Smyrna times., 1873-08-20
MISceLIU ID e o us.
A Sensational Sketch.

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and people arc beginning to remark the lntl-
macy You must put a stop to it.
''Which-peOple talking Or Mr.. Vavasour's
attentions? p asked Zoe, demurey.
'Efect stoppage Of the latter, and there Il
be no room for the other, returned Miss Muir
ray, with asperity, Its a moral wrong to firt
with every gentleman in the house, as you
! have been doing.
"Oh, auntie," cried Zoe, with a merry
twinkle in her black eye, which contradicted
the grave expression of her long drawn coun-
tenance, you kAo0 | have scarcely spoken to
Jonas FerringtOn; and I'm sure you haven't
| had eyes Tor anyone else, except, as 1t seems,
your tavorite, Henry Vavasour
| Zoe executed a pirOuette about the room and
| disappeared within her own door quite uncon-
Scious that NavasOur had passed beneath the
open window, and heard all the conversation
that is chronicled here. lie Tipped the ashes
from his cigar and walked on with meditatiye
frown contracting his brow.
| Navasour was d lady killer, and in his own
way fautless His hroadcloth was of the
finest, his linen the whtest, his silk tile the
| glossest, his boots and gloves tiny, unwrinkled,
and perfect. He was tall and stylish his COM
plexion scarlet and white, his teeth dazzling,
his hair wavy, silken and brown. Yet despite
all these perfectiOns, his whole expression was
marred by the undecided quiver of his full
mouth, and the shifting, selfish light in his
clear blue eyes.
The wrinkle in his forehead smoothed itself
gradually out, and he bit the end from a cigar
with a complacent smile.
"Ouly Irritation, eh?" he soliloquized.
"Well, all the better for that; but what an
artful mink it is Why, was actually expe-
riencing compunctious qualms, and debating
pro or con if | should turn over new leaf
toward her. Rather hard on fellows self
esteem to find himself beaten at his own game,
but, considering all the circumstances, I'm
quite reconciled this time. Now, can enjoy
my little amusement without misgiyings,
during my fortnight Of probation. And then,
my dear Zoe, | must yield to superior
claims"
Zoe tripped to the terrace Of the seaside
hotel, where he awaited her couple of hours
later She had trim little figure and dainty
foot and the puffngs and loOpings of her
white organdle walking-dress, just disclosing
the buttoned boot beneath, were something
wonderful to behold
There was brighter flush upon her cheek,
and softer light in her wide, black eyes, that
dropped Shyly as she met him.
" FINISHED little coquette !" mentally COM
mented NavasOur
: And Zoe, with her glOved finger tips upon
his arm, felt her heart culver and thrill with a
rapturous sensation, which Was something new
in her life experience.
/ All, Zoe, little enchantress, who has walked
unconcernedly over half score of hearts in
your own season out, was your brsvadO theE
only the vaunt of spirit unwilling to acknowl
edge its enthralment until verbally comprO
missed? Auntie, left behind in the fume Of
discomfort, and Vavasour beside her, self
assured by the conversation he had veIheard
were ignorant alike of the strong passion bud
ding into life in the girls intense and undisci
pned nature.
Words SO meaninglessly sweet murmured in
EavaSours tone, tender glances SO falsely ex
pressive resting on her radiant face, nurtureC
the germ into active life, and for the tim,
satisfied Zoe's newly awakened craving for
his love.
She was lost in maze of sweet delight-ex
ploring unknown paths, where every turn wa
drawing her closer, closer to the goal Of lf
and love and happiness, or humiliation an,
despair, bitter, blank, and banefuL And sh
was so sure Of the heaven on earth she ha
traced on the canvas of the future in sue
glowing cOlOrs.
10 She kept no reckoning of the days and hour
as they h0ated past while she was lost in tn
sweetness of the feeting dream. Yet sh
s. walked and talked, ate, drank, and slept, muc
in the ordinary way except that she breathe
in an ecstatic atmosphere, which, to her Ow
senses, seemed to change her into refined an
etherialized transmogrifcation of herself.
Miss Murray was too thoroughly engrosse
". in her wedding outfit and her prOspectiv
bridegroom to interest herself much in Zoe
proceedings. She came to the realization
n her change once in a while, long enough {
deliver an expOstulation spiced by mOdcum
n, advice, and generally wound up by taking Zoe
opinion regarding some minutiG pertaining
the trOuSSedu
In every grade of social life there are alwaJ
some persons more observant of their neigl
bors' acts than careful of their own ; and the,
BAL began to whisper that Zoe was wearing b,
heart upon her sleeve.
Vavasour himself wavered now and thel
He could not always distrust the sweet your
face, with its flashing orbs grown liquid at
deep at his approach. He had his good trail
on on beneath the crust of selfish wordness whiC
J- prevailed and the shallow depths were stirrt
yes sometimes by mingling of remOrse and Ion
aasas ass ing that he crushed out again with the cru
Is" blindness of will that would not be convince
rm The blow fell upon Zoe with only the tain
ted est premonition to herald it.
1ol She danced in through the side entrance
ms no, the hotel one evening, with her short, bat
or, curls all in tumble from the race she hi
ily, been taking along the shore. She came upC
Gs ss Vavasour suddenly, to his iconcealed discoT
red feiture. He held flower pot containing
leS royal purple fuchsia in full bloom. "
nal stopped short and put out her two han
uld confidently.
,;T CF ''For me /" she asked. 81 know it must
ner for you heard me call it my favOrite'
iSse lee. "And have been ungalIant enough to fc
u,o get the fact. Pardon me that | must refu
dis, this one; it is otherwise promised"
sSt. 1ot "Ohl" she said laughing to cover her CO
sTk sTk fusion. "Eow fortunate that din squand
DDS my gratitude Aunte shall order me ono Ii
oD. it, il don't overrate my persuasive power
act Pray, pass on, Mr.. Vavasour."
her ftIF:-..
the rTSC let me remlnu you OF u PROMISE
ven ven walk to the top Of the cliff with me. liz
aid soon can you go2"
Ens ESa "Now, il you are not critical" she replie
/ or with shake of her rumpled founces. 6
ten minutes, if you prefer smooth curls and