Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-02-09

young beauty did not know who it was
laid tue bouquet every morning by her
plate. On the first day she hardly noticed
the ilowcrs-touched them, and then for.
got them, On the second day she raised
them and looked round haIf.inquiringly.
The same evening she was in the con.
seryatory, and found Vane there reading.
They began to talk about flowers and their
names.
"Do you believe said Lady Lilias. "that
the character OF people can be known by
the flowers they love best; )"
"No, | do not" he returncd-"for this
reason, that, out of twenty people, eighteen
would prefer the rose or the lily; aud
eighteen characters can never be alike
1t seems to me 10 criterion whateyer.-
What is your ~fayoritc flower Lady Lii.
las"
They had grown more familiar with each
other, and frankly discussed each others
likes and dislikes. She ans wered him
readily
..According TO you, l, being one of TWEEN.
ty, should say, The lily or 'The rose;
but il is neither. i love the daphne best;
and | think the word daphne is one OF
the most beautiful and poetic in the lam
| gu33t. 'lta'lHth rams HcAtt Dut
.daIaine' sets me oil dreaming"
The next morning the bouquet waiting
for her WAS made up entirely OF lovely frl-
grant white daptmes, the finest she had
ever seen. Then she knew from whom tho
daily Offering came. She looked from the
flowers to the handsome face 50 anNiously
WATCHING" her. Nanc saw a crimson flush
rise from the beautiful dimpled chin to
the dead-gold hair, and his heart beat rs
il had never done before. Her eyes droop-
ed from his, and something tender and
loving came into the exquisite face. 1t
seemed TO him rs though the room swan
round him.
she was kinder TO him than to any one
else; she talked to him, and their CONVEX
sation was always interesting. lie had
lived in 4 world Of which she knew not!l-
ing and desired to know something, and
She was interested in every detail. She
hardly knew herself how much time she
spent in talking TO him, and would have
looked up in naughty surprise had any one
mentioned it 10 her.
one morning She rose earlier than usual,
and, on going out on the western terrace
Tor a breath OF the sweet morning air, she
SAW him sitting at the farther end, where
the plssion-lloWers grew. Ills face was
turned towards the river, which looked
golden in the morning sunlight. She was
struck with the genius and passion which
made IL 80 different from ordinary faces,
with its innate nobility and refinement,
w!tn The proud carriage OF the head, and
the erect graceful ii@ure.
.No Que can ever mistake a gcntletnan,"
She said to herself. ..'ioW different are
that face and figure froul the faces and
figures Ut tIc 'sons OF the solF.'
she SAW something too ia Che expression
OF his iace Waich prey cntcd her from go
iny 10 him.. aud sent her indoors with
burning checks and a beating heart. Tho
bouquet that waited for her that morning
were composed o. the sweet flowers that
poets call ove-licS-blceding."
Papa" said Lady Lilias, ~ she sat
with Lord \udlcy in the library, shave
Won ever noticed what a very handsome
face Mr.. Wharf lnS:'
The Earl looked up quickly.
eyes; it has often struck me-" he re-
piled. 1t is not only handsome but dis
tinguishcd. lie comes of "A good family, l
should imagine. You would not find such
IA face as that among the crowd. The VIZ
barts are IA good family, ] believe, WIN no.
thing very particular about them. ms
YOUNG ihuI II oHfy du "uopeNu "a
itaye's, YOU remember"
"Yes; but he must be a Wharf too
most likely a nephew, as he has tho same
name. He is very unlike the men one gei-
orally meets"
"My dear, he is a genius. 1t is III that
that he differs from others. In the course
Of my life ! have met hundreds OF young
men, but never one like him. lie has i
poets soul, as well as the keen intelligence
of a business man; he is "A strange mixture.
| admire him SO much that l have a real
affection for him. The day will come
when the whole world will do homage to
him, and he viii DC one Of the first men
in it,"
"Do you really think so, papa!" she
asked.
81 am sure of it, my dear Lilias." And
she looked very thoughtful at his words.
Vane was with Lady Lilias again by the
banks Of the cleaning river. lie had been
making II further inspection of the site Tor
' the bridge, and was returning, when he
met her walking alone.
.Fate is against me,'' he thought. "Ev-
: cry moment and every hour ! fall deeper
: and dcepc into the gull; and no human
! hand can help me-"
lie N0ulu naTuly nave sLoppcu oub eh"',
, when she saw him, u lovely rose-flush coy-
y cred her face and her eyes fell. Some
=, quick keen instinct told him that,lt he were
= quite Indifferent to her, she would hot
: blush AL meeting him..
He spoke u few words, and then II
- seemed quite natural that he should turn
y round and walk by her side. lie was IN Z
F., dciirium of delight as he watched her iac'
: and listened to her voice. She looked 81
TIE cleaning river, bright sunshine, aho
=, the radiant hucs Of countless flowers.
"Tnis is fairyiand," she said.
.Ah, no; ips Loves Land, Lady Liiias
Do you know that lovely little Daliaa Cal!
~ cd .Loye at Sca'!"
v. "No;I have not seen it,"
81 will not go through it all. viii 20,
a listen TO the frst verse and the last"
"Yes," she whispered; and the sweet
Ia ness OF the low voice sent 4 thrill througl
II him.
al "Wc are in Loves land today
Where shall we 80?
Is Love, shall we start, or stay,
IL Oh sail, or row?