Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-05-08
EspERANZA.


Yen We nAo' -,STtbresr'S -Ho7shty.
EsPERANZA.
: hoow the music room in the
! At spas The large ezpan:se IN the
it It I' kept clear for dancing, and
: !, whose h minds and toes are not
faatistic remain in the elolster ,'
= . ~h,,T,l it. and which are well
= ";t,' comfortable chairs and
on'at t it happens that the
'en are irdoIent or tImld, ana
Is dies stiff, and then the smooth
s '.,, is q desert, and, in spite of
/ Of light and music, there is
H. DEPRESSING about the general
Rnt that Was not the state OF at
1nqust night, although the ma
# visitors present rer6 English,
al been a great deal of fraterniza-
the tjles dh0ts of the different
walking. riding, and driving par
been made up daily; the foreign
WIS lust sufficient to correct the
stiffness, without being numeri-
ronr enough to provoke its exclu-
Altogether Il very pleasant little
was formed in the place that sea
6ilicent Lund was an attractive
Of it; a handsome, high-cour-
frl; an orphan, sole surviving child
!hvsaIter, consequently an heiress.
Hal school, from the age of twelve
neen that is, she was happy, but her
In 5 wife had patronizing manners,
hIilly quietly put up with till she
<env-one, and then took charge of
Etlat is, she engaged one of her
bvernesses, who was getting too
hnd deaf to teach, and would conse-
n have been otherwise desti-
baccept the nominal position of tax
Iar-e Of her; but of course it was a
r. People were shocked; but
hIihY cared for that, She sat on Il
blind one of the pillars, talking to
h mired man Of about thirty, who
q rather too we'll for the expression
fcatTes, which were intelligent.
n afraid Of you, Mr.. Bertram," she
BIN.
/ yous" he replied. How people
Rlgned: | heard that YOU were
hi no one"
Fhaps you have been slandered
elL tell you romantic story:"
r. please"
not let your expectations rise, "
kr,ram; there is nothing sensa-
[about it, Upwards Of a year ago,
pened to be staying at Brussels dur
! carnival. The Countess G.. had a
ko give a masked ball, and | receiv-
nyltatlon. 1t was a very brilliant
Hnd at the same time the company
e. for the hostess received all her
lon arrival singly and un2naek ed, in
antc-room, 50 that nom bat those
Fre properly invited could gain adj
r. had not been in the room five
before | saw a blue domino, who
fed the most extraordinary effect
pc that | have ever experienced.
Plat time | had laughed at mesmer-
Notwithstanding which is
fed with q mysterious intercommu-
= OF spirits. But now the fact of
S'ence Of secret sympathies was
upon me. / knew at once that this
envy woman | could ever love.
= / hat otlen thought myself in
fe, nut now | saw that [ had
l @,, name To arassing fancy, which
3enr1 my heart spoke to her,
!" E ;r Ayr How the night passed,
ll begun" SIM '0'0' II
p saw her face before She leftgo
lot 4 moment. Nor was I able to
who She WAS, or where she came
llfF"ArdS; That She was English,
e r'nst.' though She spoke Italian
am quite interested y so;d Mice
" nat was her height and her
H. yours"
ngcd. And the color of her hairgo
mrs exactly" VI "'i n''11
you have never met her AGAIN -,
I'LL this evening" ~ "s"''
Mr.. Bertram," said Nillv
IL .E YOU almost look as ifyou were
tam NE as your mysterious
that wa,sn p''Aui'e'
! II. siaIm her until she wrote or
~' "Ord Esperanza.'"
! y-: .a4 nave Kept your word, and
.r. .'"'Ie romance; the lady has
J .on,, Il' a ghost or a ghoul to
I ,r@lp ,e'e, said Miss Lund; but
NJ sae started and turned pale
I h. s." "'1n an effort that she COM
| - rS-.: looking round for the
S.. emotion, saw that a new ar
Es, f., man whom he knew slight
D sy ,,1; mad Just entered the room,
i a,:n ps.leheed that pleasing thrill
b Sem. "'eS apolnter on snuffing a
H. # " dramatic author when
aval p'o' comes into his head, for
l,s;.c ,xis IIe 'edium of a somewhat
|. ra,aS A,>lehce by watching the little
AZ lrsn '''t> gong on around him. If
Ell ,n;.,a tattler, this might have
bis d;S,onleVous propensity, but he
.a,eI +'h.,SoVeries to himself, or only
2lg>e,n 'Dnl 70 the principal actors, for
rea,+' ,A' consisted in knowing what
!: hal PIE ' failed to perceive. The
,5an, VINO had just entered moved
s4,caD '4oklng right and left for ac-
sna PRESENTLY, he saw Bertram
s,saI ~ Safd and shook hands with
! .seI hlm when he had arrived
: nrn ns was staying at, and other
>2s wb; o PAGES, while he was an
aot nrer n ne saw Miss Lund, and
q coIjl,,, a slight start before he
listsn1yS ~ The young lady replied
oQ kn 1'll, Der bend of the neck. i''~>'
had m os Mss Lund?" said Bertram
Ding to amer heT once or twice. But they
hood for 4 ,;n; again, and as | am not
'r m1 d; exercise, having only
4 look at tn NY g olnner, | shall 60 and
.ough no, NE Il Trente-et-Quarente,
gossip himself, Bertram