The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-09-22
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 AAsn lAsy fsl,aaa r. ssepsssld l.yngR,a, tA | kard ksee3 IT vc$es. 2 sA:.l1 ss.r -. eeas,a q hcsne tcr the holidAys. and thought DO end of her. She was 60 sweet, @ grAcious, % unhappy. Something between q queen and saint tn my very juvenile eyeA made np lots ef rcmances about her until one day, whensshey all broke down. was here a great deal. Spencer Caringham and were school Eiends, and one Raster found rcusonhy Caring ham. the eldest son ., home-an awful scamp he waA Spencer told me no end of q .ecr stories about his brother, and one day about Lady Mildred, fos which gave the poor hssis began . licking therc and thea. That night. however, ponsonby tired tc ges me to take note 10 FeasAen,onehope, and then sa~ i, was all true, and sent back to se ehoos dis gus,cd and believing all things against all women except always my own li,tle sweetheart Then heard of her death. and that she WAS 10 be buried like pauper or a suicide. dsat know ~ha, pat that roman,lc notion into my head that a, least would show her honor, and go, away unobsen-ed. caught a night ua,n and asrised q, s,. bnde's church luss m tune to see Matk fea,hefs,one leaving.
 The vaul, was alteads boarded up. had bfough, a wreath ot white tlowers. so just lad t al the closed door and was soIns. when l came iall en ronsonhy Garinsham looking like A gnost in the moonlight, He ven, on like A madman. raved. and tried 10 tear down the board- .ng oi the vault. and a, las, dung himself en ,he grass before i,, crying like ashild !" pdyeu oting that. Orme {" he asked pointing to the wreath. You ate good fellow. She always liked you" so, away from him q, last. and back without detection. Some time aites got letter from lonsoaby ineiosinx iwo keys. He vas going abroad into the Turkish service. and he leA these rooms n my care. begging me to destroy hts treasured tclics when oecas,on required
 and 4 tough job n has been" ended john. stretching himself "A whole case filled with things under that table and portrai, and letters. burned and smashed all could, and now I'm gong ,o drown the res, before ~e go to the yacht Hullo, Duncan -
 The grissled head of the old sailor ap. peated tn the doorway in answer to the call. Jus, fassen up and ~e,gh that. sill you. pointing ,o ean,as-eoveted bundle on the floor. Now, i.yne,te
 They made their way in shy silence down the treachefous staircase to Ms lowest depth, where a door opened oa. on the lace of the eliti There was a path, and some rocky steps do~n to the hafbor. where the yachts boat was in waiting Do you see that big rock just under St. hside's church s'' John said They say there is ta,homless depth of water there
 John took the oats and Lyneste s,eesed carefully out 10 the rocky hesdiand. The el.iis rose black and gum. these was a great siience on the gsay. cold sea. and sine shlVeted ss she took the oars while lohn lifted ,he heavy bundle and low. cred it over the side as gently as he could. l1own, down il vent into the cold. dark water. with a s.ilen splash and whitl ot foam hells and the boat aher ose great rock shot oG, metrily from the ehlli shadow into the first rays ol the level sun. Lynr,tes heart gave one sfea, bogRd "a ateo,d Johns k,nd syes were smiling on her as the last ses,ige Of her folly at the bottom of the sea. the world all fresh and giowlng ia the warm bea ns et .he new days sun. N as there ever such happy little ~o- man ssnee the hrs, sun shone '"
 Lola looked from her window an hou ot two later.
 Why. Mark mish, haze spared you and myself a nights anslesy abslu, those young people. Look over there. II they haven't been ou, boating befHe bteAkfaa Oh. Mark. 1 wondet, sighed Lola, stirred for a moment out of her sat- ished .epose. II ,ou and vas young should ~e be as bIissfuliy foolish as they are =
 |" don't know that ve should" re. piled Mark. pfosaicslly. isa, they may ,hink themselves lucky ~hen they are as old AS ~e are if they arc half ss happy"