The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-10-12

denly away, looked back to me and-blushed
! knew her for what 10 called "a nice girl
that -, tolerably frank gently feminine ant
that had overlooked SO much character ant
intellect2
As the cotillon closed she was again In m
| neighborhood, and her partner led her In ms
directson; | was rising painfully from my
chair, when Bob Leroy pushed me down
again, whtsked another seat from some
where, planted 1t at my side. and there sht
was!
She knew who was her neighbour plainly
fan herself in a nervous way and to tidget
with the buttons OF her gloves. grew i'm,
patient.
"Miss Danvers,' said, ut lust
"OhT was all her answer, us she looked OF
me for u moment.
"Where are your thoughts2' asked
Then she turned, with wild, astonished eyes,
cOlOring softly up to the roots OF her hair.
My heart gave sudden leap.
How can you tell, ii | can not? she asked.
She made slight inclination Of the head
saying nothing. ! was then quite sure
The second ravlne, to The left Of the main
drive!"
This time she actually started; her color
became despcr, and leaf Of the Ivory fan
snapped between her fingers.
Let there be no more a secret | ex-
claimed. "Your flowers have brought nue.
yonr messages; knew should find you"
Full q certainty | was speaking In low,
rising from her seat; / felt that she was both
angry and alarmed. Fisher, of Philadelphta,
jostltng right and left Ia his haste, made his
way toward her. hefairly snatched his arm,
chung TO It with 9 warmth | had never seen
expressed In q ballroom, and began To whis-
per La his eur. 1t was not five minutes be-
fore he came to me Alone with o very stern
face, bent down and said:
IL you have discovered our secret you will
keep silent. You are certainly a gentleman"
I bowed coldly and savagoly. There was
draft from the open window my ankle
became suddenly weary and painful, and
went to bed. Can you believe that / didn't
guess Immediately what it all nleant2 IL
vague way | Pancted that | had been pretna-
ture ia my attempt to drop our mutual incog-
nito. and that Fisher, rival lover, was jeal-
GUS Of mo. This was rather liattering than
otherwise; but when ! limped down to the
ladies' parlor the next day. no Miss Danvers
was to be seen. did not venture to ask for
her-it might seem importunate, and d
woman Of 50 much hidden capacity was evil
dently not to be wooed In the ordinary way.
So another night passed by, aud then, with
the morning, came letter which made me
II had been dropped In the Wampsocket post
office, was legibly addressed to me and deity
cred with some other letters which had ar
rived by the night mail. Here 1t Is. Listen:
Motto fgnotaf-Haste liz not q gift OF the
gods, and you nave been Impatient, with the
usual result / was almost prepared for this,
aud thus am not wholly disappointed. la
day or two more you will discover your mis-
take, which, 20 fur as can leaEn has done
no particular harm. II you wish to find me,
tell you what 1t Is, / should run tho risk OF
losing you-that Is, should preclude the
81 q certain quality which ]
hope TO find In the man who mayor rather
my friend. This sounds enigmati-
CAL yet you have read enough Of my nature.
Is written In those random notes in ' my
sketch book, to guess, at least, how much I
require. Only this let me add: mere guess
ing is useless.
"Belng unknown, can write freely. Ifyou
ind me. shall be Justified; Ii not, shall
hardly need TO blush, even to myself, over
futile experiment.
1T is possible for me to learn enough OF
your life henceforth to direct my relation
toward you. This may be the end; IL so, /
shall know 1t soon. / shall also know whether
you continue to seek me. Trusting In your
honor as q man, must ask you to trust In
mine as a woman
did discover my mistake, as the Unknown
promised. There had been n secret betrothal
between Fisher aud Miss Danvers; and, SIN
gularly enough. the momentous question aud
answer had been given In the very ravine
leading to my upper dell. The two meant to
keep the matter to themselves, but therein, 1t
seems, / thwarted them; there was little
opposition on the part OF their respective
antilles, but all was amicably settled before
eft Wamps0ckett.
The letter made very deep impression
Upon me. What was the one way to find her !?
What could it be but the triumph that follows
toil-the manifestation of all my
,est qualities as a man. Be she old OF young,
}lain or beautiful, reflected, hers is surely a
nature worth knowing and its candid intslli-
sence conceals no hazards for me. / have
sought her rashly, Numbered, betrayed that
yet her lower In my thoughts than her actual
eek her openly no longer, 60 back to my
asks, and, following my own aims vigorously |
md cheerfully, restore that respect which she |
eemed to be on the point OF losing. For,
consciously or not. she had communicated to
no doubt, implied In the very expression OF |
Ter own strength and pride. She had meant |
o address me as an equal, yet, despite her. |
elf, took q stand little above that which she !
ccUrdtd to me- |
came back to New York earlier than usual. |
worked steadily ut my Profession, and with |
Increasing success, and began to accept op- |
ortunitles (Which | had Rl irusly decllned) |
I making myself personally known to the |
reat, impressible, tickle. tyrannical public |
me or two OF my speeches In the hall OF the
cooper Institute, on various occasions-as
gu may perhaps remember-gave me good !
eadway Rith the party, and were. the chief
luse OF my nomination for the State office
hitch l still hold. There. on the table, lies
written to-day, but not yet signed.
1e'lI talk Of It afterward) Several months
assed by, and no further letter reached me.
gave up much of my time to society, moved
.miliarIy in more than one province of the
lngdom here, and vastly extended my ac-
ualntance, especially among tie women: but
OF one Of them betrayed the mysterious
or other-really I can't explain
recisely what 1T was-which [ was LOOKING
n. In fact, the more Iendeavored quietly to
Judy the sex the more confused became
Growing tired, at last, Of silent waiting,
sthought me Of advertising. A carefully
ritten personal" In which Ignstus informed
,nota of the necessity of communicating with
y. appeared simultaneously in the Tribune,
eratd, World and Times. I renewed the adj
as the time expired, without an
lswer, and think 1t was about the end Of
e third week before one came, through the
>st, as before.
Ali, yes 7 had forgotten. See! My ad-
Is pasted on the note, as head /
8 or motto for the manuscript lines. don't |
low why the printed slip should give par
,ular feeling Of humiliation as look at it, ,
1t such Is the fact What she wrote is all {
'ed read to you: