Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-02-19
ALnIkesitIe musIng.
Chicigo Tribune.


Very appealing was the wistful lock
that came from pair of brown eyes as
Clytie Uorcoran spoke these words in
a low, strained.we will-warrant these:
goods -to-rip manner that told
something of the intensity OF her feel
ing,
BERTHE Cecil stopped and kissed the
pretty red lips that were put to him
in half>pouting, half loving fashion.
They were TO be married in the fall,
these two-the beautiful fall, when
Natures cheeks are tinted with
brown and red. when the amber haze
OF Indian summer wreathes the hill =
tops and the valleys seem but huge
Guns, filed to the brim with purple
red wine. Clytis had told BERTHE.
that night in June when she had
drawn him close to her sash, placed
her head upon his shoulder and whis-
pered tcnderly the words that caused
a great Joy 10 food his soul, that the
wedding must not take place until
October, although he (never having
previously gone over the rapids) was
eager for an early contamination OF
his happiness. And now he was
waiting. anxiously aud with an impa
tient heart, for the day when Olytie
would be all his own, aud the rose
tinted hours hold nothing for him but
her love and her dear presence.
But amid all the perfect joy that
Gllsd their young lives there had COME
a little cloud, a matter on which they
could not agree. -.
"You will not change your mindH'
she asked.
Never" replied Berthe. Motif il
parts US forever.
They we're standing at the edge o.
the lawn. Not tree or shrub broke
the velvety green plush Of this revel
ground of Titsnia; but it was hedged
| in-dusky, broad shouldered horse
chestnuts; slim coward poplars; baln
o. Gileads, with their cottony eSulli
tions; the mountain ash, with it,
coronal Of scarlet berries; Norway
spruce aud evergeens; and where thu
shaven sward sloped down to littl'
silver thread Of joyous water willow
drooped lorlorn with sOrr0wful anC
witching grace. Beside low rustic
fence was a wide border OF flowers
mignonette, demure and shy; hello
trope, Densive and wan; carnations
their red rims filed to the brim will
spices; shadowy lilies, like yesta
lamp bearing virgins, clothed II
snowy white; roses, languid, velvet!
and rare with Eastern perfumes; anC
pansies, pathetic aud seeking
! purple and golden and dusky-'
the flower of thoughts. And al
! Clytie fastened q cluster Of them il
, her hair she spoke again-not angril
this time, but with tiuge OF sorrow
in her voice that was almost pitiful
The poor girls heart was breaking
' and, try as she might, she could no
az conceal the bitter knowledge frOr
herself.
"Let us part at once, then" sb
0 said. ut is best soonest over, ant
J, slipping from taper finger the rin
/ with which he had plighted thei
troth in the golden summer tide, sh
handed it to BERTHE. AS he took
: the hot tears of disappointment cam
a into his eyes, but he brushed theI
Q hastily away.
ave shall at least part friends" h
said
: "Oh, yes" said the girl, smiling
wan. sad smile through the mist tbs
}, covered her beautiful brown eyes, w
+, must mover DO aught but friends" an
= turning she went into the house.
IS "You look i'll, Clyiie," said Mer
II delssohn Oorcorau at the supper tab
n that evening to his daughter.
+. '"No, papa" was the reply ut
- WOr e tn that.
g He looked at her steadily for an il
i slant.
"Can it be possible" said he, "th
s you and Berthe A."
7 YES" replied Clytie, we ha'
parted forever"
e. Pooh, poohl It's only..a lovers qua
a, rel, and will soon be over"
" No, papa" said the girl, her vol