Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1882-06-07

lessly, smiling with calm defiance an'
some assumed amusement,
Hush = she murmured, imperlously
as he began to speak. In another
moment the mystery Of what you have
presumed to be o robbery will be eluci
dated, and precisely as believed Il
would be. Look !
Down the path, with an unsteady
and unnatural gait, came u surprising
apparltion-the figure Of lady. Bare
were her feet, aud her gray, dropping
head was uncovered, and her thin white
robes slIstenod with the damp night
dcws.
Straight on came the somnambulist,
Pausing at length before the treasure
she had secrcted in her abnormal state,
and gazing with unsccing eyes upon the
priceless sparkling things that she
touched lovingly with her delicate with
cred hands, aud then carefully covered
again with the thick, silky moss. Then
she smiled family, sighed as with salts
faction, turned aud slowly moved away.
The countenancc af Louis DRazelly
at that moment was not that Of IN in
divdual conscious Of superior discern.
mcnt, and the glance he venturcd TO
vouchsaic Anne was deprccatory.
what | should say know not, he
stammered What ! did think-what
! did $3.50 very stupid was. All, it
the kind madcmoiscllc would me but
pardon he concluded, with gallant
cntrcaty.
Very dcmurcly she assured him that
his suspicious were quite pardonablc,
and perhaps crcditable to his zeal as n
dctector and denounccr Of the unright-
eous.
Some time later, coming through the
handsome, brilliantly lighted hall, Anne
met the young master of the house.
'Thc tempting reward offered for the
recovery of Mrs. Dorman's diamonds
induced me to come here as her house,
keeper she explained, Il had an mex
plicable feeling that might find the
missing jewels. / consulted no one
no one advised me. l was really
ashamed of my project that | knew
was quixotic, if not impracticable, and
a failure would have made me ridicu-
lous. Shortly after coming to Mrs.
Dorman, heard that she had lately
been haunted by an excessive and in
crcasing fear of being robbed; / learn
ed, too, that she had only recently
manifested somnambulistic symptoms.
The truth came to me us an inspiration,
but only by merest accident, and only
this morning, while | was exploring for
gentian that l did not find, did / espy
the tiny, suggestive mound of loose,
dying moss through which I saw sim
Gle spark of something shining like a
glow-worm. SO | waited and watched,
hoping she would visit her buried treas
ure Just as she did. The discovery
was very simple, and is now clear to
you all
And now you have won the reward,
you will leave us, suppose? he OBJ
served, soberly.
Yes she bravely assented.
'Oh, Anne, if l could only persuade
you to stay he responded quickly and
DO you feel 1icannot
make you happy wife,
1T is not that she said, with the
frank, serious manner that had always
so pleased him. 1t is that could not
make you happy husband. Do be
reasonable, Mr.. Dorman, for you must
be we'll aware that l am not at all the
sort of person whom you ought to
marry. And beside, she added, with
u quaint little laugh, Il have profess
sion now, and l must not wed one who
knows nothing OF the instincts and re-
quirements of my calling
The handsome young fellow was
somewhat agitated by her speech which
he considered daring and significant.
Surely, my dear Anne he faltered,
you do not wish to become profess
sonal detective? nor would you init.
mate YOU have an affection for Louis
D'Razelly who so unjustly accused you,
and who would willingly have placed
you in custody
MY FRIEND she replied, sweetly, a
tear sparkling in each large eye,. .and
a lovely new color Oh each soft
cheek, I'VE have just now had an un-
derstanding-Mr. D'Razelly and l.
He regrets his mistake, and certainly
he is not so blam cable when he would
only have &C. ed conscientiously.'
tVo,ro 10 rho 1o0;c Of love. Anna.