The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-05-10
"what have you found, fcur-leaf

Yes, she answered, showing II 10 him.
 That means good luck, does it TO, =
 "Tes, she answered i Please give l: 10 me. for si ish for good luck in yer,uresoHle undertaking. will you no; wish me good luck also. and give me the symbols =
 Joe laughed, glad 10 have turned the conversation so easily. 1 Yes, you may have ii. and hope you will have attendant good luc<. she answered
 Then you sincerely wish me success iA my venture
 Why should not: do certainly. thint you deserve il"
 Thank you. will keep II until l have proved its virtue and wiiI jet you know the result he said. and there vas . gleam Of amusement n his eyes. as he took out his pocket-book ana carefully lad the clover away But sae did not
 see t; for they had come in sight of the yaohi, and the giris were waving their h4adkerchiefs
 Toe was received win open ara.s Why you. darling. were yo4 really lost :" eried Alice We began fo De -ctuaIIy frish'eaed aboa; you, waen eorge was gone 5o long. and accused ourselves for letting yo4 70 eff alone .
 Do tell IS all aboG, Il. Joe" said Ella ' How dld you ever come 10 lese yourseif:'
 ioo' child. are you not tetnbly Hsa- gry:" asked Anna
 Yes, give me something ,o ct. and will :ell you about t. answered Toe.
 When they were sea;ed Al he taale ihe eifls again 5e.an plying Toe wi,h questions.
 Yes, she said, l" lost ny sav. ard snou q probably have been sitting CT hat .''se hi!l ye., i Alt Maynard lad not af. fivca to show me tie way oae 5f the wilderness
 :. You tia not ,ell me he said md supposed you were rather annoyed !. oe;ng interrupted, than otherwise. looked nquisngly into Joe's face md ne young ladies ga4ed WonderagiT from one 10 ,he other
 Then. as Joe made nc reply and grew embarrassed, he turned 10 the others and said II you had seen Mss Lakely sit- ans apparently as eontentedly in he woods as she IS sitting here. do not think you would have imagined she was I lost"
 Oh, Joe and only las; week you were 'eiiing us that yoa never get lost. and ! how you could be lei, in strange places. and always md your way out. said Ella.
 Oh. don't. said Joe. ]" seem to haTe lost al my good sense in the lasi week. Was SO absent minded th4I l never no:lced where was going. humiliaiing is Il IS 10 confess IT. these idie dreamy cay on ;he sumner sel have made me feel Ike a lo,us-eater. Allie, I arl setry ever fine. she exclaimed, d sudden paSslc l Ill her voice
 Alice looked 1t her in great surprise. then rising and going over 70 Joe. she pu, her arms around her neck, saying:
 Nh4; IS Ii Josie. darling: you are not wei see. although you pretended ta be very hungry you have eaten nothing
 thInk l am homeslek. Aliie.. she sad, casting down her eyes in confusion, IS she became aware that Allies brother was gazing al her with intense interest, she withdrew herSelffrom Miss Maynard's embrace. and made an attack on her supper, but she could not eat, and they presently arose from the table and went { on deck
 :" Miss Lakely," said Maynard, going ; over to her, where she stood alone watch ing the full moon riding high in the heavens, that same evening. II am very l glad to know that was of use to YOU this afternoon, for believed I had in- { iFuded. and was very uncomfortable be- cause ot it," {
 IL was wrong of me 10 let you think SO, when you were so kind as 10 look me up, she said, her eyes still fixed on the , silver moon.
 " Then you were glad 10 see me, in- different IS you seemed: he asked. (
 cs, suppose l must have been. but why do you wish to recall il: was trying !, 10 forget
 Why do you wish to forget :" he ' 
 '' IL was so unpleasant"
 ''l am sorry to hear you say so, for l s never enjoyed a walk 50 much in my life aS the one with you to-day; but il must ' have been decidedly unpleasant for you waiting there alone. not knowing how you were going to get back. l never " dreamed l, though, you were so quiet l was so intensely glad 10 seeyou could have claspeG--" V
 '" Do you suppose the moon is inhab- { tsd, NIT. Maynard :" she asked, almost as if she had mol heard him, although she vas inwatdly So agita;ed she could hardly 1; control her voice.
 George scanned the swee, face in the $ moonlight. What did she mean? Should a ae go on tonight. or wait until another 5 lme: How impaten; he was growing; a ae loved her deeply and devo,edly, but U would he lose his cause by being precip- '' tate He fancied ihe pretty lip trem- 9led, and the eyes had 8 troubled look y n th cir liquid depths.
 She knew he was looking a, her, and { ried to look unconscious. but the darkly- n nnged lids would droop and the rose ! int would steal into the upturned face. fl The moonligh, made ali plainly visible 0 George, and he determined to go on. 5 VA, ,.o,, I Q