The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-08-28

Down on the sand, stood gay little look.
ont with hi.h flight of steps and Gregory
at down on them in the shadow, calm, al
though so eager
II was very sweet. II would seem as natu-
rgl 10 IIilla as ~ him when he came ont q
fine darkness AMI shook her hand As he sat
there. dreaming yet patient, be saw two hg'
urrs coming down the beach. TWAS the lady
doctor and the young man she was engaged
to mIlq.y. He did not disturb his soul by
| greeting them, and they passed on, not seeing
him. By and by Arnold came with his wife
| They wore silent, and Gregory let them go ON
and disappear in the darkness.
Tho ocean Tapped the shore, breeze cane
I'D. though gently, and the stars shohe
| brighter. Then sweetly, suddenly, came the
! breath of a song. IL was almost out OF the
waves, aluo,, part of them The words
sraote on Grcgory's ear. They were Italian;
| And nigh'ingales recall thee, Adelaide! AIDE
laidr
| He sprang to his feet, and toward him
| Hilda came She seemed to come, not along
the beach ~ tho others had, but from the
very edge Of the sea- as if she had arisen from
| it; and her hand was on StefanoS shoulder,
/ and hi, arm was around her, and he sang TO
her what Gregory would have said.
| As they turned and followed the Others the
song ceased, and all was silence again except
the sea.
Gregory stood still. H. was stunned, He
felt as though he had been struck on the
head. Hiia and Stefano! The Spaniard
In his dreams of the sea and of llilda, the
Spaniard had been in Florida, He pushed
his hat back on his head, and rubbed bis
forehead with his handkerchief Just then
he heard voices again. 1t was the doctor lc-
turning.
1T has not dragged, | allow" she said;
but every one hes seen it was coming
But it is absurd" replied the young man,
"They DO not understand each other He
does not speak English, and she Understands
no other language 1t is perfectly, ridicu
lousy absurd
The doctor merrily laughed. "Whcn a
young man can make Beethoven talk for him,
and can sing Spanish love songs as Stefano
Gonzales can, he can make himself understood.
Hllda Fleming has been bravcly wooed'
Nonsense | never heard anything more
ridiculous
"Anl YOU have never seen it at alli Morris
I am ashamed OF you. Why, We have all
watched it with zeSt."
"And Mr. Gregory? How about him, FL
LEM How about him, What win he sayN
"He will be- delighted He is 50 fond of the
Spaniard Why, he proposed that the whole
sociablc should come Mrs. Arnold told me
about it. and trouble enough she had TO ar
range it on such short notice. And, Morris,
| couldn't tell YOU this before, because Stef
ano hadn't said, or. if you like it better, sung,
anything decided; it is a four-eaf clover
party, a four-lover party-we four, Hilda
and StcGano, you and |, are the guests. How
wish Gregory would come nowW
~ guest" exclaimed Morris. Not |, in
decd | don't deadhead it at "A hotel, Ellen.
And | tell you'-he spoke With conviction
that Gregory won't like it. You see if he
does
"He will he delighted"
"Dclighted'" repeated the young man.
at is a trst-rlasS euchre, Ellen 'Delightedr
Well, you are blind,'
morris, cried the doctor, turning and al
most facing the unseen and Mortified Gregory,
whose face would have made the fortune of n
photographer could it have becr, seen, you
deserve the BOBBY prize Indeed you do"
"Well, | shall not get it, her lover grimly
replied 1T is given away, but not to me.
In the darkness Gregory pushed his hat
down over his eyes. idiot he muttercd, but
he did not explain to whom the title belonged,
Louise Stockton in llarper's Bazaar,