Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1874-11-14

drag00u ne COOK o str0ng dislike
him. This dislike grew deeper, 9
it became evident that VIII was
person Of quite secondary interei
in the eyes Of his social circle whe
the dark.mustached, stsrn.lookin
soldier, who was the son Of an ear
and had looked on war, happene
to stand near him. y" '
When Eva first met the captai1
lat one Of the most brilliant balls q
tho little towns season. she dance'
with him several times, and sh
| found that Dartwell, like most cav
airy men. was q superb wsltser.- ~
Then be had an Dir and manner Z
once proud and oase1sisg, chivAlri'
aud lazy. nnnrtan"s and blasA. which
imposes immensly on girls. Hi
slightest attention to her was offer
ed in q astyle which seened to civ,
special meaning TO 1t, seemed t.
mark it out as something done fo1
her and her onlyS and be ignored
so calmly and grandly some Of tht
most pretentious people in the room
that his courtesy and Difference *
Eva sent little thEobs of pride and
delight through her. The more Of
ten he met her the more attentive
he became. HS would stand by he,
chair and talk with her in . low
tone. and bending his tall figure
over her shoulder, for half an hour
together, superbiy unheedful Of the
fact that others were Watching and
waiting in vain for the chance Of
exchanging half q dozen words with
her. He told her Of travels and en-.
campments aud battles, not as 9th
clio told his tales, but with care
less, almost contemptuous man.
ner, as of one to whom the worst
dangers of lite were unexciting, and
hardly even interesting. ~'',.o(
In fact, Eva was q little dazzled
nv thu manner and tho attentions
of the Honorable Captain Dartwell.
Will Hepworth became jealo ous and
and probably made him
self occasionally ridiculous. Dart
we'll gave no outward sign Of any
particular emotion, but was dou bt-
less rather pleased to note the evi-
Iiences of emotion, very different 10
their kind, which his presence and
his ways created in those around
him. ~. # tE
Thus the weeks and months went
On, and Dartwell's attentions to
Eva became more and more distaste.
fal to Will Hepworth. Yet there
was hardly any thing in them of
which open complaint could be
made. Nothing like love-making
could be seen /; only poor Will felt
that Eva was growing colder toward
him the longer Dartwell remained
IN town. At last there came news
which ought to have gladdened the
heart Of Hspworth; the regiment
70 which Captain Dartwell belonged
vas ordered of to the Crimea to
AXE a part in the campaign against
The Russians. Alas this very fact
,nly tended to poor Willis discom-
iture, for it invested his rival-if
Dartwell could be called a rival
With a new, touching and pathetic
interest in the romantic eyes Of
Miss Eva. Oh, how Will Hepworth
Wished that he were going to the
sars-to fight against the Russians
he French, the Sarace ns, any body
so that he might seem an inter-
,sting figure in Eva's mind, and
even with his death, some
If her tears ..t .-. ., he.
A few nights before the depar.
;ure of the regiment there was quite
! brilliant little party at the house
II one of the leaders Of fashion in
his town. Eva was there looking
yery romantic, sad, and beautiful;
viii Hepworth was there, looking
ullen and out Of sorts; Captain
)artwell was there, looking cool,
and stern, as usual, relax
ng always into . graceful, smiling
angor when Eva Tresi(ian was near.
n the course Of the night Eva was
invited to sing, and Dartwell, who
tood near her, led her to the piano.
She sang, accompanying herself
he little "Jeanette and JeannOt"
ong that used to be SO popular
vheu we were all q dozen years
;ounger, and which one hardly ever
,ears nbw-the song in which the
,oor little maid takes . farewell Of
Ter soldier.loyer who is going to the
vars, and fears that he will forget