Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-12-10

lily forward and recsived her, appareufly
haiS fAinting. In bis arrnA
AZ the same nonaen. be made . signal, and
seaTiass, anti nov hidden BY the turn Of
the lane, came Up
The two harrlsdly entered IL, and they
drove away al q rapsd pace They were
clearly gong To catch ;ss norta boan,i train
Il Tie nearest starion-
The doctor. aith6ugh be nor UNDERWOOD
tbs plaza nn2d- n's nsosion o. attempt 10 opr
p@e H.
III sb= prefers him TO me les her 20" be
szid, and Ia sorls,ru wrstehsslne=s and bitter
nsss Of soul returned " lis Office.
Toe Chase house opposite was shut ~ and
the ~iEdows eIosd, as though its life and
Light bad forever Departed.
Did the parents know a. yet what bad hap
p~nedi Should be break it 20 then-aors
gently, perhaps, than others would do, and
In their woe and SONS soothing Tor bis owni
He walked slsosly up the front steps 70 the
porch, and there hnzer-t- He could not fad
is In MS heart 70 enter the house where Ter
pressaee was no longer. and u vas with an
effort that be gave the bell knob a poll
which sssn1ed like the grsncninzs Of his own
heart strings
ing. be beneld josie standing salleniy before
hita-
II haVs teen exporting you for more than
an hour, shs said Bat catching a sisht
Of his pals and startled face. what IS the
rnattsri Are you AR
NO, but IL don't understand did aot
expect 10 see you. thought you had gone
away
t-f,ons awavN
"Yes-with Jack Ripley be said sternly
And Sos.e, to his surprise, broke into a
laugh
Then, changing, she suddenly became very
grave and dishlGed
How could You have had such thought
ofbne Cbsrisr
Josie, was it you whom saw Leave the
house about O'Clock this evening, wearing q
brown dress and veilf'
"Yes, certainlyr'
And you met gentleman in the poplar
lanen--
No. nor she interrupted, again laughing.
That was my cousin, MAY Harding-Aunt
Aimeris's ueice. We are Of the same size and
exchanged dresses IN order 10 deceive aunt 8
~atchfal eyes But come in and let me tell
you all about it. | could not before, beng
bound 70 secrecy"
And then she told him how JACK and Nav
had for years loved each other and been
kept apart by Miss Chase, who had taken
charge Of May when a child, and been 10 her
a sort Of domestic tyrant.
Whenever Jack was in town, Miss Chase
kept double watch upon the poor girl, and
and il was only by the scheme which had
been 20 successful that May was enabled TO
elude her argus eye and get safely away with
her lover.
Papa bad always been in favor OF the
mat IN, but for peace sake did not like 10 in
terfere with his sister Almeria.
He viii scod little hen he finds out my
part in it, she said, but will be delighted all
the same that MAJ Is happy at last. No one
could ever say word against Jack except that
he was a little wild and misehievous at college
To the practice OF law And as to whether
DR. Newberry vii! blame
She paused, and looked up half archly, hall
inquiringly into his face.
No, darlIng-not now, he answered. al.
though you have caused ME the most miser,
able hours Of my life"
Charlie she said softly, as she allowed
had practiced your own theory and soug bit al
explanation Of what appeared TO you 50 sus
pscious, you would have been spared thos.
miserable hours"
YES, darling, it was my fault. But thi,
may serve Us both for a lesson to begin
with. "-Saturday Night.