Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1882-03-31


home from IA years absence in foreign
countries twenty-four hours before.
| caught Il glimpse Of him once, as
be was dancing with Miss Flo. Even
In that tieetlng moment | saw how
ttenderl Y his handsome eyes look
ed down upon her-how flushed with
happiness was her own face, half hid
den on his broad shoulder: and nv
heart gave II glad, exultant leap that
So Joyous a future WAS assured her.
| we'll knew what was the unex-
pressed family wish, for young Mr..
t.aglc's estates al joined our own. They
"ere umtcttertd, umcmcumbered, and
IN every way splendid patrimony.
J | had turned away from this fleet
M glimpse among the great folks,
my old brain filled with its idle
dreams of the future, when my eyes
CHANGED 10 fail upon one who, like
myself, was eugrossed in the animated
scene beyond us. 1t was Miss FIo's
friend. but oh how changed,
The mask had fallen from her beau
tlfnl face. The black eyes fairly
sclnuIIatlng with suppressed feeling
were fixed upon the two who moved
IN such perfect harmony with the
music. \ droP oil oIo"d was on her
so"'ivt up "Ht'c Htr niue "hlle
teeth had rested. One small hand
WAS Invoiuntarlly clcnched. Her
mouth moved, but no sound issued
from H.
4 stood tFanshXcd, a cold shiver
running through me. 1t was this
larry whom Miss 10, gentle and un-
conscious, regarded as her dearest
friend.
( OF bat stuT might be made her
dearest fo.: | remembered then the
look | had seen these same ewes lix
turon tn, f.welS. Mas she enyInus or
nv Young hdv's fortune2 Wba,
+ danger might uotthrcatcn her through
this beautiful pautheress: And vet,
+ how dared |. a humble servant. uttcr
4 word Of warning:
Even with these thoughts, passing
F IN quick succession through my mind.
there "asso sudden and in'tantane-
'us change swept over Miss kcyere.s
expression that could scarce reca'!
I'd" ether, except ~ ! 1e result ot some
hlGeo1s CoaJur!ng OF mr. own fancy.
Mss Flo Mas coming toward her,
leaning on MF. tar!c's arm.
! returned I" my duties with al
heavy heart, ieit shade" OF Ill
Sas pending over us, vet | almost for
cot II next day. when my young I4dy's
Formal engagement TO Mr.. Earle was
announced. - loved aud protected,
shat possible harm could come to her,
even through woman malice:
Al, my unSpoAen question renamed
! ,3Vt long unanswered. IL had been all
too natural Tor those TWO young hearts
I" d"" toward each other, obeyIng the
iilt impulse ei hoth. hey had loved
raeH other a. children; they kne"
.ach other as though the bond of
brotherhood and s'sterhoo4 united
them; their memories c.rcled around
the same spot, were haunted 10y ths
same objects.
/; MAS the natural sequence. which
All bad auticipa,ci. Therefore, save
Mr.. Earle MAS with us more con
s.autly than Of old, and that there was
+. new flush on Miss Flo's cheek. a
softer. Il t,udrrer light in her blue
ewes, it was hard to realize anv change.
But one was peudInr lest difficult of
realization. The lovers had con-
staut companion in the person of nv
youug Aiy's friend. At first Mr.
Earle seemed to dislike her, but Miss
FIo's sweet influence and his own
courtesy led him first to conceal this,
and later To overcome il.
Miss Flo's sweet influence and his
own courtesy. have said: but there
WAS a more uotput reason still i'm Miss
R.yer,'s marvellous fascination. There
Us nat an. IN tho who'll bousanoId
j., semi .,y. nvsalr and .v,n II
b,d ia mill utys,lf nm many times
with = sh..rn turn. lest I too shonld
h.. hIirI.I he - Glamour Ru+ :,
vas not my cid eyes with which she
had to deal.
Miss Flo, all trusting and unsus
y cious. threw the two She loved con-
slantly together.
"You must ike each other for nv
sake" she would say.
/ Is DANGER ever so threatening as
when it falls on those who dream not
( It is near: The sorceress had III Young
master tightly in her coil ere dreamed
thafe,enaslken thrqad had enfettered
him. The fall horror of il all over
whelmad him: he grew al, and hao.
card eyed.
/ Bat tighter and tighter she drew
the bonds. and. like a bird fascinated
by the sprpent. s,cp by step he an
proachcd the magic influence of her
su.v