The Red Cloud chief., 1879-01-16
4 REAL ROMANCE.
Sew a. BE formed Womnan Won
0.sser. aud gh~a . .oss Him

~ hen she Uad htrsa Z 0red.
Some years since II make. no differ
enc whrn n ~ our departments
and it " not 81 the slightest importanc
which xiii held the position ~ copy
lst who was r.mhrkabl. Tor her de-
formiiy aud her beauty. She reverse,
the fact II uglipcss ~ the ease ~ ia,
daughter ~ Dumas; for while her bod,
was horribly dcformod. her head wa-
model vi wonnnly beauty. lIor foa
lures were regular la q fault Iini
complexion We'd in dclicnoy the q
tinted interior uf u shelf. Her chin
rounded out like the bow ~ Cleo
patra's barge, just broad and promi
ncnt enough Ia give force To the sweet
face above. Her mouth had enough
sweetness aud expression for any other
woman's full face. aud nj the end ol
her sensitive lips. where the two bows
of Cupid terminated. Instead of run.
ming on In weak lines. they ended In
two little wells from which one could
imagine love flowed ever fresh and
abundant. Her eyes were darn. hazel,
large aud luminous. They were n
hAir's breadth " the width ~ one eye
apart. and gave. In this. Ia tho face
that frank, honest winning look that
such width ever indicates. Over all
this was womnn's browning glory. n
great mass of nut-brown hair. through
which there seemed t play the caught
and tangled sunlight ~ Ia years. Pass.
Ing from this to the body was like pass.
Ing from the cxquisitcly chisolcd head
at n marble saint Ia the charnel house
below. Tho poor girl did not seem 10
have any part 81 the human frame In
liz proper place. ~ answering Ia lis
proper function. II was nil tho result
ut n cruel casualty that happened when
she m young, She had hurried from
home one winter night In search u
medical relief for n sick mother, lost
her way. fell. perishing from cold. and
was picked up hours after. Ia lingcr for
months bctw cen life and death, and
death held all II hcr but hcr lovely
head.
How naiur, accommodates herself lo
the inevitable II was years before she
was free Of pain, and when nj last She
could hobblc about Ia u difficult way ON
crutchcs she seemed ID look nj lifc as
.chccrfully as anyone. The sweetness
OF hor nature had not boon DESTROYED
by pain, nor the cruclcst wrong that
could be- done Ia n woman. She was
poor, and her misfortunos secured her
= place whore she could earn her plain
food and poor lodgings. This was the
day In III. traditionary past before III.
~pcnitentiniy system prevailed In the
aud the government. not
40 poor rs now, was able In employ
gentlemen as heads of bureaus. The
one who ruled immediately over tho
room In which the girl worked was not
only q gentleman, but u of those SON
s'tiyc natures that ~ Ia wreck on the
rocks of life from mo-, buing iron clad.
Ills intellect aud culture had secured
him "A comfortable place In the de-.
parimcnt, and inio this he settled 10
dream Of what he would do some day,
and never did.
II was observed that this official was
worry fond Ut lingering about the desk
Of thu dcformcd girl, and the other In.
OF the room spoke l., each other
ci his goodness. After n time u was
Tbs rived that the two continued talking
mi laughing after business hours. Aud
then he began tho practice of helping
her from and Ia tho building. Onc M,
lcrnoon. NJ the end ~ N long, p~lcasan, |
laik, she was about leaving. when hc
Suddenly seized upon her long. thi,,
white fingers, that had been hliyh,ed by |
shaking hands with death. aud In a
confused sort II way, as II the
ntterancc chokcd him, no poured into
her ears n passionate avowal o love,
In asking her Ia be his wife. Il
70 said by those inhuman bru,es In
form, who kill deer by cutting
Tho throat Of the poor animal while |
that the startled, pitiful, |
pleading look 1T the doomed creature |
Is forgotten. II was this sor, Of
Iook the girl gave hor woocr. She
Iried To speak ~ she withdrew her
hand, but hen lips only tremblod. and
hen h abruptly reached for her
'rntches and hohbled from her room. |
That night she wrote a long letter to
he man who had 81 strangely ap.
preached her. IL was n d~espairing cry |
u a lost soul. Her poor heart under
hat deformed body was AS kecnly alive
q h n passion that controls human.
" ~ that of any heart; but she shrank
n terror from that for which she lonycd
md seemed dying TO possess. hut she
put away his love, and never returned
. her desk.
Not long after, she Was descending
ms Hudson upon u steamer. and sat
areamily upon the beautiful
onntry that seemed to swing by in the
haze of u summers dsy, when
was approached by a tall gentle.
nan, whose heavy black beard made
i'm resemble u benevolent old fox look
N over n hedge. He introduced him.
alf ~ DIR. -, Of New York, and.
pologizing for his intrusion, went on
} ask her many questions AS 20 her
'ndition. He ended by asking her 10
y his system of treatment. The
rain Is right; the heart. lungs and
omach are sound" he said. These
nib OF yours only need proper train.
& and exercise 70 make you we'll"
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