Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-03-19

her arms, her breast, she stood alone
that evening in an alcove of the library,
her hands pressed to her heart, while
its glad refrain, she is here, he is here,
made music in her ears.
Il am sure i saw her enter this
ROOM" she heard her cousin Alice say,
$50 will leave you to your fate. But
make your salutations brief, DIR. Lang
ton, as 1 shall call for you in very
short time"
Was it possible that this handsome,
wsll-deyeloped man advancing toward
Margie could be the merry, boyish
doctor Dick" of four years agoner
How could she longer doubt when both
her hands were clasped in his, and he
cried, "Margie, Margie, have l found
YOU at last? is this indeed my little
Margiep
just so sure as this is Doctor Dick,
was the joyous response, as she lifted
sweet, welcome eyes to his, all remem-
brance of the sad six months of silence
blotted out.
"Do you know what weary, cruel |
search have had for you ?" he asked.
"'Twas the merest chance that revealed |
to me your whereabouts. Why have |
you sent me no address ?"
"You speak in enigmas," Margie |
answered proudly, Withdrawing her
hands from his. "Why should l have
thrust my address upon you when my
last two letters have met with no re-
sponse?"
"Letters!" he exclaimed, Il have
looked in vain for letters from you.
Nf cIf /
fell very, very i'll, and as soon as able
to travel, went to Norway. where L
wrote time and again not only to you,
but to your solicitor, but all to no
avail. A month ago came to America
and since then l have sought you every
where. A few days since / CHANGED
upon your name in the society notes OF
tins city's paper, and straightway l came
as fast as steam would bear me to see
and talk with you once more. And
now" eagerly, "tell me all about your
self, and why this cruel silence has
occurred"
mo time now for an interchange of
condolences" laughed Alice, as with
merry grace she took DIR. Langton's
arm; "for you are chosen leader of the
ton is looking for Margie."
"a handsome pairl" remarked MIR.
ley, DIR. Langton and Alice moved
away. Il suppose You have heard, Miss
Margie, the romantic story of their
summer tour through Switzerland, and
its happy result. 1t has been known
for some time that DIR. Langton was
Miss Alice's fiance, but / have never
seen him until tonight"
Had goblet of living water been
held to Margie's lips only to be rudely
dashed away? A moment before she
would have sworn that the words, "My
little Margie, uttered so caressingly,
had sprung from heart full of love
for her alone, but now. oh heaven =
the bitter pain she long had known was
lurking In her heart again, and this
cruel certainty was harder to bear than
her former suspense.
DIR. Langton's eyes followed her
from afar all evening, only to see her
always surrounded by group of adj
mirers, and prominent among them the
Missing her once, he sought the CON
servatory, hoping to find her there,
when these low fragments of CONVEX
"Margie," SAID voice he recognized
as that of Donald Draxton, II beg of
you to listen to me once again. / can
not bear to see the desolate look upon
your face that twice tonight has rested
there. Darling, you are lonely; can
you not trust your happiness to my
keeping? My love is -"
"Mr. Draxton," came low voice a
moment later, "you are my dear friend,
the one whom most of all L trust.
Shall -" And that was all, no
farther clew was given to the answer
on which his hope of happiness
trembled.
A pallid face, he scarcely knew as
his own, confronted him in mirror as
he turned to leave the room. And
when Margie met him half-hour later
all the old boyish brightness had died
elegant man Of the world, him = 'oid'"
A thin veil of reserve grew up be-
tween the two after that, as slight and
intangible as the cobweb which barred
the enchanted princess from freedom,
and as difficult to breathe through.
Margie grew paler as a week wore
on, and q passion of pain often filled
her lovely eyes as she saw Alice and
DIR. Langton constantly together.
One day, at gay May-day gather
ing, her temper broke beneath the
strain so ruthlessly imposed upon it.
In passing under some low-drooping
boughs her necklace was caught, and
all her efforts to extricate it proved
vain.
Permit me to unfasten the chain for
you, Miss Margie," said Donald DIax-
ton, springing to the rescue.
"Do not hesitate to break the limbs,
Mr.. Draxton; the chain has been so
long source of annoyance that will
gladly be freed from its hateful fet-
ters."
ooh that mysterious chain, " laughed
Alice, locked and the key lost. Would
not some absent lover be rejoiced to
know that you were compelled to wear
his picture night and day?"
Il fear shall hurt you if break the
links, said Donald. as there no other
way?"
Il have no such tender scruples, Mr..
Daxton, provided Miss Stratton can
only be relieved from what she terms
these hateful fetters,'" said DIR.
Langton, as, with white, set face,
and stihed permit me-" he wrenched
the chain in two.
Margie turned swiftly away, and the
glittering gold of the necklace shone on
the green swdrd below.
Il shall appropriate it temporarily"
said DIR. Langton, and, STOPPING hast
lily, he picked up the chain and at