The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1914-12-18

ly. and started again as his gaze rest.
ed stupidity upon an envelope stuck TO
one Of the pages and addreSSed In full
10 himSelf-addreSSe In Marjorie Hay.
wards clear rcSolute characters half
a score OF vear> asn. when they had
both livel IN the same little western
town
Without second thought as TO
whether ne should or should not open
il Harrington deliberately tore the let.
ter from its mclO>ure and read,
psar Wsuer-t nave been thiaN36s
things ever. zut. after all YOU must ~
riSrt r,3.ss- the mistake. ana q am
wiuns &c a =ka. wIedSe 4 We love each
ather too r,urn DO we not. 70 let : silly
quarrel Sera-slJe Us for hfer Come IL me
.oriSht >h1u De waiting for you As
ever MARJORIE
For an juIetprmiu0te space Walter
Farrin-tDa SIT half stunned What
mad haprpussle What could It meang
Had sbe changed her mind about send
lnE the is.rf,.r or mad there been some
oversight. some csrelessness. in the
postingg
And Marjorie herself. where was she
nowy Could il be that she was less
than NJosk away at this minutee
Perhaps SIZE. was married. Had fate
chosen this ironical opportunity TO
thrust IN added misery into his bitter
memories
Harrington was not man TO hem
and baw tie thought quickly, and he
acted with prolortiOuate dispatch He
took OUT ni> watch II was almost ;
In nfteeu GinuteS he was ringing the
doorbelI next door
But he was destined 10 disappOint
ment. Miss Hayward had gone to
Hamlet. Harrington hurried down
the avenue that led TO the playhouse
Luckily ~ ticket was To be called for
At the box office. II was 4 good seal
fand mmauded sweeping view o.
the audirugp
After rhr drsl act their eyes met
locked ac.t>> the sea OF faces in the
orchestra The girl paled. flushed and
paled assIa Then her eyes fell sway
from tue deep ardent gaze riveted
upon her
After the p.sy Harrington stationed
himself At the door. but Marjorie left
by a box entrance. and be went home
with 4 sinking heart to dream haunt
ed pillow
The rain washed SKY was oluShins
pink when Ire opened his shutters ai
8 the next morning TIE flowers made
s rainbow OF rOlor IN the garden b
low. snd tns- air VAS vocal With thv
matutinal -bI-uing ~ birds
SuddeuIy the door Of the houSs
scrvsS the way SWUNG open. and =
YOUNG woulsu in trim brown tFsvel
ins dress. init case in hand. emerged
upon the lurca-
Harrington caught 3 desperate bTrsth
The mort b5euud train left in twelve
minutes. auss he was still in his bath
robe aud Slispers-
After Providence bad thus de'rcta
bly, tossed Them Together again she was
running aUay fTuu nim
Seven minutes later. decidedly ID
gruomed. la whi1zed up to the Plat
form Of the 4 and u. iumpsd ont and
sent Thomas speeding on his way IL
the ruusloIt
Miss Hayward was Just turning from
the ticket ViB,iow as he came NJ AMI
again tapiF eyes met. hers eyaSively
his with ths Oh compelling power shs
had never known now TO reSiSt
-MarlyFJs.
-WsIteT Tue usme eSsaped her
uncoDScjosl>sy
i juSI received -FOUR message. dear.
ne said -a2i that < why sm here-
He diSplays5 To her bewiidered gan
the faded writing On the yeliOwed ps
per.
Why. she brearhed wonderinGIy-
why. don't understand I wrote yOu
that letter over nine years ago sni--
Fer sem mason which Is uOt prs
entity aPuareat II was never maiLei
See, the stamp Is UncaDceled- ! found
il II the grtse cd Shakespeare We used
10 read - often together
And which ! hsve never opened
since yoI weut away" she tnrerposei
in 4 little treEauIous whisper
The eu-tae bell rang With iiIIlz
exclauaJ ieu Marjorie started toward
the train Harrington took heS suit
case from ~
-where s7e you goingE- he asked
To I'15g>E1r-h And yUuFT
-WhsFvveF you srg-slwsys-
And they stegred ahoari the NOV
Ing train