Show fI I A Ghost at the Wedding i By H IRVING KING KINGL II IIII L COPH Copie JJ ghi W WISS II 11 1 X fISS ISS LIZ IU C old ld old s lI Nl 1 y the the young loung oung leople cople I called J 1 though er-though er the she was only fifty tour four rat ent moodily looking Into the lire fire Ilch burned crackling upon the hearth while willie outside tl tie e winds of Inter blew about about the oil house uce moaning at intervals ns as It If for tor the tho I death leath of ot a vanished Banished summer time lime There came n a tap at nt her h r loor Joor and a girlish voice asked asted Auntie may I 1 r come In orne ome In said the old ladr In a 1 velce I 1 resh and glowing her e eyes lS sparkling her whole hole face I and ond form the embodiment ft cf t youth I and amI am health I lucy Camden me c InI In lint hilt do you iou QU think ot of him I Dun tie she he asked ached with nn an air ot of otI confidence that no one coul could help I but think well cell ell of at him The strange haggard lock lork which li liss Ml- Ml s turned upon her nl piece niece ce this girl Why Noy t Aunt Lizzie LIzzie h the she cried whet what Is the maUer matter Are Art you TOU III file fileo i o o child chUd lAm 1 um not ill III I was as king MS IS the reply Lucy had hotl lio J recently 1 from a stay at nt one of tie tl tI beach beaches s 's where here she blIP had been bean the guest of o friends ant and where here she che hail had met Albert Longley Longle l 1 en n Lucy had lind confided In 10 I 1 er aunt that she slie had met a n young man manat manat at the bench beach In whom hom she che ha lia 1 be become become conic come deeply Interested Miss Lizzle Lizzie sw I low ow things were ere at nt once At Atthe Atthe the n mention ot of th the the- name ot of the for tor fortunate fortunate south the old lady gave u 11 little start stort Longle Longley Longley liere here fa 1 he from Lucy Lucy named n a dl cHy and antl Miss Mice II i izz e mused n and sighed The Longley Long Longley Longley ley she he was os ing of vas ras long since beneath the sod od of ot a n grave gra Inthe In Inthe inthe the PIt Philippines I am nm nn on old tool fool I salt said Miss lIss Lizzie at nt length Do you really love Uhl tills young man Oh Oli yes ics es s I thIn think sow so re re plied lucy uey looking do down don n I IAn An 1 then looking look up an t I II I smiling brightly Oh yes auntie I Iam Iam I nm am sure ture I do to Her I her and kissed her herand i lert and nd bled ble d her I and prayed tl that a e iove would ha han have havea n a happier ending coding than her 0 ono n I But nut when hen had called when she had been rought 1 face to face with him she slie received n n d shock hod ns lie IC was 01 so 0 like lIbe that Herbert Longley ot of long ago ngo who In la lay dead In the tar far 1 Isle Isles She hid gone to her room to sit It before fore the fire alone nione with v Ith I 1 er pr bitter ow ov when lucy I came In iii o er 0 er with her enthusiasm ant and 10 lose lo e Miss lIss LIzzIe looked at nt her out of a n pest which was filled with the tragedy of ot her lonely lift life She Slie hat had brought up the orphaned daughter r of her only broth brother brother er hat had clung to her and loved lo her heras heras 1 as those alone can cling and love who Ito hn hale e only one person to love and cling to In all nIl the world worM Lucy chic che slid at nt length what wa was the tho name of ot this tills young mans man s do father do sou ou know A liv hv no replied I sic Albert line lias told me the but I don t ct 1 n men ber now Why liy hy do you iou ou oI Nothing nothing nit cold Miss 18 Liz I un sin along to bed bet now now-I now I want to le Ie alone I Ul v wondering at nt her aunts s strange trane mood went ent to hu her Ii r bed to dream of ot and nod 10 hose lo e I and the older ohler woman turning her gaze on once me mere re upon the fire looked 1 lick Ick Into Use pest She siw sw s w a n youth louth of ot whom Ibert wn waa the very Cry cry image Imae n a youth tl U e a same snore family dune wor bi by b her as ns Albert was non no worshiped by Lucy Luci Luc She Slie recalled the pro es es of ot their lose lo 10 e making and the nIght of ot theIr engagement and how hai pv pr they were Then came the rr re remor 0 tl u 1 recollection of ot their quarrel and their puling pitting tin In anger and lIer IIer HerI l I ert ent h b del Ith the s 11 s flying and the drums belting b tor for the lie In Cub Cubi She he Ind id never nc er ceen teen hlll him since Ince hi Iden I Iden den 1 eel huh the llie curtain lic had lind seen ern hI h I regiment by as ns they licy de pined for the Art Aft r cr Santiago o 1 Ie e hid hul gone to the llio 1 I oil II 11 fines r Ines he lie hid h taken Ills his there after tl U e a war married nn an 1 h set lied down don do n ns as a n I 1 hn tin I learned nd tad tin thue re he had lind died died Ills hie hi emi for Cub Cubi s I i e had lind written elm 1 lin n 0 letter full of con conI ash Ing him line to tome come hick beck to toI toi I lor er and nn J ho hI I 1 Ind III ad sent it back with tl tle e a words worde Too written across It it nd I lore ere was as os his Ills son con on In lore with T r nil an 1 Lucy with him All nl night ht Miss hiss I Izzie l liy hy iy awake thInk thinking In ing the situ 0 o er E rJ e eat ct t mowing rl FI 1 c e tail sal 1 to 10 J cr cc p ese c cr r I ties uc I sue SUI I ose OC sou ou will willIl lc Il getting soon cs le aunties auntie's I ocy ney with your our consent Cl llio 1 he next lIe lime time 11 II ert i c-i Ic is 1 I MissI was wis s more mort cil d Mien I en III hP met him Did your our father fillier die In the hoI I pines she slie eil ed tI ll e a young olin man b bi by 1 In tot tin midst ml nth 1 of a n c comer n lI n II Oh Oli no relied d Ibert father father died In 1 I had an nn uncle who ho died In the I Uncle They Tiey sav aT I look like li c him nr 1 e II knew V lIell eft crl Slightly said Miss hiss r f Ilz iello ilow this tills 1111 Is was sins as I II lut I s fur far from c r remark u remark in j Then Ihn they hC began Jn t of ot ether l th r and nud 1 r uc were O 3 mar fled lis and was lIe e Aid AId 1 f t tIr Ir her there thele sins OS n a ghost there Jut but still sl I e a was nb I In the bop bap i loess f ut Lucy on an nul J I JI I rt I |