, 1884-04-25
LOVES POTENT TEST.
The Enduring Current That Flows
On and On Forever.
The Passionate Promise Which
Flccked the Horizon of Harold
WyVerne's Lnwn-TennIs and
Cigarette Existence.
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"Do you really love me, Beryli'
A pair OF soft, lustrOus eyes looked up in
quirlngly into tho face of Harold Wyverne,
aud over the sweet, girlish face swept a wave
of pallor, quickly followed by a sunny smile
as she saw by tho expression Of Harold's face
that his question had not been asked In Sc
robustness.
How you frightened me" She said, most
ling close beside him in the conidimg. trust
full way that is so characteristic of woman
when sEe is about 10 lay pipe for a new bon
net. III You had been in earnest, Harold, 1
believe your words would have broken my
heart and stopping to the other side of
the conservatory, into which they had wan
dered after the last waltz, she gazcd stend-
lastly out into the deepening gloom Of n No
vember night.
Poor little birlling, - said Harold 10 him
sclii "hnw mudly she loves me. Ny words,
oven though spoken in jest, hive affected
her strangely, and she steals away for AN in
slant to conceal tho tears that cannot be re-
strained
Harold had never been arrested for know
in- too mich He was a young mau Of
5tusulurly purn lifp and tight pants, and
never once had there swept ucross the ui-
hockul horizon OF his lnvu-tennis AMI
cigarette existence the cold, stJlid fact that
after whirliuT IN the dreamy measures OF u
waltz even the best Of women love To steal
awhile away and stand mpstontatiously on
the side Of their iost in order that their corns
may tIrOb untrammeled in all the buyant
]gladness Of II temporarily removed slipper.
Aud 50, when he started to cross the con
scrvatpry, BerylS quick movement was in
terprcted as a thrill OF joy ut his approach,
ami there wo!lel up from his heart a
great Hood of love for this girl
u maelstrom of tender affection thath he could
neither control nor explain. And when lie had
reached BcrylS side ho saw again the lus-
trou s eyes looking into lis, felt the dewy
lips quiyering beneath tue large, threo-story-
and-basomeut kiss that he pressed upon
thpm, and over all there came the subtl,
odor Of the flowers that surrounded them
fit incense indeed FOR the altar Of a pure and
paSiOnlcss love.
81 know You love me, darling" he said.
drawing hcr clos, to his sky-blue s~uspender,
and bending teI.derIy above the coronal Of
golden hair that her father had agroad To pay
for the first Of the month. a know it full
vol, and it was wrong Of mc-very wrong
to cause you pain. Am | fOrgivenf
J. For answer she twiued her white, gleum-
ing arms nbUut his neck, and us he stood
there, II willing prisoner in those dimpled
fetteIs Of love. she kissed him in the low
non-reyerbcratiug fashion she had learned ut
NaSear. Yes" she said, a do indeed love
you, and when we are married will proye
that love by . test whose potency cannot
be denied even by those who scott at wesIded
bliss, You will know then that my love for
you is not the ephomeral passion Of IA day,
but n deep, enduring current that flows on
and on forever
What is this testl7 he asks.
Il shall, ~ she replies, mover try to make
bfcuit ~