Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-05-07

nor love u dearly. Why, OF course
love admiration. Stars always do"
do they" said. my eyes full of !
as | turned to read her brilliant httl,
face.
"The sort Of admiration l like" an
swered Ninette, with eOmplancency, III
Captain--0 what shall | call him p
Captain Attendants; it has a charming
halo Of mystery and romance about It
And the sort Of admiration dent cart
at all for, is that l win from our own com
pany; your own, Ricardo. for instance
wearies me beyond all words
"You tell me this very often" l said
speaking, unsteadily; "but cannot helE
its being yours through all"
"Why don't you give it to Josephine p
inquired Ninette, with nonckalance, 'ol
to one Of the other girls ?"
"Sueh an idea is simply ridiculous" ]
answered, in passionate scorn. "My love
was won from me before either you or ]
could prevent it now it must be your.
forever. You know this through all youI
treatment ofme. Whether you are kind
in this treatment, your own heart may
tell you"
THANK you, signor; but my own heart
is very comfortable. will not disturb il
by unnecessary questioning. l wish you
were as comfortable for your own sake
How are you TO get through your marvel
lous and unrivalled performance on the
vibrating wire, o Champion Athlete, il
you make yourself uneasy over triAes
Remember what is expected of you to-
night Monsieur says" (wa always spoke
of the manager as Monsieur) that every
seat will be filled, and that we shall have
a grand night. He almost seems pro.
vokod about it, tecause he reaps no bene.
fit; but say, if we do profess TO aid the
ln6rmary, let our aid be worth accepting.
| wish | was going to do something great
in such cause, Ricardo, as well as you"
at was given me to do" put in sui
lenly; II didn't offer"
"Never mind that. You will help in
good cause and | should like lin the
same cause to have ridden as learned to
do in Morocco. l would have performed
what Monsieur announced there as my
Moorish Feat if he would have permitted
it,
"Oh. J" cried, quickly. "Never
again, trust Nmette." For once | had
seen Niuette make the daring leap, stand
ing en- one foot on Black Hawks neck,
and my heart beat with fear at tho very
mention oft now.
"Oh | would" she laughed "and
yet | do believe I'm glad I'm not going
to do it. | only fee! ought to have in,
sisted upon it, for | expect Monsieur
merely waited for that. As it is, the
chief honor Of this benefit night devolves
upon you. Signor Ricardo and | am jeal-
ous."
You know as well as | do, Nincttc,"
| answered, rather hotly, 'that you are
always the one great attraction of the
Circus-Monsieur knows it too-and that
your name standing alone is a more pow
erful magnet to the public than mine is
with all my feats emblazoned after it."
ayes, / know it, 'she returned, laugh
ing coolly. "Now, goodbye. I'm going
to drink tea with Monsieur
With quick little nod she ran into
the managers lodgings, and | walked on
to my own, with my thoughts full of her
How loved her. So oddly, too, that
my own love almost bewfl-
dered me; its persistency having no
hope in it, yet its hopelessness having no
despair 1t was love that never was
moved by her Indifference or scorn, and
never weakened by her contempt. She
Was proud Of her own beauty and of her
power over Us all, and she never attemp-
% hide this-never domineering over the
emale performers, who were all older and
,lainer than herself, but domlneerlng most
over every male performer in
he Circus. But she did it SO prettily
md bewitchingly that | was not the only
me who had laid his love at her feet to
'e trampled on at her girlish pleasure. |
lad but poor health even then, and this
vas one source Of Ninette's merry sarcasm.
''The champion Athlete has not an ath-
etic appearance" she used to say. II
ear the signor is weak in every way"
And then, with her eyes full of radiant
ealth, she would demurely recommend
ne winter it the South--just because
he winter was coming on, and we were in
he North. 81 must laugh at you. Ri
ardo," she would sometimes say; II get
o dreadful tired of you unless | turn you
nto ridicule."
And ! knew that she spoke the truth.
was thinking, as ever was. of this