of
Q peqon M onthly
s
now that/afilavouldW e w qiband th a t a little7'h a ste m ight spoil'all.
B ut
I mord .weeks,. lie again 'pled for a» m eeting and' she
pou-l’d ^o< sr^ist. In his' letter "he ¿ § i d :
“I w ant ndw^aBhye all e f ^ ^ d j|p e e t my darling wife, G ertrude
RpS.ema'r. ^'WilT y<%unotpaid me in this also?”
.waiting- wa^ Q B over, so she sent a note at.once telling
him s h e ''w o u ld ’bd iat thp lower spring in the park the following
Sunday afternoon at^puipq/bTock.
ste p p ed .-lig h t^alo n g the path leading to the spring
his heart
of hope, and expectation. W h at kind of girl was
B going to meet? ‘"Q u e^h in g was certain, she was h i s ‘friend for
life“,-for had she n d tb ro u g h t the new atid quiet life to him?' D,id
h e A i o t o ^ j i t all to her? Now i t they could only find his'w ife his
cup of joy wodld^be full.
H e did not see her at first on reaching the little bower by the
'spring
the -bencN; on ',which she was seated was p a rtly ' concealed
by a ljlac,b u sh .. A t la^st he espied her straw hat.,
•'‘Miss’ Stro'ng?” he asked in a voice trem ulous w ith excitem ent?
l ^ h o r n , I believe/’ replied the young lady, stepping into
1 ' ' m nraraS l
’
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I
I The ■ plans, made th a t afternoon behind the 'lilac bush are now
b e 'U g ^ e d
p retty little cottage in E ast Portland and Mr.
Rosemar, who confessed the | B | of the m atter Kj 'hiS’| <em.ploypr?is
t^b ecp m ^ a member of the 'firn rf^fp fa the,'year is out.
—H arold E. D a lz e l^ lD