Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1885-09-26

5EbOmeward. l went away LII BOY
/ .ish pct; [ return with a fixed de-
termination; l have dilly-dallied
!Ilong enough. This voyage shall
A end u matter that has caused me
q to roam up and down the worl'l
FElike a wandering Jew. [ am writ.
Cling blindly, but you can read be-
Htween the lines. When [ think of
/ seeing my sweet little mother
q again-"
a Here the tears came so thick and
4 fastthat Mrs. Trelon could not read.
sEShe patted the sheet of paper ten
sl.derly. "My dear boy" she said,
4 ssmy dear, dear boy" AS she fold
4 ed the letter to put it back into the
! envelope, a postscript Oh the foarth
ssl}page caught her eye.
ssP. 81 met Joe Herrick in
! Paris the other daY,Eand- be told
lime that DR.: Murray. was very
:Ifsweet on Emily. Ofcourses i there
sEhadz been anything init, yoawould
4 have told me.n
$780," said Mrs. Trelon, lifting
:Eher delicate eyebrows, and nodding
$50 it is Emily, after alls | knew
|itwas somebody, and it is Emily.
He might as we'll have told me
outright
She smiled at her boys clumsy
4evasion as she re read the letter.
jsOf course it was Emily. He had
been desperately in love with her
at twenty-three, and now he won
Edered il his chances were any bet
ter. A thousandfold better. EN-
lily had looked on him AZ all impet-
uous boy; she had told him to learn
Ibis own mind, and she wonld dis
cover that he had learned it. She
probably was sorry after she had
sent him away. for she haG refused
several excellent offers. All the
world knew-at least all the little
world Of Irvington knew-that Har
Try Ward had offered himself to her
land had met with a refusal. Then
There was George Leory, too. On,
Emily could have been married had
she wished, but she was waiting
for Dick. She had only wanted to
test his devotion. 1t was like Emu
lily; she had romantic tendencies;
she would fam put her lover to the
proof. That they two should have
fallen in love with each other WAS
the most natural and delightful
Thing in the world, for they had
grown up side by side, and were
Eplaymates when they toddled out
of their nurses arms. And if Mrs.
Trelonshad been given her choice
of a. daughter, her heart would
first of all have turned toward
Emily.
The girl who was sharing Mrs.
ITrelon's thoughts with Dick at this
I.juncture walked swiftly across the
I;lawn. She had come through gap
lin the hedge that she and Dick had
made years and years ago, and that
I w:;ss always kept. opeI to admltsour
friendly intercourse between the
Raynors aud Trelons. Emily was
tall, stately girl, with a fresh face
and large brown eyes. Not hand
some, perhaps, was Mrs. sTrelon's
comment, butsweet and wholesome.
and a gentle woman from her crown
of chestnut hair to the. tips Of her
slender feet.
aGood mornings" Emily said:
"Ah! that letter is from Dick: ! AIN
sure of it, although l did not 50
much as get glimpse Of the hand
writing. 1t is your face thss tells
me. What is the good newss"
"He is coming home," said Mrs.
Trelon; and she looked at Emily
fxedly. EMily certainly changed
color, and her eyes opened wider.
"Coming homal he is not illa'
"No. He says he is tired OF roam
ing; he wants to settle down."
Emily bent over and kissed Mrs.
Trelon's brow, ~ am so glad for
you," she said.
"But you will be glad to see him
tooi" asked Mrs, Trelon, plaintive,
ly.
.Indeed shall. Dick and | have
been friends since we were babies"
.sYou used to be married to him
every week. said Mrs. Trelon. Your
brother used to act as parson, but
he could not read, and he held the
prayer-b book upside down. Oh, En-
lily, yon children were very happy
together"
"Yas,n said Emily, Gas happy as
children could be."She leaned back
in the wicker chair, and looked alb
sentlyata cIumr ofcedars.A pensive
smile played about her lips, and an
uncalled-for blush slowly mounted
over her cheeks. "Itseemsa long time
a COZ she went on after while. ~
am almost twenty-slx; L feel very
old.D
s.Dick is only four months older"
said Mrs. Trelon "
"Ah, but a woman of twenty six
and a man of twenty-six!" Emily
exclaimed. III dare say lie will look
upon me as quite a spinster;
he will wonder if l have thought of
the proverbial cat and tea. lie
must have made up his mind very
hastily" she added-''I mean, to
return home"
L. notnd ,-Aru do