Telegram-herald., 1890-12-21


felf sho slw ths taEahnl really % bear
them ~ taa hungry kaife q the nFsl
FeFolul0n fsta JoE1s. l VII go. of
ooarss. buE. Iom. pray d. not use that
horId abtrevizkioa 0f your cousins
uAEne. Ihare are some subjects TOO
sacred fer 49, pnofaaaEion of slaagy con-
cenaation. 4nd your cousin naIne IS ''---
lialyl Youll so then interrupted
TIE trr-pFessleis iioomarAng IN wheel
em roand ths block aud bring em IA
cod, yov-bes"
lie honn1el down the stairs. sprang
into the sleisl. selzed the reins, and. As
the men jumped from the horse heads.
was OF wi-A 4 furry Or snow and a
hurrah from rhe crowd
aEu ROT a dab az the classics. - viii
not say how, having plunged Ike Cur
tius INTO this gapiug sleigh nae. now
sat like Mauus, amid tie ruins q ny
wardrobe. hul 1 ala tumble ell It's con
tents into tas middle Of the hCor and
then sat among them. hOpeless x cram
ming into my e.nall xaiise half enough
FOR tbis al important Xmas visit! But
she wanted 90 so! | was % risk my
n-ckfor hex sake by her side. Delicious
thought So just Is the bells again
jngled a. tie door | jumped upon my
distended portnanteau, sprung the lock.
and answered Tom with yell as wild
as his own.
Now, perhaps | should explain that
Tom Jones and had always been chuns.
Residents Of the same village and chill
dren Of intimate friends we had thuInbei
tho same algebra, robbed the same or
chards and been hogged by the same
pedagogue. in fact, We hSd never been
two weeks apart until his appointment
90 West Point, five YEARS before. had
separated Us. Tom persevering industry
IN running bounds 90 "CoZzens, and his
asaduous course Of Benny Havens, had
scarcely been thoroughly rewarded, for
his graduation-thirdin in his class count
ing from the bottom made him a breyet
second lieutenant in the United States
Boomerangs. II had found me dignihed
but patient lawyer in the incipient me
tropolis Of Pikston. Happy chance had
thrown Tom 40 the arsenal near by, and
had introduced his chosen friend to the
family circle of his Uncle Blythe,
There I soon became ami de maison.
Mayor Blythe-he was the revered chief
magistrate OF Piketon-was a brother
lawyer. and a man Of high social and
literary renown. He had a capitally
chosen library, warm heart, a cele-
brated cook and rare assortment of
such winesi And then-heml-like Jeph-
thah Of old, he had lone fair daughter
and no more.
But such a daughterl
Bette Blythe was Just turned Of 10,
and the most perfect mold Of female form
divine. OF medium height, just plump
enough for perfection Of rounded outline,
and with the tinicst models Of feet and
hands that ever fell 10 the lot Of woman,
her face was still her chiefest charm.
Not regularly beautiful, with scarce a
feature in it that would have been pro-
nouDced fine under critical analysis, there
was vet an indescribable witchery in
that face, Orin the character reflected by
il, that bound me hand and foot from the
first week knew her. Those rich. dark
oval lines, with heavy bands Of glossy
hair, seemed to command, rather than
ask, a second look. And who could look
twice and forgetg
There IVES a merry de-vn IN her eye-
large, languid and black as sloe-that
drew timil mans heart right UP into
his throat and kept it kicking there with
f0rty-horse power. And then the face
was but an index Of the sprightly but
sound aud well stored mind her father
hal seduously cultivated during long
widowerhood And the steady, tender
gleam that sometimes replaced tho mis-
chievOus twinkle IN those eyes could only
have been drawn from the well spring of
pure heart.
With the first month o. our acquain-
tance I began % believe l cared for Bet
tie Blythe; with the sccond believed |
loved her, crd with the third / knew
II for q certainty. On tho fourth month
had told he- I adored bsr wildly, and
for three subaequeat ones had come,
again and again. 10 the very threshold
of repetition. Gentle and womanly,
she had at frs told IRE gravefy-tbe rest
OF the face dcmure. while the eyes danced
very witches dance 70 the tune Of sup
pressed rncrr.ment-that. though We
were very excellent friends, we were still
almost stxapgsrs l could only acknowl-
edge the ruth of what she said. so
prayed for forgiveness and for hope. She
gave tho pardon, the pardon gave the
hope. ard wandered on N FOOLS para
disc. Bat though w became better and
better frSsnds. thoEgh she let me mean
der unehecLcd through the most exten-
sivs feids q rhaYeo6y and lay the talless
flowers of sontinsnt ~ ser fee-. vt ths
first outright word spoke carried up The
taper foreffncer in srCh waning. and the
ripe bps formed the one word, Remem-
bcr"
oould net believe Bette BLYTHE Wa
firtiaS with me There was SOM thfn-
too Ssuziae. ton vomsnly. about her
whole being f-r thAt.
she conld never stoop. I sid - myself
for cosnfc-t. 90 . httle triumph in tbe
raise-Y of the heart she kBEv 70 be hers
in Al honesty and arrlor Ne EithsT
she -as trvirE - u,ake = rszl friend
Of ne. .r-.3el'csous i3aal-sho was he-
rfunfax - lows ne without ssnzittinx Il
~ heraslf wss wiling 70 take the
-hauras - The srss So lcnx ss I ssw a
possibility cf The secsnd Ard besides.
either gave ne - much of her delightful
socistv.
though ~ syolssn word ever psssed b
trx.er ~ On he sudiert there vss vef
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