Gunnison news-champion., 1908-10-30

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bag emerald cro~e Of the vvcshsR
rtax. ~insins IN the Sunshine
At this messeai tae train began 10
move. and ~as alied With a sudden
and justinsbie rage 1hs, y,ue.uf
should have ~ deceived ms. To .hfuk
tha; be had been In IN. s-cr.t ali
the time aad had helE~sd To MAKE a
fool OF me Bsf oae le,ox AT his FAC.
proved to me that | had as,a. him an
Injustice. He was as stricken xtth
anssssment as ] vas. aud I knew that
then- and not untsl thea. had b. be-
come acquainted with the truth Gafh.
eriRg nay wits quickly. Tor the tain
was moving faster. l ran after ttei7
carriage TIL | caught sy with the wiu.
do~ again. 'Gaod by Z shouted
and God bless YOU" And Vincent
reaching out his his hand. had lust
time to catch mine in his strong
grasp before ! dropped bach. out
stripped, and he had withdrsun his
radiant face from my vie~
afterward | learned many things
First. that they had been married very
early that morning before the res Of
us were gp in the little chapel at Wve.
with Mrs. Armistead who was in he
secret. a. witness. That explained her
delay In giving me the note. Dr.adiug
my Interference. they had not wished
me to know until the whole thing was
well over and Mrs. Armistead back
al castle Nyckhof. Second thai Il
rad been the Honorable Agatba's own
idea to play the part of secr.tary 20
her aunt, thus improving upon her "a.
theirs plan. and making ~ still more
diihcuit for the competing suitors 10
discover her identity. Third thar her
reason for telling Vincent thai Agatha
Sixth was the real Hoporabl. Agatha
To the uitermost And Vincent had
stood the trial without fal,erins and
had even proved himself equal to dis.
regarding my wishes Yet | really
think that on that night when he had
agreed with me that it was best to
give her up he meant to do so. but
his love for the girl proved stronger
than his love for gold or his feeling
Tor his friend. And il was thus that
the boy ~on-becsuse he had loved
truly and faithfully.
And ! also learned afterward that
the six Agathas, shortly after the
elopement of Vincent and the secre.
tary-that-was. had all gone to their
homes In America Later some of tn~.s
married certain suitors who had once
been guests AT Castle WyckhoH Among
these were Agatha First and young
Brancepeth, who. ! am hspp. W say.
has led q reformed life since his mar.
riaSe. And 1t also came to pass that
Vincent and his bride took possession
of Castle Wyckhoff as their country
seat when they came back from their
honeymoon. And there | often visited
them.
But on that eventful day when the
train had pulled cut of the station
none OF these things was known TO
me. ana | stood on he platform dizzy
with the unexpected turn events had
taken.
And so il was that Vincent got
ahead OF me. just as he has always
done. And SO it was. also. that | re-
turned to London, stin an eligible
bachelor, still the prey of matchma
king mammas and smiling debutantes.
There was but one comforting
thought in the mixture Of disappoint.
ment and chagrin that made the sum
Of my feelings rs | drove slowly back
to the castle. This much had been
given me: At least l had no. made the
fatal mistake of proposing to the
wrong Agatha, and hugsed myself as
| thought how near | had come to put
ting the question to Agatha Sixth that
very morning. That. at least. 1 had
managed to avoid. From that folly
the innate caution and unerring in
stinct OF Archibald Terhune had pre-
served him Thank Heaven,