Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-11-15

MY OWD-anu tOey express III u
greatest happiness lifeeve brought
me. They are like the leaves that
flutter down iG the November rain.
| wonder why she kept them. How
mauv there artr
christening the cord, he turned
the letter over ana found many OF
the envelopes scribblcd upon by a
familiar hand. There were Items
Looted down to be remembered In
answering, aud scraps Of poetry
which had not long since reached
his eye, aud been eyer since
cherished in ais memory. Upon
the last Ole-fOr they were all
numbered-waS written in ink this
sirllsh confession: 'Al Courtney, |
loye yon, Dnt will never marry any
Cne 50 iDcOns.ant.'
Resting bis head on the empty
tray in silence. he exclaimed:
Il was a tOOl-a cOnsummate
fOOl!-and now, perhaps, sue is
dead
a noise outside aroused him.
and IN a bewildered way he sur
veyed the garments strewed on
every side, and gdzed mOurntully
at the beautiful hat through which
be had run one tJOt and the box
of laceS he had uncOnSciO Jsly used
for a cushion. Fred would be
coming in a few minutes. he be-
gan repAckiug the things with
ruthless haste, and, stOwlng the
letters in his own pockets, was
lying lazily on the cOnch reading
the paper when his chum entered.
'Wcllp he cried, what mystery
dli YOU uuearth?
NO mystery at all, was the de-
llberate answer; 'but the stuff as
YOU call it, is worth something, and
would be a regular gold mine to a
girl. I've an0tion to buy it from
you and present it to ny sisters.
" hat will you take p
'Oh comL You're just doing that
to help me out. l know your
benevolent old heart. NJ, Eli
follow your first advice, and hunt
up the owner. 1t would be quite
romantic, and, besides, you limited
that might make shilling or
two by this. You found her name
and address there, didb't youT
Yes Al reluctantly answered;
L lOund her name aud an address,
but it is hardly likely you could |
hea af.er so mAoy ye RS. You know
thes keep luggage a long time be-
fore it Is sold.'
'fm not saTe about that said |
Fred. I've thought about 1t all the
morning, and twill be rare fun to
try anyway. What did you say the
name wasY
Bat no doubt this girl was kill
ed--luggage is seldom lost except
by some such accident, anl-and
maybe she is an Old woman
Fred laughed lmmOderately.
Just as if that would make an
act of charity less meritOriOus.
Old women don't usually wear
white lace hats, thou Gu. You
must have found something pre-.
ciOus iu theFe-jewelry, or some
tbing-wblch makes you anxious
to marty rize yourself. It's nine,
however, ami am not as anxious
to part with it as was-not till
I've look d through it, any way
As he turned the key Al Iemem
bered that his own photograph
was lying in a conspicuous box,
aud exclaimed:
"Wslt until after dinner, then;
I'm half starved
Perhaps 1t wOnld be better was
the answer, and they passed out
together.
When fairly downstairs AL said
be Ii ID forgotten his handkerchief,
and flew back three steps at a
time TO get it. Securing the pic.
tnre aud placing it in an inside
pocket, he said to him-self;
'SlreIy there's nothing else to
give ne away. But | must wheedle
him out of he trunk
After dinner f. ed 'went through,
the contents Of the trunk, making
bOyish remarks concerning each
article as he threw 1t aside. Al III
wardly 0lnced at these remarks,
and could scarcely restrain himself
from knocking him oyer on the
spot.
~ hat makes yOn so crustyP
qnerIed Fed, suddenly, as one Of
his choicest Jokes was met by a
gruff 'TI'd!' There's no fun in yon,
and why YOU want this stuff beats
me. Your sisters would turn up
their noses at secondhand cloth.