The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-05-19
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xxi.
MISS STELLA ACCOMPLISHES HEN
! JOURNEY.
Once moro Miss Stella leaned pacA
and enjoyed the serenity OF the nioiI
ing with its soft sunshine ils
breezes, its caressing zephyrs' anu 'n'
!. chirrup and twitter OF happy puas
Nov che wondered why she had neg
,.cted n learn from Tom Coyne just
49,, low abe had been away and what
/ had transpired among her friends In
I the interim. Tom had spoken OF ner
disannearance as thing of long ago:
, She grew anxious to get home Sne
was oyerwrought with anxiety 10 re-
a turn She looked forward to the TWO
or three hours that must elapse Deiore
her rescue with depression; 1t wouio
he 40 long; SO long. 1t was horrlole
b 20 he there alone! The birds made ner
mora lonesome; SO did the breeze Dy
y the vay in which 1t set the bushes 10
N tramhling, Everything made her lone
Iv How dreadful it was to be tnero
r with not a living fellow creature VIII
in call! With.
w fni Now she could recall as one re-
,e calls a dream, how he had taken care
be of her. She remembered how she nae
e. deneuded upon him; how faith1ul ~
h. was She recalled his constancy, MI
care his kindness of heart, his gentie
ke ness the sweetness of disposition ina
made the uncouth old man tenoer
X. tireless and watchful nurse. On
Iot Thought of him with affection and wep
again. h.r crie,
mt oh. was too weak for violent emotloi
ze- She was only lonely and worn ou'
worn out physically and mentally. II
this calm morning administered
The hsIno the balm of nature, wnic
ay. brousht quiet and rest strangely COZ
,ed tradicting her sorrows; and IN SON
tncomprehensible way it sent thri
ava =, neaca and content and gladne
to through her soul. .r,.r
Der, She was annoyed py mol ~. =, =
you make a satisfactory guess al the III
of day. She was unable to measu
the growth of time; she could not tAi
ach the treading minutes as they passe
ace Sometimes she imagined that nc
des- Coyne had been gone long enough
diss have made the round trip many ums
then she would invent causes Oh
law and grow fearful that they wot
iage postpone her rescue Until the
his day. Again she would convince ~
,sits self that Tom had not yet nao I'll
to reach Minersvale.
Confidently, hopefully, douDtIul
,iecs despairingly by turns, she watched
aeer the coming of her friends. she aiw'
aim looked in the direction taken by
, no. Covne who had gone as the pee
regardless Of roads with their WI
inxs and turnings and deviations.
was while Miss Stella kept watch &c
from the hill toward her right, the party
,rim- watched for approached from tne
like which lay quite in the other oirec.
{ the She did not think OF tneir oon
v up- from thence until Bell MO-. us
seen upon her like d whiriWlna VI q
J the ton. 60, n..r,n
was BELL" y
who THAT was all that was said.
|. ~ 49, +o Zach other and wept In
~,sdn.ss Miss Morton lowering
nare eutterins over her friend like mo
~ Ia h,rS over her endangered birdl
thing while Miss Stella ciuns W le a.
t she fed silence, supremei' sOA
presence.
+,ve,v Miss Morton and the astoni
danger driyer-who had not been informs
!, fold the object Of their drive-assisted
stella to the carriage, which coui'
re you he brought quite up to the nut,
thew Immediately started Tor mol
to be On the way they met the oeao
e." Son" and the coroner ana ms -.
aiting. ing after the body OF the Propne
to her Tom had thoughtfully told the o
Z over that he had found the dead TT
nations while hunting rabpits, no. linz
ina be- his mora startling discovery.
coroner took his jury out to vie
IRE met scene. intending to hear Toms
family. mony on their return to town,
at joy, During the ride homsward MISS
excite Ia related her strange story ~
shs knew the details. From Miss
ton she learned Of the long scar
the people and the longer sea-
,py the adjutant: of the despair
friends; Of their vain surmises;
2 :. rumors of her discovery all ov'
~, ne 20 country; Of Captain Zeniths
y TOE New York; of the confessions OF
ms A. ana Miss Letson: finally Of the q
Ano" hone and of the relnctaG sel
u