Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-07-07

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Emma" she decided. "There amt
soul in Isloomvillc knows her address.
Dick says she don't look within Il
dozen years as old as do, and she's Il
year Older. She always was real tasty.
Maybe can pick up Il few hints from
her. Looks and dresses and general
up-to-dateness makes lots OF difference
to man,
All the next day she toiled steadily
setting her house in order And Tues
day morning while waiting for the OK
pressman she pcnncd note to her
recrcant lover:
Dearest Josiah-T write to inform you
that | am we'll and expect to spend this
winter In the city. l leave today. so
shall not have tho pleasure of seeing YOU
before | go. But you will be constantly
in my thoughts. and your ring, as always,
will be my reminder OF our engagement
Yours until death WINIFRED
1T will show him that I'm holdin'
him fast" mcditated Miss Lane rs the
give any address, he won't know wherc
to write. He isn't one to go very far
with that Scarles girl until he breaks
with me. And he can't break with me
until lie finds out where TO send let
ter"
Bloomvillc was golden with dandc
lions and white With apple blossoms
when Winifrcd Lane came home TO her
own. Not II soul knows I've come"
she reflected as she unpackcd the new
trunk. She sighed suddenly. We'll.
by tomorrow | shall know. Hes had
the winter TO consider In. and If he's
still set upon it III give him up
Josiah Dent came up the church steps
with look OF discomfort upon his
comely face. In the months that had
passed since Wini(red's disappearance
he had nursed Il growing sense OF in
jury.
""Tain't fair" he complained. keep
Ing fellow on the fence SO. Her best
years have been spent for Dick any
how, and woman ages Eastern Il
man. If she'd given me her address,
I'd have settled it months ago"
Josiah went up the aisle To his own
pew. Above the high back OF the min.
!stcr's. pew there arose white sailor
hat, swathcd with an airy muslin scarf
Beneath it soft waves of curling hair
rlppled across brow from which all
traces OF care had been resolntely
smoothcd away.
Josiah. watching with some curiosity
until she turned her head slightly,
caught the clear profile and noted the
soft color In her cheek. 1t was Wini-
fred. All ut once there dawncd upon
him the truth that immortal youth Is
not Mt the mercy OF added years ana
that better than the passing beauty OF
Glrlhood IS that womanlincss which
shall outlast the ages
I'm glad / didn't know where to
WRITE thought Josiah. with sense of
narrow escape and growing feeling OF
anxiety.
Wnifred was unaware OF his pres
cncc until she heard his voice In the
closing hymn. AS the last notes ceased
she turned TO him. smiling straight up
into his anxious face.
We'll, Josiah she said.
And Josiah wondered why he had not
known before that ralmcnt, whether 1t
be the unbccoming gray OF past years
or the crisp muslin that seemed to give
back to him the love Of his early years.
was not worthy of Il passing thought.
1t was the old Winifrcd who smiled up
ut him out of those clear eyes. Ncttie
Scarlcs and the throng about them
We're alike forgotten. He only thought
of the woman before him-thc only wo-
man In the world for him-and all
Hloomvillc had its answer to long
winter OF speculation and comment MS
he stopped TO kiss her in the crowded
church. Winifrcd Lanes best years
were yet to come.