The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-10-12

cherishes an ideal of womanhoad
which he tends and honors with chiyal.
rous devotion. Does he perhaps fea,.
that contact with society may shattr
this idealP Certain it is that oncei,
bygone years. when Alicia, carried
away by excitement, had been indus,
ing in noisy repartee, he had bed
overheard to mutter to himself: u
Gamma bide to hear the lassie daffin. 81
And now on this blazing July alter
noon, when the air is heavy with the
scent of new-mown hay, Bingo is dis
covered conversing with Effie Vivian.
whose golden hair and orphaned con.
dition appeal SO strongly to his eyer
and heart, that, forgetful of time 81
place he lays himself open to the
raillery of Tammy and Joe Chat might
the two small culprits repent their in.
discretion in the solitary banishmeni
to which they are sent at an honl
while the sun is still bright in the skvA,
For days after this interview Bind
goes ab6uthis work in blissful dream
and Alicia captures stray page fro
his pocket book, on which are PENCIL
the words ZEN on the old sty," worl
which her quick fancy construe id
Poem on the Old Stile,'' until,
turning the page, she reads ''sell Il
three black Berkshires," when sd
unwillipgly comes to the conclusio
that the mutilated words are. "Meir
on. the old sty;" whereupon in Sks&
disgust she pronounces her brothe, e
be utterly uninteresting and heartess.
Miss Vivian's aunt, Mrs. MaitlSnd,
remains apparently blind to the con-
slant meetings in meadow and gen and
pursues her daily round of selfpraise
and self-glorifcation with viJor and
energy that cause her to be helningled
terror and delight of all tb young
people in the neighborhooi, while
Bingo lives in fairyland-md Miss
| Vivian?
Miss Vivian is shy and sweet and
seventeen. King Midas toiched her
hair when she was born, and turned
its luxuriant wealth to burnshed gold,
and the Elf of the roses AIMED her
cheeks as she slept, until the snowy
surface blushed. Very dainty and
sweet she looks in her while dress with
its black and white ribbon, and with
the great bunch of white roses at her
throat. Very dainty and demure. very
fair and bright and girlish; but, ali
Bingo! Bingo! ave your eyes Minded by
the intensity of your love that you fail
to miss one charm of budding woman
hood ?-that you fail to note that tc
Effie's cheek comes neither palenesE
nor color when you address her? She
is sweet, Bingo, and very gentle; bu
her sweetness is not to be your portion
Many miles away there is a certain
Prussian officer who won the girls
heart while she was still at school ii
Germany, and if Fife were not such a
pitiful little coward she would tell you
quietly one day, in her half-frighteneJ
tone, that that long-legged Uhlan'
photograph is stitched inside her dres'
and worn there from morn till night
But Fife is rare coward, ard like al
such, she temporizes. She draws n
the photograph at night when shell
alone and talks to it and cries over t.
tells it with piteous culver of her un'
derlip that she is so, so unhappy, and
oh. why does he not come here at one
and tell her for the hundredth tina
that he loves her? She is sure that 4
only he gets chance of tacl1ling Aunt
Maitland, that lady will be worsted
and will fee away before the all-con
quering invader.
81 can not tell Mr.. Bingo," she con
fesses to the photograph with man!
sobs. He is so nice, but if l tell hin
about you, Wclfrath, he will 60 away
and will never walk again in tn,
meadow with me. And then Aun
Maitland will find out at once that
have sent him away. Oh! Wolfratl
dear, she would be so dreadful! SIN
has never seen you, so she can not be
lieve how noble and perfect you are
you always admired me. always-an(
so she says that she will never let mi
marry a foreigner. She drags me abou
with her from place to place, and sh,
says that if ever mention your nam
again to her she will make me MARI,
that horrid Mr.. Trelawney. whom
can not endure. She has left me ii
peace the lastmonth because she think
that Mr.. Bingo likes me. And l d.
feel so unhappy auout it all. Wolfrath
come to me! do come to mer'
This is all very we'll, Miss Effie! All
the world knows that when two youns
people determine that in spite of al
opposition they will marry each Other
they are sure to obtain their hearts
desire. Therefore, in spite of all you
present woes. l say that's all very wei
for you, and also for the long-leggej
Uhlan, though at this moment he
existing in state of deepest gloon
because he can not obtain foreign leave
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