Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-02-06

He descended the stairs slowly and
emerged into tho street. IL was the
middle of the day; the avenue was com
paratively deserted A few carriages,
were taking thoir occupants home to
luncheon. Dillingham; stood on the
curbstonc, looking up and down, and
vaguely wondering what he should do
msxt By and by it struck him thrt it
would not make much difference which
way he went. In no place in the world
could he find what no had lost 1t WIS no
where; it had been annjhilated. All that
had made life delightful was gone from
him, and he was left ironically behind.
He had never really possessed it, even; it
was rnirage-a phantom, which he had
tried to grasp, and it had vanished. But
the strangest part of the business--al-
most ludicrous-was that he remained
behind, standing here, alive and WELL in
the sunshine on Fifth avenue,
lie sauntsred leisurely norShward to-
ward the park. Two or three times he
passed some one he knew, and returned
their greeting with a nod. But al the
while be cav that 1.-the, erect figure, with
her pale, lovely face, her eyes bright
Will Bddh vi ulSpcds iiNA WIlAOS hhe.iNAS
twisting her handkerchief. Could il bo
that she was depraved, false hearticss?
Every stern word he had spoken had
been echoed, as it were, by the exquisite
constituencies Of her beauty If sire were
false would she not have been true at
that last moment, when nothing more
was to be gained by deception, when to
be sincere was essential to the enjoy
ment OF the triumph her falsehood mad
gained her
He reached the park; there was still u
vivid greatness i'll the grass, though the
trees were rich with the splendor Of
autumn. He wandered along the curv-
ing paths, Feeling no pleasure, bat pain,
in the quiet beauty thatsurrounded him
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TO be fewer snunterSrs like himself, he
found himself at last near the extreme
northern limit. lie assembled little hill,
and on its summit, beneath the golden
shade Of group Of trees, there WIS a
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