Richland beacon., 1881-10-29
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iN'u al school, | dld "a, the res,
'D sunday W. went f. church. Now In
'h"rrn service / rather iYhc J.C how
EVER lnJcs and pro,cr one NAV Le II.
l"Scd = br, one cannot h. a!wav, Io.s
Ing Il, Ii" minister or at cnc'> nrsv.r
FF'f. Ih o'" oi my oc..,,nn.I r..,,. %
HE cohsr'Sa'lon found the eyes of
young man intrntly iixcl on me-. Itv,.
evident t. me and all the r,~t ot thr o;,I,
That hla ardent gaze W., dirr,t.lt, %.
other than mys~li. The next Smla,
me s'H'- ,.,'h"lnonna was witnessed
thc n"&t. !. was the .amo. ~,l.asol
vet annoyed. Miss Siikstoae gave he
many private lecture in her own o,,art.
ments. Mado:nois r.. 90, viewer. t,,.,,.
/" call onr French goy,lnc>>. VA, H.
lighted; the girls all laughed and f.
make assurance donbly urc. had been
informed thar one of the maid, had been
asked - Gentleman The na,o, of ,L..
new girl. whom he declare f. he 2 reriI-
lar sumner
Now 1t was clear TO me and al tho
rest of Us that this inquiry could have
! come from no ether than from the oantlo-
man wlose optics had been sorecllorlv
and, rs 1t seemed, irre>istiblv exercised
on myself. Presently another svuptom
of HIS admiration was manifested. Ey,rv
evening at a certain hour. undrrth. wills
OF our garlen. ncrr hearl tlc .juj..t
sounds OF all accordion all sad II WAS
M church a.:i'..rcr TIA, RENEWING on
weekdays The Homage that he had ort..ro1
me at church Oh SUNDAYS. I tLon0Lt
what every one said must he true. anl
listened with peculiar pleasure 10 Annie
Laurie, and My Beautiful star and
JcaHnette and Jrgnnot,' aul Il Dreamt
that Dweit IN Marble Halls. and o;hrr
p""n.nr arS. I'll OF which had heard !
it's !rue, r.aycd before, but never. SO !.
sr-m>d to "a, 7lth srch pathos ana /
power as uNlor IL present circums,an.
ces. What a delicate way Of beipc
coulted! OF course 1 WIS not in l;:v,.
hut, girl-like, was glad to think tina.
some one was in love with me.
"Just at this time I hal TO leave
schoo! fer few days at the same time.
ey strange coincidence. tire .erenad
ing ceased, and my admirer Wa, absent
from ms pew IN church. Surely, ;hen.
l was right in thinking that | was the
object of all these delicate attentions
The more | thought abou. it. the more
certain | felt. Suspicion was ballisl..d;
doubt now gave place to certainty, The
was cleared up-the scrcnaI,
was for me. and the screnaler was hs
Ahom l had seen at church. nr-.
ay, when had come Ia TINS conclu,jn,i. ,
became impatient Of this scr,nadinr. !
md wished either TO change il into ,
oiAething Of a more satisfactory char Z
icter, or for II 10 ccas" altos,tlc.. Mad I
molselle and mvself, without saving !
word to the other girls, reaoly, To- lI!u-
matters 10 crisis. For this purpose .
re resolved 10 secure the first uppur.u- u
ity nor was il long before one pre-
ented itself p
"One dark night, when the usual y
erenading was going un, and Mis- Silk Il
tone happened to he particularly en- Il
aged with the friends of It new pupil -
'ho hal come To tea. We hastily pu' on
n old shawl and bonnet apiece slipped
ut Of the house forthwith, quite urp,r-
eived !; rushed down to the end of tn. f
arden, AM somehow Oh other t"und d
ir way 10 the top Of the wall. III" e
ight, rs I have said, WIS dark: we
Iuld see no one. and the rn,uowu NIs h
going through lis acru,- s.
med musical performance. farri Il +.
could ste I'll" graceful outline @: iov :
!mircr rs hc >wcl; liz fingers ovyr Ills il
eloycd instrument, and told 10 the cod, Ii
irk night and the sad silent stars 4
! the love and nope and purpose or his y
Aart listened with an interest that h
ri!led my whole frame. Therc he cI
ns. lan2uishing for me dreaming tiiat
was smiling on his love T.:cge c"ulI or
arcelv he any Il iub. that WAS the h
nuie Laurie for whom he would Jay h
m down AMI lie l was his Beautiful -
ar. up il heaven SO high, no less ccr il
inly. What WAS ! to do? Did Not "
ch touching love descrve some grace &C
| recognition? Was he to realize the cl
ournful fate If which he sang? Was CT
so young, 10 be "a cruel murderer. II
d all through life IL have my heart
wed down with a sense Of the fearful I,
ock of such crime? Yet would II y
I be imprudent to address gentle t.
IN Ia whom had never been intro H.
ced? l VAS in frightful state ct ,ir
itation could feel my cheeks get 4,
g red, and my heart jumped right up q,i
the top of my throat What should ~
10? u,
why. speak to him, Of course v
Il Madenoiselle, who was getting ga