Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-03-16

Hetty took both his hands in hers and |
laughed genty-the woman's laugh which |
drives away the evil spirlts-it Is always |
the woman of whom the Devil is afraid, |
because she is clearsighted and direct and
cannot be humbugged. When she laugh |
ed aud pressed his hand, Paul felt a little
stronger as IA fainting man after u tea
spoonful of brandy His mistress knew
already that the guidance of this mans
life would he her owe. He was so ignor-
ant-but Ignorance may be cured so sen
sitlVe-a thing which can never he cured
so unaccuStomed to men and the ways of
the word-that he must lean on some one
and upon whom better than his wife
some women ~pise the man who is not
masterful-l think most women love to
be "drected' either by their husbands or
their parSon persons. Some of whom
lletty was one--lOve man all the more
for his weakness aud his untitness to fight
the battle OF life
you shall not 90 back to the ballroom
Paul. she said. "Yua are i'll to night
You are not tit for the noise and excite
ment. Little things--like the talk of
those two people--veX and worry you Go
to your own room and try to sleep. In
the morning you will have forgotten these
dreadful thoughts. If they trouble you
any more, dear, remember that everybody
in this house knows as much about you As
know my self. And they all love you
just the same rs If you had been the son
brought upln Florence or Nenice-or even
in Abyssina itself, for that matter. Lady
Augusta loves you as 1t you were her SON
Sibyl loves you, Clcely loves you 1t is no
great credit then for me to 90 on loving
YOU when you love me above all the others.
Oh! Paul, if you suffer. suffer If you
reproach yourself, you reproach me. We
have had the $ anne memory. Good night,
Pan, good night, my dear
She kissed him and cluug to him for a
moment and then let him 20.
Paul left her with bowed head and went
straight to his own room Then Hetty
went back to the dancers.
But she left the door open, and other
couples discovered this Temple of lncipi
eut love, and came here aud were perfect
~ happy Thus doth the same room wit
ness many emotions. il Is not, you see,
after all, monotOuous to be Il room.
Paul reached his own room. Struck
with some indicisiOu, he stood at the door,
his hand upon the lock, and listened.
Below the music was playing waltz
Ne seemed to hear the voices the dauC-
ers as they went round or as they stopped
to res "Full OF ghosts it is Medi
ums all humbugs Every kind OF
ctedulty here Fellow aid he came
from ADyssnia Are we finding
them out Came for what he could
yet, OF course Told that he's IN
the room somewhere . Hope he
won't hear what is said Do him good
If ne does Some cad pretending to
be a gentleman Ought to be kicked
dow ustars. he heard these
words and voices quite plainly and dis
tiuctly above the hddles and the harp and
the Gornet: though several stairs and
walks interposed between himself and the
speakers, he heard them quite clearly. 1t
was his punishment to bear them. Aud
then he heard the voice of Mrs. Tracey
Haulev Ever to hear the bells OF Heav-
/ Ia. l,nf far hut mt H.
early teaching it was, l suppose, which
cans ID him dreadful paug Even to
hear those beus-afar ofT-hOw should he
get within hearing of thos. bells -
Lastly he seemed to hear the voice of
Hetty. eco to your own room, Paul. 1t
was a voice OF authority. aud Paul obeyed
and shut his door.
So whIle the young men and the maidens
who were really not thinking about Paul
Il bit and had only used the subject for
an opening, were making merry, aud some
of the Young men were trying to say cleV-
er Things, and some were trying to look
used no, and some We're trying to look
handsome, and some were trying to look
distinguished, and some We're trying to
seem rs ii they were behind the SCENES IN
everything. and all were trying to look
twice as interesting aud attractive to their
partners as nature had made them-tnlS
I young man, who had also tried to make
INNS IF good deal more Interesting and
capable than nature intended was creep
iug miserable and guilty. between the
sheets The music went on and the cham
pagne corks popped, and the young men
| laughed, aud the girls smiled, and many
seeds were sown that night, which are
now Gtowlng into fine trees, covered with
| pOnlm,S d'uWOur. In the ballroom they
| were all 50 happy, and in the bedroom
there was one 50 miserable.
"Whrre is Paul, Hetty ~ asked Slbyl
| ''Ii,. has cot "A IIpHltul hpaI4pup
| have t1ld HIM TO 90 to bed. He Is maklug
himself miserable about having been me
| dlum, Sloyl. Say something kind to him,
VIII you, TO morrow =
| YES, / will You must console him,
| Hetty dear"
81 wiIl II can. But he thinks so much
of what you say, Slhyl.'
He will be all right tomorrow, lIetty,
| Don't be uneasy about him"
1t was about half-past five in the morn
| ing when Paul woke up. He woke with Il
start, expecting to hear the music below
and the voices of the dancers. There was
no music-the house was quite silent. He
sprang from the bed, and pulled the cur
| .it,A do hos GU n ny a TA INs