Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-03-16
FROsTBURG, Md, SATURDAY, MARCH l6, 1895.


an amiable smile on her lips, when sho
suddenly recognized Therese
''Graciousl Is it you?' she cried.
"You have changed yourself complete
ly. Your hair has been dyed from dark
to gold! Are you going to the ball in
that metamorphosis?'
"Assuredly 1 am. l think l look
charming. You shall see what success
shall makeP'
but suppose you do not, -" suggested
her grandmother.
"What difference would it make? 1
wanted to satisfy my whim. Besides the
color of my hair was little faded,
thought, and in this golden tint there
is suggestion of gayety which pleases
me immensely"
Nine. de Versac only kept on shak-
ing her head slowly.
''Take care, take care, my child" she
repeated.
Albert waited for Therese and his
grandmother at the threshold of tho
ballroom. He was in hope that after
talking with the old lady Therese
"otAe opljSttl ulSSoCl Will sllHpllSitJ
and taste, without the brilliance ho
considered vulgar, and triumphant SIM
ply i'll her youth and loveliness.
But when he caught sight of her
leaning Oh his grandmother S arm, with
her hair dyed, and in rich, snowy
toilet that would have been more suit
able for wealthy young married wom-
all, his face darkened under blush.
Good evening, my cousin,' he said
to her coldly.
And after a few words of greeting
had been exchanged be moved away and
lost himself in the crowd.
Nine, de Versac pressed the girls
arm, and in low voice said to her:
"Was l right? Did you not see how
shocked Albert was with your frivol-
ity?"
II don't think SO, grandmother. He
will come back and ask me to dance"
But during the whole course of the
evening the little coquette saw nothing
of her cousin. He avoided her. When
the whirling crowd of dancers brought
her within his neighborhood, he moved
away. He danced great deal. He was
charming and Impressed to all her
friends and with all the girls at the
ball who were not overdressed and had
not come there merely to show them
selves off. He flirted with some and sat
out with others. He was delightful to
all.
Therese, of course, noticed all this, and
affected on her side an unnatural gayety
that was intended to show how much
she could enjoy herself even when Al
bert was not by her side.
In her heart she was sad. She left the
ball early, saying she was tired and had
a heaache. The young coquette under
stood the lesson her cousin wanted to
teach her. /
And as the days passed away change
began to be noticeable in her toilets and
finally in the color of her hair. The tint
grew softer and began gradually to give
way again to the natural color.
Was it the effect of love deceived and
Of a lost lover? Therese had sacrificed
her golden hair and her exaggerated
dresses. She was gradually becoming
the excellent little manager that moral
lists love to praise /
She read good books, she knitted, she
did embroidery work and engaged in
such reasonable conversation with the
grandmother that the old lady noticed
with pleasure and surprise the change
that had taken place in her protegee
The grandmother was very happy
over the transformation of her beautiful
Therese. She wrote to her grandson 10
say that she had changed.
She wrote that she had never known
so reasonable girl, so simple, natural,
reserved and with such simple tastes
The best thing he could do was to come
and see her. He would see no more gold
en- hair and no more exaggerated and
snowy costumes. He would find "a girl
who had sacrificed her coquetry to her
love, and girl who was ready to love
him with all her heart.
She also said in her letter that if this
were the test he had wished to put the
girl to she had come through it victori-
ously.
Albert did not wait to be told twice.
He had never forgotten his love for her,
and he came to Nine. de Versac with
confidence and joy. When he entered
the room, he saw Therese.
She rose to meet him lovingly, with
her hands outstretched. She let her head
fall with murmur of pleasure OH his
shoulder, and as he put his arm around
her supple waist he pressed loving
kiss on her parted lips
"Albert!"
"Therese!"
"You still love me?" she whispered.
eyes, love you! l love you more
than ever, more than formerly, because
your love for me is stronger than your
coquetry. Now have confidence in you.
You were pretty. very pretty, with your
fine dark hair. In order to move with
the fashion and to satisfy your coquet.
tish fancy you made your hair golden.
From that moment l have kept away
from you. Now that you have become
yourself again l give you back my
heart. l love you more than ever When
your hair turns golden again, shall
know that you no longer love me-
"It never will" she cried, with pas
sion.
"Never?" he asked in low voice.
"Never!"
Alas, the word "never' has no mean-
ing for the majority of womankind.
Two years later Therese was to be
seen driving daily in the Bois with a
mass of golden hair ON the top of her
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