Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1892-11-18

see IL lS u iIfefsft itnH Astp ~ oit tfst.si
go to the fete, and be sire you t.in,:e vii
every maiden there. When you place yos.
arm about the waist Of the one whose hear
is true and good a strange feeling will rili
| through you, and your hand will cling I,
| her But you must he sure that you dane;
with ALP
Gustavus, greatly wondering, thanhe
the wizard and slipped on the ring.
1t WAS Il curious circlet of iron. with
fat extension, which the lard babe biz,
wear pointin. toward his palm.
When the fete day came Gustavus wa
there amon., the other young men, eager tt
dry his charf'l.
All the maidens of Obdagin canton wert
there also, and on the outskirts of one Oh
the gay crowds little Marie lowered timidll
beside her mother.
"Why didst thou come, Marie?" asked
one of the girls.
-. "Didst thou think any youth would want
to dance with mouse today?" asked an
other.
Then seeing the quick tears trembling
on Marie's lashes, she added more kindly.
'.Ah, well, thou canst at least see on.
good times"
"What lovely belt thou hast, Marie!
CIlSu uliOGuCl w ACLOtANob CAot
get it?"
1.-The wizard gave it her," the Widow
Neur answered shortly, for she did no;
relish the girls tone, and she drew he
daughter away.
"Come, Marie. let us sit here under the
trees and watch the dance"
Marie nestled close to her mothers side.
and us the hours fled and no youth asked
ba,, TO <1.,r lar bao II low nd
lower, and she wondered if the wise MAI
had made mistake.
In the meantime Gustavus danced witt
one after another of the maids, but though
he watched with intense eagerness no;
once did he feel the strange thrill fol
which he waited.
81 have danced with them ALL" be SAX
at last to himself, Except that shy on,
over there; surely she is not the girl! Blu
as I promised to dance with all will t.
her tco."
He asked her name Of one of the girls
and then going to her said simply:
".Iarie, wilt thon dance with me?''
Astonishment aud delight made Mari
for {. moment forget her shyness TIL
wizards words had come true!
Rising quickly, she said, smiling upo
him and showing her beautiful eyes, ;.
ready dancing with delight, and the de;
little dimple in her cheek, sArt tho
Gomez"
''She is not SO plain after ALL" though
Gustavus as he answered;
WAIST thou locking for me, Marie?"
Marie hung her head without answerin.
and Gustavus, wondering little at hei
words led her to the dance
Ac ha ,Jacod hici or,,, oro,,p1 bor hi,
hand touched her shining belt.
Instantly u strange thrill! ran through
them both and Gustavus' arm seemed Il
cling to Marie's waist.
Marie, didst thou feel that?" he crie
earnestly.
And Marie smilingly answered:
eyes"
So they began dancing, and as they
danced it seemed to those watching them
that a wonderful transformation came over
Marie.
Her half, shaken loose from it's long, stiff
braids, hung like a glittering golden veil
all around her, her beautiful eyes shone
like stars, and the dimpled cheeks and
pearly teeth formed Il fit hiding place fol
the laughing voice that now and then rang
sweet and clear from her rosy lips. Not
OIlC VI UuC village l1letlucuS was ud1L 81 ltllI
as shell
Surely" said the amazed villagers,
there was never such handsome couple
"But is not Marie under CHARM
cried others, "she has suddenly grown Sc
lovely?"
But the Widow Neur smiled to herself
and said:
Loves witchery, if it is true and pure,
will transform all of us and bring out all
that is loveliest and best within U.S."
AS for Gustavus, he thought rightly that
he had never seen SO good and beautiful a
creature, and he blessed the wizard for the
charm which had led his heart to her.
Long before the summer ended Gusta
vus took home Marie to be his own and
his mothers greatest joy and happiness.
When NJ. lie Wizard returned to Paris
that winter he read u scientific paper be
fore the savants of the academy.
In it he detailed many Of his wonderful
discoveries and his work during the sum
mer. But he did not speak of the most in
teresting of all-how, by the aid of a little
magnet, concealed in steel belt, and IA
rude ring, he had brought together two
loving human hearts, and by SO doing had
caught some OF the happiness of paradise
and imprisoned it in chalet on old Oh
gadin mountain.-Anna Pierpont Sivitel
in Pittsburg Bulletin.