The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-09-28

Down Oh the sands stood gay little look
out with high flight of steps, and Gregory
sat down on them in the shadow, calm, al
though so eager.
1t was very sweet. 1t would seem as natu-
raj to Hilda as to him when he came out OF
the darkness and shook her hand. As he sat
there, dreaming yet patient, he saw two fig
ures coming down the beach. 1twas the lady
doctor and the young man she was engaged
to marry. 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 We're silent, and Gregory let them go on
and disappear i'll the darkness
The ocean Tapped the shore, a breeze came
up, though gently, and the stars shone
brighter. Then sweerly, suddenly, came the
breath of a song. 1t was almost out of the
waves, almost a part of them The words
smote on Gregory's ear They We're Italian:
And nghtingaies recall thee, Adelaidel Ade-
laide!
He sprang to his feet, and toward him
Eilda came. She seemed to come, not along
the beach as the others had, but from the
very edge of the sea, as if she had arisen from
it; and her hand was on Stefano's shoulder,
and his 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 He was stunned. He
felt Us though he had been struck on the
head. Hiida and Stefano. The Spaniard
In his dreams of the sea and of Hilda, the
Spaniard had been i'll Florida. He pushed
his hat back on his head, and rubbed his
forehead with his handkerchief. Just then
he heard voices again. 1t was the doctor re-
turning.
at has not dragged, 1 allow" she said;
'but every one has 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 "When a
young man can make Beethoven talk for him,
and can sing Spanish love songs as Stefano
Gonzales can, he can make himself understood.
Hilda Fleming has been bravely wooed"
"Nonsensei l never heard anything moro
ridiculous"
"And you have never seen it at alll Morris
l am ashamed of you. Why, we have all
watched it with zeSt"
And Mr.. Gregory How about him, FL
len. How about hims What will he sayf'
"He viii be delighted He is so fond of the
Spaniard. Why, he proposed that the whole
sociable should come. Mrs. Arnold told me
about it, and trouble enough she had to ar
range it on such short notice. And, Morris,
1 couldn't tell you this before, because Stef-
ano hadn't said, or, if you like it better, sung,
anything decided; it is n four-leaf clover
party, a four-lover party-we four, Hilda
and Stefano, you and |, are the guests. How
l wish Gregory would come now!n
a guest" exclaimed Morris Not l, in
deedi L don't deadhead it at u hotel, Ellen.
And 1 tell you"-he spoke with conviction
that Gregory won't like it, You see if he
doesp
He viii be delighted"
"'Delightedr" repeated the young man.
1T is iirst-class 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
photographer could it have been seen, 'you
deserve the BOBBY prizel 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 muttered, but
he did not explain to whom the title belonged.
Louise Stockton in Harpers Bazaar.