Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1888-12-28

D., our editorial chairs, we are far too
wide-awake. With me, of course, its
different. I'm not so very strong.minded,
and Paul and became engaged when we
were too young to know any better. So,
l presume We shall 60 on to the com.
monplace end"
Fair Lucie heaved a comical sigh.
'Confess now you like your bondage" :"
adjured the young writer. He was long
since her own, as her fathers, warm
friend.
"Well, maybe ~ up went the shspely
shoulders IN dainty shrug; "but you
must know was the weak Drained mem
Der of my class"
''Then, if it's sweet to you to be cared
for, it must be so for every woman.
LISTEN" said Hugh, boldly; 81 love
Georgette Ormesby. You have found
that out. Now, help me to win her;
tell me her insuperable objections to men.
and aid me to overcome them"
Lucie was touched; being wholly fem
mime, she was a natural match maker.
"Well, you see," shaking her small
foretinger emphatically at him, ''Geor-
gette hasn't any use for your kind, ex-
cept in the abstract-in her dental
chair-to torture their mouths and their
pockets. She is the bread. winner for
her family. | never heard her say,
but l know how she'd feel. She couldn't
ask any man to support her old father
and little sisters, and she wouldn't if she
could. And when she wants directore
gown or a pansy bonnet she doesn't have
to ask some grumbIing man for it She
just sits down to her desk and sends her
order and her check. That's better than
your matrimOny, isn't it2"
''Maybe; maybe not"
that little talk.
Georgette Ormesby should be his wife;
that was foregone conclusion; but his
besegement of her heart took new
form.
In the privacy of her own sanctum
she acknowledged to herself that she felt
that invulnerable fortress to be giving
way betqre his resolute attack, so long
continued. For all the winter had sped
away, broken up by young Scribners
weekly visits to Millsburgh, by numer-
GUS sIeighing and toboggan parties, by
all the impromptu gayeties which youth
"hN lONO ae STebG6SI
breach was made, of course, in an un-
expected quarter.
The Doctor returned to her fathers
house one evening at an unaccustomed
hour, to find the old gentleman playing
deminoes with the audacious scribbler
who had so long disturbed her peace.
Was nothing sacred from this fellow,
who would not understand her avoidance
of him2 Her office, her friends houses,
her festivities, these were free to every
body; but her home!
"Well, daughter, I'm glad you hap
pened home, MIR. Scribner comes in
every time he is in Millsburgh, to have a
bit of game and bring me news of the
town. / am pleased to have you meet
him at last, he has been so very kind"
Georgette stopped short, her lips part
ing to utter an indignant protest; but
the unblushing newsmonger arose and
bowed with the obsequious gravity of
stranger.
This was too much effrcntery; and the
angry woman fed, to work off her vex-
alton in walk.
She did not heed the soft beauty all
about her-the bursting buds and spring
ing grass, the gentle trcklng of little
rills in the outlying fields-till the town
was we'll behind her, and she stood upon
a foot bridge above the Moodna, with
the peeping moon to watch her.
The spring-time, the spring -time
The only pretty ring-timeW
Natures hour OF universal love. It's
influence stole over her and melted the
obdurate heart, till there were weak and
womanish tears in the eyes which
watched the wavelets creeping in and
out beneath her slender resting place.
And SO, at last, she owned to her own
self that she was conquered. She did
love this bright, lngratiating, generous
fellow who had shown such devotion to
her! But then, he should never know
it--never
"Having chosen my calling, I will
live it to the endp"
To strengthen her resolve, she mur-
INJURED the words to the brooklet; but
voice--not the bIooklet's-made answer ::
"Quite right, my darling; only l beg
that you will live it by my side"
Oh, ye troacherous moonbeams is no
place hidden from the ubiquitous pres
ence of this creature2
''See Georgette, my sweetheart there
are teardrops on your eyelids. Confess,
brave girl, that the siege has been too
hard for you-that you capitulate! Kiss
me, my love, for truce"
She put him from her and faced him,
the tattering fag of her independence
still wavering over her.
"May still keep up my business for
papa's, for all our sakes2"
lie hesitated, the pride Of manhood
reused; but searching look at the
firm, sweet mouth convinced him that in
parley, not opposition, lay his victory.
"Till you relinquish it of your own
free will, dearest"
Then she bowed her head and folded
her hands, standing before h m meekly,
as women will when the siege is over !;
and like all men and conquerors, he
selfshly claimed the tribute due.
When the June roses bloomed, there
were two brides in Millsburg; and one
of them, pretty Lucie, went straightway
to her housekeeping and home making,
after the manner of her kind The other
hung out new and glittering sign of
sc. Ormesby -Scribner Dentist while
her railing husband watched and calmly
bded his time. He wondered how long
it would swing there, cfeaking in the
wind, quite ce tain that, eventually, the
home would GUST the career, and his
triumph be complete. - Fra@b i Sj,e'S.
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How Birds Fly.