Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1893-04-19

from his touch; but he had seen lho
expression of her eyes, and oil his
pulses beat in the intoxication Oh
new hope.
"You must 60 away; you must
never come back" she cried hoarsely.
"Laura! You can't mean thatF
the poor fellow gaspcd.
She had risen to her feet.
"Why? Why?" he stammered,
following her as she retreated from
him. A light burst upon him, in
dnced by something in her face.
"It cannot be that You are
not thinking of Elsa, of Miss Hart!
But this is folly, madness! For . girl
like you--hoad and shoulders above
other women-such stand is incom-
prchensiblew
"Shc loved you; she trusted me-"
said Laura, rigid aud white in her
effort at self control.
Good heaven !" the man exclaimed,
driven TO bay, "you would not have
me marry a girl | do not love simply
because she happened to fancy other
wise? l deplore the dclusion, but
what more can | do? Laura" he
pleaded, "you will not say me nay"
eyes" She still stood rigid. with
downcast eyes.
"At least" he pleaded again, "will
you not tell me that you care for me
"a little?"
Not even then would she raise her
eyes.
every well. | shall 60 now, but
shall come back. Do you hear me!
Time works many changes-and !
shall return"
And, SO saying, he left her.
But she never hoped for his return.
She never expected 1t.
The last of the warm days had
flown; the autumn afternoons were
growing short. Laura worked on,
leading her own solitary life.
She had resigned herself to the soll-
tudc in which she seemed to have
been abandoned. Her pencil never
faltcred in these days. But the hant
that welded it had grown thin ant
white, and the blue veins showed like
delicate tracery under the Transparent
skin.
She was coming home late one darl
afternoon, when, in the goom-tillet
landing before her door, she made ou
an indistinct form. 1t did not NOV,
at her approach, and only when sh'
| had thrown open The door did she rec
ognize who it was.
Then she staggered back little.
"You see, have come back-as
told you [ would" said Varian.
In the stronger light of the room h
saw how changed she was and how sh
trembled.
"Laura-my poor girlW
Even then she strove to push hin
from her.
"Good heaven, Laura?' he cried
stepping back; edo you not know ths
Elsa Hart is married"
"MarriedW
lie drew folded newspaper from
his pocket.
"You see, she was married tw
weeks ago, and to man l happen I
know, a clever young artist, rising i
his profession, who spent his summc
sketching on her grandfather's farm
Now, Laura, will you come to me!
"Oh, how could she, how could she
"Forget me SO soon?" laughe
Varian. "Pardon me, dearest, but
think You rather ovcrrated the dept
Of her feelings. She liked me no be
ter than she would have liked man
other men who happened TO be littl
kind or attentive to her. She is
; dear, sweet little woman, buP-l
: broke off immediatcly-s'why shoul
We talk of her. You have not y,
: answered a question l once put
you."
} "What question:" The girls ey'
would not meet his.
81 asked you once if you cared fl
me-a little"
, Then. indeed, her gray eyes met Ii
with the full glance of the Laura (
old.
81 thfnk-I have always cared
from the first-morc than u little
she said.- Washington Post.
Eyes With Double Pupils.
A remarkable belief is that viii,
7 ascribcs supernatural powers to Il
Bitias, Bithims or Bethas, persons So
g to have double pupils in each ey
Apollonides alludes to these peop
y under the heading, "About 4
Q Bythim," lie says: "There are &C
y tain femayls in Scy who are know
as Bythi@, and PhylarCus states that
a tribe of the Thibii in Pontus, al
meme other people az well, have
double pupil in the one eye and in I
n