Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1906-12-26

Before he had lifted It IN his hand
he was positive, even before he saw
her Initials on the top band. It had
curious little ring on the chain to slip
oyer the finger, q dull gold circle set In
diamonds. For a moment he held the
purse stupidly, staring at 1t with hun
ery. eager eyes 1t was hers; she had
held 1t In her hand moment ago.
Suddenly reason began to tighten and
he remembered the woman with the
chiffon veil. 1t was she, OF course. He
had not noticed. She had been In a
hurry. naturally Probably she had
recognized him and dreaded their
meeting. Without signaling for the
bus to stop he swung Gown the steps
to the street aud started headiong
back to Forty-third street, looking for
woman with a white chiffon veil
She was nowhere In sight, but i,e
kent on Il = we're Penelope &c &c =ozsssa Tozzs:ts
lind her somehow. And suddenly as
ne passed the postal station one OF ths
swinging doors opened and she cane
out. tall slender, dressed in gray,
with the white chiffon veil over her
face.
"Pens'" he exclaimed. .Peu, dar-
ling
And then the white ~eti was raAsed
and he found himself looking into
Bess dancing, laughing blue eyes and
holding her extended hands In h,s. ).
Don't shout on the street, Jack
che said merriiy. walk decently and
orderly with me TO the depot. Mann
mas waiting for mo there We thought
You were dead or something. Why
didn't you show up at the boat yes
terdayf Didn't you get Penis letterr'
"Pen-yes, got the letter" ODon-
nell stumbled at tho curb and righted
himself with an effort. II also saw
the press dispatches That's why I
thought perhaps my appearance at the
boat wasn't necessary. Rather sud
den, wasn't itr'
Sudden? Was it In the papers
hereP Bess stopped and gasped.
"But it couldn't be. We never told
soul. and we caught the night train out
of Paris and the early steamer from
Cherbourg. And no one knew, not
even Pen. Why, mamma didn't know
until she met Steve and me yesterday.
O'Donnell stared at her. The long
rope was beginning to swing him per-
ilously around again. He took Bess
by the arm and led her under an avn
ing at the corner in the shade.
where's Pen?" he asked quietly,
very quietly.
"Why, at home, of course. Where
would she be, goose? How white and
odd you look, Jack! Fen came with
us. OF course she didn't approve Pen
never could see anything interesting in
love mania, you know, and 1t was per-
fectly useless trying to make her un-
derstand an elopement. But why on
earth didn't you meet us yesterday?
Pen thinks you're dead or lost. She
phoned the office, and they said you
hadn't been there since Saturday"
II had not. I only went back today"
answered O'Donneil slowly. Some
body must have got hold Of the elope-
ment and cabled 1t here, but they made
a little mistake In the names. They
said that Miss Penelope Graham was
married to Stephen Halliday"
''Oh, how perfectly killing, Jackr
Bess gave one Of her crazy little girl
ish cries. "And you thought, you poor
old boy-why. Of course you must have
thought-but, then. how could you ever
think that Steve would want to marry
Pen instead Of mel" p
Wasn't II absurdr' murmured
O'Donnell abstractedly, looking at the
depot clock. "And Pen is out home at
Glenwood"-
NO. Did I say she wasf You know
I'm half crazy these days. Steve says
It's permissible. PENS right here In
the depos with mamma waiting for me.
I wanted to see Steve before we left
town, and they went on ahead. Steve's
coming out on the 6:35 with papa. Oh,
Jack, just think, you and Steve will be
brothers now!'
"YesT muttered O'Donnell under his
breath, and they entered the depot,
where Penelope was waiting.
The relief of coughs and colds through
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