Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-10-23

| flushed to the roots OF my hair, felt for
the stone, and discovered that it was hang.
ing by the spiral screw, and so nearly out
that quick movement would have sent il
into the meshes OF the car mat. Replaced
| it securely, bending back the wire for
| greater safety, and then cast an imploring
| look OF apology, gratitude and humiliation
| upon the kind stranger. Her face remained
| placid, but after moment demure smile
| stole into the corners of her mouth, and I
don't think it was provoked by what she
saw i'll the book, or that she was reading
very attentively.
She left the car at Fourteenth street, and
l gazed eagerly after her as she turned ND
to broadway, and then must have sighed.
Perhaps because feared / should never
see her again? What was more natural
than for me to desire to know her? 1t was
80 kind and.so sensible of her to prevent
my losing my diamond. She was such q
gentle looking creature, though she had q
spirit, as l saw at once in the CLEAN OF her
eyes, and those eyes were so expressive Of
intellectually, and her perfect nose was
only less beautiful than her perfect carna-
tion mouth. But, pshaw need | apollo
gize now for my interest then. 1t does not
take any of us very long to discover that
Love never asks the question-why? As
the old song says: She had gone from my
gaze. like beautiful dream. If l could
only meet her again. Perhaps she was
married. She was girlish in spite OF her
dignity. One thing discovered, that there
was name on the fly-leaf of her book, the
first Of which was Maud" Perhaps the
book was not hers, and il it was could /
hope to find in great city like New York
lady, only knowing that her name was
Maud2 When / had arrived at this stage
OF common sense had reached my place
OF business, and after attending to the first
duty OF the day, reading my mail, my
thoughts flew back to the lady in gray.
of the thing were within the bounds OF
possibility, would like to find out who
she is, just to thank her for her kindness
to me-"
How like a jackass must have appeared
TO her. When / remembered my imperti-
nence in smiling, would have been glad
to have found some obliging friend to kick
me down stairs for my idiocy. bowed to
the inevitable and dismissed the affair with
sigh, but did not forget her face.
One rainy afternoon abouta month later.
met her in Broadway stage. / recog-
nized her in moment, and took a seat,
the only one vacant, by her side. looked
iiibc uSi tatCs huu 4 hbtW I6IIltUlUSTtu
me, bnt she did not exhibit the faintest
gleam OF Consciousness Of my existence. 1t
was worse than Tantaus and the torments.
Before she left the stage the rain fell in
torrents. ! hoped that she was not pro-
vided with an umbrella. that might offer
her the protection Of mine, but glance
showed me that she held one In her right
hand. My unfortunate luck again I
looked down at my diamond; II sparkled
like the sunbeams and as joyously, but its
dazzle conveyed no intelligence to me,
only 1t gave me gleam Of hope. She was
so near. that / could very easily have
played trick. like that friend OF mine
once played, slip q card into her cloak
pocket. Nothing OF that kind would go
down with this queenly creature. per-
feetly we'll knew.
was forced to watch her again leave
me and turn down the street, holding her
dress so dextrously that ii quite escaped
the pavement and disclosed two neatly fit
ting boots.
Perhaps I should have said before that
my name was Eldridge, that am lawyer
and Judge Ciift9p's junior partner In the
next Office to ours there are two young fell
lows Just started in Law, who receive more
calls from their lady friends than retaining
fees from clients. One day, rs ! was leav-
ing my Office, saw my lady In gray going
into theirs.
must confess to feeling sort OF chill,
and than disappointment. l did not like
TO know that my dienined unknown went
around visiting gentlemen's Offices, even
though the gentlemen were her acquaint-
ances. Occasionally lady friend would
call upon me, not upon business, and al
though was always polite. never en-
couraged that sort Of thing, and, as prac-
tice, heartily disapprove of 1t.
My second thought was more charit-
able. One OF the fellows might be her
brother. so much the better. l would
make his acquaintance and cultivate him.
l did this after some weeks delay and
considerable circumlocution on my part,
and learned that the elder of the two men,
Mr.. Allyn, had sister, named Maud, and
and that she was engaged to his friend and
partner. Just think of my dismay Act
ually engaged to the other fellow 1t was
sad enough to know she was bound but
ragged thinking her the wife OF fellow
who had little ambition and less brains.
There was nothing in the man. absolutely
nothing. Why only q week before he had
shown a lack of legal accumen in case
a mere technicality-of which the rawest
student should not have been ignorant.
What women can see in some men-but
there, must not get incoherent. looked
at my ring after my disturbed thoughts
and its rosy CLEAN gave me fresh courage.
After rejecting day resolved to re-
morselessly and determinedly cut him out
If could.
1t was quite in nay power to be Of SER
vice to Mr.. Allyn, and in return he asked
me TO his fathers house to dinner. SO l
saw my lady Maud at home, and there.
where true women shine best. found her
moro sweet and womanly than she had
looked to me before. had prepared my
self for our first meeting, but she had not,
and betrayed q little embarrassment. !
did not, however. refer to our adventure
until had called upon her several times,
and thon ventured to thank her for COM
ing to the rescue of my precious diamond.
She begged me with deep pink In her
cheeks not to mention ii. was Rssidu-
Qua in my attentions and laid siege to the
hearts OF the rest OF the family, an5
quietly began 10 WOO. That ! had somo
influence over her was proved by the fact
that her betrothed became jealous Of me
and forbade her from receiving my visits.
She rebelled, after bearing with long an
noyance from him, and finally she dis
missed him,
I ventured to ask her, like o hypocrite,
why no longer met Mr.. Furbush at her
home "Not that am pining for his So
ciety," l added with shrug.
1--WE have broken our engagement" she
said looking at the floor.
Icopsulted my.talisman. Blessings upon
it. II fairly danced in the light.
The temptation was strong, but l re-
sisted 1t, to beg her to give me the hand
he had lost. l waited until one evening
when / was escorting her home from the
theater, and ! told her the story Of my
ring, and she believed In its magic more
firmly than did.
ali has mover failed me yet. Miss Allyn.
and am longing to put II TO stronger
test"