Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-11-01


dry earth aud the rusty green of the sage
brush filled the foreground, melting in the
distance to a purple-gray. The wondrous
drynes5 and clearness of the air lent to these
modest tints a tone and dazzling brilliance
that surprised the cye with a revelation of
possibilities never before suspected in them.
But the mountains were the greatest wonder
It was as if the skies, taking pity on their
nakednoss, had draped their majestic shoul-
ders in imperial purple, while at this hour the
westering sun tipped their pinnacles with gilt
In the distance half dozen slnd-spouts
swiftly moving whito pillars, looking like
desert genii with too much "tanglefoo"
aboard were careering about IN every drec-
ton.
But as Lombard pointed out the various
features of the scene TO his companion, fear
that his chief motive was less an admiration Of
nature that sought sympathy than selfish
delight in making her eyes flash, seeing the
color come and go in her cheeks, and hearing
her charming unstudied exclamatons of pleas
urea delight not unmingled with compla-
cency in associating himself in her mind with
emotions of delight and admiration. It is ap-
palling, the extent to which spoony young
people make the admiration of nature in her
grandest forms mere sauce to their love-
making. The roar of niagara has been noto-
riously utilized as n cover to unlimited oscu-
A'.''o'i' "'AN .hN'DiBHuS iOph' up ~ tho bhg-
cleaving peak OF Mont Blanc only to look
down at Angelina's countenance with a more
vivid appreciation of its superior attractions
1t was delicious, Lombard thought, sitting
there with her on the rear platform. out Of
slght ana SOUND OF everybody. He had such
a pleasant sense Of proprietorship in her
How greeable-fiatteringly so, in fact-had
she Deen AL any Ihere was nothing IKE
traVeilhg toBether TO make people intimate.
,1. N1,nN H., 4 =
IL was clear that she understood MS inten-
uonS very wen indeed, now could she help
t' lie had always sald that fellow was
Dangler nj loVe-naking II he We're rot practi-
caily assured OF the result before he came to
the point OF the declaration The sensation
oI lehNlhB everything else so rapidly Dehlnd
tnat people nave wheh sitting on the rear
platform OF a train of cars makes them feel,
cy force OF contrast, nearer to each other and
more ldentlhed How pretty she looked sit
uhs thgf' III iAe doorway, her eyes Dent 70
pensNeiY on the track behind as the car
wheels SO swl.iiy reeled 1t on He had tucked
her IN comfortably. Nocold could get to the
sweet little girl, aud none ever should so long
as Ae uYed 10 make her comfort his care.
One small gloved hand lay on her lap out
side the shawl. What jolly little hand it
was lie reached out his own and took it,
bnt without even a moments hesitation for
HIM to extract a tattering inference from, she
Withdrew 1t. Perhaps something in his mat
terror course way dlspleased her.
10 know when 1t is best to submit to par
tai rebuff, rather than make bad matter
worse by trying to save ones pride, Is rare
wisdom. sun, Lombard might have eXer-
cised 1t another time. But there are days
Wheh the magneusms are all wrong and
person not ordinarily deficient III tact having
begun wrong, goes on blundering like
schoolboy. Plqued at the sudden shock to
hls pleasant day-dream, In which he had fam
cled hmsen already virtually assured of tins
young lady-a day dream which she was not
really accountable for spoiling, since she had
not been prlvy to lt-what should he do but
md expression for his mingled veXation and
wounded affection by reminding her of pre-
vious occasion on which she had allowed him
.he noer'y hhe no" uehled Douotless help-
ing 10 account ior thls lack OF tact was the
idea That he should thus JUSTIFY himself for
SO iAr presnmlng Just now. Not, of course,
that 'here Is reaiiy any excuse Tor young
man forgetting that ladies have one advan-
taage over Omniscience, in that not only are
they privileged to remember what they
please, but also to ignore what they see mt to
forget
You have forgotten that evening at the
OAillorhia theatre, was what this devoted
youth SAID
IN sure l doh Know 10 what you refer,
SIR Rhc tphed, treezlngy.
lie was terrihed at the distant accent OF her
voice. II appeared to come from somewhere
beyond the hHed STARS, and Drought the chill
OF the lhterstener spaces win IL. lie forgot
IN moment about his plque, vexatlon and
wounded pride' ana was IN pane ot anxiety
TO bring her back In moment more he
knew that she would rise from her chair and
remark thHt II was Settlng cold and she must
90 ID. II ne aLo"ed her 10 depart IN That
MOOD he might lose her forever. lie could
thhk OF but one way OF convincing her in
simultaneously OF MS devotion, and so what
should ne 90 out lake the most lnopportune
occasion III the ehilre course OF the acqualnt-
ahce 10 make his declaration lie was like a
general whose plan OF battle mas been com
PiGteiy Herahged Dy an utterly unexpected re-
Pulse III preliminary movement, compelling
MN 10 hurry forward ms last reserves IN
desperate attempt 10 restore the battle.
Mhat nave zone, MISS Dwyer! Don't
you know that love you wont you be
my wlte
NO, SIR she SAD hatly, her taste out
ra8ea ana her sensiolilties set on edge by the
stuPtu' numbering, hali'iler-ah9-'oh onset
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