The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1874-02-04


only leave ono costruction-that
he was in lovo with hor. Blush,
ing and amazed, sho won't home
to think over his words and con-
duct, and to find that it was Il
sweet novelty to think of them.
Longing to know if she had right
ly interpreted him, she soon found
occasion for another visit, and then
nor thoughts were confirmed. lie
told hcr how ho had long adorod
hor in secret, and now was dying
to havo her respond to his ardor.
Chorshing such words and treas
uriny each glance, shc now went
! homo, as if to live in now world.
AT last sho had II lover! One of
those splendid creatures called
men mad actually adorcd her,
Low different did her bare cham
/ bcr and the checrloss school-room
seem How did all that suscep-
tibility for the romantic, which
had been pcnt up for years, find
won't and transform this life for her!
Now she could say to her friends,
you can triumph. over me no moro !!
have madc my conquest, and
! some one cares for me and longs
! for me.
When again, and before long,
sho went to tho place where this
fond being dwclt, as sho entered
! tho door, the clerks quickly saw n
change. Sho had bought now
bonnet and a pair Of light gloves.
Thinking that, it may DO, it would
! please him who loved ,her to sec
her as fair as possible, out Of her
scanty purse sho had taken vast
sum (for her) in order to lond
adornmcnt to features that the
mirror told hor wero, not all that
poets dreamed Of Then, in her
innocence and simple affection,
sho trcmblinglv went to let Charles
sec her bcautifed for his sake.-
Ills devotion was greater than
over. Her adornment had not
been in vain. His eyes told of his
passion, and his gestures express
ed that he was only living for her.
He went further yet. He asked
for an interview when ho could
tell her freely OF his lovo and,
pressed by his eagerness, she con-
sontcd on the noxt Sunday to go
with him to tho shady walks of
the Bois do Boulogno, where they
could speak to each other Of their
hearts devotion.
Madcmoisollo fond tho very
streets different rs she passed
through them now hor feet scarcc.
ly touched the ground, and she
envlcd no one any moro Of tho
many whom she passed, as once
she had dono. Iifo was not all
dark ! She had waited long, but
not in vain, and tho pupils wonder
cd what had como over her. Her
checks were rosy as in youth
her eyes werc no longer. listlcss
and, spurrcd up by her affection
she adopted those little womanly
touches Of dress which can so
please.
"Why," said tho scolars to ono
another, an adcm oiscllc is actually
getting pretty. What is the mat
ter p
And that coming interview
What visions Of bliss did she call
up as sho thought Of that "No
matter what lies beyond" said
she, 81 want to look no father
than that Aftor that tho dclueo
may return."
/ Thus absorbed and transformed
in her first loYo, 50 fully and 80
richly blown in her happy heart,
Madcmoisello waited for Sunday.
Iy.--TuE END or IT ALL.
On the Saturday that intorvcn
ed, Madcmoiscllo found reason to
60 again to tho shop whore bor
bliss conferred, really wishing TO
buy som othing, but not ;unwilIing,
probably, TO havo. an excuse for
seeing her lover again. This lovo
was much a:ioyto her and such a
light in her lonely, drudging life,
that we must pardon her, and we
will pardon her, uhloss our hearts
arc very hoard.
Charles was as devoted as ever,
and, in his most ardent manner,
pleaded his suit, as he leaned
across tho counter and looked Ian
guishingly into her eyes. The
moments sped all too rapidly, and
she was sadly resolving to depart,
whom roar Of laughter aroused
her. She looked around, and saw