The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-09-14
KNOWN AT LAST.
By PHILIP pouRKE MARsToN.

light and occasionally darkened by the
shadow Of a passing barge, JOCKS quite
soft ana Italian.
Papa has had few gentlemen to din
ner, and till they are satisfied with wine
and politics, prefer the garden to the
garden full OF moon
light and the searching scent of the
thorn. am not long, however, to enjoy
my solitude, for, here is q step close by
me, and the glimmer of a cigar. .f
GAIL Miss PaiselyP says a low, mu-
sical voice, with which l am very
familiar.
"Did you take me for ghost?" say,
laughing. ..
"Hardly. never yet heard oGa ghost
wearing flowers. | left the dining-room |
before the others because l wished to |
have a few minutes 4serions talk with
.,Oh, don't be serious" cry, piteous-
Iy, and making wry face.
''Oh, put by jesting," he rejoins, in |
rather weary tone of voice; "atter |
this l shall make no further eXactions |
upon your time or mood"
My vanity is wounded, and 1 say, |
sharply, II can be as grave as most !
people when the occasion requires it;
but there are persons who mistake m o.
roseness for gravity and good spirits Tor
heartlessness."
s'Very likely," he goes on, hardly
needing my sally; "but have not come
| to defend my'OWn conduct, but rather
| to plead for another. 1 am going-I am
going to speak about my young friend
| Hamilton. Look here, Raeda FALSELY,
YOU may flIrt with hinety-nine men, and
| though il may hurt your vanity to hear
| il. do them no lasting harm; but with the
hundreuth it may be different; you may
at last drive him to madness or perdis
tien, Hamilton is one OF the finest
young fellows that ever lived."
"An excellent young man, doubtless"
put in, with something of sneer.
Not noticing the interruption: "He is,
know, not generally attractive to wo-
men. From u boy he has been physical
ly very delicate; his nature is high
strung and nervous. Now you know he
loves you." y...si. ........-...
Indeed, you flatter me-" say, look
ing down to hide blush, which fancy
though l know really 1t is not visible in
: The darkness) can not escape his gray,
penetrating eyes. .0.
But" he says, quietly, "You can not
evade me; you know she does. Now
what will have from you is this: How
will you answer when he pats to you the
supreme question OF his life? Silent
l Dut uelndHu all dHS W6Is
"And l command you to desist from
your present impertinence and to leave
me-" cry, springing up in a passion,
J and tlingipg far from me the rose with
which mad lie n toying" ana II yOu;are
delegate from your friend he has in.
deed been unfortunate"
"No, upon my honor | am not that" he
feiolns, earnestly. Then he stands aside
and bows grayely as l sweep past.
4 hasten totte draWing-room, aud soon
the gentlemen come in. William Hamil-
ton comes over to where l am sitting.
. lie is certainly handsome, though not IN
a way attractive to US women; tail and
slight, with an arlstocratic, mobile,
though somewhat feminine face, lit up
by large, soft, melancholy eyes; his
, hands beautifully fashioned, are Thin al.
most to transparency. He leans with
his arm on the back of my chair, and be.
gins talking about some book he has
, given me. 10 all his questions
} reply with a warmth and an
imation. Colonel Gordon is obsery-
ing us; his face always brghtens
when he hears me talking less frivolous
~ than is my wont. L can not help con-
trasting the two friends: The younger
ahu 50 much the younger, too-so fair
and fragile; the elder, Certainly not al
all handsome, but strong of limb and
broad OF chest, with the dark, resolute
face worn and beaten by the storm wind
OF the WBFld. l think | make myself
: very agreeable to poor Mr.. Hamilton.
We sit by ourselves all the evening
apart in corner OF the room, apparently
, lost in one another, until something be
SAYS puts me out of tune, and | leave
him in a tiff, poor fellow. Only when he
, is going away, | am so sorry for him that
A | 7 f,E AT
| DON'T think me too qaarrelsome?" Then
= look up piteously IN his face and cast
another look OF proud defiance at his
3 friend. Soon our little party breaks up
} and l am glad that the evening is at an
} end.
2 Another superb day, just rs hot and
, cloudless as yesterday; but in spite oi
} the beautiful weather, aud all the roses
= in the garden, get up cross and ont ol
7 spirits. Am L merely flrt2 Some.
= thing altogether too light and frivolousi
i A woman, think, should be something
f better. Alter all, Colonel Gordon was
: -trignt, and when I see Mr.. Hamilton
9 again will show him firmly but kindly
: tnat he has no reason TO hope. [ am
} something comiorted by this resolution
8 but have no will to read books or t(
5 pay visits. have no mother and | an
l am only child, SO my life is rather soil
t tary. Somehow the day wears itseI
i away, and at O'Clock, pQnctual as the
y time itself, comes the QUICK, familiar
r ring, and hasten to meet my dear ole
a fatler alter his official duties. I over
come him by kisses and complaints
I'On, am 50 glad you have come pack,
say; 81 have been horribly dull; and
). hasn't it been hot?-no cool corner il
+ the house, and ne shade in the garden.
d He returns my kisses very afectIonatety
d but he looks so grave that ! say, anx
n iously, @fs anything the matter, dear p
c "Yes; l have very sudden and ba(
+ news" ne answers, taking me into the
: dfning-room and stroking my hair witt
y hfs dear kind hands. Young Hamilton
R is dead; was found dead thfs mornil!
: in his Bed. II appears he was Away
4 subject to heart complaint. I met Cor
don in the street VINO gave me the sat
!, news. Poor. fellowl ne seemed quir'
(, broken by IT." n
: / am terribly. Dead! ! say the wore
!. over and oyer again, yet can not reallzf
q the full meaning oft. But when go !,
a bed turn my face TO the wall, on Whicl
!. one long ray OF moonlight is playing, ant
= sob as Il my heart would break, and ye
q l know / did not love him. o, soft
q melancholy eyesi Perhaps not melan