Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-03-24

d, grove on the other side of the slnan
and to whom Miss Marion called I
come and tow her home, turning h,
Oal' as she spoke, toward him.
How Grace got back to the houu
that afternoon, she never Knew Sb
must almost have flown, FOR she WA
out OF breath when she arrived. Sb
was glad When night enabled her {
escape nom the children again. Sh
spent long hours fighting down he
misery, Yes, there was no doubt
sne SaId to herself. Only the closes
intimacy only an approaching mar
rage could explain her tone and
manneri it was that of ownership; and
ms was that Of only too willing ser.
wee And again she said 10 herself,
On how despise hin,r' And then;
"How despise myself for being at.
fected by il at all"
The next day broke more sultrv than
ever Mrs Leigh, who was a Kind.
hearted woman in her way, noticed
traces exhausted air, and, attributinc
II to the heat aud the confined school.
room suggested that the children
should take 4 holiday.
They locked a little peaked, poor
,hings, themselves" she said. 81 hoye
0eoh promising them a picnic all sum.
rlgr uoWn on Briery Beach suppose
you all bundle off together in the don.
Key Fart and spent the day there. |
WI nave a nice lunch put up for YOU.
Inc road for most of the wov lilo,
through shady lanes. You viii rs hot.
Ter Tor it, M dear yourself"
lhej had gone about a mile, and
We're slowly climbing = sandy hill,
"Face driving, and the two little Girls
ana their brother chattering away in
the highest spirits. when suddenly
pedestrian came out from the woods
on the right, and, springing nimbly ,
uo"l the bank, was going in the oppo- ,
aloud: >"''' '
you Know me, Mr-Mr. +
Stranger I'm the little girl who lost A.,
her penny yesterday, in the VILLAGE, =
ana you were the kind gentleman to +,
find it for me- !
utace would have given the world il Il
the child had not spoken, for she had +
recognized again, only too well. ,h,, =,
'a'l' 1.-THE form and that free. SWINGING g.
SleP' She said to herself: ole saw -,
me- he was hurrying away, and now ~,
TINS ycNatious child has called him T.,
backs he will think I whispered TO her -.
10 TO 1t, and he and his bride will iccr "
me all the more" W
Stuyvcsant Mortimer turned at M,v,s -,
and coming up to the cart with ~,
luIcK lmpulsivencss, cried, holding out h.
MS hand to the child: ~
"Nhy, so it is, absolutely nv LITTLE -.
AIRY but now disconsolato no longer. ~,
are going on quite an expedition, ",
co. aren't we' A picnic, or sometime ~,
ike it?" tli
Grace's whole body was a culver of Ln
IerVe'' She sat with her eyes down w..
asst and her face half aycrted, appar. H.,
n'Iy absorbed in studying her right "o
and, which held the reins. ,"s
"oh' yes" answered May, ION a ME. ~.
'c' And we're going to have such = a.,
time Don't you wish you were ~.
tuo?" "r'
"of course do with a hearty sym. % |.,
'thetlc laugh. Jolly times are no, "' ',
frequent with me, | assure YOU, that I,,
can afford to miss a chance Of ono n"'
will Miss-Miss-I beg pardon for 10 10 d
1t knowing her name-allow me- nc
BOD God! it is Grace herself.n ~
up to this moment he had been ca wen ~
crossed with the child that he had
ny a vague idea that there was , pI,'
'yerness sitting next to her; but who c "o,
goyerness was, or even if She were ,",
city, he had no thought. But now, I"' =,
he looked up. rather expecting to al,
some sour-yisaged, middle-arcd ..y.
.hSter, he beheld the sweet. down ~
u profile of the only woman who a -, ~,
| ever touched his heart, and who -,
5 looking all the more lovely bo-
Use OF her half-mourning dress and ~"
traces OF sorrow and suffering on nla,I
face Hence the broken eiacula- Pi"i
rs with which he checked fine 20. '',''
ST ne had beer about half >portively s,ar.
SPoA'
lis b,, ,oo She
looked 50 ooao, .'onie'l chag
L. so rapturouS, all in succession ~
Grace, who had turned to him o'VI"l
Ily at first, was herself astoni.bcl WV
shall we say it?-stirred also TO ;n ="
inmoSt heart. :. u.
NJ wh,, on,,l1 :. Mort
ih,o ,horo LaI "'''"' was IL CHI
axe! Surely that look, the pas.
emotion of the voice, were not
l%terfcit! Her head swan, and sbo Two f.
.ght she would faint.
Hiss Courtenay," said Mortimer A {
her agitation. MASTERING his newSl
emotion with great effort, 81 have in the
seeking You for months-eycr lnstea
my return from Europe, indeed. the SC
= and the pleading tones of tlngs
olce were eloquence itself-"do in BY thi
'st what | proposed just now in time ;
May join your little partyp %euttin!
nat you think hardly of me. Per. jects;
l deserve it. But oh! give me n class o
at least to explain. The yilest enyelo
nal Is allowed that. Afterward, writer
say so, | will go away-forever and tn
index !
did not wait for a replv in wo,,d, formal
ad always been masterful. and the ser,
felt the old spell on her. She and ca
no objection, therefore, when he and It
to the %donkey's head, and, NUT. printed
something about ..helpino il ~, though.
H. took it by the bride and led or add
nc top of the ascent. Her heart record
| such Il flutter that She copll ma, on the
poken if she had tried. Ofcourse practicc
nj his opportunity, and that he. or clcr,
'ng' The beach was only a shor, their SC
II OF a mile off, on the decliyity Of Tor fulu
below, and when the children. student
IS and s~tockingless. and with an inn
u merry shout. were dabblinp in Instead
lnr In .t,,a., IT, - ah,r.1L.