`` I know a story about a man who always had his own opinion -- '' The Story Girl got no further . We never heard the story of the man who always had his own opinion . Felix came tearing up the lane , with a newspaper in his hand . When a boy as fat as Felix runs at full speed on a broiling August forenoon , he has something to run for -- as Felicity remarked . `` He must have got some bad news at the office , '' said Sara Ray . `` Oh , I hope nothing has happened to father , '' I exclaimed , springing anxiously to my feet , a sick , horrible feeling of fear running over me like a cool , rippling wave . `` It 's just as likely to be good news he is running for as bad , '' said the Story Girl , who was no believer in meeting trouble half way . `` He would n't be running so fast for good news , '' said Dan cynically . We were not left long in doubt . The orchard gate flew open and Felix was among us . One glimpse of his face told us that he was no bearer of glad tidings . He had been running hard and should have been rubicund . Instead , he was `` as pale as are the dead . '' I could not have asked him what was the matter had my life depended on it . It was Felicity who demanded impatiently of my shaking , voiceless brother : `` Felix King , what has scared you ? '' Felix held out the newspaper -- it was the Charlottetown Daily Enterprise . `` It 's there , '' he gasped . `` Look -- read -- oh , do you -- think it 's -- true ? The -- end of -- the world -- is coming to-morrow -- at two -- o'clock -- in the afternoon ! '' Crash !
Felicity had dropped the cup of clouded blue , which had passed unscathed through so many changing years , and now XXXXX last lay shattered on the stone of the well curb .
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