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another seat from somewhere, planted it at my

| butt instead OF tuning toTard5 me, rms perau
to fan herself in nervous way, and to tdgei
With tue buttons Of her gloves. grew inps-
tient.
ssAIiss Daayers!" said. ut last.
/ "Oh!" WAS nil her ansner, aa She looked st
me for moment.
''Whero arc your thoughts ?" asked
Then sbe turned, With wide, astoulhhed eyes,
cooring softly up to the roots OF her hair. Ms
heart gaEe sudden leap.
How can you tell, If cannot" she asked.
May guess ~
She made slight alclination Of tho head, say
ing pothing. I was then quite sure.
Tho second rayiae, to tie left OF the nam
drivof"
This time ehe actually started; her color be-
came deeper, aud . leaf OF tho ivory fan snap
ped between her fugor8-
LET there be no more secret" exclaimed.
"iour flowers have brought me your messages
knew should find you -
/ Full of certainty, Was speaking in ! low, i'm
FASHIONED voice She cut short bT rising
from 1er seat; felt that she YVES both angry
aud alarmed. Fisher, Of Philadelphia, jostline
right aud left iu his haste, made his way towards
her. She fairly saatched his arm, clung to it With
| warmth had mover seen expressed in 0 ball
| room. and began to whisper iu Ila ear. It VAS
not tive minute. before lie came to ne. alone,
with Tery stern face. be;'t down. and said: " Il
! you have discovered ou1 sccIc.,
YOU WILL KEEP SILENT
You arc certainly q sentlsmaa."
| oo"cd. co1aIY aAu 6aFa:SetJ- ineIv "26 q
draft from tho open window; my ankle bocame
| suddenly weary and painful, Ead 1 went to bed
Can you believe that d1dn't guess immediately
what it al meant? In vague way, fancied
| that had been premature In my attempt to drop
| our mutual incognlto, anl that Fisher, rival
! lover, was jealous OF me. This was rather fiat
| tering than otherwise; but when lmned down
| to the ladies' par|or, tie next day, no Miss Dan
| veKs WIS to be seen- did not venture to ask
for her; it might scom importunata. and woman
| Of 80 much hidden capacity was eTMontly not to
| bs wooed in the ordinary way.
! So another night passed By; and thea, With
tbs morning, came letter which made me feel,
At the came instant, Ike fool aud hero It had
beea drorped in tha Wampsocket Post-o o!dce, WAS
| lesibly addressed to mo and delivered with somc
other letters Which had arrived b{ tha night
| mail. Here it is listen!
| "No1o IoSo1o !-Haste ia mot gift Of the
| gods, and you have boen impatient, with the
usual result. was almost prepared for this,
md thus au not wholly disappointed. In day
| or two moro you will discover your mistake,
which. 80 far az eau learn, has done no pa1ticu-
| 1ar harm. II you wish to find me, there IS only
ono way to seek me: should tell you what It Is.
should preclude the manifestation OF . certain
| quality which hope to find In the maa who may
| -or, rather, must-ce my friend. This sounds
| enigc1atca1, yet you have read enough OF my
nature, as written in those random notes IN my
require. Only this let me- add: mora guessing
is useless.
being unknown, I can write freely. II
yon find me, I ehall he justified; il
not, shall hardly need to blush, even to my
self, over futile experiment..
ut is possible for me to learn enough OF your
Life, henceforth, to direct my relation towards
you. THIS may DO the end; il 30. shall know
it soon. 1 shall also know whether you continue
must ask you to trust in mine, as woman"
I did discover my mistake, as the Unknown
promised There had been o secret betrothA
between Fisher and Hiss Danyers; and singu-
larly enough, tho u1omentous question apd an
swcr had been given in the very rayine leading
to my upper deli! The TWO meant to keep tbs
matter to themselves, but therein, it seems,
thwarted them there was little opposition On
the part OF their respective families, but all Tns
amicabIy settled before left Wampsocket.
The letter made . Tory deep impression upon
me- WHAT was
THE ONE WAY TO FIND HER?
What could it he but the triumph that follows
ambitious tot, the manifestation Of al my best
qualities, as = man: 20 s!lo old or young, plain
OF beautiful, I 1c*.ectei, hers is surely nature
ceals no hazards for me. l have sought her
rashly, blunderoi betrayed that set her lower,
in my thoughts, than her actual self; let me
now adopt the oppoeite course, seek her openly
no longer. 20 back to my tasks, and, following
my own aims vigorously and cheerfully restore
that respect which she seemed to be on the point
Of losing. For, consciously or not. she had CON-
munjeated to me- doubt, implied in the very ex-
preston Of her own strength and pride. Shs
had meant to address me- as an equal, yet: despite
herself, took stand littla abovs that which she
accorded to me-
came back to New York earlier than uaual
worked STEADILY at my profession aud with in
creasing success, and began to accept opportu-
nitics (which had previously dechned) Of max
ing myself personally known to the great. i'm
prcsa.blo, lclle, tyrannical public. One
or two Of my speechea In the hall Of tho Cooper
Institute, on various occasous-as you may per-
haos 1emember-gaye me good headray with
ination for the State Office which still hold.
(Tberc, OIL the table, lies resignation, written
To-day, but not yot signed Well talk OF 1t. AZ
terwards.) Several months passed by, and no
further letter reachcd me-, gave mp much OF
ny tims to society, moved fainiiiarly in moro
than one proyince Of the Kingdom here, and
vastly extended ny acquaintance: especially
among the women; but not one of them be-
traycd tho mysterious something or other
which L was looking for. In fact, tho mora en-
dcarored quietly to study the sex, tha more con-
fused became.
At lust. was subjected to the
USUAL ONSLAUGHT FloN TIE srnoSa-a1npED.
4 small but formidable committee en-
mandcd . categorical declaration OF my
principles. What my views Oh tho sub |
iect we're, I know very well; they we're clear and
decided; and yot, Lesitatcd to declare them!
It vasu't temptation Of sain: Antaony-that
is, turned tho other way-and the bc!lisorout |
attitude of the danes did not alarm mo IN tho
lesst hut she! NAa. vas he1 position? How
could best. please her? It flashed upon my
mind, while Irs.-was making her formal !
speech, that had taken no stop for months |
without c vague, secret reference to her. So, I |
st:ove to be courteous, friendly, and agreeably |
non-cou'nlttal, c1id promised to reply bT letter,
in tow days. -
Iras hardly surprised to find the we1]-knoun
hand on the en:eops Of Z letter, shortly after !
wards. held it for minute III my palm, with /
an absurd hope t1at might sympatheti tically feel
it's character before breaking tie seal Then I
read it with great sense of relief.
II ha7o mover assumed to guide q
man, except towards the full exercise |
Of his powers. It is not opinion in &C
t1on, but opinion in state Of idleness or indif-
ference, which rcpeb me. am deeply glad !
that you hare gained 20 much eince you lets the |
country. II, in shaping yonr course, you have
thought Of me-. viii frankly say that, 10 0.at e.
te'a, you have drawn nearer. Am mistaken III
conjecturing that you wish to know my relation