The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-11-09

lie looked into the depths of her
lovely eyes.
alt will bc splendid, tomorrow,
Miss Ethel"
"Do you thiuk so, reallyp IL so,
| shall 60"
"And cr--might l be allowed to
accompany you?" he siammered.
Shc looked him straight in tho fncc
with a proud glauce that was in
dcscribable.
"You may do so, If YOU wish"
lie was now on his way to the mp
pointed meeting place. "A peculiar
rem lezvous, perhaps, but not any
more 50 than the moments of solitude
which they had spent together on the
water or on the vcrandah of the cot.
tage.
The Simonscs had perfect confidence
in their daughter. She followed her
own sweet will None tie less the
thought pa. scd through Mr.. D'lIcrble's
brain that she had fooled him.
"If by any chance she is awake and
up, perhaps concealed behind the
blinds Of her bedroom window, how
she will laugh to see mo waiting here
patient and disappointed. ! shall look
ridiculous! All! if only she were not
quite SO lovely"
But at this moment a new impulse
of hope made his heart beat. lie had
just seen Tiger before the railing of
the cottage. The dogs lean body was
trembling with the joy dog shows
when he hears friend approaching.
Almost at the same minute Miss Ethel
made her appearance. Her golden
hair fell in waving lengths from under
her little straw hat. She wore a pink
dress; her tiny feet were cased in yell
low leather shoes, her hands in pretty
brown gloves.
Good morning." she said.
This was uttered in tone so dry
and frigid that the gushing thanks
Mr. Dlicrb.e had prepared stuck
in his throat and refused to come
out.
In silence they both entered the little
path that led through the woods to the
tower.
An odor of damp earth rose from
tho leaves and grasses. All was
wrapped in profound silence. Not a
sound stirred the air. There was an im-
preston of loneliness and solitude.
The straugcness of the hour and the
place and the unusual cariness OF
their rising hour, combined with thcil
| impressions to produce in the young
couple certain feeling of melancholy
not without its charm.
They were also aware OF feeling
of awkwardness between them, whicl
their modcsty rather made then
shrink from. Each at his and her owl
audacity.
However, they had gone too far t.
turn back, and feeling the charm o.
an adventure which brought them thu,
together, they kept most of thei
thoughts for the sunrise. Moreover
as the hour approached they felt
presentiment that the oracle really
was about to decide their engagement
They soon left the pine trees bchint
them and entered groves, first OF bircl
and then of beech trees. Blue heath
er flowers grew upon carpet of mos
and the pointed needles of resi-
glistened in the dim light.
Rocks lay about on all sides il
crumbling heaps, and the little noun
tain path wound in and out up tn
steep sides of the slope on whose sum
nit, though Invisible as yet, the towe
stood.
Suddenly turn of tho path brough
it into sight, rising up straight all,
strong, its battlements and gray wall
outlined against tho dull gray of tn
sky.
in tho midst of a pile of ruin
covered with lichens and bristln,
with tall wild grasses stood the las
vestige of the old feudal days of I'll
Chateau d'Alasprct.
Miss Ethel, slightly out of breatl
after her climb, stood looking towar,
the east, where the first lights of til
dawn played over a purple sky aud tn
clouds seemed like flakes of hoatin.
pink.