Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-06-20

une autpSSNpofe potturneo nigh, nor was
the firelight etropg.
| Miss Traxers has come 10 take tea
very quptly with me, MIR. Hayne-she is
90 soon to return to the east-and now
want;you to stay and ioin us. No one
Will be here hut the ma or; and we viii
haTesAo~ely time w itb eur 1ansic. You
wiz, Spop,tyouT'
| ''So- soomfSov Tefzn.n 10 the easfss How
hsSraP, how ssrsnge and pnwelcoms tbs
words sounded How bi,sy seemed 70 OBJ
press him and%prevcrne biz r,plw lie
stood q r,cnscne dazed ard vaguely wor-
Rcd; hs corsd'not eIp&afo il. He booked
from Mira W'naaron's tfr>6 face to tbs
sweet, Husfred, lo"eIy features there SO
near him, aEd ecn1ctsing told him tlst
he co1ld never M them 60 and find even
nope or cooteant IN Life again. how, yyhv
had sheso tstrsngaiy come into his LONELY
lffc, radfent, bcausaful, bewilderiny "a
6omesuddeniy blazing star in the darkest
corner of the heavens2 Whence had
come tins strange power that enthralled
nm! He gaSed into her sweet face, with
It's downcast, troubled eyes, and then, in
DeWlhterment, turned TO Mrs Waldron:
'i'A'' Nv i'itt Miss lTdNPTS was
ing east again just now. 1t seems only a
few days since she came"
1T IS over a month; but all the same
tins Is sudden decision. I knew moth
ing OF 1t until yesterday. You said Mrs.
lIayner was better today, Nellie"
Yes, little; bus she is far from we'll
l THINK the captain will go, too, lust as
soon as he can arrange for leave of alb
Sence, was the low toned answer. He
mad released, or rather she had with
drawn, her hand. and he still stood there.
fascinated. His eyes could not mlit their
gaze. She going away:-She? Oh. it
could not be. What-what would life
become without the sight of that radiant
face, that slender, graceful, girlsh form?
rs not this very unexpectcd?' he
struggled to say. 81 thought heard
you were to spend several months here
1T was so intended, Mr.. Havne; but
mvsisters health requires speedy change.
She has been growing worse ever since
we came, and she will not get well here
and when 90 you go;1 he asked,
blanklv.
Just as soon as we can pack; though
we may wait two or three DAYS for "a
for telegram"
There was Il complete brea,; in the con-
versatiou for Il full quarter of a minute
not such long time IN itself, but un.
conyentionally long under such circum.
stances. Then Mrs. Waldron suddenly
and remarkably arose:
I'm leave You to entertain Mr.. Havne
a few moments. Nellie. am the slave
of my cook, and she knows nothing Of
Mr.. Haynes being here to tea with Us;
so / must tell her and avert disaster"
And with this Observation-Disclosures on
her lips and conscience. where it rested
with equal lightne7,5, that exemplary lady
quilted the room. In the sanctitv OF the
connubial chamber that evening. some
hours later, she thus explained her ac.
ton to her silent spouse:
fright or wrong, ! meant that those
two young people should have a chance
TO know each other. l have been con-
WINGED for three weeks that she is being
forced into this New York match. and
for the last week that she is wratchedlv
unhappy. You say YOU believe him
wrongod and injured man. only voI
can't prove it, and you have said that
nothing could be toogood for him in this
life as a reward for all his bravery and
fortitude under fearful trials. Then
Nellie Travers isn't too good for him,
sweet as she is, and | don't care who
calls me matchmaker
But with Mrs. Waldron away the two
appeared to have made but hating pro-
gress towards friendship. With all her
outspol. n pluck at school and At howe
Miss Traver. WAS STRANGELY III ot ooso
and embarrassed now Mr. Hovro xyo,
the first to cain self control and tn a~-
deayor 10 briuy fine convcrx,.;,,, h,oi. -,
= natural enamel II va n sf-,,,,,.t,,.
bu: lie had uroup ac.,nx,a,naI f., 49,,
clos. He crrld not in,n.-,pa ,hst 81
~Eom he had ne. o,jv oro., ~ 800
should a,y, for him nrvt:,;ne, ,r-,ro 49,,
the voc7,,a. AVID ,,,,st ,.,s.,el ;,,,,r...
lie well knew br tbis i'm. h,r. 49,,
anil v..bar,,n4 W. fla ;,,,,,..,o, -. ~
aroused in his hc,~r. b,,f i, ,,o,,,. 80,