The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-12-04


nterlng the car, probably, Then shc
as silent moment, and afterwaru
Ill addressing her friend sho made ~
eond remark, and heard these words
iith plain:
" Uneasy about Ethel-frequently-la
20 evening,
T4e words made no impression upon
~ at the moment, but they occurred tu
,us short time afterwards. tainl the
words impressed themselves ON my
aiul at he instant OF my re ognition OF
sHe Ndys features,
Tere was strong resemblance be-
tween this lady and the young girl had
7rJtnized the evening previously.
rais iadg was her mother, possibly
Cou d tie ohi,d indeed be Ethel upr,
whose account anxiety WAS expressed
In that possibility was it my duty L.
int rfeyeY
The next words made me more certain
that Etheland my heroine were the sam
person,
"She will leave for the country to.
msrrow. hope the change will do her
good. Her aunt has promised to take
care her for few weeks"
felt that l must speak then. II oc.
currrd 20 mo that il had Onughtcr
who aud ftIm n secret attachment to
a evan like the enc | had seen lnSt night
! stuah looS ~ on the informant ion rs an
act vi srrat kindness. might be wrong
| must u.s. great caution, then ere
could be no ha!mrrsultlng from tho word
of min..
Pardon me, l sail, lis your daugh-
ter y young lady OF about sixteen years,
and does she some lines wear2 -
Here described the dress of the young
girl,
The lady looked at me for moment In
blank establishment and, bang appar-
entity satisfied with her scrutiny, she an
swered, Yes.
she will leave London from the.
Southeastern Station"
The lady answered Yes aeain.
PA don me. ! have good reason for
asking these questions" continued
Was the date and time Of lIer de-
parture fixed by Yourself or by the young
lady?"
The person addressed evidently
thought me insane; but she answered my
question, and her answer gave me the
elew | needed.
My daughter remarked last evening
that she would like to visit her aunt to-
morrow, and that, with My permission,
she would leave by the morning train.
The invitation had been standing some
time. | was to have accompanied my
daughter. Unfortunately, / am called
TO Canterbury upon business this after
noon"
"Ithink shall induce you to postpone
your Journey remarked. "Will you
mind answering me one more question?
Has the young lady male friends? I
mean, is there any young gentleman she
meets by an appointment, having your
permission to do so!
Certainly not, said the lady indig-
nantly. My daughter is much too
young to accept any attention from gen.
tlemen."
Then described to her the meeting I
had witnessed with the languid and gor-
geously dressed adonis. l spoke of his
manner towards the young lady, and of
the appointment he had made with her.
. You are mistaken" said the matron
frigidlv. THE young lady was not
Ethel"
had partly expected this, and yet I
was morally certain that previous to our
| conversation the lady had said to her
| friend, Il am growingq quite uneasy about
Ethel. Do you know she frequently
leaves home upon all manner of excuses
in the EVENING""
| And she admitted to me that this
same Ethel would leave town alone on
| the Wednesday morning train from the
| Southeastern station, and that my de-
scription of her was the correct one.
Good breeding, OF course, should have
| prompted me to apologize for the inter-
ruption and make no further remark
whatever, but l was so convinced that
| the young lady had no intention OF visit
| ing her aunt but that she did intend
| to elope with a cavalier of yesterday
| that sacrificed the point of etiquette
and returned to the attack.
Suffice it to say that induced my
| travelling companion TO postpone her
| journey until the next day (but to leave
| her home as at present arrrang d and
| remain at her friends house J further, /
| obtained her promises to be at the
| Southeastern station at the hour
| fixed for her daughters departure, and
promised to arrange for some place
where she could see without herself
| being seen.
l succeeded in doing this, and, Of
course the reader knows the sequel.
The languid Adonis, in the extraordinary
| costume, was standing on the platform.
| Presently the young lady joined him,
and he took charge of the little baggage
she carried with her. She burst into
tears, but he quickly treasured her,
After time he would have handed her
into the train, but the now already dis
tracted mother rushed from her conceal
ment aud the girl fell fainting into her
| arms.
The youth disappeared promptly, but
he was unearthed few lays af erwards.
He was one of a worthless, disSipIted
set. He intended to marry the girl, -
| he said, and then to come upon her
| friends - for new start in life Happily,
his designs were frustrated by the coin
cidence attending two whispers.
Ethel, poor child, was iRconsolable at
the less of her own true love, but she
| II learn wisdom in time, and When she
finds her true love in reality she will
thank me for my window scrutiny and
for what followed it.
She will teach her children to avoid in
cautiously formed acqualntaue '54ips,
and relate to them how narrowly she
escaped falling into The tolls Of a
| schemer, whose seif-intro, uction, in the
first place, was an imperrinent insult,
and whose hattery was vile