Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-09-28

UnCOuVUClcu. Inlb llinc IJfONut lntl llt
face to face Ms he was going up stairs
After hearty mutual recognition Browne
arranged to drive her to the lake tie next
day. She was delighted, and Browne. ia
the five minutes he stood talking with the
Kentucky beauty forgot all about Miss
lIasbrouckc. lie was walking aftcrwari
on the piazza when he encountered Willie
Bliss, who looked as sober as judge.
"Look here, Browne" said he, ''dld that
HasbrOuckc girl accept You that evening
Mt the lake ?" Browne started and looked
inquiringly.
"Thores no use trying to make out that
you don't know what mean. | saw the
whole thing and heard every word you
said. only want to know il you are on-
gagged to hcr?'
"Wcll, Ill don't know | suppose
Am" faltcred Browne. 81 think it is
tocrably well understood"
Bliss was in rage. He turned white
and red by turns, and, uttering some very
ugly cxplctives, he suddenly turned on
his heel and strobe away.
1t was . o'clock in the evening. Browne
and Miss Flora Bostock were walking up
and down the grayeled walk of the frat
grant garden. The band WAS playing
softly and scductively, and the music
stole out upon the perlumed night air aud
charmed the senses, while the myriad
stars hung over the earth like SO many
benedictions. Browne had found himself
in this spot with the Kentucky eirl very
often of late. He was us thoroughly de-
voted TO her as he had been TO Miss Has
broucke-- only little more 50. Some
how or other, the scene Mt the lake had
faded out of his mind Miss Flora had,
with the glory of her beauty, dimmed
his whole past and brought him beneath
the electric light of her presence, Thus
as they walked together Browne grew
restless. They sat down ON n rustic seat
beneath some rose bushes, and Browne
alludod to their formeracquaintance She
laughed merrily and wondered how he
could remember things go far in the
past
"But I loved you then" said browne /;
"and, Miss Flora, | love You now. In
deed, you cannot treat me now MS you did
then, and Browne seized her hand, Just
as hc had caspel Miss Hasbrouckeb
hand ic~ evenings before. lie was
about to say lnoie %hen
There rose q shri, as OF city sacnc,
aud Browne suddenly felt the hand ierked
from him violently, aud saw II tall, manly
form standing ore. him, and demanding !:
"What does all this mean y
"Oh, William, | will explain every
thing, exclaimed Miss Bostock.
don't want any explanation" said the
man. colby and severely. ~ saw and
heard enough. There is no need to ex-
plain. had Thought there was one wo-
man who could be trusted, but'-and he
turned bitterly away and strobe into the
hotel. Flora Bostock followed him slow
ly. Browne remained one of the most
miserable men who walked the earth that
night. Just rs he was about to go III he
heard II step Oh The gravel, and, looking
around, he saw a female form Very much
like that Of Miss lIasbrOuckc disappear
ing in one Of the doors "Grcat heav-
ems T. said Brown, "has she nea'l it,
too q
The following eAt.anis from letters ex-
plain themselves. They WeIe written
from Saratoga. The first is in Miss Has
brouclie's handwriting, and addressed 20
her Philadelphia friend
"Wcl, have played the mischief, and ha,e ,ten
terribly misunderstood. | was engaged ti ~
u iss, bat lie h. pcned 20 be ON the bank ~ The
LAKE The evening thai wretch Browne pr0pusli to
me. amt he was convinced that had arc. ri"d
Browne. VINE, that lis Sir. Bliss, was iuriC 3
wrote me savage note iae .ue IN TIE pli, anu
behaved like a mailman. II" wouldn't take .rg
cNplIua ION and he i gone. Dear M, VIVA, RI
time we Erls have VITA these men, who seem nc
iciinned 10 nIisuillrl-iIni every thing. worse
Ia tttE III
love with Il pretty Kentucky grl, vino puts On
great airs here and myself heard HIM propose 10
her aud heard h'r laugh at him for she wa en-
gagged tn he married to u kcnlucSy colonel or some
ihug-and justas he seized her hand who should
come up but her accepted lover such a scene
lie rpshcd on and wouldn't take any explain lton-
no encouragement y ~ ever was fearful mis-
something hsc;4y own
The other extract is from iettci writ
ten by Flora Bostock to a friend in Ken
lucky :
Il hardly have strength to write to you, my dear
est Lulu. Colonel II. has left us in towering rag"
aui has left me forever. suppose. tOtal Lsun-
dcrstanllng. poor lido, named Browne wa rrO-
po.ing to ne, ana Colonel H. heard nm (le ha Just
rGcprocated. He denounced me as false aud hnr-
rcd on. II Is bitter. bitter trial to my poor heart
We shall not stay here"
Marccllus Washington Browne. the pro
curing cause Of all this desolating mis-.
chief, left Saratoga the next morning al
ter the events just recorded. The truth
the night, but the injury wrought was IL
He could only wish that his
heart were made of flint, and that he had
kept away from watering places. He
made many resolves. But he will be on