Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-01-15


and 1 will spare you the pain of meet
ing me, and let us never speak again"
There was pause, then she trem-
ulously said: 81 have never seen
you, but my heart tells me to trust
you. know you are good and noble,
and / am willing to leave my fate in
your hand. Yes, George, love YOU"
Even as she said the words she
uttered a cry of alarm. Then gruff
mans voice spoke:
$50 to your room, Lenore. AS
to the villain with whom you have
been holding secret meetings, we
shall soon find him and punish him
as he deserves. Search for the ras-
cal, Antonio, and bring him to me"
There was quick trampling of
feet and the sound of crushing shrub
berry, as if men were breaking through
it. Then another mans voice spoke ;
ssHe has disappeared. your excel
lency.''
''Very well, we shall find him yet.
He cannot escape me. This is fine
piece of business, surely-the daugh
ter of Count VILLAIN holding secret
meetings with some common vaga-
bond. Lenore shall take the VEIL"
:'Yes," / cried, ''the bridal veil,
count. | shall pay my respects in
person today"
Then leaving them to get over their
astonishment as best they might, l
returned to the house in high spirits.
The name, Count VILLAIN, had given
me the clew to the whereabouts of
Lenore. The dwelling of which l
have spoken as situated across the
plain and opposite the rock was the
residence of Count VILLAIN. | had
met the old gentleman in the city and
formed a speaking acquaintance with
him. AS neither of us had mentlon-
our private affairs, l had had no
means of connecting his daughter
with my invisible girl.
I That afternoon l presented myself
to the count, and after amazing him
with my story, which few tests con-
vinced him was true, formally pro-
posed for his daughters hand.
AS my wealth and social position
were well known. he offered no OBJ
jections and his daughter was sent
| for.
As she entered the room saw that
my idea of her had been less than
true. / had never seen so lovely a
woman, nor one who so perfectly
embodied my highest conception of
grace and beauty. Her dark eyes,
still wet with tears. met mine in
quiringly.
.'Lenore," said L, Il have come as
| promised"
George" she cried with radiant
smile, sis it you?''
care you disappointed?' l asked
sam l what you expected?"
You could not be more," she
answered, naively, ''you are no less. -
''Now that we meet as solid and
material beings l continued, ''are
you willing to ratify the contract we
made when we were only voices,
Lenore? Your father gives us per-
MISSION"
1t may be supposed that received
a satisfactory answer, when the good
natured count found it discreet to
turn away his eyes during my recep-
ton of it.
AS to the strange circumstance
which was the means of uniting us
a series of tests revealed a remark
able acoustic property in the rock
by which persons standing in certain
positions with reference to it were
able to hear each other with ease
more than quarter of a mile apart
1t was very matter-of-fact solution
of the mystery, but Lenore and art
none the less grateful for the gooC
offices of the rock.
Pierce's pleasant Purgative Pellets" are perfec
preventatives of constipation. Incosed in glass bo
tles always fresh. By all druggists.