Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1875-11-11
RALPH sfwfsicr's EYES.

Kate tell you he u hateful. I have hiFtsfl
with him til my heAd achsa paAyed with him,
s.na a. him. rompsd ar bsan disniasd. ill nv
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% su1e - aase ~ cs@D Auve ot un1sssAxe t1e
least bit Of frohe. his most magnincsns high-
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SUI .ADd AZ vocu S Il yHn y ,oS oaso6 'n s1s nirS wS' y
Hn ~! nAss nan and !tsA DASHED
OUT 9! tne ROOM leaving neg lnvala eoostn and
S1nasnt A9naN y nex sodaea out0ofsS
"a ~ E.'oa me me,Y DsAuY touoa ner De-
IT. ~. - ~ IT, sy. seNs c.c.oI ovsr 1ne use
1Iu .PPe%.Haay % ls.s ssiscoP. .,.
wisn couid play some Joke and see II
WoaiG aatonian nun when he awoke, ahe sAid:
~ N tae ieast Knew II befofehand,
saa nAtpn, mk'iy 0peong ms eyes; m
p,"M hoM nate yeo peteno % nsep = cnsa
Fora, inoA&haooyi - might nave talked
secrets"
dneo snoulA nos aave nesened:
"ol OF course not nothing half 20 naugh-
" could occur 70 you, she said. sneertngly.
quiet reply, though for moment his cheek
crlmsonsd with vs1Atton. l..
AK your pardon, did NOT mean 70 be 30
rude, said the frank little penitent, holding out
her hand
He only bowed gracsfully, and snatchin6 away
tho retecssd hand, she threw herssif down on
the piano stool aud dashed on her pique to
stormy polka. The polka went Into dream like
Iaa one o. :1p
inhuenoe became stronger, and - the lat mote
died away, she began to sing, not ~ he had
heard her sing before, in dashing opera airs, her
voice rosa clear, but sublued, In sod melodies,
oid BALLADS, And those longing Airs OF "Auld
Tue tea-bell broke in upon the pleasure, and
the light dining-room found Ralph ~ digniAsd
and Nora - saucy - II no musc bad ssirrsd
their hearts into new and strange communion.
Kate hsArd, day after day, with pkin, Of the
marked 00ldnsss between Ralph aud Flora, aud
Of Esr increasing firtatiou with Harry VAne
o.. 1T lAat the nTash CANA. ----------
II am frse!"
ohssls s sgs. % VII"
u am frss. Kate. Ny charming cousin came
to me ons hour ago. and asked an Interviews
private one-which granted OF course. He In
formed me that when he graduated ~ . physi-
sibiity Of his profession, he had come here
trusting to and wife Who would bs his oompAn-
ion.and true hslpmate in the arduous life Oefore
him. He had hoped that my hvohno1s wa mere
ly youthful spixifs, but finding mo heartlees and
frivolous " preferred poverty to marriage with
fiirt and withdrew his claim to my hand.
"Oh, Flora such heart - you have thrown
away. In the hours he has spent hare trying %
sutsrt.in me. ! have learned mu n Of The noble
hss 70 hoped that You would lot your own gensr-
GUS nature show you the folly Of your frivolous
ways"
Il have had one lecture Kate. pray spare me
. second. Ralph Benedict may seek some
where else wife - cold and oensorious ~ him.
SELF"
"And you?" ...
OhY-zith nervous isHsh-"hs has kindly
'FIors, You will not marry Harry vansp"
.Such brainless dirt No Though to think
we are well mated. Ali Ralph thinks TO . >ytify
me BY his rejection; he shall ~ how gY ac-
cent nv freedom" And Flora loft tho room ~
atruotiy A. shs had entered II. to A. 10 her OWE
chamber. leok the door. and indulge in : long
Tlss sfts.noon Ralph Benedict Va. riding and
musing. With hi. own hand he had torn from
xlimpsss I Flora had let him sss Of her ssasrcu. @
heart, her many secret acts Of charity, her ten
der care OF her cousin, he hAd learned to love
the bright little beauty, al the more that her VI
vscity 70 stroogly ooniFastsd with his own rather
stern nAtars. HLA life was one Of earnest and
ma ssen In ~ abort time Of practice ,uch hard
rsIstiooe Of Nfs. euch scepee Of vuIForinQ. puct
calls upon his deepest feelings. that life had bs
uuefuinsss nnd self. .sacIfoa
His one dream Of happiness no he'd broken
that dsv. hecsnse he dared not trust The hoOe1
oe ~. I,fa N eha h.nfs ~ a triNer Yea m