The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1893-06-17
was no improbabiiity in that.

itself. will the fair one in white who
noticed an admirer Saturday evening be
at the same place Tuesday il an acquaint-
ance lie desirabley' But that seemed
coarse. Charlie had an idea that shop
girls. fortune t%ellers. dry goods clerks
and such were the authors of Person
ais" No. This was ideal or nothing,
and no rude jar must come to dislodgt
the first delicate upspringing Of a unique
sentiment.
If she had remarked him there was a
chance. she might be there again the next
night. He would wander by and see.
He whiled away the slow hours with the
fellows at the club and consumed more
champagne than usuai to bc.u.- -
time of waiting.
at lis lie started forth. His bran
was hot. and Lis heart was beating quick
l. rs he drew near the house. Another
moment and he could penetrate into the
room on the first floor with his feverlsh.
fllny gaze.
Yes, she was there, The same white
robed dream. He rubbed his eyes. 1t
seemed too good. This time he boldly
raised his hat. She would be left in no
doubt as to his feelings. Again as he
went on he thought he saw that flicker of
movement, as if she had gently waved
her fair white arm. He was passing I'M
der the tall pole with the electric light
at the time. SO he knew her eyes must
see him. He raised his hat again with a
sweep and passed tremblingly on his
way.
He must go slowly. No rude break
that would shatter the dainty wool of
her maiden fancy. Just enough of bold
ness to show how his heart stood. and
thel-patience and victory.
All the next day Charlie spent in a
chateau en- Espagne which love had
builded. He sat and dreamed and
moved about and dreamed and drank
and dreamed. He had rather a reserved
and p%atronizing air with the men at the
club. He drank three times as much as
he should have drunk the next night.
Would she be there again? Would she?
Would she? If SO, away with doubt.
He would boldly pause and gaze up at
his fair snowy one. His eyes should
CLEAN with loves light, and she should
read the phosphorescent message true.
Then she might show him something
more definite in return than that timid,
coy movement of her rounded arm.
Oh, if he could kiss that fair round
arm; just press his lips once on its satin
skin! He could hardly make his way up
the He was so full of happy an
ticipation and champagne that he could
hardly see. He stopped in front Of the
wrong house, in fact, and it was only
after an aching disappointment at seeing
, nothing in the window that he discov-
cred he had a square to 60.
Soul of Eros. She was there! How
well that pose suited her maidenly med
itative communion with the night. He
tilted against the railing and waited an
ardent kiss that seemed to scorch his
finger tips. But good heavens! What
was this? 1t almost took his breath
away! The window nearest the stoop
was open about a foot! Then it broke
on him. 1t was an invitation. She
had raised that window. The inter
probation was left to him. How dar-
ing it would be to enter there! But
he felt daring. What mar worthy such
a woman would hesitate? He could
easily climb from the stoop to the win
dow sill and enter. He would. There
was not a soul about.
He reeled up the brownstone steps
and reached the sill.
my adored one.." he cried thickly, u
am here"
No answer. But he was now at fever
heat. The blood Of Romeo was whirline
in his veins. He scrambled into the
room. The soft carpet made no noise.
All. there she stood, coy, shrinking
but adorably dignifed. Her face wa:
averted, but her pure white arm wa.
slightly extended toward him-motion
less. He would awaken her with tina
caress if it cost his life. 1t seemed t,
him as if he swan rather than walkel
toward that lovely extended arm.
With a mufied cry he grasped it anC
pressed his lips passionately to its smooth
skin. The icy GOODNESS and her insensi
bility sent a strange shock through him
His brain reeled, and he instinctivel,
clutched the cold arm as he felt hinsel
go.
There was a laundering crash whicl
seemed to echo wildly through the house
and to his horror he saw her break {
pieces on the floor. He felt himsel
pinned by his leg and struggled in vail
to get free, He heard stems hurryin.
toward the Lights flashed in tn
hall. and in a few moments he saw a but
Ter trembling at the door and a big ma
in pajamas with a pistol in his hand
who annr0ached him s~ayaoely