National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-05-31
WoMkN'S HEART
BY SAM BUTLER.

A dull gray sky, sharply outlined
ogsfnst which as she stood on the summit of Capt.
FOL Hill was q girl of perhaps twenty summers.
Not particularly beautiful, the casual observer
would say, but did he look again the clearly cut
features, rounded FORM and delicate complexion
would have shown that the picture was lovely
enc and that it was because of this perfection of
detail that the effect at first was less striking.
Peppers had often told Nanette Fisher this was
the girls name) that her tout ensemble was per-
feet" She did not know what he meant, but con-
Guided that her polonaise the subject Of his
praise She knew he was talking italian and as
She was not on speaking terms with that language
had only her wonlanly intuition to tell her what
his words meant.
She die not know how badly she was left.
Young, beautiful, and her father the possessor Of
vast credit 1t is not to be wondered at that Nanette
had many wooers But in spite of this, her Gfdires
4, oaur had all been tinged with melancholy.
Twice had she loved Jesse Sarvis and George
Butler, and twice had herafections been bestowed
upon those not worthy of so great trust. She
had seen her idols shattered by ruthless hands,
and the erstwhile rosy horizon of her existence
overspread by the black clouds of doubt and de-
spair 1t is no wonder then, that when Peppers,
the floral artist told her of his undylDg afectlon,
and asked that she crown his budding hopes with
the bright chaplet of her love, she looked at him
half doubtingly.
Twice" she said, " has man glided across the
pathway of my peaceful and happy life Ike ser
pent and, after teaching TO love him, cast that
love aside as if it were bauble. Can you blame
me if I distrust every man, including Jim Gordon
and Tom Brennan
Her experience with journalism had indeed been
a sad one
az cannot blame you, Nanette," said Peppers,
sadly; nor yet do l know how to choose fitting
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the ephemeral kind that burns brightly for an in
slant and then dies suddenly away, leaving the
life it SO lately illumed darker and drearier than
before"
He spoke these words in a firm, manly way, ell
though with evident emotion. Nanette blushed
slightly and, turning her head, said softly to her
self: He must have read the same book that the
others did" Then, glancing hastily at printed
Slip which nestled like a fluttsring bird IN her
tiny hand, she looked him calmly in the face.
"Do you know" she said, for what you ask-a
7goman's heart?"
Peppers bowed his head slightly, as if to indi-
cate that it was her heart he was after, and that
her liver and other vital organs were totally be-
yond the pale of his hopes. A slight smile, half
playful half scornful, lowered about his firmly
Chiseled lips.
"She has struck the same piece in the papers
that the other ones did" was his muttered excla
nation
a love you deeply and devotedly," said Ma
nctte " and 10 show my love I will marry you at
ten o'clock to- morrow in yOn ivy crowned chapel
gtthe navy-yard.
At nine o'clock the following day Nanette stood
ST the window of her chamber. \ coach, drawn
by four Of Humphreys powerful horses, was speed
ing down Pennsylvania avenue east towsrd Tay-
Tor Suits farm, il Prince Georges County. Pop
perS had trent seat.
RsUcttc was LEFT again.