News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1904-03-23

suggestive row on DR.. Westcott's lawn.
The joy of all these feats and the senti-
ment of Man baskets fastened by trem-
bling hands upon the doorknob of my
/ sweetheart's house-a different door
knob every year, thanks to the blessed
INCONSISTENCY of boyhood-these were re-
vived in my heart when l decided TO
go ashore. 1t was taboo, but l would
dare it.
made the landing with great care
and stepped out upon a rock with as
much caution as if it had been thin ice.
At the waters edge the rocks were
piled as irregularly as if they had been
poured out of a giants basket. but
back of them there lay two fiat topped
powders of an even height, making a
floor nearly 80 feet long, divided in a
line parallel to the shore by assure
wide as a grave and deep as half a
dozen, as | guessed after dropping a
little stone into it.
The fire was built upon an iron graf
ing laid across this assure and secured
at one side by a chain fastened to an
eyeholt set into the rock. | judged that
this apparatus had to do with fish din.
ners~ cooked beside the lake. 1t eX.
| planned sufficiently the sudden eXtlnc
! ion of the lire which had puzzled me.
It needed no more than pull upon the
chain to send the fire down into the
rift.
Behind rhe rearWard bowlder the
| ledge rose ten feet rounded like the
| inside Of a cup, and from its summit
there was a gentle slope to meet the
| descending grade of the orchard At
! the little cliffs foot was a singular
conformation of the rocks where one
might recline in great comfort, and
wpon taking my place there l discov-
| cred that it was possible to look out
| upon the lake without being greatly
| dazzled by the fire and still be almost
entirely shielded from observation.
This intrusion was a most agreeable
sin, a thing to enjoy in the doing and
be pleasantly ashamed of afterWard.
lay some minutes in this nook of the
rocks curious to reconstruct our little
romance as the girl had seen it. | saw
how the freight was screened by the
rocks so that | had not been able to
discern it until l had drifted into the
proper field. In the same way my boat
must have appeared suddenly to one
sitting there. | was fiattered by the
idea that she had watched for it.
In the midst of this thought | eXpe
rienced sensation familiar to every
one, but almost beyond rational ex-
planation-the consciousness of being
observed. l neither saw nor heard; my
| own senses gave no tidings-the five
! with which we are ordinarily credited.
With what faculty we apprehend an
other persons observation of us | have
never been able to guess 1t happens,
! however. 1t happened then.
l glanced upward. The curving lip
of the ledge made a clear gray line up
on the Sky. There was a singular illu-
sion of height; the rock lowered above
me as | lay almost prone. Then sud
| denly | was aware of something tlut-
| tering downward. 1t startled me be-
| cause it seemed to be falling all the
| way from the sky. | thrust up my
large and competent thorn, but that is
matter # 10 consequence.
In an instant | was upon my feet,
posed like the lady martyr in the IA
m.Iiar picture of The Last Token"
looking, as she did, for my love who
had flung the rose. forget what luck
she had in this matter, according to
\C
Even when | had scaled the rock. saw
not 50 much as the tiutter Of a skirt
among the shadows of the orchard.
One thing, however, | saw clearly
enough in the light Of the moon. The
rose was one cf those that | had gath
cred on Comprehend hill
1t may have been nearly II o'clock
when | got back to the house. There
was man sitting alone on the door
steps of my segment of the structure,
and when he lifted his face to the moon
recognized Scovel.
Been out on the lake, l suppose"
said he. Another serenade, eh?'
Then he began to laugh, softly, nerv
ously, as if he didn't mean to do it. A
llull consumer ClSdl lCll HUM LIS III
gers, and he put his foot upon it.
Come inside" said l, land get a
fresh one"
"Thank you" he replied, eve smok-
ed enough"
Yet he arose with alacrity and fol,
lowed me into my room.
perhaps you smoke when you're
nervous as | do" said |. Tor il.
stance, if | We're wandering over that
hill and had seen two or three
snakes
1.-TWO or three!" he echoed, throwing
up his hands.
$50 you were there? | was sure of
| it. And | know why you went"
His countenance expressed increduli-
ty, but something that he saw in mine
seemed to convince him.
well" said he, with a faint note of
| defiance, what do you think Of it,"
Il don't think it was quite right"
replied.
"Now, look here" said he, chow long
was l to go on in that way? How long