The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-10-04

to tho shoulder and piak ear tip to
couple them with such name.
Suddenly he remembered he was to
meet his cousin Bertha at the depot on
the IL 80 train. There was no time to
spare. Ho sli ped the paper into his
linen vest pocket and hurried down to
the street. In the excitement that fol.
lowed Bertha's arrival and the drives
and harbor excursions to bo planned he
forgot Miss Goosechasc and the folded
receipt, which bided, its time quietly in
the uaused linen vest pocket uatil Har.
ris and the rest of the Holbrook family
got back in September from their sum.
mer sojourn in their Cottage by tho
sea-"
Tho very first night ho got back to
the city he dreamed he was standing
on tho pale green and salmon carpet OF
tho pretty room under the church caves,
trying to compose poem to the laven.
der-drapcd divinity of tho place, and
racking his brain to find word that
would rhyme gracefully with Goose.
chase. He awoke with feeling that,
either directly or indirectly, his dream
/ was to meet with verifcation.
A week passed. Harris's. chamber
was to be newly furnished, and he set
out one morning, commissioned to So
lect something that would satisfy his
rather fastidious taste. As he walked
up the large furniture rooms of Brown
& Go. he caught sight of roll of car
peting, the identical pattern of that in
the chamber of the brown wing. De-
Gliding that it would suit his cham Der
also, he passed along looking at furni-
,ure, and balancing the comparative
merits of oak and walnut.
He stood before pretty dressing
case, that took his fancy, testing the
truthfulnoss OF the oval mirror, as it re-
hected his cmbrowned face and clear
blue eyes, when h, heard voices on the
right, near him, the owners being hid
den by tall cabinet.
'Mr. Brown. 1 am positive l paid
that instalment,' clear, decided femi.
nine voice was saying.
"Durell says ho knows nothing
about it. He keeps the books, you
know" returned an unpleasant mas Gu
line voice. ut is strange you cannot
show the receipt if you had one.'
Il did have receipt" returned
the first voice, slightly trcmulous,
yet with touch of defiance. Il went
out that morning I paid it. feeling an
noyed with TIE noise of the workmen
repairing the church, and carclessiy loft
tho window open near tho desk where
the receipt was lying. 1t must have
blown out, for never saw it aftcrward.
"You must produce the receipt, Miss
Goosechase, if you expect us to believe
you." returned the dealer insolently.
Tho name made assurance doubly
sure to Harris. He wheeled round
from tho mirror, as he saw tho two fig
urcs, who had stepped from behind the
cabinet reflected lehird HIM. He
overlooked the man and saw only tall,
slight, graceful young lady with re-
fined, interesting face, which had
flush of something like indignation upon
it at present.
"Miss Goose chase" he questioned,
lifting his hat and ignoring the wiry
furniture dealer completely
yes" she returned in scmo sur
prise.
II beg pardon. ] have overheard
your conversation. Twas on the roof
with the workmen that morning. l
caught the receipt that llew out OF the
window and must apologize for not re-
turning it to you at on CO. 1t slipped
my memory alterward. You shall have
it now without any delay"
The dealer eyed Harris with half
beaten, half-incredulou, look, and the
| fright, sweet smi!e with which Miss
Goose chase thanked him banished his
dislike of the name forever.
He ascertained that she still occupied
the samo room, aad rode uptown in
some excitement. II, rushed to his
room and Lu1dlcd out the linen suit
with fear aud trem bling lest the receipt
should not bc forthcoming lie waltzcd
across the room with an imaginary
partner when he found it folded away
in tho small vest pocket. 1t seemed to
wink at him knowingly as he unfolded
it. The suit had not been worn on ac-
count of some misfit since that morning
on the church roof.
He would not trust TO the mail, and
within an hour he delivered the paper
to her in tho pleasant pailor of the
brown wing of the old church.
81 was paying for my room furniture
on instalments, she remarked with a
smile. II thought the firm was fair
and square ia its dealings, hut it seems
there is something wrong. l cannot
thank you sufficiently for tiding me over
this unploasantness."
Harris found her atmosphere SO rare
and magnetic upon nearer view that
he went out from her with his head
turned completely.
She smiled a little when hi, note
came asking permission to call upon
| her.
So it came about at length that Har-
ris was admitted iuto the pretty room
whose owner had so tantalizcd him that
June moraing, and found it pcrmeated
with her gracious atmosphere, just as he
had expected. They became fast
friends. She confded to him her liter
ary ambitions, successes aud defeats,