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| L.lt«rmry Pren*.
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E1 wood cranod his neck as the train
illrew Id at the little station. Yes, here
liras the low. red hrick structure, from
either end of which the road wound
•waj t»etween the younjc oaks, now
phowitiK a faint mistj brown in the
late .\j>ril sunnhine.
With a sudden impulse he arose and
ftrasited his hat and grip In another
Instant he stood before the station
liouse, while the train screamed away
fhroiiKh the wooded tunnel of oaks.
lie looked around at th« familiar
Beene, siljfhtly bewildered at the result
of- his Impulsive action. He had left
Kew York with the Intention of spend
ing Hie week end with friends at
bhrimp Cove, but the familiar scenes
through which the train had aped and
Which marked milestones in his mem
ory' had roused within him depths of
feeling that he thought could not now
raisL
Evading the puzzled glance of the
elation agent, he turned down the
Tight hand road. Ultimately H would
lake him to the village ^oatelry. Inci
dentally it would lead lilm over old
paths and permit his faucy to revel in
1>hniched dreams.
He plodded through the thick yel
low sand with eager eyes on rJie bud
ding hedges. Gratefully he inhaled the
delicate spring odors that seemed to
emanate from the golden afternoon
Bunahlne.
He paused, once lieslde a foaming
spring when* sweetilag was shooting
green blades from the black, oozy
mud, and again In the Honegspot road,
where arbutus dung to the steep
banks and the pink pouch of the moc
casin flower sprang from the licbeoed
tree stumpa. Each time be removed
his bat and stood with painfully knit
ted brow and reflective eyes. Then ha
moved on.
The village hotel was under new
management, and be passed unchal
lenged by old acquaintances. Ha
Btrolled down the Irregular street after
the eveulng meal was over and in tba
spring twilight revisited old haunts
and revived old memories until his
mind was a chaos of rage with him
self and grief for the unattainable.
The next morning when clamoring
hells rang out from the while painted
churches and the quiet streets were
gay with the Easter finery of the vil
lage belles El wood made his way to a
quaint old edifice tucked away on tba
shore road, so that when be was seated
In a familiar place he could see the
white sails in the harbor and tba thin
drift of smoke from passing steamers
on the sound
The gathering congregation looked
curiously at the dignified, middle aged
stranger who sat In the old Klwood
pew, but be maintained an attitude of
motionless rigidity, with eyes fixed
steadily on the rippling water beyond
the window. He waa listening with
painful eag»«mcas for a light step.
It came. He heard the swish of silk
nnd the soft slip of her’ feet as ahe
Ascended the steps of the chancel and
ti>oU her place among the assembled
choir. In bis eyes' mind he could see
her. cool and pule, with flaxen hair and
dark blue eyes.
There would be little change In her
appearance after fiftaan years. Her
fair akin might have faded a little,
and her slimness might have become
Angularity, but there would be no oth
er visible alteration. Still, ho could
not look.
Two women rustled Into the neat be
hind him and conversed In biasing
whispers that reached his ear with an
noying distinctness.
“Lucy Clifford's got on bar blue fou
lard silk, ain’t aber
“Yes! 1 wonder If she's going to sing
todayr
.“I suppose so. Mr. Larkin said It
would be the last year aha conld sing
In the choir. N
“Her voice la getting terrible thin,
and once In awhile It gives out She
mln't song for two or three weeks now.
>1 guess she was saving It stfs aha
-could sing today.”
"Lucy's getting to be n regular old
maid. Now that sha,'s left alone down
To the old place, 1 guess ahe wishes
wbe’d taken up wkh young Klwood
after all.”
3 •VP* hfr don’t fall today.’'
remarked one of the women as the, low
tones of the organ rumbled through
the church.
Elwood turned bis bead. Yea; there
she sat her pale, pure profile outlined
against the red and purple of the chan
cel window.
She looked as his memory had limned
her save that she was not angular;
ahe still retained her youthful slim
ness. There was a pathetic droop to
her once proudly lifted bead and a
wlstfnlness in the full lidded eyes as
she turned toward tho congregation.
The organ ceased, tho white robed
minister entered and knelt in prayer,
and then with a triumphant burst of
music the choir arose and tba notes of
the anthem rang through the little
church. Klwood pressed a band across
his stinging'eyes as the familiar melo
dy proceeded. It seemed but yesterday
that he bad stood beakls Lucy Clifford
In the choir and lifted his strong young
jmCealn that aame atrate.
Ho haaad tho high notes of her this
have the reedy tenor and the
gaality la It
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fvar that her voice might fail altogeth
er. Anxiously he followed Mr through
the anthem auti sighed with relief
when the hual "Amen" died away in
the rustle of I lie kneeling iteipjW
The service pnxN-dleil as it had pro
ceeded fift'*en years ago. There was
another minister and. save for Lucy
Clifford, other voices In the choir.
There were strangely familiar fm-cs in
the congregation, and his eyes eluded
many a glance of recognition. It was
enough for him that he could look
upon Lucy Clifford's swa-et face once
again la the morning he would go
away.
When the long sermon was finished
the organ comment
prelude, two gray
creaked tip the aisle nnd received the
oaken contribution boxes, while the
choir anew* to sing the offertory.
“Christ the Lord is risen today. A1
le-Iu ia!*'
That was Lucy’s voice rising high
above the other Singers, and again El-
wood felt that tender apprehension
lest she should fall. When the second
stanza was begun her tones were
strained and tremulous.
"She's going to lirenk down!" whis
pered one of the women In the seat be
hind him.
“Ln, our sun’s eclipse is o'er”—
It had happened. With a discordant
wall like the breaking of a violin
string Lucy Clifford's voice died out
The startled choir paused for an In
stant, and then from the congregation
burst a man’s strong voice, "AMe-lu-la!"
To s triumphant conclusion he car
ried the fine old melody, his rich tenor
supporting the wavering voices of the
agitated choir. He had seen the white,
frightened face of Lucy Clifford turned
In his direction, and he threw all the
vigor and force of bis nature Into the
third stansa.
Almost unconsciously her tremulous
voice took up the refrain, and ones
mors their tones were united. It seem
ed ss though her weak utterance rest-
ad on the assured strength of bis, and
he carried It up—up—to an exultant
close until their voices blended In final
JoyOjUS "A1 le In la
Lucy Clifford sank back In her seat
with trembling hands aud a flickering
color in her pale cheeks. She did not
glance at Allen Elwood. It was suffl-
clent for her that he was present and
that In the hour of her distress ha had
come to her rescue.
It waa like him to have done that It
was strange that she had permitted
that escapade of bis youth to blind her
to his many noble qualities. Well, It
was too late now, but she could re-
memlter this day. It would be s pleas
ant memory to be stored away against
a dreary future.
When the service was concluded.
Lucy Clifford slipped through the side
d«H»r into the churchyard and thence
toward the oftening In the stone wall
that led to the homeward path across
lota.
Elwood did not follow her. It would
be of no use. He was too much of a
black sheep. But when the duak fell
he waikad slowly along the shore road
until he cams to the old Clifford place.
It was a long, low, brown house fac
ing the harbor. Tall cherry trees over
shadowed Its gabled roof, and thick
hedges of pungent box bordered the
winding paths. A wind swept up from
the bey, and a shower of blossoms fell
shout him. A whipporwlll throbbed
from the bough of an apple tree. It
was like another night that waa past
There was s light step on the grav
eled path, a startled exclamation, and
be waa bolding Lucy's unresisting
hands in his own.
“1 have come to ask your forgive
ness, Lucy,” ha began tenderly.
“Nay," ahe murmured tremulously;
“It Is I who should ask yours for my
narrow minded prejudices. But that la
past—I—I triad to ataei my heart and
failed—and the years have been so
long, Allen"— Her voice broke.
“I know,” be said slowly, “but tba
years that are to com# will be long
and sweet God willing!”
Tba whlppo rwlll whirred away
through the darkness, while again the
cherry trees awayed In the breese and
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