The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-09-19

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$50 it is," said the General. al
mean to try it some Of these days my
self"
Audrey took the paper to her room
and read the notice of the wedding I:
"On the LIST of August, Mr.. Edward
Norrowsy to Helen, youngest daugh-
ter OF Howard Hotspur. Esq"
Therein, 80 she believed, lay her
worlds end.
"Mother," said Audrey Dew, week
after this, "you know Miss Rose al
ways has wanted me to come to her
and learn millinery. I'd like to CO."
"There amt any need of your pas
daughter learning trade" said Mrs.
Dew.
"But could make our bonnets, and
save good deal" said Audrey; and
finally she had her way.
She only wanted to let her heart
break away from tender, watchful eyes.
The farce Of cheerfulness could be
played no longer.
In a fortnight Audrey went to New
York to learn to make bonnets. She
wrote letters home to the effect that
she WIS very happy, and stitched in
defatigably, and thought, and wept by
stealth, and grew thinner and paler,
and had little cough. In fact, non
sense as you may think it, Audrey was
dying of broken heart.
II was October, and the evenings
were warm and golden at home, and
the foliage gorgeous in its bright de-
cay. In the city the few trees were
sere and somber, and all the gorgeous
ness was in the shop windows. About
five o'clock one day, when Audrey,
who had been to Brooklyn, came down
towards the ferryboat, thinking hard
upon subject which had tormented
her for long time--Ned Norroway's
photograph. She had it still, and he
was another woman's property. She
was doing wrong; she must destroy it,
Why not toss it into the river? Her
hand was on the chain, she took q step
forward. just then, 'HLst me take
your shopping bag?' said n voice she
knew She turned her eyes that way.
There stood three persons-Ned Nor
roway, a young lady to whom he had
spoken, and an elderly gentleman. Au-
drey dared not meet them. She turned
toward the boat, not needing her steps
as she should have done-not noticing
that the boat had left its moorings.
"Stop !" cried half dozen voices but
Audrey had gone too far TO stop. In
n second more the waters had ingulfed
her.
"Don't go, Nel," cried young,
sweet voice, and two hands clutched
Ned's arm.
''Let me alone" cried Ned fiercely,
shaking the fingers away with jerk.
And there were two figures in the dark
water instead of one, and Ned's voice
cried in Audrey's ear, ''Be calm.
Don't cling to me, and will save
you."
She was quite insensible, and Ned,
dripping himself, carried her into n
house hard by, and gave her over to
the goad-natured Irish landlady, who
soon had her warm and conscious OF
this world again.
"She's quite herself, SIR" said the
woman, coming out to Ned, "and will
see you in minute. I've jist brought
her iewelry and things to you. L can't
watch livery wun in an out.
Ned took the glittering handful; n
pin, little silver portmonnaie, and a
chain with framed picture attached.
In Il moment more he gave cry. How
she came 10y it he could not guess, but
the face that looked at him through
the blurred wet glass was his own.
Half an hour afterward he was kneel-
ing beside Audrey, who reclined in n
great armchair in the landlady's best
room.
"Thank God / saved you, Audrey"
he said. Life would have been
worthless without you, my little dar-
ling"
AT these words, weak as she was, Au-
drey started to her feet.
GLOW dare you," she said. "You
have risked your life for me, l know,
but that does not warrant you in
speaking SO. What have l done to
lead you to insult me?'
"ro insult you, Audrey God for.
bid!"
"Words that a single man may
speak without making girl angry,
sir, are insults from married ma3, "
said Audrey, "Your wife"
"My what?"
"Your wife would not"
''Stop, Audrey. Listen to me.
What do you mean by my wife?' l
am not married"
"Not married" !" said Audrey. "We
saw it in the papers-Edwin Norro-
way to Helen Hotspur. l read it
myself, and / saw her with you on the
dock"
edward Norroway is married to
Miss Hotspur," said Ned, "and you
saw her on the dock; but it is my
uncle who possesses Il wife, and the
lady you noticed is, in consequence,
my aunt by marriage. She never