News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-11-16

the iaQy, the Scapegrace IOVor udu oHS
satisfaction of seeing his rival turn away
with lowering brow. He was deter
mined to lose no time now. In the
maze of the waltz, while the soft I'M
dulating strains of Strauss stepped the
senses of the dancers in sweet dreams
of delight, under the roseate light OF
the many wax candles in that perfumed,
crowded ballroom, question was
asked, and an answer TREMENDOUSLY wh1s-
pered, which transported two young
people into a temporary paradise OF
their own creating, where there were
only they two, and no room for any
other besides. No wonder that at sueh
moment all miner sublunary consider
ations were forgotten.
But, when brief estate hour had
passed, and they emerged once more
from the rosy pavilion whittier they
had rested among the flowers, there
doomed, dark and erect in the distant
doorway of the adjoining ballroom, a
tall, martial figure, whose gray head
lowered above the company; vision
which struck a sudden chill to the ar
dent lovers heart.
sBy Jove |" he exclaimed with a
start. ''There's the Colonel p
The sharp ejaculation, breaking in
strangely upon the dulcet tones of love
astonished the pretty creature who
hung on his arm.
s'What of the Colonel ?" she asked
softly. "Why should he not be here,
poor man ?"
Because I an here who ought to
be on guard in - street, and be-
cause shall be cashiered to certainty
if he sees me-" was the abrupt reply.
"Oh, do go away this minute. Do,
dear Harry" she pleaded in terrified,
beseeching accents.
He looked at her, then around him,
| irresolute for moment. The Colonel
had turned his back and was moving
into another room. No, he could not
go Just yet, the temptation TO remain
YVES too strong.
"Leave you now, when we are happy
and to be parted so soon? No, can
not, darling" he whispered fonily.
''But, never fear, we will keep out of
his way"
She did not urge him any more.
She did not fully understand the mag
nitude of the offense, nor the risk it
involved, and was too glad to keep
him a little longer by all available
means.
There were a number of reception
rooms in the locale where the ball was
held, all of which was thrown open
for the occa sion. Keeping cautious
eye around them, the young people
contrived to pass from one apartment
to another, whenever they detected
the dreaded form of the Colonel APP
preaching. After a time he settled
down quietly at whist table in the
distance, and they gave themselves up
with reckless gayety to the enjoyment
of the evening. Another hour passed,
and supper time came, and still they
danced or fingered in quiet hooks, and
managed successfully to elude the eyes
whose recognition was SO carefully to
be avoided.
"What comfort it is that he is such
a maypole, and may be observed from
afar," laughed the girl, who had caught
the infection of her lovers audacity.
AT length the dreadful time for part
ing was near at hand. The early morn.
ing train was to bear away the lady to
her fathers summer residence, and thus
to separate for awhile the newly plighted
pair. What wonder that, in those last
few precious moments they forgot ali
precautions, and saw and heard nothing
Ii each others all-engrossing presence ?
He followed her to the hall, and folded
the shawl carefully round her graceful
form for another happy minute yet he
stood with her hand locked in his, meet
ing all her heart shining out through
her deep blue eyes. Then the carriage
door closed with sharp bang, which
struck cold and heavy on his ear, as the
rolling wheels bore her away INTO the
night.
Perhaps his eyes were somewhat daz-
zled by the bright parting glance he had
drunk in SO eagerly, for all things
around looked dim. Presently he turned
listlessly to take his hat and depart in
his turn, still feeling like one that
dreams. Suddenly, however, something
lmpelled him to look up, and what was
his dismay, when he found himself face
to face with-the Colonel
There was a crowd of departing guests
in the hall, and as they gathered and
lostled each other, the two men who
had been thus Unexpectedly brought to-
gether were again borne apart. The
recognition was but instantaneous
therefore, and in another moment the
junior officer had contrived to mingle
with and disappear with the crowd. But
by the stern astonished gaze which had
met his eye for that brief instant, he
knew that he had been identified, aud
that the Colonel fully remembered where
he ought to have been.
Ii he still ventured to retain any hope
that the recognition had not been COM
plete, such hope was promptly dispelled
by the order which presently rang out
in ominous tones from the ColonePs
well-known voice of thunder.
" Drive to the Royal Bank Instantly"
it said with awful distinctness. "And
go as fast as you can"
Captain Kendall had managed to slip
unobserved through the doorway, and
he now stood in the street.
What was to be done? The carriages
that were in waiting there were all pri-
vate ones. The hackney coaches were
far down the file, and even had he been
lucky enough to secure one in time, the
rattle of the wheels at that dead hour of
the night, speeding in the same direc-
ton as the Colonel's carriage, or indeed
the very fact of vehicle stopping be-
fore the bank, would have convicted him
at once. There was not a moment to be
lost.
at this crisis fortunately his wits had
not forsaken him. A sudden inspiration
presented itself to his mind, and his de-
cision was taken in twinkIing. Fa-
vored by the opportune darkness, he
crept round TO the back of the ColonePs
carriage, and just as it was starting, he
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