Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-05-25

ventured to send you another. which hope
may prove as interesting You win, perhaps,
be surprised when tell you thai you read the
| FIRST four chapters of that book without
stopping that you then marked the place with
| a boolSusarIer with harp on it; that you,cried
| ut the tenth chapter, and kissed the book when
you closed it. YOUR SpRIT FRIEND. -
Through my peeping 4see saw the
| little woman take in the book; saw her
read the inscription with amazement,
put her hand to her head and ponder.
and then draw one Of the white cur
tains and look out, A young man was
shaving himself at a window opposite.
! saw that she at once pitched upon
him as the sender Of the book.
The next day she put blue shades up.
Once, watching her from above, as
though were an angelic being without
wings, I saw her come In from q walk
with autumn leaves in her hand. After
| ward she ironed them and made a
little wreath of them, which she hung
up over little looking glass. The
next day bought and left at the door
some hothouse roses.
"Since you care for autumn leaves
| you will care for these" wrote on a
card, and signed it "Your Spirit
| Friend" as usual.
This time she laughed softly and put
| them in water, and sat and looked at
| them long while. Then she peeped
out of her window again. The young
man was not at the opposite easement.
| Then she shook her head, and after a
time she took damask rose from the
bunch and put it in her hair. The next
| time sent the flowers I wrote on the
card:
| 'sYou wore damask rose from the
last bunch I sent you. Will You put
yellow tea rose in your hair this time?''
How I watchedl I saw her look,
half pleased, half frightened. At first
she only put the roses in n NJ. but at
| last she did take one, and twas q tea
rose, and pinned it in her black braids.
ISEissed my hand to her from my ele-
| vated situation, but she did not know it.
| So for at least six months watched.
and sent her flowers and fruit and
books and little gifts of all sorts. But
as for asking our mutual landlord for
| an introduction, I never thought of
| that-it never occurred to me. I should
not have dared to speak to her if had
| been introduced.
| The autumn and the winter passed,
and 1t was often SO cold that was
obliged to scrape away the frost from
| my peeping place to see her; but did
it, and let me assure You that did 1t
most respectfully, and with the most
| gcntlemanly feelings. played the spy,
but il was with the deepest veneration.
Spring came. Little green buds were
on the trees, and she opened the window
to let in the air and wore pretty, light
colored garments. Now that the win
| dow was open size drew her table
farther away from it and nearer the
| the wall. This was moro convenient
to me.
One evening she sat down at her
table to write letter and I got my
glass and found that could SEQ the
words upon tho paper. My hope was
that she would a1lude to her unknown
friend. 1t was gratified. She did
After some talks of persons and things
knew nothing 81, she wrote thus:
''Now, dearest Lizzie, I will tell you OF the
strangest thing that has happened to me. 1
| have no friends in the city, nor have seen any
| one watching mo; but from some mysterious
| source books, papers, magazines, flowers and
| fruit arc sent to me. 1 have had tickets to
| matineeS. AT first was afraid TO go to them
| but tried it and no one spoke to or looked at
| me Everything this unknown does Is done
| dcllCately l really have begun to get inter
l eSted in him. w no can ne Der OIten say TO
| myself why does he hide HIMSELF If he
| likes me, why does he not obtain an introduc-
| ton"
| perhaps he ia dcformcd or dishgured In
| some way; but il he were should certainly
| feel that so fine a soul deserved better body.
His taste is perfect. When he marks passages
in a book know shall like them In fact, to
| confess to you a truth which would admit to
| no other living beiEC, am half way in love
with him. How foolish Of him to keep his in
cognit o when in so many ways he makes II
manifest that he loves me-"
read those words with joy and re-
treated to my room to think them over.
Having done 30, my resolution was ar
rived at. l seized sheet OF paper and
wrote upon it these words:
DEAR MADAM-1 am neither deformed nor
| dishFured In any way. Your hattering opinion
| OF nc is so delightful that though modesty
| prompts me to contradict you, cannot bring
| myself to do It. Indeed want you to think
even better OF me than you do, for while am
| wholly In love with you, you are only half way
| incloSe my photograph. At the same time
make you offer OF marriage, and will prove
| to you my respectable position in society and
| my ability to support wife And how have
learned 80 much concerning you 1 will explain
| If you will send me a line to -, station -
box 10. The line that desire is an answer tc
| my offer. Will you have me II, on meeting, you
| are not disappointed in mef'
Thanks to my glass roof was able
l 10 SEQ CIldG uStT 4lLClS "Ollbh "T1CS
ives" or words to that effect; and ]
called upon her next day, and now nc
longer dream that she is my wife. She
pours out nay coffee and makes my home
paradise. When told her all have
told you, she said: "You ought to have
been ashamed of yourself" She was
in duty bound to say 1t, but, between
you and me and the rose, she did not
mean it.-London Tid-Bits.
An Expressive Expression.