Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-02-08
given them an intima,ion of his reasons Tor do

given them an intimation of his reasons Cor do
My father was indignant In the extreme, and
expressed himself i'm manner, With regard 70
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win res,fd 5 ESe1Ssrd psss history, snaraes
Ger, dispeatida, &c.-euesfasns which Walton
laying. rartiellar ssfess On Eberhards really
estima4e a0bties, of which, IL y but Just to
'say, h had few.
tn bng sftervard; at the tina, thought the
happy scidest / could not help telling s them
what Id occurred, ana ta making them, my
eyer.best frieSds, my csnfidants iouna great
How the AFFAIR really Affected them could NOT
decide; but certain L is that their anxiety, with
regard to my eyes, outweiGhed everything else.
The rupture in my relations with Eberhard
they certainly passed over very lightly; In fact
NV father intimated, IN unmistakabie terms,
that he was wen satisfied with the sudden
..Eberhard," said he, "would never have
been the man / should have chosen for You.
With regard TO hls abilityI have never had a
Soubt; not %, however, with regard 70 his
disposition. You would not have been happy
with him, my child, and I am glad that shah
now be spared the reproaches I should have
made myself for having been. out of consider
ation Tor my old friend, more yielding than
stances"
AS for my ewes, they seemed to be doing wen;
AZ All events, they did not burn, as they had fire.
Jueh'Iy, curing the previous seven or eight
uays, when was continually on alert 20 discov-
e. wnst was really passing at the window be-
INN h,nI nae. Dr; waltensteins anxiety concern
.hs M pauent prompted him TO come again in
the evening; but, finding me comparafiyelv
lulet ana doing well, he put of the examinsr
h hun =. my eye until the next morning. He,
nowever, sat Tor some time and conversed with
my father, who STAYED that event M, 49,, 49,,
er than usual. NNH "hs
Mother insisted on remaining with me. Nm,
throuf b, and awoke the next morning refresfed
and hopeful.
And the fnal result of the operation
IL was all that could have been desired-it was
brilliant, and, when contemplated it, l. I'm my
delight, even had grateful thought for Eber-
hard, bat for whom, often said, might never
have submitted to the operation; To which my
husband, DIR. Waltenstein, would reply:
"Who knows? I should never have insisted
upon it, that is certain, but IL u probable that
You would have needed no urging, after wit
Messing ne as You have the daily results achieved
"Ah, but for the operation You would never
have known me-"
Humph, that is not so certain. Did I not
.eii YOU AT tne time that you had long interest
''Oh, it was the oculist I Interested. Won
surgeons are always looking out for subjects"
"NOt so. When Eberhard came here, II hoped
through him, to make your acquaintance; but
he got ahead of me-"
..Alas!-l would not be reminded of it,
"Why not? The road 20 happiness leads not
unffequentiy into psrilous paths; they enhance
the goal when it is attained"
With me this was eminentiy true. I uas, in
deed, led to the happiness of my life by a peril
Gus path. And, among the minor blessings of
which 1 have been the recipient, thanks TO
husband, whom my parents loved as a son. and
OF whom have been ever proud, I have been
blessed with an abundance of that, without
which, i'm Eberhard's mistaken fancy, no home
could be happy-wealthi
Carl i'm due time married Charlotte A pre-
sumptive heiree, and certainly a spoiled child
AT the death of her father, however, which fol-
lowed close on the heels of their marriage il
was found that the portion of the supposed
heiress was next to nothing. Eberhard, there
fore, found that he had been greatly deceived,
and Charlotte, fear, was not less 50. In ex-
ternals, she tried hard to keep up a show of eie-
gance, but her elegance was always somewhat
old-fashiOned, and sometimes even shabby of
the appearance of the inside of her house. and
of her children, know nothing, except from
hearsay.
L have never spoken with Eberhard since we
parted at the institute; ii we CHANGED to meet
in the steeet, IL was he whose eyes turned away
mime now looked straight II AppIetOa'S Jour
nal.