Fred Garnet, anl
went of to London.
Six months glided by, and then |
was once more called upon to take
charge OF the practice OF II friend in
tho suburbs.
: 1t was one dark night in the win
ter that was just going to bed, half
wishing that | hada call-for 1 knew
that should only lio and toss about
sleepless, and was too good d,c-
tor to try my own drugs--when tho
surgery bell rang sharply, aud sum-
mons that wished for came.
1t was a policeman with hand
some cab, aud his oilskins shone wet
and vividly in the red light OF the
lamp over tho door.
"Axiden case, SIR he said, "Dr.
Barker iu the next streets got in
and sir, and he wants help.
learned from him that a gentle.
man had been knocked down by the
very same cab we were in, and tram-
pied upon by the horses before the
wheel went over aud broke his leg.
We were there in q few minutes,
and was shown into the back par
lor OF comfortably furnished house,
where the srfferer had been laid up
on q mattress.
A brief conversation with my col
league ensued, and ho told me what
he feared aud how he was situated,
another important call demanded his
presence. The result was thai l a.
greed that we would examine tho pa
tient, and then would stay till Dr..
Barker's return.
A faint groan from the mattress
saluted us as we turned to our pa
tieut, aud as held the lamp over
his face, and the light fell upon the
fair hair and long dropping mus
tache, l nearly droped ID,
"Nemesis |" | thought. Mine en-
emy delivered into my hand. kate's q
lover lying bruised aud b. bn--
crushed like reed at my fesu Aud
now need not to kill him to be re-
venged for all his cruelty to me, but
stand by supine, and he would die.
For a few brief moments told me
that possessed greater knowledge
than my colleague, aud that il | with
held mine. nothing which DR.. Bar
ker could do would save tho flame
evon now trembling in the socket o.
lifes lamp-