The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-07-02

IluCb VI NHiSBNi Nhu pbaii iiNo' -
frain. A slight shake OF The head, and
then rendering of Good by, Sweet
heart, 'Good-by,' lloated down. Then
they were really gong away,
Evelyn, / don't think it's quite
proper for you 10 be standing there,
came voice from within, and which,
by straining my ears, could just over
hear. My heart beat wildly, and the
girl turned 10 address her aunt with
out leaving he balcony.
"lt's almost dark now. and l can't
stay cooped up all the eyening-our
last one, too What does papa want
us back in such hurry forT'
"'Because he wishes it, my dear;
that's all the reason ! can give you.
You really must help me to finish the
packing in a few minutes
Then her aunt had revealed nothing,
and believed her vet to be IN ignorance
of my presence at the hotel. Lucky,
but the case was desperate one. Evelyn
returned t, her former position and
leaned over again.
Where Are You Going To, My
Pretty Maid?' 1 began. There was
momentary paus,, and then the an
swer came in line of Home, Sweet
Home, from my darling's lips.
"'I do wish you wotld drop that vula
gar habit of whistling, again came the
voice inside The window.
"'But, am,tie, there's no piano to
sing to- was the somewhat lame eX-
cuse. 4 must do something, and can't
possibly sho.k anyone up here
Then there was silence once more.
Back to Yorkshire again No chance
there. Anyway, she still cared for me,
and must put her affections to severe
test. 1t was our only chance of secur-
ing happiness.
"'Oh, Mamie, Wilt Thou Gang VII
Me-? Ipiped.
Where Are You Going TOP was
again utilized in reply.
81 was stumped for the minute, but
bar or two of Big Ben favorite
song of mine, came as hazardous res
cue. She understood, bless her! but
lengthy pause interviewed before her
answer. Love ard duty had hard
struggle. Then: No, Sir; No. Sir; No,
Sir; MOI was repeated four times iii
succession. She refused, then! But
why so emphatically? What silly
idiot | was. The fourth time the girl
in the song said No she meant Yes
breathed gain.
But about our departure. The morn
ing York train via Bath left at GAS
The earliest Waterloo was AS, and we
should be e,sily tracked and our in
tentions frustrated in consequence, if
we left 1T until thct, i consulted my
watch It was 9i5. The night train up
left at 1920. Oh, Why Should We Wait
Till Tomorrow? went up without de-
lay. AIS Well flon above soon set
tied that question satisfactorily, but
was followed Immediately by few
bars of BradsLaw's Guide ditty. 1
knew what she wanted, so, afte. a
slight hesitation, l warbled: Come
Into the Garden, Maud and chirpcd
ten times. Hope on; dear loved one,
we shall meet again, from Dream
Faces proved that / was clearly under-
stood, and then she turned to address
Miss Alton in louder tones than before.
81 declare you're nearly asleep;
auntie. Tn tired, and have headache,
too. We've a long journey before Us,
so I think ] II go to my room now.
Don't disturb, there's dear; the pack
ing won't take long In the morning.
You'd better do the same
"'A good IDEA, Evy; SO we WILL she
answered.
81 crcpt back, and minute or two
late1 Good nights were exchanged;
and the subsequent slam Of a ioor noti=
fed that Evelyn lad left for her apart
ments.
by 9:45 I had settled up and left in
structions that my heavy baggage, for
tunately not unpacked, would be called
or sent for in the course of week or
less, dangling an old telegram form
in my hand as 1 did so, to give color to
my hasty departure. At ten prompt
1 picked up Evelyn under the pines in
the hotel gardens, and. with dressing
bag end a small Gladstone between us,
walked it to the station and eventually
ASoSiSd l<Ouuoh carly III tIC
morning. put her in one hotel, where
l knew she would be safe, with strict
injunctions not to venture out till had
fixed everything up for the ceremony,
and went myself to another. The long
and short of it was that before we were
anything like tracked the deed had
been done by special license and the
\ e., l.. /.
"Come round. did he? Yes, when he
afterward discovered that the man in-
tended for his daughter had already
been engaged for two years, and got
married shortly after we did! Even I
could have told the old fellow that, had
he been more communicative and ex-
plicit in the first instance, for my rival
turned out to be none other than the
friend I was visiting. He actually adj
| mits now he couldn't have wished her
better match, but, anyhow, he
And Birdy broke off into Cant
Change It."
He rose quietly from his seat and
gently opened the smoking-room door.
Listen" he said; ''if you can't quite
swallow the yarn, you will not fail to
| take this in
Then he went through "Oh, Come, My
Lady Fair" from the "Gaiety Girl'
song. Scarcely had he concluded than
away from another quarter of the house
came the answering chorus of I'm
coming" from the negro melody, poor
OldJoe." Half minute later in strolled
Mrs. Jackson and Hart1ey's wife.
Birdy winked knowingly at us.
"I've just been telling them how you
were practically wooed and won by
whistling, my DEAR" he remarked to
his wife, "and they want another tune
before we turn in"
Evelyn blushed. mo, sir" ETC.. she
warbled three times.
Their Jackson took up his candle and
marched upstairs with the strains of
the national anthem on his lips.-Tit-
Bits.