Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1880-10-06


day, when q couple Of months, had
gone by and she had heard no more ol
pearls and satins and bridemaids from
Felicia, do let me run down to Mar
tinvale, IL only to stay over q train
II Ia very important"
"A matter Of llfe and death, ! sup
poseT
1T concerns the happiness oftwo
people
Cant you tell ne about ~
Yes, Twill, and then you will surely
10. mo go, When ! wasat Martiuva'e
| 10 the summer | met Cola certain
gentleman. lilo was very kind lie
carried The life, line out to q distressed
crew when We were all At the beach
together. aud no left a little foolish,
hasty note tor me, In case he never
returned by some mistake the note
was brought to me, though he did re-
turiL II was q hasty little affair, you
know, written, no doubt, under strong
excitement, when he had misund ~
stood his own feelings, ! suppose ! Tor
/ have never seen him since, and the
note Is in my Golden Treasure,
which ] left behind me, and my friend
Felicia Martin may find It, and 1t
would break her heart, for she is
going to marry Colonel Audenreids,
Oh | did not mean to tell his name |;
but you will forget IL dear Mrs. Davis
and let me 20 at tncc !
4 am not likely to forget it, 'child,'
laughed Mrs. Davis 1t was my own
name before | married. Col Auden.
reid Is sort OF cousin Of mine. 1t
is a pretty story. Yes, you shall 60
So tho note would break Felicia's
heart would it, II must have been
very tender
But you see there must have been
some mistake about it,
well, there are as good fish in the
sea rs ever yet were caught child.
Go and look after Felicia's happiness,
if you will And for the first time
Mrs. Davis kissed Stella's white
ohoeL. Va" might have been nv
COUSIN yvu huv".' "h.."r'":"'a.
But Stella never reached Martini
vale. Stepping INTO the station, she
ran against Colonel Audenreid step
ping out, with her Golden Treasury,
in his hand. They looked at each
other for breathing space.
4 was going to you,' said the colon
el.
sWhere is Felicia demanded Stella.
AT homeland happy stlll.--
Where were you going?
TO Martinvale, for my Golden
Treasury
4 have made the journey unneces.
sary. Let re cali carriage and
take you home. have a great deal
to confess.
III happened oddly enough he ex'
planned later, when he had gwen Or
ders to be driven in the opposite dI-
rection from home. had lett the
note to be given you in case l never
returned. Atterward, when l asked
Jim to surrender it, he confessed that
he couldn't lay hands upon it; must
have lost it through hole in the
pocket of his pea jacket. That was
Of no consequence if he had dropped
t on the beach, the tide had hidden
it. Returning alive, l preparedto
do my counting by word of mouth. l
did not know you had left Mr.. Mar
tins. When J. was able to walk l
wenl here to fined you, 1t was dusk aa
approached through the garden.
was dreaming on the plaz-
n. 1t is Stella thought Inside
the house Mrs. Martin was speaking
to Felicia. heard her say distinctly,
Shall you 60 to town Tomorrow
Felicia!, and Felicia reply, it the
weather allows; I did not know
that there was an Aunt Felicia with
the same trick OF voice. Of course.
if Felicia was indoors with her Moth
er, it waa Stella star gizing on the
piazza, and perhaps thinking Of me
Would ever things be more IN my
favor? I drew near: some tender
word, some hasty avowal escaped me
she was in my arms, when voice
from the window dispelIed my dream.
Felicia, child it said, you will take
cold incoming out there so late.' DO
you know, Stella, at that instant wos
almost sorry the sea had not finished
me the night of the wreck. Stupid
of me, wasn't its But alrs well that
onds well had no thought of re-