Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-12-13
drous power OF her dangerous fascination
stnlnR up TO its highest point;

strung up to It's highest point;
My will is gone to sleep, dear,
And only you can wake it;
My heart is in your keep, dear,
To hold, OF drop, or break it.
One day hold most dear, sweet,
The day when first met you;
One thing TO mes most clear, sweet,
never can forget you.
Daylight without your eyes, dear,
For me all brightness misses;
And most in life prize dear,
The memory Of your kisses.
She touched his arm softly as she ceased.
"Would you not care to have one you
loved sing you thatP"
He started suddenly and looked down
at the little hand fluttering femininely on
his coat sleeve.
GLOW can you askP" he said in dazed,
wondering tone. "You sing divinely."
"Then you are a man, after all, " she
murmured, half misohievously, land your
heart is not made of granite"
His eyes met hers; then slowly, very
slowly her lids dropped, and she felt his
arm tremble beneath her light touch.
"Shall waken you from Sleep Donp'
The words were whispered rather than
spoken, and the delicate white fingers
frightened their grasp little, the lovely
face, with its pouting lips, drew so near
that but an inch or two separated 1t from
his coat sleeve Poor Desmond, whom
women had always "passed by" found
himself against his will looking at the
Gree who had put forth all her wiles in
this one particular instance, just because
he had been proof against them for so long.
Her eyes fascinated him, but still he hesl-
tated, and the woman, bent on conquest,
sang again very softly the two lines of the
song
One day hold most dear sweet,
The day when first met you.
The touch Of her hand on his shoulder
reused Desmond to his senses He sprang
up and hastily drew back several steps.
There was a crash, and the little table
under the lamp fell to the ground with a
sound of breaking porcelain. He had
brushed against it.
For one minute, with sternly set fea-
lures, Desmond stood looking at the wom-
an, his friends wife, who had nearly
caused him to break his trust. Her eyes
were angry, but as the expression in his
grew very sad and searching she covered
and flushed hotly.
He stopped, picking up the table and the
fragments of Temples portrait.
"Brokenl'' looking at them for a long
moment. but the face is untouched.
Thank God for thatl You will allow me
to get it repaired for you, Mrs. Templei
You shall have 1t in a day or two
framed"
She did not answer, and no put the
pieces into his pocketbook carefully, Their
came up to her in his usual natural man
ner and held out his hand.
GOOD night, Mrs. Temple"
The ouipt pourtpev diEarTnpd her ANY
reproach or protest would have impellet
her to further attempts. The victory O.
the man over himself-and her-the ma
ture that would she knew bear no malice
cherish no petty minded remembrance o
her perfidy or weakness, proved the las
straw. As much to her own surprise a
his, she broke into violent fit Of crying
the strength of her sobs shaking her from
head to foot.
When she got steadier, Desmond put
hand on her right shoulder.
Don't be- distressed, he said kindly
"Temple placed you in my care, and n
man shall hurt you while I live. al
glad 1 can still meet him when he re
turns"
"How base you must think me! How
you will despise mel' she said, hidin
her face, womanlike, caring more for hi
opinion than her own failing.
"Wait and see. We are going to forge
everything except that Temple is my bes
friend, and you, his wife, whom he love
SO well, are going to make him in the FL
ture, as you have in the past, the happies
Of men,"
He looked her full in the face, and sh
never knew what 1t cost him to do it s
indifferently. 1--WE are only human, afte
all. Temptation comes to every one. But,
he spoke softly and leaned forward, "yo
, won't yield againP Will you promise meS
II swear that. And 1 pray that 20
may have a good woman's love, one day
a woman worthy Of you"
. He pressed her hands warmly, sal
Good night, J." and left her.
"Gladys says you were like brother
her. Since my return she has been a
angel to me- and she looks lovelier tina
ever. Did you see her every dayF"
az think So"
ibid you notice how Tollemaohe WI
! snubbed yesterday"
Temple laughed happily and shoe
? hands with Desmond, apropos of nothing
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