The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-08-26

and evening She was so happy that she
asked for nothing more. There would not
be another general washing for three
so until then the little garden gate
would seldom be open. But three months
would pass very quickly, and if they could
see each other daily, was not that bliss
euoughi What, indeed, could be more
charming than to live in this way, thinking
during the day of the evening look, ard
during the night of the glance on the early
morrow. She existed only in the hope OF
that desired moment; its JOY filed her life.
Moreover, what goo1 would there be in APP
pi oaching each other and in talking to-
gether! We're they not constantly hecon-
ing be ter acquainted without meeting. AL
though at a distance, they understood each
other perfectly; they penetrated into their
innermost thoughts with the closest iu-
tinacy. At last, they became 50 filled, one
with the other, that they could not close
their eyes without seeing before them, with
all astonishing clearness of detail. tna image
of their new friend; so in reality they were
never separated.
1t was a constant surprise to Angelique
that she had unbosomed herself at once to
Felicien. At their first meeting she had
confided in him, had told him everything
about her habits, her tastes, and the deepest
secrets of her heart. He, more silent, was
called Felic,en, and that was all she knew
Perhaps it was quite right that it should be
so; the woman giving everything and the
man holding himself back as a stranger.
She had no premature curiosity. She con-
tinued to smile at the thought of things
which would certainly be realized. So for
her. that of which she was ignorant counted
for nothing. The only important fact in
her mind was the intimacy between them,
which united them little by little apart
from the world She knew nothing about
him, yet she was 50 well acquainted with
his nature that she could read his thoughts
in simple look or smile. He, her hero,
had come, as she always said he would.
She had at once recognized him, and they
loved each other.
So they enjoyed most thoroughly this
true possession from a distance. They
were certainly encouraged by the new dis
coveries they made. She had long, slender
hands, roughened a little at the ends of the
fingers by her constant use of the needle,
but he adored them. She noticed that his
feet were small and was proud of the fact.
Everything about him fattered her; she
was grateful to him for being SO handsome {;
and she was overcome with joy the evening
that she found his beard to be of lighter
shade than his hair, which fact gave
greater softness to his smile. He went
away transported, when, one morning as
red spot ON her pretty neck. Their hearts
being thus laid open, new treasures were
daily found. Certainly the proud and
frank manner in which she opened her
window showed that even in her ignorance
as little embroiderer she had the royal
bearing of princess. In the same way she
knew that he was good, from seeing how
lightly ne walked over the herbs and the
grass. Around them WAS a radiance of
hal ~-th han ~
their meeting Each interview had its
special charm. 1t seemed to them as if
their felicity in seeing each other could
never he exhausted.
Nevertheless Eelicien soon showed certain
signs of impatieifce, and he no longer re-
manned for hours concealed behind bush
in the immobility of an absolute happiness.
As soon as Angelique appeared at her
window he was restless and tried to APP
proach her as he glided from willow TO
willow At length she was a little dis
turbed, fearing that some one might see
him. One day there was almost quarrel,
for he came even to the wall of the house,
so she was obliged to leave the balcony. 1t
was great shock to him that she should be
offended, and he showed in the expression
of his face SO mute a prayer of submission,
that the next day she pardoned him and
opened her window at the usual hour
But although expectation was delightful,
it was not sufficient for him and he began
again. Now. he seemed to be everywhere
at once He filled the Clos-Marie with his
restlessness. He came out from behind
every tree He appeared above every
bunch of brambles. Like the wood pigeons
of the great elms in the bishops garden, he
seemed to have his habitation between two
branches in environs. The Chevrotte was
an excuse for his passing entire days there,
on its willowy banks, bending over the
stream, In which he seemed to be watching
the floating of the clouds
One day, she saw that he had climbed I'D
on the ruins of the old mill and was stand
ing on the framework of a she'd, looking
happy to have thus approached her little,
in his regret at not being able to fly even SO
far as her shoulder.
Another day SIZE stifed slight scream as
she saw him far above her, leaning on an
ornamented balustrade of the cathedral, on
the roof of the chapels of the choir which
formed the terrace. In what way could he
have reached this gallery, the door of
which was always fastened, and whose key
no one had right to touch but the beaqlel
Then again, little later on, how was it
that she should find him up in the air among
the fiying buttresses of the nave and the
pinnacles of the piers9 From these heights
he could look into every part of her cham
Der, as the swallows who, flying from point
to point among the spires, saw everything
that was therein, without her having the
idea of hiding herself from Them But a
human eve was different, and from that
day she shut herself up more, and an ever
in reasing trouble came to her at the
thought that her privacy was being in
truded upon, and that she was no longer
alone in toe atmosphere of alteration that
surrounded her If she were really not i'm
patient, why was it that her heart beat so
strongly, like the bell Of the clock tower on
great festivals?
Three DAYS passed without Angeliaue
showing herself, so alarmed was she by the
increasing boldness of Felicien. She vowed
in her mind that she would never see him
again, and wound herself up to such de-
gree Of resentment that she thought she
mated him Bat he had given her his fever
ishness She could not keep still, and the
slightest pretext was enough for an excuse
to leave the chasuble upon which she was at
work.
So, having heard that the Mere CADET
was i'll in bed, in the most profound pow
erty, she went to see her every morning
Her room was on the Rue DIES Orfevres,
only three doors away from the Huberts.
She would take her tea, sugar and soup,
then when necessary go to buy her medI-
cine az the druggists on the Grand Rue.
O1e day, as she returned with her hands
full of little vials, she stared at SEEING Fe-
licen at the BEDSIDE of the old sick woman.
He turned very red, and slipped away awk-
wardly, after leaving a charitable Offering
The next day he came 10 as she was leaving.