, 1872-05-02

had puckered the skin upon her cheek
and drawn the eyeids out of place, and
had eiven,a totally new and strange ex-
precision to the whole countenanee, that
she no longer beheld herself 1efected
in the admiring gaze of passsrs ins the
street, However great the blow might
have continued to be. it,hadi been skill
fully treated by the tender hand of Phil
ip lngersoll.o Ha syaG I'D sos's,ae
'They were returning, one Winter af-
ternoon, from o matines. Violets hand
slipped into his arm and held there; the
gas lights Aickered against the steel-blue
twilight sky, where a handful of stars
were sprinkled; everybody was hurry
ing and hugging himself against the
cold; but these two loitered along the
way, happy and warm enough in each
others neighborhood. ago s4sYfs
~" Iihave an unsuitable curiosity, !" said
Violet. :" to know where all these people
are going into what sort of homes,
along what rough highways of life. If
! one, could get behind these masks which
| they allwear, and know what was taxing
place in their experience, what plans
and hopes and disappointmsnts they
conceal. swOuld't it be finer than any
novel?"nolJ eaI ~ Slsisz159s Il :a8i .
"Let MS begin with each other, then, y
said Phillip: r"Tsn me. first, what
hopes and plans you hide away from the
common gaze a"ireap sia, 81 81 4ssais
'i"I@?" she laughed. r" Yes; hope
some time to go to al the symphony
concerts and wear q camePs-hair shawl. y
ID" My hopeis more prssumptuoust than
| that. Violet. I hope toltake you to all
the symphony concerts, with wedding
ring on your finger 6 May 1 2" and Vio-
let lsthave given consent, for next
iday there was q diamond like q dew
drop flashing upon her hand. and, in
spite OF scars. lookof happiness that
dazzled the beholder. 1.i.oxs baa ail
+ The diamond had reposed upon Vio-
let's finger hardly month when Mr.
tIngersoll was called out Of town to
paint the portrait of a beautiful heiress.
a ward of his uncle, who had OCCASION
ly visited at his mothers, iaisGni11 eI
1.-The idea of Jealousy in connection
with his absence never occurred to Vio-
let, while he wrote letters full Of the ex-
travagances of lovers that read so much
like pure poetry but having several
other orders in the neighborhood, he
was Obliged topo ,tpone his return al
most daily. s"Mr.i Crayon wishes me
to paint his child, (" he would write;
/" Mrs. Vermillion wishes to sit for
Marie Stuart; thus shall he obliged to
remain away from you still longer,
which disappoints me soreE, till
Maud said:
al suspect he's having too fine time
there you had better have him home
without DELAY. I wouldn't trust a lover
of mine within eye-shot Of Miss Heath
er's facinations. Violet Stays her thou
sands, but Miss Heather her ten thou
sands"
"I'm sure shall not ask him to re-
turn" answered Violet, for the first
time experiencing an uncomfortable SEN
sation. {" If he wishes to do SO he will
need no urging; if he prefers to stay,
would not have him come at any solicit
tation of mine. Besides, he has finish
ed Miss Heather's sittings, and he said
she had begun to- fade. .'.lis. i,.s,rY
But somehow the suggestion rankled
and refused to be exercised, ,ttill shsfor
got it for while, but every now and
then it returned to her ike q pain that
one vaguely remembers at waking, crop
ing abont in ones consciousness for the
wound that caused it. Whatif he should
succumb to Miss Heather beauty 1t
would not be wonderful. The only
wonder was that he should ever have
cared for herself with the ugly scars;
and they began to burn and throb forth
with. zs..s - ,1'..fl 3 iss .sal,--..a.a - =
She had been out shopping one day.
and getting into crowded car to re-
turn. was obliged to stand jammed SO
! closely against two ladies who we're seat
I ed that SO that she could overhear their
remarks without an effort. Er
It would never have happened. l
suspect, but for that accident, the elder
llady was saying. It was dreadful mis-
fortune, truly IIhsve only seen her
ones since, and Il shouh never have
guessed that she had been beastiful.
You see broken nose changes the out
lines andtBa e8pres essentially. . A.,
Violet shivered behind her thick vail
jand lent an eager attention. zHFws =,
3 2 well. /" said the, other, why should
h, marry an ugly woman merely be-
cause she is unfortunate ?ssl Id II
.eThe fact is, be felt himself to blame;
he invited her to Eide, and it was the
flirting of his,yhip which startled hsr
horse; there you hsye it in asnut-sheu.
It was simply q matter Of duty. His
mother told me herself that it. never
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