Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-09-14

Sho would rovCT see tho one nor hear the
other again. Why, she wondered, had To
not come TO see her AGAIN. She should
have liked to bid him "good-by," and had
half mind TO send him note and tell
him Of her going. This, on second
thought, however, sho had decided not
to do; fer one thing, she did not know
his address, nnd-well there was an end
Of IT,.
Could she by the means of clairvoyGncc
have seen Eustacc's face and heard his
words, she would have regretted her de
cision. For even as that great vessel
plunged On her fierce way right into the
heart Of the gathering darkness, he VIZ
Standing at the door of the lodging house
in the little street in Birmingham.
( Gone he was saying. Miss Smithnrs
gone to New Zealand What is her ad
uross2'
"Shc didn't leave no address, sir re
plies the dirty maid of all work with
grin. she went from here two days
ago, and was going on to the ship iii
London"
"What was the name of the ship ~
asks, in despair.
"Kan-- Kon-Congcr-ccl REPLIES ;he
girl in triumph, and shuts The door in lis
face.
Poor Eustacel he had gone to London
TO try and get some employment, and
having after some difficulty succeeded in
obtaining a billet as reader in Latin,
French and English to a publishing house
Of good repute at the salary of / $50
year, he had hurried back TO Birmingham
for the sole purpose of seeing Hiss Al.
gusta Smithers, with whom, if the whole
truth must be told, he had, to his credit
be it said, fallen deeply truly and vio-
1,, 80, low InI f,, Ia Ia,
this way gone that he had determined to
make all the progress that he could and,
if he thought that there was any prospect
of Success to declare his passion
Pity poor young man! TO come from
London to Birmingham to WOO ones gray
eyed mist ress, in third class carriage,
too, and find her gone to New Zealand,
whittier circumstances prevented him
from following her. without leaving II
word on a line, or even an address behind
her! 1t was too bad Well, there Yves
no remedy in the matter; SO he walked to
the railway station and groaned and
swore all the way back to London.
Augusta, on board the Kangaroo, was,
however, in utter ignorance OF this act Of
devotion on the part of her admirCr; III
deed, she did not oven know that lie vas
her admirer. Feeling curious sinking
sensation within her, she was about to 70
below to her cabin, which she shared
with a ladys maid, not Knowing whether
20 attribute it to sentimental qualns IN.
cidcntal to her lonely departure from the
land of her birth, or 10 other qualms con-
nectcd with 4 first experience of life upon
the ocean wave. About that moment,
however, bury quartermaster aid
dressed her in graft tones and informed
ucr mat II she wanted TO see the last OF
EoId iiaIbion she mad better 60 art q
oit, ana i"ok over the port SIDE ana she
would see the something or other Hght;
Accordingly, more to prove to herself
that she was not seaSick than Tor any
otter reason, she did so; and standing
as lar ~ as the second cs&ss passengers
yer" 'Ho"Go 10 60 stared at inc q'lyh
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rynmnln whom suIlrujv lTowin,r fnint
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foyv.ard and .frotched ONT ia hand -.
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md that Of tho h,ilworl, nettinra tLr
T,"n s.rnre.lod 70 lie foet AZ L5 did -
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