The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-11-14

~ t\ $40" YOU, aHo-H"
E5%!S joking II need
EzE ~ yonF NJ: advice" =.
it will be for the first time" laughed
gool-natured Courtney. "Lcod OF,
and cont lose any time in rclie7ing
this suspense. I'm not fond CT rid
dies, you Know.
"#hy. yesterday : dropped into
the saiccooc at u Loat,or station.
You k-ow, they sell OF the uneal!ea-
for luggage at Intervals. and sale
VAS Just going on. \ number OF The
boys were t;.erc, Gnd We each com
lnercei to bid for q trunk. / selected
rather small onH, and Eere We
are! Come right il, and view the
burden CT Lly woes
lie lei th2 Wy ia;o : pleasant apart
rc1t. and POINTED to 2 small leethe:
trunk wiI;ci. Stood i the middle Of the
rooG?:
"Opcn i. il you waHt to-" he said.
tIre Ae; enough OF the consonnded
thing. It's full O: woman's stuff, and
what do you sappose I can 10 with it,
[ haven't en- aunt or cousin in the
wide world"
"JIeep it till you're married, Fred.
These seem TO be good c:o:hes," said
Courtney, pecving into the box, and
lifting dainty garments with half
reve-cct touch, IN spite Of his laugh
ing face.
S:aumph! The iGea OF such advice
from YOU! Why, old boy, [ shall not
marry ior te2 yea-s-fTe. anyway
and I'm ro5 going to risk keeping
these things here AMI being taken for
g laig burglar. Mrs. MaGafrey would
find them in spite Of every thing
smell murder in the air, and hunt
around :or the skull bones. No, I'll
dunno the trunk IN the river; that's
what Ill do"
"p<haw! You're too sensible for
tlaS. These things cost noney-lots
OF it, / imagine an2 EoJ paid some
th:rc ior them il the bargain. !c;1
might sell tle:u to the secondhand
Nc, I've better sclame than tbet.
Why rot so through the trunk sys-
tematieal!y, find ont the owners name
an>i address, there are surely, letters
or so1eEa:a y--ar,i write to her, offer
ing her the whole thing for reason.
able sum-"
stDo az act Of charity: and yet turn
an honest renas. Aay one would
know YOU are Scotch. But must SO
back 10 tic store, and Here! you
have 81! the time there is; suppose
von 90 through it for me? All l ask
is tl.at you Will keep Mrs. McGsfrey
out. Fare lieu!" And OF lie weos.
Courtney iau3aingIy locked the
door; bat the smiles soon lett his face
ss he proceeded with his TASK. He
| wondered If the little battered trunk
|. had been lost in some O. the dreadful
catazirophes he had read Of; he in
acinel tue owner killed and her body
as well as luggage unidentified in the
horrible excitement.
They were girlsh tbings-dainty
wells and ribbons, ginghems, silks and
showy linen. He fingered over small,
worn slipper, and te!t thrill akin to
that awakened iu Cinderella's prince.
::No ciew YET" lie murmured.
s'Pcrhaps there are letters in tris
! box
It's catch was bent, bnt he wrenched
it open, AMI out 1ew-his own photo
graph!as
He sat down plump in q box OF lace
AMI stared. On the other side were
his initials, ard date he had been
trying for three years to forget,
'Juue ,, 1890"
s:Nell Burr's trunk y he exclaimed.
"Oh, nv little girl, what has hap
pcned to you? May be some one.
No, here are your initials on this belt
buckle, and your gloves we're No. 6,
and this slipper would just it your
dear little foot"
Iae young man grew excited and
rapturous over each article; presently
he lifted a package Of letters from one
corner.
MY own-and they express the
greatest happiness life ever brought
NE. They are like the leaves that hut-
ter down in the November r.in. !
wonder why she kept them. How many
there are!"
christening the cord, be turned the
letters over and found many Of the
envelopes scribbled upon by familiar
hand. There were items jotted down
TO be remembered in answering, and
scraps Of poetry which had not long
since reached his eye, and been ever
since cherished in his memory. Upon
the last ore--for they we're all num-
herel-was written in ink this giriish
confession: "Al Courtney, I love you.
but will never marry any one so in
constant.
Resting his head ca the empty tray
in silence, he exclaimed:
'si was iool-a consummste fool !
aud nov, perhaps, she IS dead"
y noise outside aroused him, AID IN
bewilderetl way he surveyed the gar
meats strewca on every side, and
eazei mourn u:iy At the beautiful hat
throncI! which he Gal rim one foot
and th- DYx of iaces L. had uncon-
sciou>:v used Gor q cushion Fred
would be coming in 4 lew minutes.
lie began re: :cAirg the things with