, 1885-11-08
A TWILIGHT EPISODE.


NAAh ANtA' W Ah' ANNAaEW AOAHa NNHA
born OF what IS termed good frw
England stock well placed in life
was the pet of e loting widowed
mother, Whose great ambition Il x,s ir
see her only 9hild take aouspmloni
hOnors along tho pathway of liIr /
have endured all the torturing ireppia
ton aud anxiety which comes 10 thr
heart Of "A Youth IN looking forward ti
those frightful raaminatious Which
ring terror to the heart ot Tho GOA
.cientious student, who tremblcs At tho
thought of shaking lii- fond mother 5
faith in the brilliant talents bi her
o spring / have held The stroke oar
of a Harvard boat when I lclt that thu
eye Of America was upon me, ami the
{ uttcriug OF the red ribbons IN tho
shore were squirting me To my speedy
utmost. | have made my maiden speech
to q stolid and imperturbable Jury
when my future career seemed to hang
on their confused and cloudy udg
mcnt
ct, at ~. one experience was lack
ing j had never been absolutely and
madly in love That *. / had never
been positively overwhelmed with la
grando passion, - and / had begun to
fear that the delicious ccstacy wonld
never be mine, when one hot saturday
afternoon in August J packed up nv
portmnnteau for a run down to the
Shoals. Arriving there by the late
afternoon boat, there was nothing for
inc TO do but TO appeal to that superb
being behind II ihine stone breastpin
known rs the hotel clerk for the host
room no could give me. thence to re.
pair to the dining room, satisfy my
sharp-set appetite, and then ioin the I'M
known crowd on the piazza, took one
of those comfortable arm-chairs which
are so plentifully supplied. and under
took to refresh myself with the oxhila
rating ocean breeze. watched tho
swell of the sea as the white caps began
to crest the waves, and ! deserted tho
coasting craft stan ing well of shore.
The twilight was slowly deepening into
darkness, and the few faiut stars wero
growing brighter while | continued TO
mediate and TO en- oy the serene and
peaceful influence of the place. The
calm OF my reflections YVES pleasantly
varied by the sound Of - ladys well
bred, low pitched voice. She was re
peating TO II gentleman By her side
those pretty lines Of Aldrich's;
IAN day to watch the blus wAve curl and
hrenk,
All night to hear it, plunsing on th-
Ia this ga dream such d%raughis II I'D, l
take.
l can not a.k for more.
"For ms the clouds, tn, ship sail by for
Fer me the petulsnt sea gull takes it
lighf,
And mino the tenler moonrise on the s,a
Aud hollow caves II night
After this was spoken In a clear, deli
cately accented tone, there was n slight
pause, and then the gentleman SAID
Those are very pretty lines, my dear,
and thoy never seemed TO me so full Of
meaning rs now-after all the hot
strife for money, place and power.
How much Of the beauty of life is com
mon to every mortal. The rich mans
millions can not m%onopolize the ocean
nor the sunset THAT is true, my
dear uncle, replied the lady. but, for
all that, the very poor have little time
to contemplate the beauties of nature,
and the very pressure for daily bread
cuts oil a large class from the enjoy
ments which seem common to all
Nv hat a very sensible young girl she
is ! said to myself-for young | knew
she was by that unmistakablo tone of
voice. wonder If | can not manage to
wedge into the conversation without APP
pearing TO be positively ill-bred; hut |
must blde my time, for il is a very deli
cate matter TO engineer oneself into the
good graces OF q total stranger. Hap
PLY, in the COURSE of n few moments,
the gentleman who was addressed as
uncle signitied a wish to move his
chair into q more sheltered nook OF the
piazza, and the lady was about to COM
ply with his whim by draggingeer chair
up 10 the appointed place. quickly
arose and begged her to allow me TO lift
her chair, for which she very sweetly
thanked me, and made it not impossible
for me to sit down in her company
yentured some question regarding
the range Of the thermometer as
compared with that on the main
land, which evidently struck tho
old gentleman as a very appro-
pirate subject of talk. He claimed
that the thermometer ranged 10 degrees
lower than that in town, and added
that, even in case of its mounting 10
the %nlneties, the influence Of the
atmosphere was such hat high temper
ature caused none OF the discomforts of
the land heat.
! soon found that my new %acquaint.
nee WAS II Of those memorable 7ealots
on the subject Of the shoals who gen
orally register themselves rs r. silents
Of ! oston- n OF whom told me that
for thirty eight years be hal never
failel to spend the summer at the
shoals, with the one unfortunate eek
eeption Of a year when he was in
Europe. In spite Of the allure
ments of the sea AMI sky. however.
the uncle Of NY fair unknown turned
a willing ear to the solicitation Of a
friend, who begged him to ioin a party
at a game of whist. The courteous
uncle said; II would gladly DIN you il
my niece will consent 10 te leit out
hereto find what pleasure she may in
gazing perhaps at the new star which,
she says, is found in the constellation OF
A~ndromeda. ''Oh, don { trouble YOUR
self about me, my dear uncle, ex-
claimed the girl; go and enjoy YOUR
whist while enjoy my astronomical
taste, and gaze on Cassiopoeia chair
and the constellation of Andromenda
and think of the love with which she in
spired the heroic Perseus | took
pleasure in listening to this little banter
gong on between uncle and niece. and
was not grieved to sec the uncle yield
to the seductions of a game Of whist.
When he had departed | was quite
conscious OF the unconventional situa
tion in which we were thrown-but
a Getting not to perceive it, | quickly
ventured to continue the thread of the
young lady's talk by saying: Il sup
pose this new so-called star will prove
to be a comet, and thus the disturbance
to the time honored ~reekonings of the
astronomers will he satisfactorily recon
clled Az the ackI owledged crratic be-
Fall ~overcoats at Polack's