The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1886-10-03
REUNITED.

and masculine voices, many laughs ana
ligh-piched CYCLES, gruff sallies and lit
lie feminine shrieks.
The people IN the thiuly scattered
houses rushed to their front windows and
lifted the curtains 10 look out after the
flying team and the long bob" sleigh and
observed with sympathetic smiles that it
was lead from Haddam cut on sleigh
ride.
1t was, in fact, party Of eighteen lively
young Haddamites--a co glomeration of
good humor and jollity, buffalo robes and
hot sospstones. fhe driver had been in
structed to stop at DeansVille. Precisely
what they were to do in Deansvile no
body knew, nor cared greatly. 1t was an
impromptu affair, aud there was distinct
enjoyment in not knowing what was COM
ing next.
Under all the fun and good fellowship
there ran an undereurreut of establishment
and disquieted inquiry, caused by the fact
that Laura Robson's escort was Chauncey
Howard, prominent young lawyer, who
lad not been resident of Haddam long,
Out WIZ AhO ENCu dppOlnlSu JUS
tice of the Peace; and that Lint Gordon
had his cousin, Carrie Marsh, under his
wing. Apparently innocent facts. to be
snle; but, considering that Lint Gordon
and Laura Robson hid been the most de-
voted of engaged lovers for good while
back, they were highly exciting ones.
"What under the sum-" Jack Chaffee
whispered to Kitty Knox, as he tucked a
shaggy robe more closely about her.
He jeiked a thumb toward Lint, sitting
in sonlbre silence beside Carrie Marsh Gt
is not positively necessary to be deeply
attentive to ones cousin) and toward
Laura, whose pretty blonde face, muffied
IN her fur collar, was turned smilingly to
the young justice, who was bending over
her and evidently in the midst of funny
story.
well, don't know that it's So" Kitty
Knox responded; "but Sadie Russ told
me she heard it was something about a
ribbon that Laura wore one night. Lint
didn't like the color or something; / don't
know. Sadie didn't know either, but she
heard it was something about u rib
bon."
Whatever it was all about, the breach
appeared 10 be serious one
Lint Gordon remained gloomily silent
amid the noisy merry-making. Now and
then his cousin, quiet little person,
looked up at him alphabetically and
said something in soothing tone, gener-
ally failing to elicit response.
But, If Laura was suffering like de-
preston, it was by no means so apparent.
She smiled into her companions face as
she listened 10 him prettily; she never
once glanced toward Lint. As an en-
gagged young lady, she had hitherto been
profoundly Indifferent to Mr.. Howard;
now she seemed to be making up to him
for her past neglect. She gave him close
and admiring attention; her bright laugh
mingled with the sound OF the bells as
they sped along.
Lint Gordoa's endurance presently ex-
bausted itself He stood up in the sleigh
as they passed Il snug little house with a
cheerful light twinkling out through its
closed shutters. The house was Limits
own-an inheritance from recently dead
uncle. 1t was occupied by farmer and
his wife, who worked the place ION
shares" Limits share, to be sure, was
not oppressively large. He was a gener-
Gus, open-handed fellow, aud he made
most satisfactory landlord.
He laid a hand on the drivers arm, and
buG UC4iS CSttSCu blCll JluSlluSs
Il think III sop off here over night.
I've some matters to arrange with Ami
don,' he announced. "Chaffee, you see
to Carrie, won't your
con, come nowP' cried Chauncey How
ard himself; you'll do nothing of the
sort. We can't spare you. Sit down
tumble in again.
Arrange matters with Amidon?" said
Ron nUupr OF iOalIz ~ nrr
about those two apples? Gordon had two
apples out of Amidon's hundred bushels
last fall" ne explained gravely.
"Thats better than lie did with the DO
tatoes," said Jack Chaffee. ''Amidou
just sent him photograph of The potato
pstch for his share"
Lint was pulled into his seat amid the
laughter which followed. aud the sleigh
few on past big, snowy fields and strag-
Cling houses tilit jingisd into Deansvilles
brightly-lighted main street and brought
up with final clash at the door of the
NDesnsville hotel.
Its proprietor came out on the porch
and welcomed them in affably.
The girls were shown up stairs, where
they took off their wraps before long
mirror and smoothed their ruffled hair,
and demanded of each other whether
they looked quite like frights. and went
chaltering down in the parlor, where
their escorts were waiting.
Then somebody proposed having sup
per, and they went across to the long
dining room and disposed of a surprising
quantity of hot oysters.
When they went back in the parlor
Kitty Knox sat down obligiDgly and
played waltz and followed it up with a
quadrille, and then the girls declared
with one voice, that il was lawful late, y
and ran up stairs forthwith to bundle up
again
The sleigh was brought to the door and
the soapstones, freshly heated at the
kitchen range, were tumbled back into it,
and the jolly load of Haddamites jingled
back toward Haddam.
There was not quite such a babel of