The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-03-06
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 "ln tete-a- tese with Jennie Carew, Vo- non told her that he had becn iA danger Of misunderstanding her at first; that coming from Europe, where girls are more circumspect, her nods aAd becks aAd wreathed smiles had psrplsxea him. JeaAie Riggied aAd Auttssed and treated him to more smiles and glanceS, but ia the back of her wise little head his speech made her distrrst him.
 With Mary Harris, Vernon gosSiped over the doings and inhabitants of their city, for the different circles they moved in intersected and tAey had friends in common, but she kAew his reputation tor beng dissipated and a lady killer who boasted of his conquests; so she was warned and armed.
 Nov, mind ysu, this is not to say that Vernon was disagreeable to these girls he was not. TAsy were all three hut tered and conscious about him. He had that innate power to attract and interest women that men ns more sec nor uu- dsrStand in each other than women can tell what 1t is in ono of their number that universally attracts men. But these girls were simpiy too shrewa to allow them selves to be entangled in a love affair with Vernon. They declined to take him seriously, and 1t was his delight to be taken seriously.
 ~Of coarse, in experimenting with Liz xie Gregory it did not take Aim long to discover that she was as inexperienced as a baby, and as impressionable as she was 1E .A E~ft k2~ fn..A like . shot bird. Hts fiaads would have laughed to ovsrhear hiu playing at being refined, enthusiastic, misunderstood by the world, a reader, sonetAiag of paint or, utterly disgussed with Jackson, CaEe~ and Harris. and by iHtercace utterly sub jugated by her. Lizzie, who had never been fAttsred at home, new heard hos exquisitely bcaud ul he thought her her hair, forehead, eyes, mouth, hands, figure, and fses, that she had always had a good opinion of herself, ware now praised to her hearts content, and of course all the rest of the battered old coln of filtration was received by her as gittering, new minted gold. He asked her to be his wife early la tho sction-he always en- gagged himself to his conqussts-and i'm pressed 1t upoa her that their happiness was to be a secrst till he had seen his relatives and made his plans. This last phrase seemed very imposing to her. She trusted him implicitly; but for the concealment of their engagement she would have boen deliriously satisfied aud happy. She had gone seeking marriage you know, aad had found love, as many go seeking love and find only marriage She grew thin and feverish and ethereal You know Balrsc speaks of the dignity oi the woman who ts beloved. ln her 1, va: the rapture of the elect, she felt that she walked in halo of Veraon's love.
 "Venon soou saw that while he could take her heart and senses by storm tha, | he could not even understand her mind Tho subjects that intercsted her thoughts bored him to extinction, and his shAllow ness annoyed her but caress or com pliment brings such small jars right h the early days of illusion. and Lizre wa, easily maae content to stroke the fair loog ears of her gentle joy. IL was ( mach more serioas matter when Veruos began to get tired. and he soon did tire He was accustomed to crowd two o' three such fllrtations into a season.. ], has been remarked that a man can no al ssim ulate when he Is tired. VsrnoE could sct part to please Lirzie as lcag as he was interested eaough to care tt please hex; when his interest Jagged his lo~e of ro!licking good time, whict was a genuine taste with him reAsSexted itself. and he appeared as c pested jaci aAsag the maids with the three othe, girls. Poor Lizde could hardly believ, Ae vas the game man who had told he. that she was his ideal Load laughtel and . constant rspetitoa of cant phi ass, wore repugnant ts her every idea Of di vession. How cesld she, with her nat aIaiiy serious nature workeA 9pop by passionate love-makiss, join Ia romE of which the chief feature was covering the resisting Vsrsoa's face with court. plaster cat in queer sAaposf She re- mained apart from the others, aad he no loageT se4ght her. Julia Iacksoa tool hln to task for neglecdng Lauie, anc Ae tried to atese, bat he knex tAe charm of the affair was ovex fei hiM; and wheu she inportuned him tc tell of their engagement to her grand fAtheH, he made lame sort of promise te write to him for hex hand, and lelt the town Althsagh she believed h hiA with faith worthy of better object, the posr girl felt that the gosd days of un. reasoaiss happiness were done, and the pain e( Vsrnens absence asd her sas. resse aA his silence broke down her pride and one day she sobbed out all her story on her grandfAther's shoulder
 The old man was han and Ioa bled He had net thought much of Vernon, bat that little had been somewhat con- tsmptuoasly tolerant, and ths depth oi L zzie's feeling confosnded him but as he saw thas her feelings were reused, his anxiety was not how she had e.1aed h:s vigilance and fallen In love after all, but whether Vernon would prove an honor able fellow.
 "At Last letter came from him. b0f it was to Lzzie herself, assuming a pleasant summer spent together goss, ping lightly about people and things; speaking Of a reunion at some future time, but As far as