The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-08-08

own familiar room al home. with ali
me dear home greetings still thrflnna
MS heari. that he sat down and look
ed az the books
For a long time he held the Alice"
IN MS hands. while he pictured all the
said to him while they bad read that
childish classic. They had actually
read IL together. laughing over the
predicamcnts OF Alice and her friends
In Wonderland
At last he laid Il aside and picked
up me kipling. That had no s-nu-
Judge Longs favored volume. and that
too. must have slipped into the sale Dy
mistake. He would keep Il as a me-
mento OF the kind old man who had
been fond OF him
There remained the folio. II opened
OF its own accord where a letter was
tucked between the pages.
FOR long time be stared at the
letter. for II bore his own name and
the address OF that western town
where he had gone TO build the bridge
Ihere was stamp on IL. but no post.
mark. The handwriting was Mary's,
and the red seal on the back bore her
monogram
A letter addressed TO him which
had never been nailed His fingers
ungled TO open IL at once. II might
IL so. Mary had forgotten TO mail a.
Again. she might have written IL and
| changed her mind about sending H.
But why not destroy IL? Why place
II between the leaves OF that partic.
uiar book? lie had not known that
Mary cared for Shakespeare.
His fingers on the seal hesitated
II Mary had changed her mind about
the contents OF that letter he could
not read II without her permission
To gain her permission he must 90
at once TO her Aunt Lucys
The folio was In his pocket and the
letter was wedged between the leaves
as he had found a.
His heart lost some of It's lichtness
as ne neared Miss Peck's cottage \
| year was long time and Mary
, Wei. II he could only see Mary alone
her dear eyes
As II In answer TO his hearts desire.
ne stared right into Mary's face. She
was standing beneath bower Of wild
grape vines plucking the green bunch.
es and ropping them into a basket on
the ground.
How do you do. Nary" he asked
conventionally
"Why-why. Frank" she cried in A
shaking tone. You surprise me 50.
l wa snot expecting to see-any one %
FRANK held out his hand and she
placed her own in Il.
Please come out from your bower
nave something to tell YOU" n esaid
srANely. Something very important TO
- A proud hurt look came into her face
she turned away her head and ne saw
, that her lips quivcr,d.
You wrote me something a year ago"
she said In a stuffed tone that was near
but" her voice died away In a sob
and she Withdrew her hand
You gave me an anEw er-but did you
mail the letter. Mary 90
she faced him with startled ewes
did ] mail the Letter. she demanded
bitterly. As ~ have not gone over
every detail Of thst wretched period 4
have asked myself that question again
and again. hoping that through some
oversight you had never received IT, for
! did not understand your siiencei why
DO you ask me ~ I posted it,
Frank held out tho folio. Because
never received reply 20 my letter
Mary. because I bought this book IN
your fathers library two hours ago
and please look inside and see what Z
found there
Mary removed the letter and turned ~
over. "WhW. why. you never received
it-end thought thought-Oh
Prank
Franks open arms received her shak-
ing form and through her sobs he
learned that she had written al once
confcssinE her love for him 4 GER
tain Cousin Margaret "a bookworm and
most ahscnt-mtndfd spinster had
been entrusted with the precious reply