Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1903-12-24
AFTER MANY
DAYS
By FRANK II. SWEET

"''u 10 9ln'" ol I"eHl- Al l'hglu she
4 came b"'A WIN nush'a lace ana spar
| king eyes. 'OA, forgot 10 tell you,
| Miss Wilbur. She cried roguishly.
Z He's come Alfred Gray, the man I'm
/ TO marry, you know"
Miss Wilburs hand closed a little
( more closely upon her pruning shears,
/ but her face was calm, even smiling.
/ Yes, she had heard the rumOr.
/ Il thought he was not expected until
/ next week she observed. AT least
I that is what the paper said.
"Oh, don't know doubtfully-
we don't have a paper. But ! think
/ Charlie was eNpecun' him before next
/ week. Mr.. Gray.s goin 10 stay with
him. They used to know each other.
4 But there, Id better get the flowers
an be goin' They're all comm up
4 this evenin', an ma said for me to
( hurry back an get through with my
/ hIin' an fusSiu'. An. say, Miss WI
7 bur If You don't mind, I'd like to bring
him up TO see you fore he goes, look
ing up with shy pleading expression
on her baby face
cor course, the strained lips forced
themselves to say, you must bring
him by all means"
But after the girls departure Miss
Whour left the flowers and hurried
away to the seclusion Of her own room.
Bring him to her this young girl who
had been hut baby when they two
had been so much 10 each other. nat
did IL mcan2 Ana he had not even
written To her or I'm anv way an
nounced his coming
/ A week later she sat on the porch
win "'' - = i'N''' ~. ,'''' '''s' 50
poihl VI NV ." "''o'
OUT oy lhe a'Iile" Neuse' q nm ''H''
step came up IHe 9lue""'N rom lLe
opposl'e ulIe'l'o'i' Dul 9''s ,'u I''l ''o
4 uce uiu' utI s"le !" ~" '''' "''' '''oA'
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9Ht h"e" MN ~ an I''9' '''i'' ''' INC
4 years nau oIou-'I o"t i" stronger ','p
ana hoO'er carriage VII" perhaps d loo
1 HDefaI sprIhhHh5 oI gray nan "He
was conscious OF a curious 'hFlLI OF awe
"nu 'enuel ,,,S7 - ,+T ,fe n+ ,Lo,I ha "y
on"''' io' .l.,, t,,a,o ,,.a.. ,ot sin.
reilleii'oeieu 'u"' '"'i' " ,'' '0' :.
gre gray luti ""sl "i''o"5 ~, o"' - 90l'
halr, ana MS sA@ asSoclal'u win lAe
work winch had conquered oDs'a''eS
and adversely.
AlIreu' sue soIu % S"' "'i' i0'
( Waru Win eAtehueU HdhuS
Elizabeth.
come up on lhe 'eIauua' AlIIeu'
she SAID with her eyes luII "i IFanA
welcome. l want TO near al about IT,
/ Ut course l hho" III AIasintH'1'y
way out II VIII seem ne" "u0 InoIo
real from your ilps.
! Aud he told her, sIitlhg III ms oIH
4 place behind the money Suckle, Win Jue
swaylng sprays sending alternate INES
/ of sunshine and shade across his lace
/ IN the same ola way. ANA she isIeHeu
/ with eyes fuII' Hps haI parted ana
4 with her he"u hodaIhs colLllNelua ''oh
/ or sympathy from TIME TO time. II was
story OF heFoism ana triumph to!d III
a straightforward matter OF tact way
without eSotism or self depreciation,
/ knowing IL was her TIshi TO nave il en-
! tire even as he had INed IL.
but 1t Is good &" "" home again
Elizabeth he concluded. with sails-
ned sigh, as he leaned BACK III Ills
chair and surveyed The Neranda ana
the flower garden beyond Tine mem
Ory OF these howcrs aud Their owner
has been with me through all the t"en-
/ ty years have been away Many
times have / been ON the point Of Civ