Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-10-10

OF practice and learning, Tasia learned TO
creep through three long months with
iron yoke instead Of wings upon her Shout
ders. Neither the first nor the last. in very
trath-but it takes courage, and that Of
no mean order.
While LOttie was at school she spent her
time at the British museum, aud wrote a
few little articles. and made charming
TRANSACTIONS, some Of which found their
way into a magazine
At the very end Of July, when only those
who could not get away ere still in town
Size and Lottie dined with friends, aud
went after dinner into the Illuminated
horticultural gardens. Loltie had been
promised 10 see the fountains playing, and
the party was chiefly on her account
Among the two or three other guests
was Dick Sherrieff, a cousin of the family.
IS no had gone on the stage, and was so
far successful that now and then he got
an engagement for a leading part In a
touring company. He as a quiet. pleas
ant fellow, with good-looking. disap-
pointed face. He aud Anastasia, who
We're OLD acquaintances found themselves
together when they entered the gardens,
and he fell into somewhat confidential
talk, finding her sympathetic Iotte
roamed about I'm ecstacie7 with the colarrd
beads of light i'm strings, festo5ns, and
mocking the fruit Of the trees OF Aladdin's
garden, with the fairy buildings starred
out against the indigo sky above all it'll
the foamy fountains dauciugon high Ike
so many Of Undine's relations mautled
superbly In col"red lights
Aua-tasia and ShereT found a quiet
seat at d comfortable position from the
band. People we're walking and sitting
all round them, and they amused them
selves by watching the groups.
"Shall we move away from tn smoke
of that cigar AIR. Sherref asked pres
emily. Pm afraid 10 comes across your
face BY Joye" This last exclamation
was to himself as he distinctly caught the
profile OF the smoker
Auastasia followed his gaze and turned
CHASTITY pale Osmund Qurstns fpce. his
clean cut, aquiliue profile, his marked eye
brows, his crisp mustache some shades
lighter than his hlir-wurn trHc longer
than formerly even the heavy intagIO
ring ON the hand now raised TO his cigar
an were before her The beating Of her
heart almost choked her; she Wus afraid
her companion might hear her sobbmg
breath oad see that she trembled from
head TO foot. She must yet the better of
the icy pain somehow. l.Ove-the heart
lessness of hi last letter killed thnt-but,
OH the auguishl There had even been
limited reproach 70 her for not having
broken OIL the engagement before; she
writhed at the thought of IT, and how
deceived myself ia my blindness" she
thought, bitterly. 81 see now IN his face
what | ought 70 have seen before-cold
selfsee&ing He must have altered grad
ually, for no one could now be attracted
by the look Of goodness / fancied | could
see"
you know thatman" she asked young
SherrieT
so far that once he tried his fortunes
on the stage at Manchester In the company
with which ! was acting His name is
Qucstin; pretty good on the stage, no good
off, | imagine. lie seems pretty happy
now Come back from the road to ruin
by the looks of him, with the heavy father
recouciled."
No doubt the old gentleman with red
face and double eye glasses who was
speaking emphaucaGy at that moment,
was Mr. Questiu, Sr
Cant 90 on ! tell you. What l want
TO know is, what does it meant | know,
I know; it's all trick to get my consent
to your marrying that little hussy"
Anast8sa made a strong effort, and rose,
I'VE do not want to be taken into family
condolences she said, with face so pale