Smyrna times., 1871-04-19
m ella WPOMS.
In the Cloak Room.


There was mis- let"r everywhere a, Harding
ion Hail 1t had even found it, way into the
COAX room, where the pa-rli.r was inll of II
u wa Chrl>tna> Eve. 8" of course thu mistle-
to" had night t0 br there, but don't think
II ever hung over any thing more fierce looking
that night than the face OF Colonel VprSchOvle
gre It, tail, >nldier-likp. brown-bcardcd. brown
faced hero from AIy>>ina.
Colonel Vivian Ferschoy!e G. B and V. c..
n "a done his cOLntry good service and Iaurels
had heen amply heaprd upon him: he was
" honorShly meuti"ned and duly lauded
receiving his fill of adulaton and ad i alton from
al the country round. His handsome face
was as hronzrd rs il cOuld well be, bur all the
mischief the African sun had dome his com
p'exlnn had not SpOilr the b. aury of tho,r dark
deep eyes, OF the perfect symmetry of those
note features.
Yes, he was wonderfully fine fellow, this
Aly>>I"Ian hero, and great lion in his wny.
all the liriS about Huntingdon had fal en- down
before Ills SHINE and wOrShiped; but their
ad0ratl"n was sh' rt-lived it lied away with q
faint struggle when they heard the gallant col
onel was engaged to be married. Itw all up
with our hero then AbysSinia was no longer
ah interesting topic ct conversation. and don't
think the colonel was considered SO handsome
| as he had once heen
There wasa grand entertainment at Harding
don Hall on Christmas Eve, and Colonel Yer
Schnyle aud his tinmceS We're at it.
The evening Was InulH than half over. and
| the cnl"nel was in the cloak room, standing un
'ler the mlStet0e, lu0king with great dark
| angry eyes into the glowing FIRE. Let me tell
you this hlave warrior Was very much put out
just then, and about angry AS he could be
| you could see he had hot temper, and that
mehng had occurred TO render il hotter
than ever. The colonel was a man who would
not stand being triHed with, and he considered
that he had beeu trfed with, in the most
shameful mnnner; he was there to learn the
caus', and he was waiting for Enid Vavasor to
! come and render an explanation.
Meet nIr in The cloak room in a quarter of
an hour, he had >aid to her in low, deter.
mined, hard voice, as she was whired away in
v"lsc by tall, dashing young officer, whose
name the colonel did not know, aud whose un
commonly handsome face he had not seen
until just few minutes before, when he had
caught sight OF it in the conservatory, amid
orange trees sud camelias, in very close
proximity to the lovely laughing lips of Enid
NavasOr.
The storming OF Magdala was nothing to the
fierce war in the heart OF Vivian er,choyle as
he Witnessed that kiss. lie walked aw v TO
the far END OF the long drawing room at Har-
UinRdOn Hail, 6eV!dered, maddrned lurously
! nngry, hrrcey jealous. This great strong
nohIe- hearted man had given al his pure true
love to that girl, aud she had made fool of
HIM. An0ther moment and she was whirled
past him in the arms of this >tranger-valSing,
too, thing shr said she had given up beca use
she knew he disikrd il. The colonel was be.
>lde himself, aud then it was that he went up
10 her aud told her to meet him In the cloak
room 10 quarter OF an hour and now he was
there awaiting her presence.
She was long IN coming. He pulled furious
y at his gT' at tawny beard III hi restless IInpa
tience, aud yet he had not made up his mind
what he was to say to her, though he felt that
girl who could act as Enid had acted that
night Was no fit wife for him. He was bit
terly disappointed in her, for he believed he,
To- be all that was pure and wOnanly. having
a lively aversion to the fast, free girl of the
period. ="
They had been engaged about a month, anG
her faIher's est"te joined Huntingdon, where
Colonel Eer,chOyh Was NOW StpIIng Oh vlsI
'" Lord Marlborough. Enid Vava,or was the
only girl IN f'mIly OF nine sons, most o
whom were in the army, and she was the yer;
IDOL OF her dOting parents.
lIa she wa cunning nOw--and Vivian Yer
Schoyle turned his naughty lace towards her =,
she passed through the door of the cloak
room.
Enid Vavssor, how shall describe YOU
with your strange faDciiul name aud YOU
strangely sweet face? 1t was not in beaur,
aud excellence OF feature she exceIled, fo
heyond those rare blue eyes she had not ,
single good feature, aud yet-strange contra
dicti0n-it was 4 lovely face, and Cnlnne
Ver>choyle knew il to his cost as he turned
t0 meet II with its wiusOme smile, it's exomi. il
rolorng, aud its halo of chestnut brown hair
; ripping and waving over the broad low bow
o Bright scarlet holly berries shone out ,mi,
= the brown ripples with just the faintest souu
con OF Bistletne. and another bunch of IN
same Christmas berries appeared on the brens
ct the snowy dress OF sOfte>t face. She louke,
, almost as if shc were envelOped in a whit
cloud as she came forward aud met the haugh
ty gaze of the cnlOne bent on her
A little mischievons smile parted her cora
lips. For moment she looked about t. sn,il
outright: but she controlled herself, and looE
ing up with dancing light in her blue eye.
she asked, What is the matter ?"
I'd Now our AbySsinian hero did not expect thi
effr0ntery, 70 he came to the point at once wit
~ soldier like brevitv.
70 Enid VavasOr, you are a coduite-and-
: won't stand it'll will not be trihed with !"
Of course he meant To say much more, an
make a longer speech, only the pretty fac
looked so mocking that he stopped short
\ abrupt contempt. She came a step neare
and for some minutes they stood there undt
}. the giest bunch of mistletoe together.
D. Whaf h.va / dnno -