Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-10-29
HER OWN ENEMY.

" believed.
cannot marry a rich man will not
Marry az ALL this country Wears daughter
told herself with deep drawn sigh: this
girl who " rs utterly sick of cold shoulder of
mutton ami plain boiled rice and tr,acle,
who had to wear her gowns till they wcro
threadbaro and her Shoes till they would
mend no moro.
1t was pure accident, of course, mcreSt
chance, that just as she reached the old stone
bridge ON the left of the mour--tho pctur-
eSque hrhcn-robcl bridge beneath which
the river danced and ripplcd It's smoothly
often as "a lmpid woodland stream Daniel
Wess, Is should suddenly appear.
ooh. how vou etartad me- cried the girl,
whercat the Young man laughed and offered
her penny for her thoughts well, if you
must know | was thinking OF Nou," she re-
turned candidly.
thinking Of me-" he echoed aud n deep
flush covered his honest, handsome face.
Something pleasant, hope, Miss I.c Strange!
Don't You remember the ancient adage,
Talk of the old gentleman etc, and sup
pose talking holds good for thinking|
II thought it was Talk of the angels and
you'll hear their wings said Dcsircc, shyly.
ooh, 80 am a white winged angel am II
Wei, | could scarcely be anything better
And then, involuntarily it seemed, they
both halted and looked down at the river
with its c,l.rc of fallen leaves and whitening
bracken, with its little wavclcts all rosy dim
pied and ambcr-crcstcd bcncaril the sun, dy-
ing smile
How pretty those flowers arc." remarked
Daniel ,re,.u.i, "'TIc .,..,.I. u.,,.i,... ,.,..
particularly fine,
apo v.a tlt.- p.t.. Annie mirbt
tatolH.. and She hold
th,it.. f...ni.u ......., ..,l...,.Itonco.
Uetooil .....,I... ui.I., "i...,..i: Won. " Lut
he did NOT ~.,. ne ,Iiuull ,,iv,, t,l.,n to Ammo
his lanlhdv', rod hnirr,l lsrlliillluLi.r I'm
Daniel N,.srTs owes thnt,. vo. mn oirI ca
beautiful a., D,,;rro Io Strunon. to hin, .h,
yyns inst nel.fr,t with bor CROWN or ,ir,,Ii,er
hair. almost fine color of fin. bu,,i.nid mn
tumn leaves. with her s,arl,t thread of a
month and ,,ilI-rosn tinted checks n,,d o,.o.
deep and blup
"When met Won inst nn,v " he. .,i,l Jiti-
IDENTITY. "vou said Won were thiul,ino of mo
Desircc." in a half-timid yli,i,or my dor-
ling. think of Won always0 And now fine
ice broken. he told her how there was no
room in hi, heart for aught but her. hi, soft
ewes dark with intense feeling ElouuentIy
he NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Won will NOT
throw away a love like mine; no man will
~ | nd
he moved n step forward rs tbourh 70 rlosn
her to him. but the Girl slIrnuli back terrified
ooh how ronld Won mistake nv meonin,,,,'
she exclaimed II never tho,iohf- ran't yn,
understand. was but turning over in NV
mind the probability of vour evnnt,l,,ll,, com
inc IA carr, fo, .Iau,, or Nu,.i,l
Il could not marry vour stcp-,i,ter.s " de-
clarod Daniel. cmpbaticnllv Then in n low,
earnest tone. SO tender SO GENTLE ,n nload
lng. that the words seemed to find tho;r way
To Dcsiree's heart: AVON. dearest are my
ideal woman don't YOU thinl; Won rould
learn to care for me a little, | am a very
Young barrister. it is true. bu, not wholly de-
pandent ON NV profession for a LODGING and
crust; besides. Desire. darling. / do NOT mean
to I've ALWAYS a brio'les, hoIl,i,t,r hnvo
gone through the usual examining. NV father
i, anlldtiouS for me. and-who Knows er-
hap, some day NAV rise TO e,niupuc. Oh
don't bli rbt nv future"
He Opened his arms as though he would
clasp her to his throbbjnl, heart and keen her
forever. for all time. Bit the next moment
he had checked himself his hands dronro,I
heavily to his side: fot there was no answer
inn, love in Dcsir4e's face onlya stony fxad
stare
How handsome he is" the Girl could nor
but think. The perfect face and the form of
splendid manhood were his Oh what n
thousand pitieS he had none of hi, worlds
wealth. Had he been only moderately rick
Desirce lie Strange would have suffered hin,
to take her small hand in his lroad naln,
and they would have been eycutuaIly
married and like the legends Of nursery
DAYS. lived happilv ever after. But D.siree
lie Strange did not see fit SO to Ito. II could
lot marry a Door man, she said. SOFTLY but