Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-08-21

grinder, and sing near our house.
forgot her, after idol:zing her for
! month or two, ani the throne of M
heart was usnrped by more aristo
J cratic beauty, the sister of one of th,
J boys played with. She snubbed me
and | forget who was her successor
but ever since then I have been al
ways in Iove--with some ONE
i sWho is it now p asked Sharlie.
'O,there is a brief interval of peace
now; no one has the first place il
my affections bnt my sister NV las
flame was beauty | was REILLY
quite quick. 1t was during my Sc
nior year at Harvard, and | squan
dered more than half my allowance
in flowers and candy to offer at hel
shrine. But she was faithless, and
received her wedding cards last
| month-she married class mate oil
mine, too. Twas morose and cynical
tor at least week after that, but.now
I've forgiven and forgotten her 2
As they both laughed at this dis
NAL picture of his Inconsistency, the
fire light suddenly leaped as if laugh.
ing too; its CLEAN fell on the dark
wainscoting of The room; mounted
higher to the carved book cases on
either side of the door; higher still
to Clytie and Apollo in Parian mar
BILE surmount,ng the book cases ;
then suddenly falling, rested a mo-
ment on the soft, warm tinted carpet,
the handsome table with its dainty
ornaments, and finally shown with a
brighter glow on the two now silent
before it, as if finding more pleasure
in illuming their human features, than
even in bringing out the chlseled per.
lection of the cold, passionless mar
Bile. 1t threw faint blush on Shar-
lies cheek, lighting the pretty, SEN
sitive mouth, curved like an archer
bow and reflected itself in her dark,
thoughtful eyes Suddenly the flames
leaped again to Clyti as if wishing
to compare the two faces, and, de-
scending again, fell this time on En-
genes blonde beauty; his curly, gol-
den hair; clear, roguish, blue eyes,
in which smile seemed always Turk
ing; and the mouth which, though
serious enough now, looked as il al
ways ready to freak into merry
laugh, at the bidding Of the eyes
'How dark it is growing, said
Sharlie, breaking the silence at last
Let us have lights, Eugene, and fin.
ish that story before tea
Il shall share your evening repast,
coolly announced Eugene, rising and
lighting the gas with ease, by reason
of his six feet of stature, while Shar-
lie drew close the heavy curtains, so
that if we do not seue the fair Eve
lyn's fate before tea, we will do so
Immediately after.
On the following morning, Sharlie
stood alone by the window, looking
out upon scene of dazzling brilliance.
! A heavy snow had fallen during the
night, and the earth was wrapped, as
far as the eye could see, IN mantle
of brightness. Mr.. Norton's house
was sufficiently outside of the city to
command quite wide view before
it was broken by blocks of monoton-
GUS dwellings,, and Sharlie looked
out, therefore, upon stretch of I'M
broken, dazzling white. Where was
the fence between their house and
Mr.. McLennan's Gone, as COM
pletely as if it had never been; and
the summer houses had vanished, al
though there were, to be sure, tall
monuments of snow where they had
stood and the evergreens had grown
hoary and gray in night, and were
bowed, as If with the age which had
silvered them. While Shar,ie gazed
on the brilliancy of the scene, step
sounded in the hall below, came up
stairs, paused an instant at the door,
and entered the room.
4 never heard you come in SO qui-
city before, Gene said Sharlie, with
out turning her head. 'Why is it ?
Has anyone hurt your feelings am
sure nothing else would have so SUBJ
dued you
Yes, my feelings have been seri.
ously wounded !; but the voice was
not Genes, and as Sharlie turned in
quick surprise, she felt herself clasped
in strong arms that we're not Genes,
while other lips than his pressed glad
kisses on her mouth and brow.
90 Leep was all she could say at
first in her establishment and even
when they were quietly seated, with
his arm lovingly around her, she
could say nothing but how surprised
she was.
Such boys as you both are for sur
prises, she pouted Gene came upon
me as unexpectedly, though not in
the same way
And Gene,as you doubtless know,
is completely charmed with bis sis
ter Sdch enthusiastic letters as he
has written about you! If he had
been trying to win my admiration
for some one | did not know, instead
of telling me OF charms | have long
adored, be could not have been
more earnest. | knew 1T would be
so, my darling who could see you
and not love?'
Hare lis Gene now said Sharlie,
as he was beard whistliug, 'lt was
my last cigar,' and moment later
he entered the room. Sharle would
have left her place by Lee, but Gene
forbade.
You are not to mind me in the
least; | expect, OF course, to be the
forlorn third party; now that my
big brother has appeared, the baby
cannot expect any notice. Our jolly
times are all at an end, Sharlie !;
things isn't now as they used to
was BEEN and unless shoot Lee CIR
myself, I shall have 10 sigh for the
days that are not while you two
live in bliss, and leave me out 10 the
cold world alone And falling sig-
paIly 10 his effort to assume dis.
tressed preston, Gene seated him.
self by the fire.
They soon found, however, that
the old days were not entirely
changed, after all. Lee was at
home partly on business, which
frequently called him away, when
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