Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-01-22

beauty-decidedly brunettes. and of
very graceful figures and easy car
rage.
Feeling a little awk ward ia nv
change of dress, ana thinking that
every oRe would notice it. turned as
If TO look at sailing vessel, whose
graceful outline could be distinctly
seen rising and falling TO the waves
While standing 50 and waiting for
them TO pass | was utterly perpleIed
by the blonde, who at that moment
seemed 10 see me- and with an Elk.
clamstion Of
Why, Charley, you ? naughty
truant, where have you beenGn She
threw pair lovely arms Sround my
neck, and before / could draw back
had imprinted delicious kiss upon
my lips.
/ was utterly dumiouudeS, but be
fore ! could stammer out any at
tempt at an explanation she added:
You dear, stupid, overgrown boy,
why did you not come direct to the
hotel and take us out to bathei Here
are my friends, Mabel aMd Annie
Gray. We would have gone with
you"-and adding in a Whisper
want you to admire Mabel isn't she
lovelyp And thea followed an intrs-
duction, while still stood utterly be-
wildered.
What could / do2 l felt myself the
creature of dream from which it
would be cruelty to myself to wake,
beside it would be useless then to try
to say word, for as if she were car
rying out an already studied plan that
l, her supposed brother, should fall in
love with Mabel, she, whom l must
call the blonde had moved on with
the younger sister Annie
For a few seconds | walked along
by the side of nav com panion, utterly
perplexed as to what should say or
do. 1t was evident that | had been
mistaken for some one else-the
brother of the one who had so singu-
larly saluted me, and IN all pr0babil-
| ity the clothes that | was wearing had
been the cause of the mistake.
But what could dot 1t seemed to
me to be absurd to say to Mabel, who
appeared TO be unconscious OF my en-
barrassment, or if she were conscious,
attributed my silence TO the mex
perience of youth Lady, I ann not
he who you think I am-the brother
of the most beautiful beng who has
so lovingly embraced me, tits true
| wear his clothes, ornamented with
fancy buttons, and a scarf, whose pin
of hearts transfxed with arrows, had
led to this mistake. But it was by an
error of him to whom they belong
that ] am wearing them" 1t would
have been awkward, to say the least,
to have volunteered this explanation
in a crowded fashionable thorough
fare to one to whom | ought to have
been an utter stranger, and further,
] could not tell how she might act
it might occasion e scene Of which j
had the fear arising from Inexperi-
ence.
/ therefore determined to maintain a
prudent silence and wait develop
ments. The sister was already out of
sight, probably in furtherance of the
desire to hurriedly express that her
brother should have the opportunity
to win the love Of her favorlte school
friend Mabel
But was l so disposed, had | been
the brother that | was supposed to
| be-
! Such might nave been the case, for
Mabel was beauti ful beyond a doubt,
with eyes that seemed to command
rather than WOO ones admiration, and
with figure perfect in movement as
in grace and form.
But | had seen the sister of the un-
known wbose clothes [ wore. ] had
felt her arms around Bly neck, | had
seen her eyes look INTO miue, and had
felt the pressure of her lips, and / was
conquered. l felt new life borne
within me, new hopes, new aspira-
lions and quickcned impulse rising
into love that made nae blind to
Mabcl's beauty, had she been a thous-
and times lovelier than she was.
The silence, however, was at last
broken by my companion, who said /;
Your sister has been uneasy about
you, she was afraid that you would
not be here in time for the hop this
evening"
Indeed, Isaid, scarcely veRturing
TO add more.
Yes" said my fair companion,
''she told rae that you had overwork-
el yourself and seemed afraid that
your health was yielding to the
strain, but l think hsr fears were
groundless
To this / scarcely ventured any
reply for fear of bungling. / had my
clew, and that was this: There was
going to be hop" at the--hotel
that evening, and my fair friend evi +
IDENTIFY Intended to attend in company
with the "Unknown. Fortunately
| had brought with me an evening suit
for change. / determined therefore
to be there, and hoped, after an ex
PLANTATION with the Unkoown, who I
had no doubt would be there, TO OBJ
tain proper introduction to the sister
for whom | had obtained a most ar
dent feeling.
As soon, therefore, as l could do so
VITA discretion, and cautiously weigh
ing every word I said fer fear Of
/ precipitaling a premature disclosure,