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

the winding staircase. She cast shy
glance at her knight.
"Do you really want to climb up
there? think we can see quite well
enough from here" lie turned upon
her reproachful look that was both
anxious and penetrating,
"Arc you afraid, Miss Ethel? Tha,
is not right"
Ills remark stung her pride. She
began bravcly to climb tho dark stair
case. D'IIcrDlc followed her.
They climbed up, and for long
time in semi-darkness, only cxchang-
ing the most trivial remarks, and then
suddenly, the full daylight nearly
dazzcd them.
They passed ont on to little plat.
form, and Miss Ethel, flushed with her
cxcrtion, uttered cry of delight al
the expnns, of country before her.
a tremendous circle of hills. valleys
and woods surrounded them.
That triangular mirror of gliltcring
metal far below them Is tho ocean seen
through the long vista of a valley.
The forests of Alasprct, from the
foot of the tower to the horizon,
spread ont wide cxpansc of softly
rounded hills, which melted into the
distance in blue haze. The country
reminded one of carpet that had
been pieced together. Those golden
spots, here and there, are the corn
fields. those gray stones are villages
one can SEQ the face of the church
tower clocks like so many white
points. A stream between Willow
clad banks flows down there in the
distance-a strip of silver lace,
hemmed with gold. From all sides
rises the moisture from the earth in
gray masses of vapor. ltswathcd the
tower of the keep in an ever-moving
stream like continent submerged in
a sea of mist.
The east grew roster. The cloud;
were abazc with purple colors.
They looked as il they were lighted
with gigantic cmbers of some glow.
ing forge.
The silence tended to increase tina
feeling of mystery and thoughtful
spirit of religion, poetry which come-
with the dawn aud spreads over lh,
earth.
"Ah!" said the two voices together
The sun had just shot his first CLEAN
through n break in the clouds. They
dispersed and fed away so rapidly i
looked US il q giant broom was spcep
ing space. Then the great disk of tn
sun in his glory rose in the midst o.
the rose colorcd sky.
"Ethel," sighed Mr.. D'IIerblc. Ill
saw her shining with beautiful
splondor, bathed in the living rays o
of the sun.
She seemed to him tho centra
beauty of the landscape vibrating wit
life and light. Her naughty lovelines
was sofiened with tender grace
and tears were glistening in her pur,
eyes.
"Look," he said, "thc sky is clear.
And, indeed, not cloud was 10
seen. The air was ablaze with light
the sun was slowly rising in the sky
The sea of mist that surrounded tn
tower could be seen melting away an,
evaporating. Aud the circle in whic
they two stood seemed to absorb tn
coors and lights with all the rc
splendors of the woods, the cornticld
and the meadows.
A fresh and laughing youth wa
abroad OH the earth and in the sol
touch of the wandering breeze.
Scarcely perceptiblc mists rose fror
the roofs of the cottages below. The
the Angelus sounded out; others an
swered back, faint and sweet, like til
song of tho larks. The birds wcr
beginning to wake; life was active o
all sides
Then in the warm glow of ligh
which seem to fold them in a circle o
gold, Miss Ethel Simons placed he
firm little hand in that of Mr.. ID Hell
bic. He drew closer 10 her, and sh
made no resistance while these two
betrothed on the tower by the Gaw
in face of the sun and the world, cS
changed the solemn vows of etcr nj
love and registered it with first kiss
-[Translated from Courier DE-