Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-03-13

feeling tnan / had ever given him credit for.
90 OF course, of course, old man." he said, 81
taken by surprise, as well might be, for was
tremendously fond OF Rose Naughton once-am
SO still, for the matter Of that-and the sight of
engaged once only her old mother broke it of;
and lwas angry and hasty, and-and dropped
them, and have been sorry ever since; and then
l was 700 proud, and. in short, have made an
ass or myself. Do you know where she Is now?
DO you know where she is gomez"
mo; but can find out" Z" 1 wish you would;
Ior after all you tell me- 1 have strong inclina-
tion 10 follow her, and try my luck again1try
II fortune will turn her wheel for my benefit. "
most certainly do so you would be flying in
her face II you did not; for really this is the
happened TO fellow. There must have been
some mysterious agency at work when you
were thrown so close together that night with
out either Of you knowing 1t. Say that the ap-
pearance was but vapor OF the brain, partly
due to i'll health and uneasy sleep, still its aspect
and nature are clearly traceable to Miss Naugh-
IONS presence hard by; and mere coincidence Is
not sufficient to account for all that happened. ~
very marvellous, truly" said he; land we
can only call it. as the guard did, the ghost of
chance Still, whatever 1t was, it hardly ac-
counts for the earring being in my compart-
ment; that, as originally wrote, was not the
ghost of an earring; how do we get over that?"
An" answered, I'VE are as far of In the SOLD
ton OF that as eN er. Never mind; be thankful
that things are as they are. l will ascertain
from my wife Miss Naughton'S present address,
and do you go and see II she can explain the
mystery
He followed my advice, and he finally mar
r1ed Rose NaughtOn, OF course; but still 1t was
long time before any light was thrown on the
earring side of the mystery, This eventually
came, however, thus wise: In the course of the
Whirl1g1g of society in which my friend and his
wife move, there has turned up a young man.
VINO was one of the ball party on that fatal
night and he thus explains the enigma: He
says he was late, and was hurrying along the
platform at Peterborough when Miss Naughton
and her friends were trying to find seats. They
were little ahead Of him, and in the confusion
she must have dropped one Of her earrings for
ne picked 1t up, and fearing to be left behind
for the whistle was sounding-he made a dash
at the nearest carriage.
The window was open, but the door was
locked; and on precipitately thrusting In his
mead TO see II there was room, his elbow struck
against the edge of the door, and the blow
jerked the trinket out of his hand to the fur
ther side OF the carriage, and across the legs OF
recumbent passenger half asleep. There was
no time to arouse the passenger or call the
guard, the train being actually In motion; and
IL was only by jumping into the next compart-
ment that he managed TO save himself from
Deing left behind. OF course he concluded that
ne should recover the earring when they
stopped at Grantham; but then came the acct
dent ana the loss OF the earring was held of
little account-albeit, it was a potent factor in
saving my friends life.-TTnle.