The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1878-08-01

like, naturally suggested by the plEct
and time but as for the young man
she stoutly declared she had neve
seen, or imagined, or previously even
dreamed OF, any one in the least re
sembling him.
Alice was up early next morning, no
a whit the worse for her greenwood
nap, and very busy with her drawing
/ supposed she was finishing the thorn
tree sketch but happening to lOOH
over her shoulder when she had beeI
at work for an hour, saw IL was 8
portrait on which she Was engaged
Ii was the likenes of a young man
apparently 2S or 30 years Of age.
"Who is it, Alice dear ,"
Alice laughed, but blushed q little
sit Is the face l saw In my dream las
night" said she.
''Is it possible? ?"
SIT is tue best likeness 1 have eveI
made. That is, in every feature, the
face that was bending toward Inc
when your voice broke the spell OF my
dream"
"WeIl, my love, you have wonder
fully vivid dreams. We must take
care that you do not sleep under the
starlight too often"
Frank Baldwin arrived that after.
noon, and we hastened our prepRTA-
tiOns for departure. He kindly offer
ed to assist us, and stood round man
fashion, in the way, putting things in
the wrong trunks, and making cOnsid.
erable fuss generally. We were linIi-
ted in trunk room, and Alice declared
it quite impossible to get in her vol.
luminous sketching-bOoks. They were
accordingly laid aside, to be left till
they could be sent for, or until we
should mako our regular visit next
year. Frank, roaming restlessly
about, tired of our inattention, spied
the books, and began TO look them
over. He was silent for some time,
but Bt length he looked around with
an exclamation of surprise.
Edward Granger's portrait Alice,
where did you ever see Ned Gran
ger ?i
II never ssw him to my knowledge.
Pray who is he ~
HE is the friend OF whose adven-
lures with me in India ] have ire.
quently written home. Is this your
drawing ?'
Certainly"
"Is it meant for any one ?"
'It is a fancy merely"
uWeil it's a most surnrising acci-
dental resemblance, considering you
never saw Ned; and of course you
never could, as he is at this moment
on his way home from India, where
he has lived for ten yeRrs-since you
IN NJ
way, ses that the MOgm, In which
Edward sailed, has been spoken on y
a week out. 30 We may expect to see
him very sOOn."
A day or two later we were az home,
and quickly launched on the stream
OF gayeties always flowing through
my stepmother's house. Fresh from
our six months seclusiOn at the farm,
we entered with Zest upon this new
course of pleasure. Frank Baldwin
was our constant ally. Alice had al
ways been rather his favOrite, as, In
deed, she was eveTybOdy's; for beau
ty is a born queen even in the nurse.
~. She had changed in his absence
from a sweet child to a lovely woman,
and he seemed so charmed with heI
now that I began to think this broth.
er by adoption might become one in
reality.
We haddbeen at homo a week, when
one day on returning from drive, we
learned that Franks friend Granger
had arrived. A good deal fatigued
with travelling by sea and land, he
was still in his room, but would Join
us at dinner. There were to be other
guests, and Alice and l went up to
dress. | do not know why we
''primped" more than usual that day,
but remember feeling quite satisfied
with my fresh summer toilet, and
Alice looked supremely lovely in her
pale green Orgsndy, which would have
been fatal to q complexion less dsz.
zlingly fair. "YOu look like the queen
of fairies,' said, and 1 wondered why
she should blush so at the sisterly fat
terry.
The blush had not quite faded when
we entered the draWing-rOom, and
Frank brought forward his friend.
Mr.. Granger was presented first to me,
which gave me an opportunity to
quietly observe him while he paid his
compliments 10 my sister. saw his
eye light with a flash of admiration
for her singular beauty, but this ex-
preston was succeeded by one Of per-
pleXity, which did not pass away for
some time.
AS l studied the face of the strang-
er, / was instantly reminded OF
Alice's drawing OF what 1 called her
"dream lover" and no longer WON
dered at Franks surprise at seeing 1t.
1t was indeed an astonishing Tesem-
blRnce. You could have sworn it was
| the same face. Not only was every
feature the same, even to the cut OF
the beard and the parting OF the hair,
but the expression of the whole was
identical; the same soul seemed look
ing through the eyes. Whether
Alice noticed this or not, could not
tell. She was talking in q gay and
animated manner, and there WIS 8
soft light in her eye, and q flush Oi
pleasure on her lovely cheek which
made her even more than usually
charming.
L have no occasion TO prOlOng this
story 10y making mysteries so may
as well ssy that the case OF Mr.. Gran
ger and my sister was one OF love al
| first sight. Their two souls melted
into one at their first meeting, and
the affection which then sprang into
| life seemed to grow with every day
There were no serious obstacles to frei
| the current of their loves therefore
its course ran smooth. My fathers
only objections rested upon the fac
/ that Alice was still so young RnC
] N1no=- q inf 70 hrfnN
/ the match itself he had nothing x
urge, as the young mans family
character, and fortune were all ht
could ask. So the young people haC
it all their own way ; and the ever
beautiful drama, so old, yet externally
so new, went on once more.
For me, 1 hope not to wholly los,
the readers respect when 1 confess Il
a slight feeling OF superstition in thii
matter. The singular circUmstancl
Of Alice's midsummer-nlght dream
so strikingly and so quickly put II
process Of fulfllment, would presen
itself to me in the aspect Of a prophe
cy. 1t was easy to laugh, and talk o
condolences, but such talk explain
nothing, dreams are but fOSms,
says the German prOverb. Is it 81
ways true Are there not, ma.
there not be, mysterious intelligence
which, when our grOsser senses ar
locked in siumber, have their hour
! OF communion with human souls
and breathe into our consciousness
the lottter thoughts, the purer emo
! lions, the larger knowledge Of theirs
1t was line morning in June
nearly q year from the period whe
this veracious history commences. L
the cheerful breskfsst-rOOm OF m
sister, Mrs. Edward Granger, still lin
uarp1 a nqrfu of fkraa Fbo -,.,,,,