Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1880-10-06
STELLA'S LOVER.

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out upon tho driveway OF Mr.. Mar.
tins country seat through the narrow
laiticed windows.
That Is Colonel Audenreid,' an.
swercd Felicia, adjusting he eye
glasses. Papa is bringing him here
10 dine. lie is a widower he's lived
abroad for years Seems to me I've
heard that his course Of true love
didn't run smooth. He has the most
bewilchiug melancholy eyes, and such
u manner You cant help wishing
he was in love with YOU
That night, while the girls combed
out their braids and curls, in the low
wainscotled chamber, Felicia sudden
ly remarked: Il believe there will be
q second Mrs. Andenreid.'
Stella gavea start, and returned from
an excursion into the past.
DO YOU know continued Felicia,
Il caught him looking at your rehec-
ticn in the mirror. with his heart in
bis ewes. l wonder the first Mrs.
Audenrelu ulun ,uiu III lie, s,a'..'
Felicia, don't you make me shud-
DER cried Stella. Your Imagination
is better than your eyesight ; you are
always seeing somebody devouring
somebody else with their glances.-
I'm sure I thought Colonel Audenreid
was rs Indifferent as a star in heaven
Modest creature /! He had ears for
nobody but yourself, as we'll as eyes.
1t is Kismet. Why was not I born
under some lucky planet 2
From that date Colonel Audenreid
became q frequent guest at Mr.. Mar
tins suburban retreat. He rode with
Stella and Felicia over the hills he
picnicked with them at the edge ofthe
pine woods he drifted on the lake at
sunset by their side, and filled the
boat with water lilies and spicy
branches of the wild azalea he anus.
ed them with glimpses of his con-
tineDtal life ; with stories OF the war,
in which he had led a forlorn hope;
of camp and hospital regimen. Some
times they took the train to the city,
and laughed together over some COM
edy, or hung entranced upon some
famous singers tones or they Joined
pleasure party to the Isles Of Shoals,
or down the harbor, returning in the
dewy evening, with the stars leaning
out OF heaven, and the whippoorwill
making the night melancholy. Once
they paused at the gate to listen to
his plaintive voice. Felicia had pass
I'd on to the piazza the pines stood
out tall and dusky against the heavens;
the roses shook out an odorous breath
whenever the wind touched them.
You should hear the nightingales
huttering about my home in Surrey,
when the night falls f.; it is like the
refrain of some sad poem,' said Col.
Audenreid.
You must have been very happy
there in that beautiful country, re
turned Stella.
Colonel Audenreid opened the gate
for her to pass on, without replying'
with distraught air, as ifhe were
already miles away from the subject.
Il think he did not like me 10 speak
of that time she confessed 10 Felicia.
sFlddlestickS,' returned that young
person.
sFerhaps it was too sacred.
'Pshaw ! Are you blind, Stella y
None so blind as those who won't see,
I've heard. l hastened into the house
on purpose to give him a chance to
speak to you. saw it in his eyes.
4 never knew such sight ss yours,
though I've always understood near
sighted people could see in the dark.
Uo hos notbino special to say to me.