Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-07-13

ardent declaration of love was not ad
dressed to her after all, and how coul,
she dare suppose it to be so for one in
slant. What would he think of her
he knew?''
81 did find a bit of paper in my muf
which could hardly account for,'' sh,
managed to say at length 81 have no
i do not think | have it now, but tn.
address was that of my uncle, Mr.. Rober
Walter, No. IS - street,
lndeed!'' exclaimed the gentleman
looking wonderfully well pleased as vel
as surprised.
=" But he goes to Rome this week te
remain some months. received a let
ter from him this morning. said Mr.
Everett, who was always delighted te
give Information, and had turned to
lend his attention to the case. eff you
know anything of my brother-in-law
you are probably aware that he is ar
| antiquarian, and goes about collecting
| all sorts of curiosities.'' '.''5
IS Yes, certainly. am reconstructine
a very old play, of which there are sup
posed to be only two copies in exist.
ence. The one which [ have succeeded
in obtaining has lost many leaves; the
one which he has in his possession is
said to be perfect, and I must obtain
the loan of this before can go on with
my work. 1 suppose he values it very
highly, and if he had not been an old
college chum of my fathers should
hardly dare to ask such favor of him. y
Indeed! May I inquire the name
of your fatherp I was in the same class
myself, and am always anxious to hear
concerning all the boys who composed
it.n
Thornton, sir, Gilbert Thornton.
He died last year while on visit to New
York"
The exceedingly mild and rather
apathetic countenance of Mr.. Everett
frightened into the most beaming cor
diality, and he shook the young man
warmly by the hand.
'sIs it possibleP" he exclaimed. ssHe
was my great friend, also, and better
fellow never breathed. Did you ever
hear him speak of Will Everett? 1t
pains me to hear of his death. I have
lost sight of nearly all my old friends,
having lived abroad some years.
Mr.. Thornton was fortunate enough
to be able to say with truth that he had
often heard his father speak of evil
Everett" Then Mr.. Everett introduced
him to his daughter and invited the
young man to visit him the next day,
when he would give him the address of
his brother-in-law in Rome.
{" And you must remain and dine with
u.s." said he, ''for have much to say to
the son of my dear old friend.''
Mr.. Thornton, with a radiant face,
promised to come, saying that the loss
of the address, which he had regretted
so much, was the happiest accident he
had ever met with in his whole life.
While Mr.. Everett was adjusting his
wraps with all the business of woman,
he managed to speak a few words to
Amy, who still presented rather droop-
ing appearance.
6 You could not have believed that l
should be so presuming as to address
that absurd note to you, however much
l might have wished to become acquaint-
ed. 1t was addressed by the hero to the
heroine of the ancient play on which I
am at work, aud was merely altering
the original text a trifle.''
She smiled rather guilty, but was
unable to utter word. After this s'the
young gentleman who sal
on the front seat'' took her fathers
place as escort to these weekly musical
entertainments, change much relished
by all concerned, as Mr.. Everett much
preferred doing by the library fire to
listening to the divinest strains, and the
young people were never quite happy
unless together. There will be we'd
ding in the spring, and the bride will
probably hold her head on one side,
looking somewhat aesthetic, whatever
she may wear on this happy day. But
am sure that the groom will not find
fault, nor gaze upon her with any suspi-
cion of sarcasm in his fine eyes.-Boston
Courier.