The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-10-24

stunned Tor moment. lay with
closed eyes on the landing below.
uieh was terribly frightened. She
larry new down the stairs. She raised
MS mead upon her lap, and kissed his
"hite Ups 'oh. Ralph, my darling.~
she cried. Are you deadge
Ralph struggled upon his knees. his
eyes We're shining with passion. He
caught her hands in his and covered
them with kisses.
IL were dead, he whispered pas
sionately. your voice would call me
oack from the very grave. my angeI,a
FOR a moment Glen stood with faes
olahched. eyes dilated. aud breath
coming In gasps-then she wrenched
her hand from his grasp and darted
iike wild thing down the stairs.
when he reached the rotunda he
FOUND Alice alone They searched
everywhere. but could find no trace
OF her. and then hurried home
Has Miss Glenwood Gomez" Alice
asked the girl who answered their
ring
e. miss; she's come and gone"
Zone cried Alice. dumfounded.
Gone where"
j dunno, miss. she had a hack and
TUX her trunk"
Took her trunk" Alice staggered
back against the wall. That will do.
susan. she said to the girl. who stood
staring. open-mouthed
She glanced az Ralph He was very
pale.
Ralph Mason." she cried BY all
that's good, what have you done?
There! Don't look at me Ike that, Go
IN and sit down. and will see IL | can
md out anything upstairs"
On her table Alice found a blotted
tear-stained note. Dear Alice" II
read. Ralph has fallen In love with
me. and he does not know. He will
never forgive me- I can never ten
him. | cannot see him. | have gone
10 Chicago. Tell him. Alice. Oh, I am
the most miserable. miserable, mis-.
cradle of girls"
Then, after all, Ralph did not know
he might forgive it from Glen; never
from her. She looked at her watch;
just five o'clock.
Ralph" she called. flying down the
stairs. "She has started for Chicago.
Get a hack-brlng her back--if not
go with her
Ralph got into Chicago in the even
ing. He was tired SO went directly to
hotel. and to bed The next morn.
ing he enjoyed good breakfast.
smoked cigar and visited a barber
shop, before starting in search of the
seminary
Tell Miss Mason a gentleman
wishes to see her. he said to the girl
who stood waiting
Some one in the parlor wants TO
see you" called the girl moment
later, as she knocked at Glen's door
Now, to Glen, Ralph's passionate
words had been utterly unexpected.
She had wanted him to feel a little
sold when he found what a joke had
been played upon him. but that things
should take such a serious turn had
never entered her mind. Her first
impulse had been to get away. She
knew what time the limited left for
Chicago. so she had called hack and
was driven to her uncle's. There she
hurriedly packed her trunk, scrubbed
few lines to Alice, drove to the depot
and took the train for Chicago.
She had repented her hasty course
hafN ,A - II.
when the girl called at her door she
was sitting in sackcloth and ashes.
trying to write to Ralph.
She obeyed the summons languidly.
Some one to see about lessons" she
thought as she went downstairs
Ralph was sitting opposite the par
lor door When he saw her he sprang
to his feet, his dark eyes lighted with
surprise and delight
Miss Glenwood," he explained 10y
ously. but before he could say more
Glen burst into tears and threw her
self upon his breast.
"Oh. Raiph," she sobbed, Il am
your sister Glen"
Ii was a shock. to be sure. But
Ralph was a sensible fellow. and when
she told him how 1t all came about.
crying as if her heart would break. he
dried her eyes and forgaye her on the
spot. The next day they received a
letter from Alice. II was a queer epis.
tie. partly defiant. partly repentant
Il am In hopeless disgrace here at
home" she wrote in closing. and /
know you can never forgive me- The |
only reparation can make you. |
Ralph. is to wish that Glen may be the |
only girl who will tell you she will |
always be a sister TO you"
After all. Ralph was better than
Alice thought He and Glen returned |
to Washington and finished their visit |
there But the events recorded here |
were never alluded to by the young |
people. and Alice and Glen were never l
known again to attempt a practical
joke.