Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-03
the room and gave me her soft white hand

the room and gave me her soft white hand
to kies.
AS she is no longer the object of my wor-
ship and hardly the friend of my heart, 1
think l can speak of her loveliness now
without being misunderstood. So l will let
my pen trace for once record of her
charms, which in that hour were surely
great enough TO excuse the rivalry of which
they had been the subject. and perhaps to
account for the disinterestedness of the man
who had once given her his heart.
She is of medium height, this Juliet, and
her form has that sway in it which you see
in lily nodding on its stem. But she is no
lily in her most enchanting movements, but
rather an ardent passion flower burning and
palpitating in the sun. He skin, which is
milk white, has strange hushes in it. and
her eyes, which never look at you twice
with the same meaning, are blue, or gray,
or black, as her feeling varies and her soul
informing them is in a state of joy or
trouble. Her most bewitching feature is
her mouth, which has two dangerous dim
Piles near it that go and come, sometimes
without her vOlition and sometimes 1 fear,
with her full accord and desire. Her hair
is brown, and falls in such mass of ringlets
that no cap has ever yet been found which
can confne it and keep it from weaving a
of men. When she smiles you feel like
rushing forward: when she frowns you ques-
tion yourself humblv what you have done
to merit look so out of keeping with the
playful cast of her countenance and the
arch bearing other spirited young form. She
was dressed, as she always is, simply, but
there was infinite coquetry in the tie
of the blue ribbon on her shoulder, and if a
close cap of dai&ty lace could make face
look more enhancing 1 should like the
privilege of seeing it. She was in an
amiable mood and smiled upon my homage
like fairy queen.
'I have come to pay my final respects to
Juliet Playtair," [ announced; "for by the
tokens up yonder she will soon be classed
among our matrons."
Ny tone was formal and she looked sur
prised at it, but my news was welcome, and
so she made me demure little courtsy be-
fore saying joyously:
Eyes, the house is nearly done, and to-
morrow Orrin and are going up there to-
gether to see it. The Colonel has asked us
to do this that we might say whether all is
to our liking and convenience.
''The Colonel is man in a thousand" I
began, but, seeing her frown in her old
pettish way, 1 perceived that she partook
enough of Orrin's spirit to dislike any
allusion to one whose generosity threw her
own selhshness into startling relief
So l said no more on this topic, but let
my courtesy expend itself in good wishes,
and came away at last with a bewildering
remembrance of her beauty, which I am
doing my best to blot out by faithfully re-
counting to myself the story of those infin-
ite caprces of hers which have come so near
wrecking more than one honorable heart
l do not expect TO visit her again until
20 hn, n =,
1t is the dav when Orrin and Juliet are to
visit the new house. If 1 had not known
this from her own lips L should have known
it from the fact that the workmen all left at
noon, in order, as one of them said. to leave
the little lady more at her ease. 1 saw them
coming down the road, and had the curiosity
to watch for the appearance of Orrin and
the Colonel at Juliet's gate, but thev did
not come, and assured by this that they
meditated a later visit than / had antici-
pated, l went about my work. This took
me up the road, and as it CHANGED, led me
within a few rods of the wood within which
lies the new stone house. l had not meant to
gothere, for have haunted the place enough,
but this time there was reason for it, and
satisfied with the fact L endeavored to fix
my mind on other matters and forgot who
was likely at any moment to enter the
forest behind me-
But when one makes an effort to forget he
is sure to remember all the more keenlv.
and was just picturing to my mind Juliet's
face and Juliet's pretty air of mingled pride
and disdain as the first sight of the broad
stone front burst upon her, when / heard
through the stiffness of the woods the faint
sound of a saw, which coming from the
direction of the house seemed to say that
some one was still at work there. As | had
understood that all the men had been given |
half holiday, felt somewhat surprised at
this, and unconsciously to myself moved a |
few steps nearer the opening where the |
house stood, when suddenly all was still |
and l could not for a moment determine |
whether had really heard the sound of n |
saw or not Annoyed at myself and |
ashamed of an interest that made every |
trivial incident connected with this affair Of !
such moment to me, L turned back to NV
work, and in a few moments had finished |
it and left the wood, when what was NV
to see Orrin coming from the
same place, with his face turned toward the !
village, and hardy, determined expression
upon it which made me first wonder and
then ask myself if L really comprehendcd
this man or knew what he cherished in his
heart OF hearts.