A Mislaid Letter

Five years ago a maulen fair, w hose liome wns in u littie, towo near Haoon, Ga, anxiously awailedan important letter hom her absent lover. Days pasacd we.irily. The sihing l.-iss bauDted the poatojflce, bul the postmaster's face always bors th.it lonk of exMperfttlng quietude common to tliose froni wlioni exjiectcd thinga liever come. The maulen themarht Umi her heart would break, forslie realtzed al la.-i that her lover was l'aitliless. The icaiie ihlfta. ii ta September, 1881. In Maoon dweil s the same lady, but she ie nciw a bappy wlfe witli two chudren. Bhe baa Corgottea the fiilthkia nie of kwr daya of woe. She therefore is surprlwd when trom the town of in r youtb there comea to her a letter beuliiffMi superacriptioii to lier maiilcn naincjlliat ÜeHved trnin lier litisbuiul. Au aocorapanyina note frota the ])ostniaU ! also e..ünecl tlial in tarlllg away som of the bvardgof altteroam tbe letter was found, The mlsilve la öostmaxked 1876. lady spauka the babj to keep it qnlel wblle she eagerly ilevoiu-s the conteuts. "Ueaveng! H is froin Jolni 1" who proposes in glowlng worils and bega for a kind rcply. The lady's buaband also enjoys it, and out of cnriosiiy eiMnniuiiioattíS with relalives ot the tonner lover. It is learned tbatbe is a happy IhioagO pttck'T. w ilh ¦ R itc aiul thive -.ins.