Daily Republican., 1881-10-21

many hours must necessarily elapse b.
fore she Ii sitting once more In her luz
+ urious boudoir ut home, recounting
> her sympathising parent the horror
IRON which she had escaped.
But when school Was dismissed an
Adele prepared to return to her nov
quarters escorted by two or three OF th
little Johusons a. pilots, the rattle Q
wheels greeted her ears, and Mr.. Har
ney appeared, driving rapidly towarc
, the school house. Only q farm wagol
but the sight was y welc0m, one. H
drew up before the door.
"Come, Miss Soyners, he cried pleas
aDtly, "let me nave the Pleasure o
: driving you back to your palatisl board
ing house"
She then saw the fun twinkling in
his merry eyes, and felt intuitively tia
he understood the situation.
| Seated beside him, as they drove
along, she forgot all about the intended
resignation, and before she was scarce
ly aware OF 1t, she had told him he
whole story.
What u hearty laugh they enjoyed
and the ice thus broken, they were as
firm friends az though they had me-
under the brightest auspices. AND
Adele thinking it all over that night
decided to postpone her return to New
Orleans until tAs end Of the week, al
least.
The following evening brought Mr.
Harney again an escort home, and each
sncceedingg evening, also.
He took TO calling at the johnson
house too after school hours, and
Adele confessed to herself that sht
had never met more entertaining gen.
tleman.
And so the week ended, and still thai
Resignation had not yet seen the light
then followed II second week, similar IL
the first. At length, toward the close
Of the week, Mrs. johnson announced
to Adele that Monday following she
would be expected TO "go to Harney' y
to board, two Aeeks at each ..Ouse
being the stipulation of The "boarding
around arrangement, and volunteered
the information that MADAM Harvey
was 'lowe,! to be the best housekeeper
in the parish"
"Mldam Harvey - exclaimed Adele,
involuntariy. "Why, | did not know
there was Malam Harney r
"You didn't: Wall, declar now .
And Mr.. VIII never told you? ?"
".Certainly not, began Adele,
haughJiiy, "nr l never should have
permitted"
There her anger and righteous indig-
nation overcame her, and she hastened
from tho wolnan's presence.
Will Harvey u married man. What
right had he to intrude his attentions
and courtesies, then, only to make her
All object of contempt to the people
about? Adele's wrath was kindled ;she
forgot the pain that would pierce her
heart ike u knife, and determined to
put stop to this ridiculous masquerade
~ soon IN possible.
But, 10 her surprise, Mr.. Harney
troubled her DO more,
he cams no more 70 the johnson
house, and dropped from her life as
completely as though nc had never
been.
But soma how she could not forget
him. Yes it was trur-the fashionable
belle who had mingled in the best 80.
ciety in the land, had come to the lone
pine woods to give her heart away to a
plain iarmer-only to be told that he
was married man.
How she despised her self How
weak she was, she said.
And after dismissing the school. on
Friday AFTERNOON, she seaJed herself at
the little desk ana wrote brief resigna-
tion of her situation. When she had
slgued her name aud laid the pen down
she breathed q sigh of relief
81 must 90 away" she said to her.
self "beiore they expect me at MIR. Har-
ney's. could not stay there now.'
Putting the letter in her pocket she
closed the door of the school house, and
started on her long walk home to the
johnson house.
Confident of finding her way, she had
sent the children on, and now was
quite alone Glancing up at the sky
she quickened her steps involuntarily.
1t was overcast with clouds-dark,
gloomy, throatning dreadful storm
was fast coming up.
The thunder began to roll in the dis
tance; occasional sharp Iances of light
ming cleft their way through. the inky
clouds. Adele had u natural terror of
thunder storms, beside it was really
dangerous out there in the thick woods,
WI ere trees are liable to be stricken
down, crushing the uuwary pedestrian
before escape would be possible.
With An exclamation OF terror, Adele
hastened onward, guiding her footsteps
by the "blazes" on the trees, which,
she had been told, were placed there to
indicate the road. Aud now the storm
burst forth in nngovcrnable fury.
Wind, thunder, lightning and rain,
which fell in great drops, at first, and
anon in binding sheets, drenching the
girls slim form, and binding her eyes,
80 that she could no longer trace her
path. Stumbling about wildly, she at
last sank down exhausted at the foot Of
a huge pine tree-sha had lost her way.
There was no use in trying to deceive
herself; she Was lost, there in the path.
less forest, and night was coming down
Was ever situation more appalling
For a taw moments she croucheu
there, trembling with terror; then, with
! sudden determination, she sprang to
her feet again and dashed on wildly. !
Dn-On. The storm increased in fury
very moment----lt was positively fear
full.
Just then there fell upon her ears
away to the right, above the roar of the |
:empsst, the sound Of horses feet At |
hat very instant there came fash of
lightning g-blue-sulp phurous-a vful--
! roar OF thunder, like the explosion Of
mighty artill ry, and great pine tree
II her Observation-Disclosures lis green
Irms wildly, and fell. Adele was too
thoroughly horror-Stricken to move,
lnd she knew not which way to 'urn.
IA an instant mere the tree would have
rushed her slenuer form to the ground
~ bleeding. mangled, life ess mass;
nut strohg hand seized her quickly
md dragged her ron the lwS OF death,
he boughs ot the falling tree JUS graz.
ng her garments. Adele lost conscious
lUSS
She opened her eyes to find her head
on Will uarney's breast; he