The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-05-07
ELEANOR.
A Tale Of Nom Performers.

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The others, busy with their pencil
and dictionaries, did not see the smile
which chased away the cloud at thi
confession; and perhaps it was as we'll
One day he said to her, referring to th'
gay-eolored group collected round hi
brother Oliver was showing them anev
way Of eating melons-"A pretty mix
tnre Of color that, taken as q whole; but
20 my mind, any woman who can, should
.lwsys wear black
Of course she was pleased--it was i'm.
sossible to disassociate the words from
he look with, which they we're accom-
anied--and Eleanor. was bat human
he heard the festof the reading on the
sh69 day--thefe being nothing to pre-.
ent her doing 50. The young ones were
resently shouting over their game, and
,ade such a neise thatEit was the most
stural thing In the world for the sober.
tinded to retreat out of hearing; and
nit was too hot to go anywhere but
nder the oaks, where there was always
le salt smell, of the, sea, even if there
ere no, breeze to fan the branches.
At five clock only, they were hunted
1t, the precious document being then
ell out Of sight; and no one thought Of
king how their, afternoon had been
ent. Anthony said it was to 90 home,
1T did not 60, and finally they stayed
u, it was dusk; and could hardly then
got away. tTE
"But, nothing has come of it," sighed
ieeh, giving up at length the ghost of
,pe. She had watched, and hinted, and
ept away when notwanted, and stepped
rward when the breach needed filing
>, and done everything that fond and
lorous champion could do to bring
3out an understanding-but with no
suit. Nothing, she was fain to confess,
d come of it; and nothing was likely
come Of it. ..
The provoking part was, that the per-
ms chiefly concerned seemed one and all
ost agreeably satisfied; but Eleanor had
edged her participation in it by that
lille, and now look Of sympathy
)uld not have been amiss. For it,
,weveB she watchedIin vain. wa
On the charade night, the night on
hich Oliver in all his glory was bust
ng from one to misunderstanding, adj
ising, rehearsing and draping-An-
,ony was both blind and stupid. Alb
mt, too; he could not be brought to see
1y beauty in the show, or any merits in
le speeches. Mary and Honoria
tuart, who preferred tableaus, and who
iegested that since MIR. Delamere dis
ked acting he might perhaps be induced
, make one Of picture group, met
ith cold rebuff. A mule could not
ave been more stubborn, until they got
yleanor to ask him as favor; and then
. obeyed, but was SO. evidently out of
,mper that they wished he had been let
one. .......
The whole came to speedy end, and
anting took its place. Neither would
dance; but that had been understood
efore; it surprised no one when he was
lissed from the room, to find him out
pom the terrace, with dark slender
cure by his side. .''' Il .j Il. II
But why did Eleanor stand SO long at
er little window that, night. listening to
he chatter Of the sea-birds, and watch
az the solemn flowing in of the dark
lde below? Why did she sob and sigh,
nd wiring her hands, as though her
cart would break? and throw from her,
nd anon catch to.hef bosyn, a spray of
tarring iessamine, such as might have
lung from the boughs on the terrace be-
leath? It cannot be that Anthony had
hything to do with it?, yItis true that
\ sought her there, and that his first
ords stabbed, her TO- the. heart, aud his
,cond drove the breath from her lips.
is true that she turned from him, an
,ering she knew not what, conscious
aly Of one wild desire to fly and never
his face again. w. .Y ~ .,. ~. ,s,'
They had been much together Of late;
t if they do talk. talk, by the hour,
list the others are frolieking, surely it
)nly because sheer inability to join in
that goes on excludes them from the
,le. " '-4ie q, =. -t
he others left them behind-he be-
Sc he had never learned, she because
had renounced their amqsements;
" can not possibly now take part'in
n. And 50 he found his way to her.
loes not now allow-her to PURSUE her
les uninterrupted, but pirates and
as all the time; and has somuch to
and says it 80 well, that Alexander
i'd stare If he could see. Oliver,
if lie SO desired, is in too great re.
1t for him to obtain leave to retire
The shade He trims the, flower
,es if thereis nothing else for;him to
,,is accemplishnents are So varied
so numerous, that notking' comes
sto him. q" 'f'"t sss''s ''sii"j
! the whole, regarded as a month Of
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