, 1885-11-08

cfru her features, OH / shah feco@
ntlA that orae among ten thousand,
thrt an Rmo,t snrf can draw nt
lrfa7nu iitrlb les IN my mind S eye.
lighted my cigar, with my thou ms
psrslstrntly fixed on the lovely strai GER.
indeed. u WAS impossible to wrencl my
attention INTO any other channel
fell 10 pe;uring her 10 my mint
new size must have tho rich, H.. r
beauty Of c%oloring which distinguishes
the low voiced creole woman-that con
tralto tone would scarcely harmoni g.
with % hloudo beauty. | know she had
flushing teeth which CLEANED bewitch-
ingly with the ripping laugh, rich dark
hair, ioncled with n glowing chestnut
brown. the warm rcd blood deepening
in her fair young check, and those dark
blue eyes so fascinating when perfected
with the long dark lash AMI fine straight
eyebrow knew sho had a %uueenly walk
and even before | tossed the remnant
OF my cigar over the rail, | was desper
ately in love with the fair creation OF
my own brain How interminable seems
the time iuslu'a demain soir.
orc at first sight is II time honored
and woll-known experience, but mine il
a CASE OF love at first hearing
fingered in my armchair till ! not only
found the piazza quite deserted, but
preparations were making for shutting
up the house for the night, and | was
thus forced into moving off to my room.
| thin ] must have failed quickly
asleep from sheer WEAKNESS, but in tho
early morning / found my thoughts
wandering off to my fair captor. I
made i vorr careful toilet and de-
scended into the dining room gazed
around with feyerish anxiety, Watching
for Il fair creature who had grace in all
her steps, heaven in her eye and in
every gesture dignity aud love, bnt
saw no lady particularly attractive, and
] tried to solacc myself with the thought
that my unknown" would probably
reakfast late, as doubtless she was
kept up long into the night reading to
that lucky uncle.
wandered aimlessly round the piazza
and through the Office, hoping to hear
that voice again, but alas no. I list
lessly wandered round the island, with
perhaps IA glimmer of a hope that
might meet my swcet-voiced friend, but
then | thought ! might not recognize
her ii should meet her, if she were 81
lent and alone. | reached the pavilion
RANt ~ W sOObilt ny ulAulf hDlTll III
the calm pages of Marsh Island" but
my mind was too restless, and would
turn to the delightful possibilities of my
destiny. The forenoon had seemed very
dull and long. When | raised my eyes
to the ofing and espied the moor boat
nearing the wharf, my first thought at
the sight was the possibility of its bring
ing me a letter which might serve as a
gentle distraction from my reverie.
With that hope / slowly walked back to
the hotel and reached it. After the let
ters had been taken from tho mail bag,
the kindly voice of the proprietor wa
heard reading the superscriptions to the
crowd gathered around the counter at
the Office.
! have stood on the outside limits of
the crowd but n few minutes. when the
rather common place name of Mrs
Helen NJ. Steven was very distinctly
called out oh" said a comfortable
looking, middle-aged matron, quite
close up to the counter that lelongs to
me, If you please; thank you Then
turning to an old gentleman by her side,
she said Now, uncle, | shall have
the pleasure of greeting my husband to
morrow, for he told me he would write
the day previous to his arrival-and he
is going to bring with him my sons
wife.
was electrified. Could it be pos
stble' There was 10 installing that
voice. | heard again the same low,
rich tones mat had thrilled me on
the piazza, and whose memory had
chung to me the liyelong day. Was my
fancy to have this rude shock In
decd, must face the demolition of my
pretty castle in the air. My supposed
fair young friend was no other than the
sober matron before me. She, in turn
ing to so out, cast her eyes upon me,
saw my ill-concealed surprise and
troubled emotion, guessed the situation
At once, and mischievously exclaimed,
I'm revoir-iusqu' a demain soir