Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-05-03

e2Se G Helen MOTrl>on O2pt7l1 Won
Weber was not flirting" He had. in
fact been deeply smitten with the young
AmericaA-girl. 1t was oOe Of those cas-
es d real love at first sight that defy
All attempts to analyze or explain Well
says the song,
S Ssss ssys sssssa asS al hss y, lsve so~'h,
and Its subtle principle Of birth and Of
death Is alike unknown 70 Us. Ii may
be chance II may be destiny. But in
either case il was the fate Of Carl vOu
Weher. and he lsved the bright frank
An1zscaa girl. With her winning nan
Ders. 50 zGirs and yet 50 high-bred. with
all the strength Of his passionate and
really strong and tender nature. To him
No let In life seemed 50 desirable IS 70
have her walk through it side BY side
with him And 50 the days and the
weeks went On. and his visits to the
mill had ceased. and all his time and
ali his soul kere devoted to the girl who
had 50 cruelty supplznted poor little ten
der. eOn6ding Gertrude.
Helen Morrison could have prevented
much ef this had she chosen But she
did not choose She admired Captain
Ven Weber; she liked him; and il pleas
ed her to be admired and liked by him.
He was quite = charming companion in
the ballroom. In the gardens and saloon
and IN those delightful romantic drives
and ranbles about the hills and dales
around B9bblesehw1lenb4rg which il
vas the fashion to take II parties. Not
alone, mind yO1. for in the creed Of the
I fair members Of the eofee-and-scaudaI
7 parties there seemed some mysterious
and deadly social sin IN the mere cir-
eunstanee Of two young persons Of oppo-
site sex being alone together any where.
Somebody must see then; somebody
Rzzt Be able 70 vo1eh that the two con-
I ducted themselves with the strietest pro-
priety, else nobody viii believe it Of
them; certainly not the eofee-and-scas-
E 6zl co1suners
f StIIE Captain Won Weber managed 60
End opportunity Of saying TO Miss Nor
Tison all that he wished TO say. She
vas net untouched BY ais devotion, and
there were times when the thought &C.
cured that we're she not an American
gfrI, and IN love with John Robertson,
hsE devOtedly she could love this hand
soae, ehiEalrOus young German soldier.
But she could not Be fzithless 70 John
Robertson what an ugly name, blythe
bye , and she did not think CONSIDER
ing the different national tastes and hab-
Is, that It would De quite prudent N
her 20 marry foreigner And yet she
did not ike 70 give him ID, Il least, not
quite ysE- So she avoided decisive re.
ply 70 Cari's proposals; only assured
him tat she wzzn's engzged, and nzde
him believe she loved hin- and told her
friends, when they bantered her aboui
the devotion Of the gallant h1sszr, that
Il was merely an innocent firtation-"
How l0ag this might have continued,
Or where It night have ended HeaEez
ouIy kuowz. but for q little incident thai
II Iengrh occurred
Somebody had spoken Of the beauty
Ct the mil. and = walking and sketch.
ing party was formed for the purpose d
visiting II Captain Fon Weber could
nat % He had some garrison dgties
70 attend 70, be said rsgretf9Ily. and st
Miss Morrison accepted the escort Of 1
shaggy and feree -lseking Russian count
who had from the first manifested greai
admiration for bsr. Ut rarely succeeds
IN obtzining an opportunity Of manifest
Iag L; and the captain being away
Miss Norrison thogght i % harm 70 en
courage the eoznt little, just 50 far 4
% zuzse herself and Ies peopIe xmas
that she lad ns5leazn far Al zdmiEeE
In Ezet- she en5oyed the idea- aud though
h0E zice Il W0z-d be . make joan Bob
er-zon little jealous. a1d thea 70 rs
! jaies with the knsE8edge that sks la
preferred hIa 20 = real Russian eoznt-
: sery Poor. 1 vas true bat eoEzt neE
e--helesz- 50 she smiled apo1 tie esznt
, and ehztssd chzruingiy L German al
. French AID tLeesznFs dzrk eyes gIoE
! ed EPon her zInosS a. saftiy a. the bla
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