The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1880-09-17
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\ ,unrg i4tIv WI >.unt"ring 1fnag the
q,l4i. tv ,ln. >i,I,. vi the Seinr. pn,,-irg at
every one of 'Ie shelves of cd books that
lined thr IaIaress. and now and tifen ask
ing the price of some mnth-Patrn. bonk from
the equally mnti-raten. batterpl proprie
tor. mt-Clitariug over his pipe under tie
hud,lIug trees. She was very prt-ttiiy and
very daiutily dressed. hut her face and carri-
age showed So much quiet resolution and
self reliance that the h"ld,.St iIler of the
1nI'tvprI< w"n'.I I,avs- been deferred from
anuntirg her y,ss i,, cynical Paris aHd "'r
the very boundary Of tlie Latin Quarter.
She wa deep quaint iiff'e copy "f La
Bvuyprp. some sky years "d- which WAS
offered at half franc. WHEN she heard a
burst of Iighf laughter nnt far from her ear.
50 strangely milgI, Il of sweetness and
kind Of haunting m"ckrry that she nIv"l
unfairly raised I,..r eyes.
Approaching h+I Were Nonng man hId
a girl -. rIra,,S two or tliree Years 0l'itT
than hers. H. and The ptrfcction ut
physical l-.autv a= it possible tor n
women ia lr Mi De Forest ackn"wlt-'ly-
,-ri +" h.-r-elt it'll Sra. - yaf'% She
bad = l'r -i'i-ioss ri l.a.e st"-t at 'Htlr. "a
sbin of .iie- tffi rose. :trgr iiqutl eye
perfectly ,is,el" tI figure. aid un
dulating grace of motion which did not
.brl"'.g 70 iI,e streets az Paris She WAS
terf.-ttiy wei dressed i; tut while Miss tie
Forest ia her t,Wn toilet III played the hap
pv medium l'etween c.f amI digniry charac
tpri<tic ct the deD,OiSelle du n.eiIiesr na07ede
Of whatever nationality. the girl ~ hp SUD
denly confronted her with an impertinent
glance had more of the quality of chic than
Was strictly desirable. ''ssIe l. utt lady.
Thought Miss De Forest "a gri<ette. prob
ahIy.'' and the jealous lning deepenetl. for
fhe man accompanying this girl-tlle man
who raiSe,l his hat without looking at her,
while a faint color ovcrSpread his flaH'ls"nie
features and clear $kiII-was the maH of
all Others to Amy DE- Forest. She had
loved Arthur Duncan tor more than a year
had watched the ebb and flow of his gPniflS
La eucunraged him to new effort in his
despDIAIeDf h,sir<. aI.d siaar d With him tie
pleasure. Of his successes. riHre had grown
zap betwpeiI them "a courf-hip which on l'er
side Irtd ripeIlt,l into sou ching deep aiid
on hts had led io the tIl"u-aIii subtle uiarLs
of preference that may "'ean nothing or
ANYTHING And what in otllr: men meant
nothing. seemed ia Arthur duncan TO n'eil"
everything. so much ~ thar Amy DE For
est. clever. Self-iO<Se>st'i girl ~ she was.
had c0me TO believe in tIlF absolute FREEDOM
inaice in the scheme of her future life OF
this one figure. OIJy yesterday evening
they had sat long together III iip' enbras
are Of the vide wiud'lSt that looked upon
the gardens Of the I.dxen,b1nrg while the
lamps sprangii.to light through the dnsk
and when ne weII away. pleading ell
gag,tnent la frieltl's <InsIio, iie had lifted
her hard to his Hips in fJIe darkness and
called her his better angel.
The girl hil her lips and ol,ered the In
Bruyere agaIn-the bitter. healthy draugIt
OF the old wits cynicism acted upon her as
tcntc and kept back the starting tears.