The Springdale news., 1888-07-06

CAROL VAS TURNING A RING aS HER HAND. never to 10 show him such 1oiofui looks. If you arc bound 10 undo aH l a1a working fer by your aaif-hcartcdHess, say so at once and will give ap my scheme. I will give ID the best hopes of ms life with f; bat a.iIat does that matter when weighed against girls whlm'n
 He spoke impatiently, staring moodily at the aae where a great coal rolled over and winked it's flaming eye at him, as if in ap- preciatiou Of some untold joke.
 "If 1 only understood q little hetter,s murteered Carol. Do you mean that bY doing ths I will help yop to gain AIthea.2
 " B not dong t you Tiif be the cause 0t my losinc her. and taore-so much more, that you as we'll as l will De sorry, sorry te the end of your life.n
 'Oh, Llmanl3
 .Thcre is no use of our talking. 0nee aud for al. yag shaHl ta4e Eear ehuice.
 How hand and craef mea eaa Dc to tHe women wHa love them Lyman knew that every word he uttered cit through thattea der heart. lie knew also what ths ehoiee would be. knew that he would hayo nc trouble after tHis jn having h5s own way
 AIr ln2et Was invited to 5uucr. h came early, an. His small eyes ElGam ? WAttl Atai1At tt1 Htek +ta 1tt--ti4 Orayely on the iltle vAite hand i5e coveted
 "That's right 1 thought yoa Waai3aa be so foolish as tp refuse 1t. When ! alala pp my mind 10 have 8 thias generally get it Ay sasee hook or crook, aot its a good while since 1 ma9sup my mins Co get you, my lIttic beauty. KISS me sweet, b seal the taBd N hat, SO shy well, III not urge yBu now, bat xan shaI pay me for my patience some dar, and soon Soon, do you heae, my GHtui.-you ean't begin your fixing fe3 quickly fer the wea ding-daF Say sha. we make d big splurge or go a.o2d and do up the matter quietly Ike sensible people,.
 "oh, keep oeery th.ag quiet, urged Carol, shrialangiy. only last beginning ta reaiize what she had taken ca herself. What would her friends say fl tha iaej oi her engagement ta ttis m.u were nolseI abroad. What waula they ihIul.t
 The light lt winch one of I thza Eaall ve~ 1t was to bo ra4de NnoUa t1 her sooner than she expected.
 1he bountlal dinner s0ryo1 to the three was oyer. The gds MS lG hat turned te a moontiao glow by the softenias globes. Carol walked t5 a s.in1osg, and. liftiug tha curtain, looked oa..
 There Uas | holiday aspect to the street even ln this gu;el corner. Nouug couples passadaun H arm. w5tA happiness in fne,g looks; children teezPel bY laden Ni5h tho spois of thc day; vehicles dashed b1el. and forth filled win meeay groups The house fronts were brilliantly illuminated, and tLa lights shone out into the a,s4t FEsth cheer and brightness very p.easaat t0 sec.
 Suddenly Carol Eaf turned.
 Somebody Is staupng here; I do be- heve it is Althea. Ncs, that il the Eycr- leigh sleigh; that s ther driver. How queer, yet how good of her t0 come this night ef all nights ta the year. y
 Dropping the curtain, she ran into the hall to meet her friend. Lyman 0it h.s lip with annoyance though al eager glow burned in hs eyes He had told Carol nothing of an informal invitation u dine at the Everleiga's, which ae had declined for both of them. Ii was queer that Atth1a should come tbera-n3w queer he alone could ieel--yet her orr3nd was q very simple one
 "l MAS so unfortunate iu my inyitatiens.n T she began 10 explain. " Even Norris disap- pointed ne by havsag previous eae4se- ments, so Haruei ont es lat and gathered up 3 miscellaneous pal5s which l fad my- sell scarcely able ta manage, and | ran away Co beg you to come and help me enter tam them for an houe Or two, Carol. Don't wat to ask questions, Fl tell you on the way The gentlemen may fo!l9% if they hlse to I.lal.se themselves useful; but 1 give fair warning that Twill haya no droucs Ill the hive tonight Il IS no. full dress oc- casion and yon giil all do very well as you are. she added. with misca.eygEs smile.
 ''It' s very wise of you, Mss EverleIeh, 10 take Us in. for whatever Lyman mi eht sav, l certainly would obicc. to having tais young lady run away from me tonight. I've got ellalss4 iatefa,s in her now to keep q sharp watch on her proc7e3lags,n pro claimed dr Iu1ot, with a certain amount ef purpose ia mixing tue stata ul affairs known to his employers daGgater,
 Sae's 54ea aaiaz aee lre5test ta nuke up amateh baaWeasi lur eiri and th3t fellow Bergman sA=,a act taa leasl n 4ana with hiia, th9a9.l Ca.ll5r la2T think .4; he's been blind as bat a3t f3 sas her drift all along. want hae t-aog taa5 waat pat up with aae iae 7rss' sF5rss bee. She has alwaEs treatal lae lE.ss fir mud under her feet, but now satall w5t 10 take ne on an equal footing wl1h the@," ran his iA'n9gs'ts whss he weeeas s,a s.@1z-s