Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-09-21

full and repulsive. i wanted Mt once to
give him the lily and would have died
rather than give it to him, and | turned
and fled with my basket of flowers and
my dove on my shoulder, and n great hor-
ror of something, | did not know what, in
my heart. Then | woke up all in tiem-
BILE"
Miss Munson stopped. "Whnt do you
think of the dream? she said, in a few
minutes. "Do you think it possible that
it could have had any especial Significance
or should YOU think it merely II sleeping
vagary of romantic, imaginative girl r
II think that it would depend entirely |
upon after events" | answered "thcy
might or might not prove its siGniii-
canoe.
"Do You think so? ?" she said, eagerly.
"Wcll it seemed to me that trty did,
but the worst of it has been | have never
been quite sure-never quite sure. But
| will tell you, and you shall judge. y
wear from the time | dreamed that dream
/ actually met that same young man one
morning on the street. | had on my lilac
gown and | held spriG OF lilac in my
hand ! had broken it off the bush ms !
came along. He almost stopped for
second when he came up to me and looked
down into my face | was terribly start
led, for recognized at once the man OF
my dream and cant tell You how hor-
riblc and uncanny it all seemed ion
minute. Thre was the same handsome
lark face there was the broad hat, and
tLe velvet coat and the easel under tie
arm. Well. he passed on. ana dld but
| I was in n Hu,tcr NIL dav. and his ewes
seemed TO be looking into mine continual
lv
ga few DAYS afterwarl he called upon
mo with Mrs. Graves. n lady who used to
live in Ware and take boardors. She
moved AWAY some wears ago. | learned
that he was an artist His name was
no. [ will not tell YOU his name. lie Is
from your city. and well known. He had
engaged board with Mrs Graves fo, the
summer After that there WAS scarcely II
dav but [ saw him. We were both en-
tirelv free to seek each others society,
and we were together n great dead. he
used to take me sketching with him. aud
he would come here at NIL hours of the
day as unconcernedly us II brother might.
| He would sit beside me in the parlor and
watch me sew, and in the kitchen and
watch me cook. He was very boyish and
unconventional in his ways, aud used To-
think it charming. We soon grew to care
a great deal about each other, OF course,
although he said nothing about it to me
for a long time. / knew from the first
that loved him dearly, but from the first
there was. ms there was in my dream, II
kind of horror OF him along with tia
loyc it kept me from being entirely hap
by. The night before he went away he
| spoke. We had been to walk, and were
standing here at my door. He asked me
to marry him. looked mp in lis face
and felt Just us did i'll the dream about
giving INN the flower, when all Of Il sud
den his face looked different to me, just
us it did IN the dream. | cannot explain
ii. II was as if | saw no more OF the
kindness and the love i'll it, only some
thing else-evil-a and the same horror
came over me.
IL don't know how I looked to him MS !
stood gazing up at him, but he turned
very pale aud started back. My God
Caroline. he said, what is it 2
II don't know what | said, but it must
have expressed my sudden repulsion very
strongly, for, after Il few bitter words, he
left me. and went into the house.
never SAW him again. have seen his
name in the paper. aud that IN all. -
Snow, want TO know" Miss Munson
went on 'if You think that my dream
was really sent to me as n warming or
that fancicd it all and wrecked no,
won't say wrecked dulled the happiness
of my whole life for nervous whim ~
She looked qucstioningly al ne, IN eX-
preston at once serious and pitiful on hey
delicate face. | hardly knew what to say.
1t was obvious that | could form no cor
rect opinion unless ! knew the man. [
wondered if ] did. There was IN artist
of about the right age whom | thought
of. Ii he was the one-well, think Miss
Munson was right.
She saw that / hcsitatel. "Nevcr
mind, she said, rising with her usual
quiet, gentle smile ON her lip, ''ou don't
know any more than do, r.. never
| shall know in this world All hone rs