Evening journal., 1889-09-26

and left him 70 60 TO Lookoff hill by himself
or tC make an uncomfortable party OF three
for some Of them, and suddenly we came
upon the whole number sitting together Ia a
row in the meadow, near the old we'll
II WAS a great stone well, with a chain,
and IL was not used. There was a better ons
near the house-at least one with all the mod
dern arrangements
There they all sat as solemn as owls Ola
dys stood still and began to laugh. | laughed.
too.
Whats the matterr she asked.
YOU'D better not ask. Gladys said Ross
White.
mo, she'd better not said the chorus
Then they groaned together
You will have to know at last, Miss
jaime" said Harry Ashe 40 we might as
well tell you at once Charlie Garden is
down the we'll
THAT'S not particularly bad news for me, !"
said Gladys not believing them Its worse
for him. He'll get wet
"lts true, Gladys said Fannie Green.
And they all called out: ID is true
"It was because you left him in that way,
think, said Tom Hope Indeed, MiSs jaime.
he caught hold Of the bucket chain and went
down.
"Why, there IS the bucket on the grass. =
said she.
YES = said Dick Breeze. Il thought be
had been down a good while and drew it up
it's empty
Gladys looked from one to the other
This is very amusing to you. no doubt, :
said she. II want the truth
Hes down there, | assure you, Miss
Jaune.n said Will Roth
what have you donei Why don't you help
him outF asked Gladys
Mrs Goodfelow has sent over to the Per-
Bins' place to see If they are done With her
ladder, said viii. And when 1t comesn--
when it comes,' cried Gladys--''ohir
She ran to the well and bent over "Mr
Garden. she called, ''Alr Gardeni"
Doesn't he answerln cried Rose.
"charlie speak, Charlie-ohl Charlisl'
gasps Gladys. "He is drowned or insensible. !"
"May be he doesn't hear; it's a very deep
well, " said Dick.
'If he could go down on the bucket you
other men cam said Gladys. why don't
] you-you, Charlie Roth--one Of youf Oh
are you men, to sit here like thatl"
ave won't let them 60" cried the girls.
each clinging to the arm of her sweetheart
Meanwhile Gladys danced about in an ecstasy
of terror.
| "You are all towards she cried at last.
adjusting the great bucket. II am going
down myself. And actually she went. The
chain creaked slowly. We all crept forward
and crouched close beside the well brink.
Charlie she was calling, "Charlieln Then
she gave a squeal
When she got down some distance-awful.
| ly afraid Of the water, but not yet coming to
any-some one caught her by the hand.
| what is thatp said she.
| ut is !, y said faint voice.
20 Charlieln she gasped. "You are not
drownedl Are you hurtf'
"Not too much to help you said be. "Ster
out of the bucket. IL is safe here-a sort Of
ledge. Don't stir. Let me hold you Why
did not some Of the men come down for me
How did you happen to comen
IL was not cowardly enough to let yor
die without help said Gladys. There goe
the bucket"
Yes" said Charlie, II should have held
il. Don't stir. The well is very deep, and
believe the water rises at sunset
"How HORRIBLE said Gladys
Il don't think you viii be left here, sale
Charlie. The ladder win come down il
time for YOU
why not for both Of usr' asked Gladys
"Too late for me- said Charlie. "But
don't care | had as soon die. You dom
care for me. You were noble. You cam,
to save me, but you never would have mar
ried mel"
20, Charlie" said Gladys, 'how can you
knowl Perhaps l would
Say it again, Gladys. sighed Charlie 81
am going"
Don't 20, Charliel" said Gladys Live
for mel"
She was crying bitterly.
IF could live would you marry mes
sighed Charlie. Let me rest my head on
| your arm. There, kiss me-"
She did it.
Il may have only few moments to live,
said Charlie, "but will you not let me fee
that we are engaged for that brief timer
"Oh, yes, yesl | always liked you, Char
lie; only meant to tease YOU said Gladys
"Oh, where are you hurtl What can | do
Yes, am yours. Oh. Charlie, where is this
painF
I'm my heart said Charlie kiss me.
She kissed him.
II am little better !" be said. Are w
really engaged, Gladysl | have taken thai
ring from my watch chain, Gladys-my
mothers, you know win you wear itq"
YES said Gladys. She was sobbing a.
she SLIPPED it upon her finger, Don't die
Charlie said she, Il viii never tease vol
again; / will never pretend do not love you
1t was all pretense. Live, Charlie, for my
sakel"
IAN right, Gladys" said Charlie, and OF
the instant he jumped TO his feet, embraced
her twice, and kissed her twenty times
This well is only ten feet deep, and has beer
dry fifteen years." said he. Boys let down
the ladder; she has accepted mew
They had all been sitting on the ladder K
hide il, and now the brim Of the well wa
filed with laughing faces, and shouts 81
laughter came down with the ladder.
did you suppose, said Fannie Green, a.
she held out her arms To Gladys when sht
had jumped from the well brink to th,
meadow grass, that you were to be the only
one to go home without being engaged And
is it not nice, after allr'
Well, Gladys forgave them, and, on th.
whole, l think they have made the happies
married pair Of all that summer party-I dC
indeed--Mary Kyle Dallas in the Firesid'
| Companion.
A Lost MS.
The manuscript journals Of David Living
stone, from which his first work, Missionary
Travels and Researches in South Africa,
| was compiled, are said to be missing and hi,