St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-01-14

and consequently in my conclusions :
but yOu shall Judge.
That night when | returned to my
room after the cr0quct party at the
DAVIS and was thinking over the trivial
events OF the evening", | was suddenly
impressed by the air of eager attention
with which Miss Daw had followed my
account of your accident. | think |
mentioned this to YOU. Well. the next
morning, as went to mail my letter,
overlook Miss Daw on the road to Rve.
where the post-otficc is, and accompani
ed her thitber and back, IN hours walk.
The conversation again turned on YOU,
and again remarked that inexplicable
look of interest which had lighted mp
her face the previous evening. Since
then, have seen Miss Daw perhaps ten
times. perhaps oitener, and ON each oc
caSion | found that when | was not
speaking of You. or your sister. or some
person or place associated with YOU.
WAS not holding her attention. She
would he absent minded, her eyes would
wander away from me TO the sea. or to
some distant object in the landscape ::
her fingers would play with the lcav;Y
of book in IA way that convinced nhs
she was not listening. AT these mo-
mentS if abruptly changed the theme
! did ii several times as an expert
mrnt. t.-and dropped some remark about
my fllcnd Flemming. then the sombre
blue eyes would come back to me in
Stantly.
Now. is not this the oldest thing in
the world No. not the oddest The
effect which You tell me was produced
on you by my casual mention of an un-
known girl swinging in Il hammock, is
certainly as strange. l0n can concc-
tulc how that passage III vour letter of
Friday startled me. Is it possible, then.
that two people who have never met.
and who are hundreds of miles apart.
can exert Il magnetic influence on each
other? have read of such pNscholog-
Iral phenomena. but never credited
them. leave the solution of the prob
lem To you. As for myself. all other
things being favorable. it would he i'm
possible for me t" fall in love with IL
woman who listens t" me only when |
am talking of my friend
| am not aware that amy one is pay
In@ marked attention to my fair neigh
bnr. The lieutenant of the navy hc is
~''l'l'li'' 1T IAINtl ilblli II >'lilltllilltS
drops III of an evening. and sometimes
the rector from saltwater: the licutrn-
ANT the otincr. He WAS there last night
| should not hc surprised if he had an
eye 10 the hcIr,S>: but he iS not for
midahlr. Mistress DaW carries Il neat
little spear oi irony. and the honest
lieutenant ~rcm> to have =. particular
facility tor lmpaling himself ON the
point of ii. He Is not dangerous.
should say though | have known Il
woman to >atlriZc Il uau for Years.
and marry linn after all. Decidedly.
the lnwlN rector i> not dangerous vet
again. wh" has not seen cloth OF Frirlr
Victorious III the lists where Cloth of
Gold went down
A> t" the photograph. There i> IN
exquisite iNoINt} pr OF Marjorie. in paS>,.-
PaIt"ut. on the drawing loom mantcl-
piece. 1t W"uld he missed ut once. il
taken. | would do ANY thing reasonable
for you. Jack hut I've no burning de
size to hc hauled up before the local
Justice of the peace. on Il charge Ot pet
ty larceny.
i. :. Enclosed is Il spray of migno-
ncttc. which advise lou To treat ten
derby. Yes. We talkcd of y"u again last
night. as usual. Ii Is becoming Il little
drrarN tuI me.
EdTd,d Hiancg I" .JohH FEmninp.
August -.
l"m letter in reply To- my last has
occupied nay thoughts all the morning.
| d" not know what Ia think. -" lnu
mean To SAY that }ou aIr seriously half
III love with Il W"InaIr whom Nou have
never seen. with Il shadow. Il chimeIl
inr What else can Miss DaW he to \ on !
Il" no understand il AT all. under
stand neither Nnu non her. luu aIc Il
couple of ethereal beings muNin" in
finer air lhan can breathe with my
commonplace, lungs. Such dclicacl of
sentiment i something admire with
ont c"nprrhcmdmg. am brwildcrcd
am of he raIth earthly. and find
my >,lf III the inc"muluou> p">lti"m of
having I" do with mere souls. with ua-
tuI'S 81 finely tempered that run some
risk OF SCATTERING them in my awkward
ness. | am aS CIlihan among the spin
its
Rejecting on Nnur letter. am not
sure IL il wise in me to continue This
correspondence. But nn. Jack | do
wrong to doubt the good sense that
forms the basis of y"ul character. lou
are deeply Interested in Miss Daw: Nou
feel that she is il person whom you may
perhaps greatly admire when lou know
her 1T the same time YOU bear in mind
that the ciiIncr> are ten to five that.
when you do come tn know her. she
will fail far Shult of yuur ideal. and YOU
will not care for her in the least. Look
ut il in this sensible light and ! will
hold back nothing from you.
c>tcrial afternoon my father aud
myself rode over to Rivrrmouth with
the DAVIS. y heavy rain in the morn
ing had cooled the atmosphere and laid
the dust. To RiVcrmouth is Il drive of
eight miles. along Il winding road lined
all the way with wild barberry- bushes
| never Saw anything more brilliant
than these bushes, the green of the
foliage and the red of the coral berries
intensified 10y the rain. The colonel
drove, with my father in front, Miss
DaW and on the back seat, | resolved
that for the first five miles your name
should not pass my lips. | WAS amused
by the artiul attempts she made, ut the
start, to break through my rcticeucr.
Then silence tell upon her: and then
she became suddenly gay. That keen
ness which ! enioycd so much when it
was exercised on the lieutenant was not
50 satisfactory directed against myself.
Miss Daw has great sweetness of dis
position. but she can he disagrecable.
She is like the Young lady in the rhyme.
with the curl on her forhead,
when she is good
She is very very good
And when she is bad she is horridr'