The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-03-21
A DREAMER OF DREAMS.

IF - wh'n the casual smile % " man
Fchan-as: tie whole tenor o hi, c4i>tCn,e.
He me. her IN Westhnurns Grove ole al
tumn aft raoon, and thu IN >ho smiled no.
Of him, hut at an oil crossing sweeper VIA
was thankin, he= with excessive volu,ility
for a skip nce. yet her tetutiful face WIS 50
charged With sws etnsss that Their arcs
within hir, a rew sensation which DC roull
not letin".
4 Can this b love lla asked him, r. az
ing earnestly after tn graceful tisure lis
appearing around the corner. ~E>haw it
Is absurd doa't even know her nam
.What is love- 10 proceeded Unity
the dovetis ing of angles-tha maoeting ot
extremes; Therefore dependent upon the
logical ia ulties which alone can classify,
sparatr and unite. Consequently, without
thorough knowledge love is impossible,
Yet her smile was swest-yeS, 1t certainly
vas very sweet At the thought OF that
exquisite vision the duh gray eyes bright
ened, AMI the sallow, eareworn face wore a
peculiarly soft expression
Bond rented Lodgings dingy rooms
Uttered with books and papers. fr,m which
his hndlaiy Was forbidden 10 remove the
dust He was seldom there, however, for he
lived in dreams. the construction IT which
occupied most Of his time, TO the exclusion
Of more solid work. y tall, gaunt, black
BEARDED man, with rounded shoulders ho
went about like scarccrow. a most tempt
ing object for the small boy, in the neigh
borhood TO pei. with jokes AMI orange peel
Walking homeward through Lack STREET
Be met number OF them Just turn Il loose
from board school They were engaged
IN tormenting eat held firmly 10y string
round its neck. At another time Bond
would have conc swiftly by. anNiou, Only
D. escape to peace AMI quietne>s, but now i
was different why, he could not tell SOM
causes ARE too subtle foc araly,is.
my COOL children" he said adyan Ing
nervously, You shout Int do that y1u
know
They turned ami faced him, = dubious
group really to assail or flee, acorhng AS
h. showed weakness or strength
"Why 10 you let TIE unfortunate ami
mali he pursued
Cos it's mine" rcplinl tn rel headed
young urcs'n who held t e strin;
Highly illogical, my toy
They o, ened their eyes and crinncl NJ
ono another After Il pause the yNung
spokesman demanded Il say, guy nor,
swhat'll yer give for it,
Ten ,hilins% See, here thy arr, Is
that enouy,
NeeSilc 8 to sly the bargain was struck on
the spot Bond paid tho money put the eat
under his arm, an walked OH, followed bv
yells VI laughter In his thrnalhare clothes
he certainly looscd an ungainly figure at
any time, lat the struggles Of tn, sleek and
hands ma t,l hy to free herself from his en-.
trace made hli II more than usually ~.
markablc object
Now, why iii buy this creature, he
asks himself Was hatred Of cruelty tho
sole m tive. No; each net is the resultant
Of two or NOR, forces Though the com
parispn may 10 carried too far, the cat nat
umly suggests woman, she Is tho old maids
companions why not the old bachelors a.
well ! am lonely There we get to tho
bottom II the matter sci sllncss under the
cuis, Of bencfi ence Not quite the bottom,
however; why more lonely today than yes
terday! But stay only foo! searches for
first causes All, yes, her smile wa, very
sweet"
In II rortlalcc with thi. theory Bond at
trihutet 10 Eulalie qualities tho very OPP
post Of hi. own. or rather. what he sup
lnssl to DO his own. for h. SGT very hum
81 value upon himself. And SO he had
no i'rnlty in constructing his golden i'm
aSo cforc which he, u vilo creature Of
tky, ncekIy bowel hi, head AMI did oboi
san -
He hal already given name to tho fair
unknown, an that name was EulalIe tho
prett - oan he could think Of He depicted
her Ia her home, surrounded by smiling
face father, mother. sisters, rollers all
uniting t. r,nlrr homage to tho beautiful
Eulalie and then he saw her in another
home no lrss happy himself her visa Wis
and sole atmirer Somehow OF other tho
cat purli y on the hearth rug ut his feet
seemed b. be link between them II was
absurd no doubt; he tried to struggle back
into more rational inood-but all in vain,
he seemed TO have drifted into another
sphere in which reason was unknown
Next morning Bond went out into tho
Grove again He was ont If sorts, he told
himself, md wanted walk badly And
yet he linycrel among the shops, looked
absently into Sbe windows, and with furtive
anxiety at the Iass,rsby But Of sudden
lie turned sallct, for on the other side Of
the street was Eulalie--a queenly woman,
tall and stately, chafmingly dressed, with q
fringe of dainty little brown curl On her
forehead, and face like an angels peopl
turned to look at her Gs sllo went by had
they bowed down before her Fond would
gcarcely have felt surprised She was at
tented by a couple Of handsome m'n ono
deferentia thu other more ohservant of tho
lights around Her brothers, commented
Bond, who had = ,teeled hins If int n door
way, ani leepcl timidly at her over tho
bOnnets Of two elderly ladies. As each PASS
ing cab monlcntarily shut her out from his
sight his breath came fast and thick. he
almost feared lest h. should never behold
her again He saw her enter II sl p, and
presently como out again quite tincon-
sio,is Of tn" existence of h shabby adnirer
she proceeded on her way. anl soon dis
appeared in tue crowd
Then with the desperate courage which
is perhap most common in timid men, Bond
p,ung"l INTO the shop AMI asked The assist
at her name.
You mean the LAZY who vas looking at
ths' gloves" inquired the dapper youth,
lansing IN vi, tas, Of returning them to the
los ~ order ~ stare with ctitent anus.
nient at his gu stioGrr
The lady Pat'd Fond, abscnty.
Th,r, was but one in the whole wor for
him We yes, Of coursr
Il Iul, nov her nam. ii"
Bond o.j disappointed But seeing a
pair of gloves h'h had Jifst boon tried on
he poun"ed upon them eagerly. What was