The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-03-19

stay; only a fool searches for first
causes. All, yes; her smile was very
sweet
Though the weather was by no means
cold he had a fire lighted in his sitting
room, in order that his new pet should
enjoy the cheerful blaze. Abundantly
provided with milk, the cat 500 made
herself quite at home. Her master,
after silently contemplating her for a
few minutes, let his thoughts wander
away into the realms OF fancy.
He had already given a name TO the
Fair Unknown, and that name was
Eulalie-the prettiest one he could
think OF. He depicted her in her
home surrounded by smiling faces
all uniting to render homage to the
beautiful Eulaiie; and then he saw her
in another home no less happy, him
| self her vis-a-vis AMI sole a3mirer.
| Somehow or other the cat purring on
the hearth-rug at his feet seemed to be
a link between them, it was absurd,
| no doubt; he tried to struggle back IN
to a more rational mood-but all IN
vain; he seemed to have drifted into
another sphere in which reason was
unknown.
Next morning Bond went out into
the Grove again. He was out ofsorts,
he told himself, and wanted a walk
badly. And yet he fingered amongthe
shops, looked absently into the win
dows, and with furtive anxiety at the
passers-by. But Ola sudden he turned
scarlet, for on the other side OF the
street was Eulalie-a queenly woman,
tall and stately, charmingly dressed,
with a fringe of dainty little brown
curls on her forehead, and a face like
an angels. People turned to look at
her as she went by; had they bowed
down before her Bond would scarcely
have felt surprised. She was attend
ed by a couple OF handsome men-one
deferential, the other more o%bservant
of the sights around. Her brothers
commented Bond, who had squeezed
himself into a doorway, and peeped
timidly at her over the bOnnets oftwo
elderly ladies. As each passing cab
momentarily shut her out OF his sight
his breath came fast and thick; he al
most feared lest he should never be-
hold her again. He saw her enter a
shop, and presently come out again.
Quite unconscious OF the existence of
her shabby admirer, she proceeded on
her way and soon disappeared in the
crowd.
Then with the desperate courage
which is perhaps most common in
timed men, Bond plunged into the
shop and asked the assistant her
name.
"You mean the lady who was look
ing at these gloves?" inquired the dap
per youth, pausing in his task OF re-
turning them to the box in order to
stare with evident amusement at his
questioner.
The LADY," repeated Bond, alb
sently. There was but one in the
whole world for him. YES, yes, of
course"
81 don't know her name, sir"
Bond looked disappointed. But see
ing a pair of gloves which had just
been tried on he bounced upon them
eagerly. What was this strange thrill
that went through and through hima
''The touch of a vanished hand?"
Sympathy? Surely he was travelling
the road to knowledge.
81 want = pair of Gloves" he said.
These will do very nicely"
They are ladies, sir" suggested the
assistant.
"Oh, they'll do. My hands are not
large" He blushed as he spoke, for
they were huge.
"Shail / put them in a paper, sir?"
Paper! Yes, wrap them up care
fully. Gloves are apt to be solled in
the pocket"
1t was not a very rational act he
had just committed, and yet he con-
triye6 to cover it neatly with little
pretenses and so disguise it's real pur-
port. Wasnot he student of human
nature, and was not the hand an in
dex to character, and was not the
glove an index of the. hand? Here,
then, he was starting at the beginning
of things, as becama q sound philoso-
pher. So, for thepurpose ofhis study,
he laid the gloves on the table be-
fore him and riveted his gaze upon
them. He even pressed them passion
ately to his lips, an act that madehim
blush as deeply as if Euialie herself
had witnessed it. Hadnot she touched
them. And, ah! what a sweet smile
she hadl Logic could not fathom
that, but he recognized it's truth, new
ertheless.
During the ensuing fortnight Bond
went out every morning in the hopeo of
getting q brief glimpse OF the charming
Eulalie, and, when successful returned
brimful of happiness. The rest of the
day hs invariably spent in building
castles, constructing new settings for
his gem. 1T was q delightful occupa-
ton, this continual intercourse with his
divinity. Though she knew him not,
probably had never even seen him, they
two lived an ideal life together. Wher-