Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1886-03-20

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face like an angles. People turned te
look at her as she went by; had they
bowed down before her Bond would
scarcely have felt surprised. She was
attended by couple of handsome men
one deferential, the other more observant
of the sights around. Her brothers, com
mented Bond, who had squeezed himself
into doorway, and peeped timidly al
her over the bonnets of two elderly ladies
AS each passing cab momentarily shut
her out from his sight his breath came
fast and thick; he almost feared least he
should never behold her again. Quite
unconscious of the existence of her new
admirer, she proceeded on her way
and soon disappeared in the crowd.
Then with the desperate courage which
is perhaps most common in timid men
Fond plunged into the shop and asked
the assistant her name.
ssYou mean the lady who was looking
at these gloves?" inquired the dappe1
youth, pausing in his task Of returning
them to the box in order to stare with ev.
ident amusement at his questioner.
'.The ladyw repeated Bond, absently
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 pair of gloves which had just beer
tried on he bounced upon them eagerly
What was this strange thrill that went
through and through him? 'The touch
of vanished hand?" Sympathy? Surely
he was travelling the road of knowledge
II want a 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.
Shall put them in paper, SIR"
Paper! Yes, wrap them up carefully
Gloves are apt to soil in the pocket
1t was not very rational act he had
Just committed, and yet he contrived to
cover it neatly with little pretenses and
SO disguise its real purport. Was not he
a student of human nature! and was not
the hand an index to character? and was
not the glove an index to the hand
Here, then, he was starting at the be-
ginning of things, as became a sound
philosopher. So, for the purpose of his
study, he laid the gloves on the table be-
fore him and riveted his gaze upon them.
He even pressed them passionately to his
lips, an act that made him blush as deeply
as if Eulalle herself had witnessed it.
Had not she touched them? and ali! what
sweet smile she had! Logic could not
fathom that, but he recognized its truth
nevertheless.
During the ensuing fortnight Bond
went out every morning in the hope OF
getting brief glimpse Of the charming
Eulalle, and, when successful, returned
brim-full of happiness. The rest of the
day he spent in building castles, con-
structing new settings for his gem. Ii
was delightful occupation, this contin-
ual intercourse with his divinity. Though
she knew him not, probably had never
even seen him, they two lived an ideal
life together. Wherever she went this
shabby bookworm whom, it may be, she
would not have deigned to notice, accom-
panied her in fancy; he dined, walked,
talked and laughed with her; he invested
her with every virtue, set her in perfect
home, and provided her with every COM
fort, content himself to be her devoted
slave and minister to her wants.
In accordance with this theory Bond
attributed to Eulalle qualities the very
opposite of his own, or rather, what he
supposed to be his own, for he set a very
humble value upon himself. He made
her out to be all that is pure and lovely
"She is generous" he said; "did she no!
give sixpence to crossing sweeper?
never gave sixpence to crossing sweeper
in my life. My temper is vile, hers is
sweetness itself. Did I not see bel
smile? She is the most beautiful woman
in the world. 1 am the incarnation Of
ugliness. He looked in the glass and
saw it was true And so he had no diff.
fculty in constructing his golden image
before which he, vile creature of clay
meekly bowed his head and did obeis
ance.
There was a strange pathos in the
love of this solitary student for an I'M.
known woman, whose influence, uncon.
sciously exerted, had gone far beyond
the limits of her personal acquaintance
Had it done nothing else it would have
raised him above the dreary level which
he had SO long occupied, but it presently
took more practical turn. When he
beheld his cherries room, the cat, the
only thing in it, and thought of that
perfect home of his fancy, there flashed
Into his mid the question: Where is the
money to come from; and what am I, to
aspire to such as she, even if had the
money? This thought fell upon him
like thunderclap; it threw him into a
stupor, out of which he emerged tremb-
lingly.
Awakened to the reality of his dream,
the strong man girded up his loins and
put forth his strength which had hitherto
lain dormant. Though he could not
forego the pleasure of seeing Eulalle
every day if possible, the afternoons and
evenings were henceforth devoted to
work. Many years before he began
to write book, which he had not had
the energy to finish; he now took it up
again, and worked at it day and night.
Fame and fortune opened out before
him; useless before, they had now be-
come priceless, for did they not lead to
how the blood coursed in his veins al
the thought-Eulalle!
Dissatisfied with the condition of his