The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1883-08-22
NONE so BLIND.


Ere Death the sad regret can make,
Be hndly-''for your Mothers sakeP'
.s. Lille r. Barr, in ". Y. Ledger.
NONE SO BLIND.
When Captain Thompson built a
modest seaside dwelling he had no end
of wife's sisters coming to stay with
him. He liked it, or them-some of
them. If only one would come Mt q
timei He was getting too old to enjoy
the stiff breeze such a company created.
He preferred Bella. / prefer her my
self. She may be twenty-siN; a sensi-
ble, gracious woman. Where pretty
sisters are. somebody's nice brothers
will be. Older men and graver came
to smoke with the Captain. One of
them was certain Royal Mcmillan,
who, from a crude youth, had mellowed
into a rare kind of man, they said who
knew. The tide in his affairs that leads
to fortune had not long been flood; but
he took frequent periods of what more
ambitious men would call Spendthrift
recreation. Being homeless man,
without ties, he was easily persuaded by
merry-hearted Mrs. Thompson to stay
with them awhile; then another while;
then all the while he pleased. He was
u BltlaI SupDOIl NhtIG lllC
girls We're concerned, one to whom
nothing was trouble or difficulty-a
born man of affairs. The girls, admir-
ing his stately figure, charming tenn
per, and-the income-were inclined to
love him, also; even the more, when he
evidently detected this disposition and
was amused by it But at last, drawn
off in other ways, they left him to him.
self, unless, when he now and then fell
to the eompanionship of Bella, who
chaperuned the parties when Mrs.
Thompson did not go.
Well as they knew each other it was
arare occurrence to be walking, rs they
were a certain superb morning, on the
hard sands, the long, green rollers
breaking twenty feet away at their
right, five miles before them of delight
ful footing, the lighthouse the goal
They were friendly enough to talk oil
not, as they pleased, and as Bella was
the only one who had not sought oil
avoided him, he felt easy in her pres,
ence; so easy that, like his old jacket
he didn't think about it.
AT first they talked of the West, and
Mcmillan, who was sometimes retro
spective, when he could get any one tC
listen, had been rather unmerciful in
anecdotes of his boyhood, when he sud
denly broke long silence by saying:
''ls there anything more idiotic thar
the behavior of two people under the
delusion called love? Look at the
couple before us. They have forgotten
we are behind; or, do they suppose they
are acting like civilized people?'
IAN old maid is idyllic," she said
'.To me it is touching" But she sud
denly gave suppressed exclamation oi
contagious mirth, in which he joined.
''Is it anything particular, Miss Sum
mers?''
Il was reminded of something"
$50 was L, do you know l feel con
victed by secret guilt. / suspect W,
have both been fools. If you will no
laugh much, l should like to tell a kline
| of adventure of my own"
Il can sympathize to any extent in 1
| romance"
II suppose you will call it romance
/ wonder myself how it ever could hav,
happened. 1t was at the Centennial
had been lounging about the ground,
all day delighted in the people-anC
was resting on shady bench, wheI
there appeared a remarkable pair
father and daughter, concluded
/ They, too, sat down to rest. He was ;
! MISUNDERSTANDING man, with whit,
mustachgs; she the most beautiful cir
/ ever saw in my life. Your pretty siste
! Eve reminds me of her sometimes; bu
1 this was a creature divine. | sat anC
tlevoured her with my Western gaze
wi.ile her companion asked me som,
| questions. And when she turned he
j eyes full on mine, rs she did, presently
4 I ha ~
stopped.
go on" said she.
''May / have cigar, Miss Sum
mers?'
II was going to suggest it.
..well, / do not know how to 90 ol
without giving you the idea that sh
| was too easily wooed. You Northern
women are frosty and-perhaps you cal
not underestimate
Il do, perfectly"
'Iwas able to be of some service (,
her guardian and we were constant,
together after that first day. He sool
found out all about me, and he evel
left me with her for hours. / reached
desperate point that week"
Ibid YOU not know her name?'
The old gentleman gave me hi
card, and though / have it vet L hav
never been able to read that name.
was foreign one, and scrawled abom
inably. l said something as near it a
could get and was never corrected
She took the card and wrote 'Sybylla;
and Sybylla L called her. made a fey
attempts to find out about them; but on
time was short, and she plainly told m
She did not wish me to know who the
were. / was to take the present and b
patient. 1t was useless to love her, sh
said; she was bound by obligations sh
could not break. If l would be obed
ent, she would explain before we parted
( So one day we left Monsieur sitting i
the Spanish office, and with his consen
went rambling off by ourselves.
'.She was studying TO be singer
She had voice that promised to be
fortune Her step-father was educat
ing her as a speculation, | think, an
was taking care of her family. Sh
had signed papers binding her to Gel
tain promises. Any consideration {
love was breach of contract. / mus
see it would distract her; for that reaso