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he bent over and kissed me on the lips; then
slowly faded as the others had done. The
next remember, you were calling me. Now
dom laugh, Charlotte she added, catching.
the expression of my eyes Is !.
Indeed, love, shouldn't think Of such ~
thing. am too deeply Impressed BY your
doubtless prophetic vision. g
#$" Now, Lottie! u 755
"Well, dear, whynots Remember this is
the eve Of st.. John, and your birthnight,5
Everyone knows that children born on Mid
summer-eye are the especial favorites Of the
fairy folk, and subject to their influence on
that night, tits plain to be seen that the,
lady IN green was your fairy god mother, and
your vision must be prophetic. n&a Fl IEsE
II Alice laughed, but in q shy, absent way,
and her pretty blush was visible even In the
starlight. In answer to- my rallleries she adj
mitted that before falling asleep she had been
indulging in fancies about fays and the like,
naturally suggested by the place and time;
but us for the young man, shc stoutlysle.
clarcs she had never seen, or lmaginedsbr
previously even dreamed Of anyone in the
least resembling him, s s
Alice was up early next morning, not q
whit the worse for her greenwood nap, and
very busy with her drawing. Isupposed she
was finishing tho, thorntree sketch; but hap
pening to look over her shoulder when she
had been at work for and hour, saw it WIS
q portrait on which she was engaged. 1t was
the likeness Of o young man. apparently
twenty eight or thirty years OF age.
"Who is it, Alice DEAR"
Alice Laughed, but blushed little. 1t is
the face saw in my dream last night" said
she, Gs. E III
els it possible?'' 45.4- -@~
ut is the best likeness have ever made.
That is, in every feature, the face that was
bending toward me when your voice broke
the spell of my Dream" .t.-sg ~
all how dart 1u vi
dreams. We must take care that you do not
sleep under the starlight to often" @F
Frank Baldwin arrived that afternoon, and
we FASTENED our preparations for departure
He kindly offered to assist us, and stood
round, man fashion, in the way, putting things
in the wrong trunks, and making confusion
generally. We were limited in trunk room,
and Alice declared it quite impossible to get
in her voluminous sketching. books. They
were accordingly laid aside to be left till they
could be sent for, or until we should make
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 at length he
looked round with an exclamation Of sur
prise. f.G&,f s@9 e@# .*"a# 2lM
Edward Granger's portrait! Alice, where
did you ever see Ned Granger?" ,ls 4 IL
u never saw him to my knowledge. Pray
who is he?n 7|
w
me in India have frequently written home.
Is this your drawingw ..5sa.w.
"Certainly ;" ,,.z,5.-.-.. ..s-.z a.
as it meant for anyone?' ="
sit is a fancy, merely" @&s'~"
| SWELL, it 8 a most surprising accidental re-
semblance, 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 years---since you were a
ohild in q nursery By-the-way, see that he
"mogul," in which Edward sailed, has been
! spoken only week out. So we may expect
to sec him very soon.. ..lE- -. 49,
| A day or two later we were at home, and
quickly launched on the stream of gayeries
always flowing through my step.mother's
house. Fresh from our six months seclusior
at the farm, we entered with zest upon this
new course of pleasure. Frank Baldwin was
our constant ally. Alice had always been
rather his favorite, as, indeed, she was every
body's; for beauty is born queen even in the
nursery. She had changed in his absence
from q sweet child to lovely woman; and he
| seemed SO charmed with her now that be.
gan to think this brother by adoption might
| become one in reality. ~ 1'."
! We had been at home a week, when one
day on returning from a drive, we learned
| that Franks friend Granger had arrived. A
good deal fatigued with travelling BY sea ana
land, he was still in his room, but would Join
Us at dinner, There were to be. other guests
and Alice and went up to dress. I do MOI
4 know that we "prlmped" more than usua
/ that day: but remember feeling quite salts
| lied with my fresh summer toilet; and Alice
looked supremely lovely in a pale green or
i CANDY, which would have been fatal to com
/ plexion less dazzlingly fair. You look lik.
| the queen of the faries,' said, and wondered
why she should blush so at the sisterly fiat
terry.
The blush had not quite faded when W,
/ entered the drawing room, and Frank brough
/ forward his friend. Mr. Granger was pre-
sentenced first to me, which gave me an Oh
portunity to quietly observe him while h
paid his compliments to my sister. I say
his eye light with a flash of admiration TO
her singular beauty; but this expression wa
succeeded by one of perplexity, which di
not pass away for sometime. @aA =
As studied the face of the stranger, I wa
| instantly reminded Of Alice's drawing of wha
| called her dream love-" aud I no longe
wondered at Franks surprise on seeing it. ]
was, indeed, an astOnishing resemblance. 70,
could have sworn it was the same face. No
only was every feature the same, even to tn
cut OF the beard and the parting Of the hail
but the expression Of the whole was identical
the same soul seemed looking through tn
eyes. Whether Alice noticed this or not,
could not tell. She was talking in gay, an
mated manner, and there was a soft light i
her eye and flush Of pleasure on her Lowell
cheek which made her even more Than usual
) charming. -S les tIs= Es, 3 & ..l
have no occasion toprolong this story b
, making mysteries; SO I may as Well say th
case Of Mr. Gran ger and my sister was one
, love at first sight Their two souls melte
into one at their first meeting, and the aztec
. ton which then sprang into life seemed I
grow with every day. There were no serior
obstacles to fret the current of their loves
therefore its course ran smooth. My father
only objections rested upon the fact that Alie
was still so young and their acquaintance
: brief. Against the matchitself he had not
ing to urge, as the young mans famil
!, character and fortune were all he could asl
! So the young people had it all their own wa,
= and the ever-beautiful drama. SO old, Y,
eternally so new, went on once more. a
: For me, hope not to wholly lose the rea,
: er's respect when confess to q slight feelin
| Of superstition in this matter. The singul;
!, circumstance of Alice's midsummer igl
4 dream, so strikingly and SO quickly put
! process Of fulfllment, would present itself |
: me in the aspect of prophecy. 1t was cas-
to laugh, and talk Of conincidences, but sue
j talk explains nothing. Dreams are bl
y foams,o says the German proverb Is it q
: ways true? Are there not, may there not /
mysterious intelligences which, when o,
grosser SENSES are locked in slumber, ha,
their hour Of communion with human soul
q and breathe into our consciousness the lofti
g thoughts, the purer emotions, the larg,
= knowledge, Of theirs?
It was fine morning in June, nearly ye
frryy t1,..