The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-05-14


riv same evening shc was ~ tnr con-
ser,atur,. and t.u.d Nanc tore reading.
They ne in ~ tails about nuNurs ,.id thr,r
names.
"Doyou believe" said Lady Liui,. "thnt
the cuartctcr OF pcopl, cen he known ny
tile flowers they love bc,ti"
"No, do not he returned Tor this
reason, that, Out ui twenty people, 81 Shtreu
would prefer the ruse or the lily; at,d
ctt ntccn characters eau never be ausc.
IL seem, to uIc 40 critttiju Whatv,,..--
what Is your iaNOittc mower Lady Lti-
las"
They had grown more familiar with each
other, aud frankly discussed c,cu utn,r's
likes aud d-uec,. sue answered min
readily
"Aecording to lou, I, Dcingunc OF TWEEN.
", snuuid say, Lac NY ur cine rose;
but il Is ncitncr love tuc daphne best;
aud think tuc word. 'dapiUc' is one Of
the most bcautiu, AID puttic Ia thu lau-
Euugc. 'illt,i,ti tuNs nest; but
.daInnu' set, ne q dreaming
Inc next M, nlt, lac bouquet waiting
Tor her mae, a. vrtit,il "i lovely ira.
grant white ua, .''v', t"r u''st size had
ever seen. INCA ,nv kuvW from Whum the
daily Offering came. Sc lJuocd from the
Hover, to To, handsome face 10 anNiousty
Watching her. Niuc -" crimson hush
rise from tnc beautiful uuuplCd chin tO
the dcad-guid hair, aud his ncirt beat rs
it had never duhc ucturc. Tier eyes dfoup-
ed from his, aid ,sln,tiiug tvudrr aud
loving came Into tue exquisite lace. II
seemed to him As tnuusu the ROOM swaip
round him.
sue was kindcr To him than to any ona
else; she talh,d to him, aud their CONVEX
sattun was always interesting. lie had
lived IN a world III whicn size knew nutn-
ing add d'strcd tu huuW s'..''thiug, and
she was Interested Ia every detail She
hardly knew nrrsvli how much time she
spent IN tlnmg To- hiu, and would have
looked up IN naughty surprise had any one
mentioned 1t To hcr
one morning snu rose earlier than usual,
aud, on gong out on tue western terrace
for a breath vi the sweet moruing ait, she
SAW him sitting At the farther end, wncrc
the pass,un.iONcrs grew. ili, face was
turned TOWARDS the river, Wuicn looked
golden in the murulus sunlight shc was
strucA with tnc gcntii, thd passion which
| made IL - different tu.i ordinary faces,
with its nudt, uupdl,y and ichdcmcut,
with tie proud Cattta-' 81 tue ncah, ana
| the erect graceful u1ur,.
| .Nu one can ever nn,tANC a gcutlcmau,"
| she said to herself. 'auW uucrcnt are
| that face and n-urr ton the faces and
| figures ut the ',uHs ul the sult'"
She saw sOnvtuit,, tuO IN the expression
| of his face wuieh prev Gated her from go
ing to him, and seat hrr indoors with
burning checks and a beating heart. III"
bouquet that waited for her that morning
were composed Of the sweet flowers that
poets call Notwithstanding"
Papn," said Lady Liliis, AS she sat
with Lord Aullcl In the library, "laye
| YOU ever noticed what very handsome
face Mr. Wharf hns:'
The Earl looked up quickly.
eyes; 1t has often struck me-" he re-
piled. 1t is not only handsome but dis
| tinguishcd. lie comes Of good family,
should Imagine. You would not lind such
face rs that among the crowd. The Vi
barts are good family, believe, with no
thing very particular about them. This
young man is only an adopted son of Sir
| RayGs, you remember"
"Ycs; but he must be Wharf too
most likely nephew, rs lac has the same
name. lie Is very unlike the men one gent
orally meets"
"My dear, he il u genius. II Is In that
that he differs from others. In the course
of my life have met hundreds OF young
men, but never one like him. lie has
poets soul, as well ~ the keen intelligence
ola business man; lac Is strange mixture.
admire him so much that | have - real
affection for him. The day will come
when the whole world will do homage to
him, and lie will be one Of the first men
in it,"
ado you really think so, papa" she
asked.
81 am sure of it, my dear LiliaS." And
she looked very thoughtful at his words.
Vanc was with Lady Lilas again by the
banks Of the cleaning river. lie had been
making further inspection OF the site for
the bridge, and was returning, when he
met her walking alone.
"Fate is against me-" he thought. CIV
cry moment aud every hour | fall deeper
and deeper into the gulf and no human
hand can help me-"
lie would hardly have stopped, but that,
when she saw him, a lovely rOse-llush COW
cred her face ana her eyes fell. some
quick keen instinct told him that, If he were
quite indifferent to her, she would not
blush At meeting him.
lie spoke few words, and then II
seemed quite natural that he should turn
round and walk by her side lie was In u
doirium OF delight rs lie watched her face
aud listened to her voice. She looked at
the cleaning river, bright sunshine, and
the radiant huos OF countless flowers.
''rhis is fiirylamd," she said.
"Al, no; it's Loves Laud, Lady Lilias
DO you know that lovely little ballad call.
ed Love at Sca'y"
"NO; | have not seen it,"
81 viii not 20 through ii all. viii you
listen to the first verse and the last"
Ito b Continued