Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-09-11

executed at Q sneil's pace, and give him time to think The boy having depart ed he spread the handkerchief on the desk and wondered what earthly use snch ditnsy thing could be, while it uautely bore testimony in bright red spots, that it had been, and could be, of use, as he. if no one else, should know.
 It had been clean and sweet and was still a flmy piece of lawn, daintly embroidered: but now 1t was aa en- sanguined rag as Desdemona's should have been if causes always bore traces of effects. On looking closely be found the name "Elinur Merrill'' in one cor ner.
 ''So that Is her name" he mur- mured. He dropped into his customary musing state, and might have looked sentimental had not his nose by this time resembled large "peach- -blow'' potato, and himself a discouraged pugilist.
 His sisters had always said-with the strict impartiality of that relationship in summing up his good points, that his nose was hiz strong point This had been literally proven, for 1t had just come out of terrific encounter unbroken, but with B serious loss of shape! The most skillful anatomist would have been unable to decide now it's class-Greek, pug, aquiline or what. So much for him. Now for her.
 When she hurried of and left him standing on the steps half bewildered she was overwhelmed with regret and shame But before she had reached State street, by transition peculiar to female feelings she was giggling hys- tox match for Hugh'S.
 "Good gracious how funny he looked! He might have got out of the way, the big stupid! He seemed moro scared than hurt, too. do not like a man to show fear at any time, and to show it for such tri1e Is contempti- ble!'' and she called up look of scorn at his lack of endurance of physical pain.
 Then at the thought of actual pain her expression changed to one of com passion, and she said:
 ''I suspect it did hs1rt him, poor fel- low! It's no small thing to smash ones nose with a big door like that!" and then she laughed again at the unpre- me ditated turn of her sentence.
 That day in her round of duties at 
 pupil and teacher she had fits of abstrac- ton alternated by fits of giggling, but by evening Il ad nearly forgotten the cir cumStance
 At the close of her days work her mother asked her what she had been doing. Then she related the misad venture of the weather-door. Her mother said. seriously:
 1o impetuosity you will certainly kill some one one Of these days.
 Elinor wns as quick and eager in her movements. and habits of thought and speech as Hugh was slow and deEber- ate, and a fair division of their re spective faults would have made the n models of deportLnent, at least.
 Time went on, as it has an unimpedi- ble way of doing, till it reached that division marked by man as February. Hugh still kept his trophy and dis tiilct relnem brance of the encounter and the girl. Elinor had an intern ittent recollection of the accident, and very indistinct one of the man. She now, however, took look before she went through weather-door. So did he, for that matter.
 IIugh's sister Mary had formed a new Rcuuaintauce and was at that high pitch of enthusiasm incidental to a new female ''ddus Achates." In stronger Rush of adlAiration than usual she h ad gone so far as to say to him:
 Oh, Hugh, you ought to know Nell She's just lovely! So full of go and spirits, shed stir even you up!'
 To this Hugh made no reply other than a grunt and the muttered words "Shell hardly have the chance!'
 One evening as he was leaving the house his sister came in, and with hel another girl. He was passing out without stopping when Mary called him back, saying:
 Hugh, waitr' then added: Miss Merrill, my brother"
 He knew her in the dim light of the hallway, but, her eyes being dazzlec by the change from outer darkness tc inward light, failed to recognize him which was not so strange, since she had long ago forgotten him and hil nose.
 After that he met her often, but never once &lluaed to their 8rst meeting, al he SAW she 1ld not in the least remen Der him He very ;eLdom spoke to he1 more than required by common court esy She regarded him as rather dry young man, not in the least in teresting, but real good, poor soul which is perhaps the most damnatory praise woman can bestow on a man As she was impetuous and not andy t. ical her opinion was formed on the in stant and was unfair to him. He admired her of course, as sht possessed all the qualities in which ht was most lacking. But he was analyt ical, and decided that some of her i'm pulses needed restraining, and a rash ness of speech, to which she was given tonin down Nor would he have ob jected to the task had it not been fo his benumbing timidity. But fate had not forgotten him On' day she sent him, ostenhbly on bust hess, to the tenth story of the Mohawl , building. On tho ninth was the con , Iervatorv where TlSnor studied an,