Litchfield enquirer., 1881-12-29

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 This was . girl just come ia,awbose facefas ciaated my gaze, lover, .hapless lovef, of bfii liant beauty ahat, io ain b Her finely -shapet head. exquisite features in frame of curious iyacut brown hair,s and her large earnest eye. thrilled me with never yet experienced ad miration. Miss Hale replied simply j lxd 5
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 s'What is she doing here P I asked mad yertently.sss 'aE ad3 .8tslf s1la g99isas1 gkaedf
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 '.Ah, " she said, .sthen yea,know about her and how her family disapprove sof her devo sional beautyof her, but she won't hear of it Die is his pet pupil and private secretary, Now she has come he will read his paper or tue Ancestral Ant.' But suppose we go tt the refreshment-room for cup of tea in. stead?'' gtas
 Iacquiesced, though was longing to stay and watch Beatrice Arne. ass a sa -ssj
 We found the refreshment. room empty the tea cleared away, the ice just come in. supplied Miss Hale, and, at her bidding, my. self. At the first mouthful I barely restrain. ed an interjection. Trembling I watched her; for knew if she ate here, l should not dare to hint at anything amiss with mine. should swallow the nauseous compound. aaoaaH # j
 Good Heayensl'' To my relief she laid down hei spoon. What is this? Salt.n0J <
 Exactly. Owing to accident or negligence in the freezing process the sweetstuf had been sent up saturated with brine. H
 s'Horrible.." she pursued. "Take it away. But, with sudden -consternatiOn, ''it is oui staple refreshment tonight. The soiree is ru. ined. It will be all over London tomorrow that the Ladies' Athenaeum gives saited ices Our enemies will make us, the laughing -stock of society. It might be fatal to the club at it's birth.' -. .,t ..>-l. s~s Y G1 .4neil tat.a
 ''Can do nothing?" stammered, touched by her distress. u-35Fl1lu
 She turned to me and answered with de. cisien.H .. s4su -zl s.eal+ az .sN
 You can saveus. Jump into hansom- Graves, the confectioner's is not far. Be back with fresh supply of ice in "a quarter of an hour, before the Professor has done. Then no one need know.'' aaaaH H;s3as-
 It was years since a lady had appealed to me, or given ne q chance to distinguish my self. Now if can't originate, I can obey. In i've minutes was at the shop. An ice-man was just leaving with supply for ball. By an inspiration worthy of Francis Barry, bribed him to take his load to the Cassandra Rooms by mistake. We arrived just as they were applauding the Professor up stairs. Miss Hale, white with suspense, was on the look out At the sight of the ice tins her face beamed. was breathless, my tie united, my boots splashed, my hair awry but she shook both my hands, saying warmly "z. 5efa7-r
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 thought her beautiful for a moment Now the company came dropping down stars. The ice was ready for them. The beauty came with the rest. on the old Professors Earm, thank Heaven, not Barry's. He was talk ing to her earnestly, but all about the phys iology of the nervous system of the crayish. 1 kept apart, 8 prey to.a return of desponden- cy, and should have slipped away, but Miss Hale detained me.I Is J9ou&ata a8.l s7. T
 
 the sOiree is over.o So waited till all had dis persed but Miss Hale and the lady president, who had introduced me to Miss Hale, and tc ruhen -Miss Hale now reintrnlnced me as ths saviour of the evening, with 6 lively account of the mishap had helped to avert! Hope revived had wsrked miracles onsHmet thai night but a reaction had now aet in. .0i IAfell myself under criticism, and shook with apaf sy of nervous 9awkwardness.g Il held on like grim death to chair with ono hand, clutch. ing with the other at some apapers on the ta. ble fumbled at, and poured over,i one so fondly that Miss Hale imagined was inter- ested in it's contents, and said :n9 IAgias) s.i
 ''Would you be inclined to joinp The sub scription is only ten-and-six." .r't .gaN aa
 awoke to the fact that was perusing the prospectuslof the Field Natura!lsts' Scientific Association and their periodical lecture meet ings. The list of members was alphabetical and headed by the name of Beatrice Arne-
 ''There is lecture tomorrow night" said Miss Hale. f''I can introduce you as friend and you can. judge if you care to become g member. t"A- 's'-
 1 accepted with alacrity, and withdrew. felt like country after the shock of revolu- tion, like Columbus on sighting new world Was there then world, new to me, outside the world of spoilt beauties, over dressed dolls and fiippant coquettes, who, without having done anything all their lives but smile auc look pretty, and ruin their male relatives by their dressmakers' bills. claim the notice, con- sideration, devotion of sensible men? A woriC where shy, timid. modest and unassuming young gentleman like me IS not instantly lynched-pay. in which his difidence counts rather for than against him m-and where my ahayfh had hoon
 And to this world belonged the lovelies girl had ever seen-belonged Beatrice Arne
 We met-'twas in school, lent to the so ciety for their lectures. Deal benches. glar- ing gas jets, ard some thirty solemn looking Field Naturalists' faces constituted the nais ea scene. 1 thought, with pang, of the maze of fair smiling countenances, the hntter dance music and flower scents of the intox icating atmosphere where the London mat seeks his ideal. On the other hand, none oi these people seemed thinking of attracting no. tice, or of cutting up their neighbors. At tention was monopolized by certain, ,mys.er ious objects on the table-powerful micro scopes, said Miss Hale, under which were tho compound eye of . snail and the pro-leg of | caterpillar. -5s, -..,.,....F,.& .a.., - ..,.
 Suddenly Beatrice Arue, like blaze, of beauty, entered the room. She took he place in front of mine. My evil genius wa. on me now. fidgeted till the bench creaked my umbrella dropped on the floor with loud noise, at which the Field Naturalists frown ed; for the lecturer had just beguntto enlight en us on the enteresting subject of t'snails anG slugs." He was young man with angular features and carroty halr. Beatrice's 7limpie eyes were fixed on him with an ardent ex pression that would have transported nc tt the skies. It did not affect him in the small est degree. He was short-sighted, and hil mlnd's eye was intent on his slugs. By ano by snail inside glass cylinder was handed round. that we might admire its wonderful method of locomotion-passed from Beasrlce, firm white hand to my nervous fingers. v eC
 .Beautiful ]" she murmureds looking ear nestly at me. .,s4 ..esa4t. ..aa yte.f sfIyn ni
 ..'Oh, beautiful T, l responded woule think 1 meant the snail. l,ae y,-4.sFts3} aa,Es
 Of the lecture heard no more. I thought of g thousand brilliant things to say to Mis- Hale for Miss Arne to overhear. of various in genius ways of approaching the latter, and was far ahead in my imaginary courtship when continuous applause announced that ths lecture was over. Now " as my opportunity for Miss Hale, and Beatrice were talking to chro, ,,L r.s