The Van Buren press., 1896-03-07
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lie Of hsra. in fact. It Va.s tas means Of
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5eFiod ia our eeartaalF-
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4-Efrgf of Al Taal must know, Ar-
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tRsalssa perse4efefi.
a year this Last summer / came n
OF zaas q money " lIleh fe1zzlsrs9i me
practically wealthy and IndsPeladell
man. and ts celebrate Hag good fortune
+ threw up ny Basiasss ber+h and went
into Yorkshire to spend few weeks
with professional bachelor friend
sna 10 f9lle generally.
*0h4Is there I was introduced to 8
xo4z AI5on and his daughter Evelyn,
aged = who lived at the Chase and
@ers intimate friends Of my ehnm.
Nice cir she Waa. plenty Of GO with
e.af BefRg fae least fast n iess than
fortnight / aaa over head and ears .
Isae with her The subsequent after
moons at The Chase were too bot fof
tennis. Gol. Alton spent Them snooz-
ne m ffls study. E7elEnss elderly con-
5sfaa and her fathers housekeePer-
f5r Mrs. Alton mad been dead soH7e
gears-Radded in the shade o her IA
sorite I'm. and M friend had inFaFa-
aBIT TO Ieaee for an important case De-
fore the tea came ont Very nice oi
hin. I thought.
sTha4 thrown tosether Evelyn and
menapsIized the afbar. sad stsed 70
aInase her BY triiIiug selections frafs
the 5seras. feomfe ard zerioas1s and she
would occasionally ia3n n a. a kind o.
flip to M performance Iltsag1i :
woman in every respect she eoa5d Afis
tie. IN most Of fhe #eIi=knoW1 taass
up 70 date 6r pat hetIealt9 aged. s.ze *
/ eeIIed. owing to fhe fact that during ths
/ winter months for some years past sh'
/ had always officiated At the piannfor h'
| village popular concerts. when The vo
/ cal aud Instrumental items were natur
auv of an amusing ard light order--a
/ times scarelg high-ciass, perhaf 3.
Then came the tirue when he col
oneI had to be approached. The Oh
4 man gave me a pronp4 and curt refusal
He had other views for his child.
/ tried remonstrance. Then doggzd per
| sisteucv, but with no avail. Evelyn
stood out like brick. This btrst o
I Independence resulted in her immediate
Punishment to regions unknown TO me
] under the surveillance Of q relative o
Z mature age and experience and all com
4 munication between us strenuoasly DE-
\ MED and forestalled All chances o
! eIopement, even, were redEced To nil.
"A few DAYS later ! left my friend
for BouFnemouth. there To recruit m.
shattered health and think things owe
quietly. I was crushed for the tine be-
( ing. As / allQhted from my cab at Tn
entrance To the North fliff, where
had taken rooms, an elderly lady cam
down the steps. Her face scene some
what familiar 10 me, though GO I'D N
at the time recall 10 mind when an
where I had seen II before. When sh
started az she saw me, and sOnewha
iurriedly reentered the hotel, was fun
tb-r mvstiGed. 4 thought struck ne "a
+ was signing my name in the hotel reg
igter Of visitors some time later. Tw
RACES back found ar entry Mise Al
ton and Miss +. Alton / tumbled To
in a second. then The elderly lady
lad encountered was. undoubtedly, Co
Atoms sister. who had been staying a
the Chase and left two days after my n
risal in the village, and before kne'
anything Of Evelyn had once passe
her walking with-thc colonel, aud sh
must have recognized me again.
~ remarked on the entry 10 the cler
in q casual way, and be volunteered th
information that Mis- Alton hail. but
.fe,g moments previously. given motto
OF her intention 20 ylcate Their apar
mcuts the next morning. This sta
geTed me. Then Miss Alton certainl
did not know all, and decided un higf
ga the only safe remedy under the ci
I cWnstances.
"Not a 81 mpse could catch Of r
clyn. After dinner, from a search q
tho pier I p turned to the North Cl'i
and rat disconsolately smoking out o
the balcony of nay ooEl in ,he CROWN
dusk. Almost uu"onsciou1ly ! lapse
into melod', and appropriately con
mcuced TO w;n bic softly: hliee, Whei
Art TEouT slight movement on -
haIrnnr nhl.Ae min. and one window