Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-12-24

hands looked full into mine Every vas-
tlse uf color s0rsook the fair check
know that in minute more she would do
what taiu would have done myself.
shrek or faint and for once in my life
got the better Of my bashfulness, and ac-
ted as II | had never known fear
know you what It Is when anguish
Ios Pythan Height dilate- you,
Aud despair sublin,s To power y
| suppose this was the ease. | had all
summer hardly dared To look her in the
face and call her Miss Dale now | said
softly bat calmly:
MARY scream or he frightened
we have been the victims Of very uu.
+ fortunate accident; but il YOU will only
6o calm, none but ourselves shall ever
know il. No one knows that | came home
lait night, il is still earliest morning
turn to your sleep again, and think Of this
only as a dream of last night weaving"
/ She gave me one such glance Of relief.
/ Aud thankfulneSS, and trust, from her
beautiful eyes as | never knew before;
and then bursting into passionate weep
lug, turned and buried her face in the
depths Of her pillow. You may believe
dressed quicker than had undrcsscd the
night before, and that left the house
more qairtly thas entered il. Not even
Old Carlo, the watch dog noticed my de-
parture,
walked mile, Just to kill time aud
drown thought | didn't 20 that day, nor
the next nor never 10 Cahassetts tele-
grtphed Frank that had been summon.
"a home; would he send me my trunk
I &c.
wsut to Philndelphia and entered the
law office of the eminent Judge =
| had been with him but year when he
was appointed United States Muister to
France. lie got me the position of SOC
rctary Of Legation, and | was with him
abroad for three years. 1t Is astonishing
what three years in French society will
do for any man, and especially for one
/ who meet, it under such favorable cir
cumstanccs ~ of course did: You would
not have believed the story have told OF
my former bashful ways, had you seen
mo upon my return Ia my native land.
Nv former bare face was now adorned by
famous moustache, and do not believe
man in the world was ever ~ much i'm
proved or altered in appearance 10y ~
small IA chingr The bashful law student
had i.krNlse IN outward mahher htcone
. tn, calm, soli-po ,Sessrd. and easy man of
the world but he brought back heart
as honest OF that of the Green Mountain
+ boy of wear, by-gome, and in that heart
/ there was Il spirit thronrd--it was that of
II sleeping beauty, the memory oi whose
lovliness as seen in that one glance, had
never lett him day nor night.
But should | ever meet her And
would not the memory OF that awful mo
ment come between u.s. Would she not
ha'' me sh""ia Sh1 ever meet me fo,
knew ! never should dare meet her ON the
score OF old acquaintance. Ihes" and
thousand like questions asked myself,
day after day, but only prayed that II
might be, aud hardly dared to hop
at once returned 10 my profession in
Philadelphia. have said already had
no mean power | worked hard and for
tune helped mo / soon had all that
heart eoihd wish except all thlt my
heart was wishing: Would it never come:
| had lost all traces Of her but went
constantly into society not because |
cared for it, but, rs one searches for ii
needle IN hay-mow, IN. the VAN hope
that ! might sce her, Aud at last did
II was at an evening party, There she
was, more beautiful than ever. Then all
my courage fursooh me. WAS the bash
ful law student again felt as | had icit
at that fatal moment years ago, As II
should FAINT or scream or run away. But
il wns but fora moment. Theu | ,aid,
g tort,n. VAN favor me. il It's to tc. 'iint
which scek So earnestly she will uever
recognize me and all will be well. |
,,,. ,,.t r,.tina nbout to s,.e how | ,hould
,.rs nm INTRODUCTION. when our hostess,
who va, talking to her. crossed over to
md .uid ab,rni,,l,..
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