The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-05-09

Anyway, in short time l had the whole
history of his love.
Fleurette and her mother came to Dale
bury some twelve months ago, and John.
whose heart had been proof against all local
charms, had at once surrendered. There
was something in the girl so different from
all others. Her beauty, her grscefulness,
even her pretty little foreign ways, had
taken him by storm and; as far as ] can
judge from the symptoms he described, his
case was very soon as desperate as that of a
boy OF twenty. 1t may be, the very strength
OF the constitution which had so long defed
love made the fever rage more fiercely. Yet,
severe as the attack was, the cure seemed
easy enough. He had comfortable home
and a good income to be shared; SO he set to
work seriously to win Fleurette's love. All
seemed going on as well as could be wished /;
the girl appeared happy in his society, and,
If she showed him no tangible marks of pref
erence, pleased and flattered by his atten-
tons. Yet at last, when he asked her to be
his wife, she refused him.
Now, although /, being four years young
or, and, moreovee, his brother, choseto laugh
at John--Call him grave, sober, and old
you must understand this is all in jest and
by way of good-fellowship, and that john
Penn was man any girl should be proud of
winning. He was no hero, or genius, or
anything of that sort; but, then, most OF us
move among ordinary men and women, and
only know heroes, heroines and geniuses, as
we know princes and dukes, by name. He
was clever, Woodworking doctor, with a
good provincial practice. Modesty deters
me from saying much about his personal
appearance, as the worid sees strong like
and well built and carried in his face a GER
sAln iooh Oh power, Wnicn right-minded
women IKE 10 see win men who seek
their love. His age was something over
thlrty, Our family was good and our name
uhsullied. What couid nave induced tieur-
et!e D9rvaux 10 reject nm! Beautiful she
might be, but the times are mercenary, and
peaulliai girls don win the love OF man
IKE Jonn every DAY IN the week.
Ailnougn Johh toiu me al ABOUT IL IN
cynieai sort OF way, which sat upon him as
badly as another mans coat might, he could
not conceai from me now deeply wounded
ne Was-now disappointed--and how Intense
nsu Deen ms love ior tne giri. AS he nnish-
eu us - recital l grasped ms hsnd, saying,
VII Will 'l iss assurance VI one VINO mas seen
inu s.IT ny
haru WORK Is the pest antldote and you
s su NJ " nase plenty VI tna,-you VIII forget
al aooue II ~ Iine, oi1 ieiioW;
don think shall, feel like man
"no, naNlns psen Kept IN twilght all ms
lle; 70 suo WI VIC sun iol an noqr, ana tneh
asain put pacA into tWiiight. lie VIII Tor
gst lhe sun no more than shall forget
rieuIette.
one seemed 70 me such sweet girl,'
SAID, douDuuliy.
she is perfect, said John. You have
seen nothing OF her as yet. Wait until you
can 1atnom the depths OF thought and feel
ing under that bright exterior. Then You
VIII say was not wrong IN loving her as l
uiamas 40 even now.
has any one else won ners was that the
reason she refused you!
IN, No one. one loves me, ana me only.
anas 90 you mean9 asked, greatly
surprised.
mat evening, when she told me firmly
ana oecislveiy sne would never marry me
never could marry me-even while | said
mad cIuei words to her, saw love in her
learIul eyes. anu when, forgetting all, j
neld ner ana kissed her once, and once only,
Ieit ner hps finger on mine. Then she
broke away and lied; but know such q
woman as FIeurette Dorvaux would not suf-
Ter mans kiss unless she loved him. che
wrote me few lines the next day, telling
me 1t could not be, begging me not 10 ask
her why. Since then she shuns me, and all
IS at an end; so please talk no more about
IL.
Here was nice complication Here was
knot to untiei John refused by girl who
loved him l own l was glad to hear him as
sert his belief in her love, as, somehow, it
panied me to think of Fleurette sporting
with mans heart. Although, as l told
you, determined at first that she was not
the right wife for John, had soon recanted.
and thought now how she would light up
the old house. and how happy John would
be with such bright little woman to greet
him when he returned of an evening weary
and tagged So l resolved to zee all could
OF Fleurette, to study her, and if 1 found
her as good as John said, to use my skill in
untylng the knot and smoothing the strands
OF their lives. never doubted my ability to
arrange the matter. had always been an
able family dIplomatist. Had l not, at New
durham, brought Roaring Tom Wayne back
TO his faithful but deserted wife. and seen
them commence life together again with
courage and contentment? Had not made
those two Old friends and partners, who for
some time pad been proving about with re-
Voivers In thelr pockets, hoping TO get a
snap shOt a. eac1 oLnef, snake hands, ana,
eseusua.at' rsis snein "oIhlns new e1a u.l
sose,hef. mad not stopped pretty foiiy
2 1!L,I iloni running away Win thae scamp
Dlch Long, VINO nau Two OF three wives al
reaos somewhere up lhe country IN TACT, SO
sucsssslu. nao peen IA arranging otner
PSVp,e ana MS .nat ~ seenieu 70 an expert
elceu manu- hAe IN nyselL ah easy matter 70
place 9ohn anu rleureese on proper looi-
ihg u..,
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