Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1882-11-25


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IN bathrooms, in crowds, before this,
at street corners and at book-stalls.
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an cei'"iii
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eaIneaI. ne couiu hoI tel; ne couid
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u on,. .ie ci.y' Mnere ene SunsIlne was
onny inoliiins ,iSi.or ol Cne most
cei1lholllous esnsh;nn IS hinq; IN rooms whose los
soapotnesS 80. poe sliUIe lllin 10 tne neart, one
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Sroiuereu IN hnen; ne understood that
Dy u.aas means sue was eking out ner
l,,ou ouinIlen. .Ie Mases. Due otherwise she
"ao U,io selne "ei1rS WHOM ne hau
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u:se. Seu iei l"il cieeh, .lle uiiilpie sun
i;nht nJ tnua5' "n .rie eSe9 "ele as larlant WIN
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~ soht, nneinis IoneS aiiu 1ewltcning
oooon.o: e' III INC plisi'.eot uass VI her
pioSperi'y.
They talked about his journey. the
sights he was to see, the sounds he was
TO hear; and she sighed and said: " l
wonder If l shall ever go to Europe2'
with That Wild hope which most OF us
long to realize. They were sitting to-
gether upon atete-a-tete, relic of past
magnificence, He had been looking at
her embroidery. When Re gave it back
their hands touched and fingered al
most lovingly. The words were on his
lips: "Will you go to Europe with me?"
"Will you" he faltered, will you
you will-forget me, l suppose, as
soon as l am gone. Out of sight, out
oil mind.
Ii you wish me to forget you, will
try to" she laughed.
And if l do not wish it?
"Ah, l cannot promise; you are to
be absent whole year"
Ii she could not promise to remem-
Der him a year, was it likely that she
would promise to love him lifetime?
So he went to Europe and tried to
forget himself in the details Of business;
to satisfy himself with the public
galleries and gardens. with art and
nature in holiday attire. He visited
the Mer de Glace," and dwelt in the
shadow of the Matterhorn," and
heard the mountain echoes vibrating
upon the inspired air. But to whom
could he cOntide all his fine thouohts2