Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1885-12-05
CHAPTER I'LL
FIRST LOVE,

1t was about this time, l think, that s,,ch
training rs Mr.. Lorraine had Indirectly
given mo began to bear its first full crop of
truit. When first | stopped into the world
the novelty and fire. shness Of all I saw had
kept the evil which I had imhibel in the
background. But now that / was a man.
now that the glamour with which a boy
surrounds everything had faded away,
much of Mr.. Loralne's teachings many of
his cynical axloms. came back. perhaps un.
awares, u M. The certainty winch hs had
always felt as to some selfish motive being
the hidden handspring in every action Of
NIL Or woman, with me became at least
suspicion. 1 had already met with false
friends, who had, under the guis, of fri md
ship, robbed me not only Of monay, but Of
what l valued more-trust in my fellows.
After awhile | began to persuade myself
that such popularity as I enjoyei was not
du. to my own merits, bu5 to my worldly
Pr uses 10, thai | was BY no means a fine
-ello"'-meraly a young mar. Of .arg, pvr
ertv.
This feeling Is a danger which contin.
u"I : besets a rich AMI sensitive man, es-
peclally il bis companions are poorer than
himi,If, AMI his own nature is not such as
can accept aattery rs his Qua. Under such
circumstance it is easy to develop much Of
tha c 'nicism of Julian Lorraine.
Women had Us yet lone nothing to lower
nv self-e TEEN. Until now, had not
found thu woman l could love. Ole reason
fer this was. that l wa still OF a romlnt 9
nature, and was resolved that whomsoevcr
asked to be MI wife should love ma fer
myssif-not for my money.
wish, so far as possible, to keep this tels
Tree from any sarcastic remark Of my own,
hut at that tim, I often wonl rel if tn,
MO hers of fair youle daurhters wouli
have found IN, sucn Il charming fellow nai
not julia, Lorraine made t::at brief will.
But at last I was in love-hopele,slv, I'M
r~e'erve'!v in love. My nature is. l believe,
a passionate one. AMI nov that it hal found
Its aim. I gava it full AMI frea sccps. I
loved madiv, b.indiy, AMI. alaA ~j,alously.
l had set my heart upon no daughter
Of Il wealthy or VOL born family. Tie
girl l lovd was not one whom l me- in
society; vet I proudly thought of th, day
when every eva woull turn and ba dazz ed
by her beautv-when PEOPLE who apprai led
the charms Of fair women would rank those
ct my wife ah,va all.
Of course l was partial-all lovers are
but now, as l glance from my pa par to the
portrait which han Is on t 10 wall facing ma
= NSA - ~ ut 4oNo ~ uOO IthA Iu3
far astray.
The soft, thick fair hair growing low
down on the forehead, and swept back over
the eur to join the kuottei. silky mass at
the back OF the head. The head itself,
small, well-shape1. and, above all, we'll
coised. The la's,. soft, dark blue eyes.
The fringe of long. straight lashes-ves,
straight, mo- curvel-falling, when tho
eyes are closet, literally on the cheek. The
cirlish, yet perfect figure. Ali l nesd NOT
look at the portrait to recall anil describe
nv Lowell
For the rest. her name was Viola Keith.
She was an orphan. and all but alone.
How l met her. where I met her, matters
little. Nearly all first meetings take place
under prosaic circumstances. Anyway, as
NV eyes mot hers. l told myself that I
looked at the one woman whom it was po%
sitl' for me to love with au eternal love.
knew nothing of her family or her sur-
roundlngA. lcarei to know nothing. One
question only asked myself: Can l win
her. and win her for my own sake' Here.
even bore, in tn" first flush of nv now love
suspicion of motive must be guarded
against.
So when. at last. l was able to tell hsr
hat name lore. l changed 1t. anl called
myself Mr.. Julian Vane. She should, il
she loved me-, marry nle. thinking she was
marrying one In her own station Of life.
Not that her station was anything to be
! ashamed Of. So far a. I could gather, shs