Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1882-01-18
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One, two, three-yes, was sure that
I had traced family resemblance in
three very different faces, during the
same day. and that these faces had re-
peated themselves at intervals during q
period Of several days.
Fl 1t happened in this wise. 1 was con-
valescent - recovering from nervous
fever, which had rendered my imagina-
tive powers morbid, and so shattered
my nervous system that twas necessary
TO recover it 10y the mildest means and
the slowest stages. burst not walk
out, 30 was recommended to ride.
Much reading, even of the lightest char
scter, was declared one Of the worst
things possible for me SO my young
friends got up private theatricals for my
benefit, and, though was forbidden as
yet to take public part in them, it gave
me infinite amusement to aid them in
their preparations. BY degrees I be-
came quite an artist in the necessities
Of successful "make-up :" could de-
eide, at a glance, whether the eyebrows
required encouragement, or whether the
eyes were Of q shade TO stand narrow
but severe touch of rouge Immediately
beneath them. could tell at single
look whether the whiteness Of false
complexion was due to hake,white, bis
muth, or alternate layers Of camphor-ice
and powder; and probably no one ever
answered more repeatedly the question,
"Have too much on tonight That
! became the criterion in such matters
was one Of the piquant recompenses I
had for not being in position just then
70 take part in the public performances.
! have said that was interdicted from
much walking. This drove me TO the
sity passenger-cars, for could not ai-
ford the daily luxury OF q carriage.
II is one Of my idiosyncrasies
call il weakness, If you will
that, having once got into a track,
II is hard to drive me out Of it.
Consequently l acquired the habit OF
riding up and down the same city pass
enger track-which one Is not necessary
10 particularize--several times a day.
Upon one of these occasilns / found
myself occupying corner OF the ear
diagonal to one that was In possession
of lovely, spirituelle blond,.
A very fair, pure blonde And what
more exquisite sight is there on earth
than that of white-ruse skinned. vio-
let-eyed girl, with face framed in with
rustic entanglements of light-golden
hairp This was the style of beauty
that encountered me in that passenger
car, and whispered to me that my dcs-
tiny was at hand.
It was about 8 o'clock in the morning,
and we were alone in the car. She took
no notice OF me at all. nor indeed Of
anything but the school book she held
open in her lap. noticed that the con-
ductor looked at her from time to time,
with an expression which might have
meant good deal had in the least sus
pected the truth, or met a case resem
bling il before. The young lady stopped
the car in the neighborhood OF a larg'
red-brick building, which took to be
young ladies' seminary, and got ou
without betraying a consciousness 0
my existence, from which opined tina
she was afraid Of being late for schoo
and didn't know her lesson.
At about 2 o'clock in the afternoon
found myself riding uptown in tn
same car. The lack Of other means O
amusement had rendered me close OBJ
server, and consequently when the ca
stopped and woman's-rights- Looking
woman got in, apparently sp'nster Q
uncertain age, my looks we're rivete
upon her, and. in spite Of the differenc
In age, attire, manner and everythin
which constitutes personality, l ex
claimed TO myself
"Heavens what . strange family re