Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-09-13
A RICH PAUPER.

All, that night in June The whole eartl
seemed an altar TO beauty; the stars throb
bed in ecstacy and the air breathed Of
sweet and terrible restiessness and tn
pauper's nature thrilled in response. VIVA
was itp
She was twenty-five years old, married
and a mother. She was surfeited Will
luxury. The conventional girl of the uppe
class, her dreams had been of marriage
motherhood. position and riches. He
dreams had been realized.
She was always called mice" girl.
In appearance she was not pretty enough
TO attract or ugly enough to fascinate
She was simply and merely commonplace
On the beach she would be ignored by the
men and admired by the women, and
she would never tempt a hammock to an
indiscretion.
She was mice" girl.
Everybody liked her, but perhaps nobody
loved her In any picture she would sup
ply the wanted tints.
She was respected, but TO be respected is
not always 20 be loved. Some women in
spire one sentiment and some the othor.
When woman commands both she is in.
deed happy.
And then came the night in June.
She was sitting, quite little figure, on
the piazza watching the firefles. She was
oontented, though she was never to be so
again. Suddenly tall figure in summer
hannels materialized. ft leaned above her;
its breath was on her cheek. She saw its
eyes and trembling lips quite plainly
through the dusk for brief second; then
in a fash the whole expression of the face
changed. IL was transixed with horror
mingled with amusement
II beg your pardonl II have made a
great mistake. The cottages on this bluff
resemble each other so completely. p
And again she was alone.
And in that moment she knew she was
that she had always been--a pauper in
loves land
No man had ever worn such a look for
her. She was not at that moment quite
sure that she would have liked it If they
had. Something then existed for other
women Of which she had known nothing,
and there was a chapter in life in which
she had no partl IL was very queer.
She sat up very straight and listened.
She heard suppressed laughter on the
piazza of the next cottage. A voice said:
81 nearly kissed her, by Jover'
"You are quite sure you did notP" asked
a second.
WHAT You have seen heri assure
you 1t was no temptationP'
Then both laughed. 1t was apparently
a Joke which both appreciated.
Assuredly these summer cottages are
placed too near each other for decency.
And it is true also that they resemble each
other too closely. AS the pauper sat there
q new pain tugged at her heart. II WIS
n,ree,v ~ har co,tae,e a. chi,d ,yhi,,rar ct
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6shnat sba conld hear rnan,s yoice. ond
fhe rattla of china
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