Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1879-08-06
WOODSTOCK VT. WEDNESDAY AUG. O. 1870


and those eyes were expressive OF
intellectually, and her perfect nose
was only less beautiful than her per
feet carnalion mouth, Bot pshaw
need | apologize, nov for my Interest
then, Il does not take any OF ns ve'y
long to discover that. Love never
asks The question whyf A4 the old
song saysi she hal gone IRON my
gaze like q beautiful dream. II i could
only meet her again, Perhaps she
was married Not that Il was any
Of NY business, but somehow she
didn't look married, She was g'rllsh
10 spite Of her dignity oae thing l
discovered, that there was name on
tho ay.leaf of her book, the first ol
which was "Maad." Perhaps the
book was not hers, aud II II was could
I hope to find 10 u great city like New
York lady only knowing that her
name was "Alaud2" When ! arrived
At tho stage OF common sense ! had
reached my place ofbusinGss, and after
attending to the first duty OF The day
reading my mail, my thoughts flew
back to my lady in gray
"Ii the thing were within tue bonds
of possibility | would like to find out
who she ia just to thank her tor kind
ness to me.
, How like a jackass must have ap'
peared to her When | remom moered
my impcrtincOce in smiling would
have been glad to have found some
oblisiug friend to kick me down stairs
, for my iaciocy. ! bowed to the inev't
able and dismissed the affair with a
SIGH, but / did not fo,get her face.
, One rainy afternoon, about a month
after, met her in Broadway stage
r | reconized her in moment and took
r Il seat, the only one vacant by he'
, side. Hooked into her face, and knew
she remembered nae, but she did not
eyiblt the iain,est gleam OF conscious
ness Of my exlstance. 1t was worse
than Tantalus and the tormenls. be
fore she had left the stage the rain fell
in torrents. hoped that she was not
o nroyidcd with an umbrella, that
!. might offer her the protec ton OF m'n'
T but a glance showed me that she he''
:, one in her right hand My uoforta
d nate luck agaln looked down at m.
i diamond il spsrkled like the sun
: beams and as joyously, but Its dazz'
!. conveyed no intelligence to me only
l gave me CLEAN Of hope. She wa
0 so near that | could have played
d trick. like one a friend Of my played
J.. slim a card into her cloak. pocket
y Nothing Of the kind would go dow'
/, with this queenly creature l pertect'.
I we'll knew.
y was forced 10 watch her agal
d leave me and turn down the street
a holding her dress 50 dexterously tha
II it quite escaped the pavement and dl'
d closed two neatly fitting little boots
It Perhaps I should have said bet''
J. that my name is Eldridge, that al
'r lawyer, and Judge Clin'on's juno
| partner. In the next office to our
/. there's two young fellows just starte
y in law, who receive more calls fro'
It their lady friends than their retalr
o inc tees from clients. One day as
!, was leaving my office l saw my LAD
t in gray 90 into theirs.
J. must confess to telling sort
y chill, and then Disappointment. l al
'e not like to know that my unknow
'e digni6ed went around visiting gentle
" mems offices, even though these gentl
to men were ker acquantarces. occ'
sionally lady friend wonld call upo
te me, not upon business, and althous g
1 vas always polite | never encourage
r, that sort of thing, and as a practice
at heartily disprove of it.
v, NV second thought was more cha
e. liable. One of the fellows might b
ne her brother. So much the better.
il would make his acquaintance aud Gu
,r tiyate him. J did this after SON
n. weeks delay and considerable circu"
I'd locu,ion on my part, and learned tina
er the elder of the two men. Allyn, ha
Mt a sister named Maud, and that sh
rs was engaged to his friend and pat"e'
as Just think Of my dismay. Actual
er engaged to the other fellow! lw'
t. sad enough to know that she w
bound, but l ragged thinking
et her as the wife of a fellow who ha
he little ambition and less brains. The'
lst was nothing in the man, absolulel
.r- nothing. Why, only a week befo'
at he had shown lack OF legal accume