Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-09-04
LIEUT.. SWASH'S LOVE

N.
starting from nv seat. So preatlv had
he surprised me,
Nv friend Swash generated a great
clond of smoke in his nine and it so en-
voloned his head that 7 could not SEQ
his face deonlv finished rs it must have
been and from fine cloud of gray vapor
came the prutf replv:
"Yes in love. confound itr'
ooh. how interestingly exclaimed nv
wife dronninp her magazine and look
ING mn at nv friend and myself, whom
she had always nreviouslv declared TO
he most uninterestin1 when we got to-
gatber over onr mines
eft is NOT very ,,leasant for me- " mutt
tered Swasb He was rraatlv embar-
raised and fixed his evas Deusivelv on
the floor.
"What is her nance" 7 asked.
CT don,t Lnu,, =" ha answered
brusouelv.
"Wbore docs she livc:'' veu,1red nv
wife
ttDon,t 1,noyy that
"Wbere did Won meet herr" said l.
"Cau't tell that either. Dockhov.
Don't think me dieacreoable If | could,
7 would GLADLY answer vonr ouestions.
Indeed. I wish That was able TO. -"
"Your case is truly a strange one.
said. els this vounp woman Durelv an
ideal. a mental creature Of vour own?
You have bpen melancholy enough of
late to have heon sigbino for something
moro maternal ),
"Sbe is not mere creation of nv
'inoaginotion 3, renlied the lientonant
'solomrlv "She oxists-wbero don't
know I saw her once q great wav off.
and she realized all nv ideals of the
woman would make Mrs. Swash And
when saw her for an instant though
|it was. 7 cried to myself. Here. Swash.
lis the woman Won have dreamed Of ali
these Years That soft intellectual face
those soulful ewes thew belong to the
woman Won have been waiting for
|FTben She was zone. from where and
WHITTIER 7 don't know for I can't tell
where saw her >,
Swash sent n heautiful ring of smoke
'rirclinr inward toward fine ceiling and
+. nm If he fixed his ewes. watching If rs II
SWING AWAY into fine mir became +bin-
nor and thinner and finally disannnored
] and where if had heen he kent his gaze
fixed So that if seemed that he was look
no off into snace. unconscious Of orr
presence NV wife glanced meaninplv
1 bit me, as though she suspected that, our
VISITORS mind was either permanently
. 1r temporari,v deranged.
"Your case is really most remarka-
,le u said "Exnlain, Don't surround
Fonrself with such an air of mystery If
Ayould relieve Won to confiGe vour trou-
,les in ms. Perbaus we could helm Won. &"
eyes. indeed y cried nv wife enthu-
Eiasticailv. "Porhans we can hclnvo },
Swash started. "Ab. YES Where did
leave off? Perhans Won can--indeed
hes
''Perbans we can assist Won. - re-
heated
81 think not. Dockhov." he said
having recovered himself "For nv
,ase is t,ulv remarkable. have svent
he skies with q tclcscone and cannot
ind her have walked the streets dav
nd NIGHT sc1utinizinp thousands Of
windows. and still have not q trace of
4 nov Won eae s,xv her undor +ba most
,ecnliar circumstances INIT see her 7
lid and 7 lost NV heart From a Salts
led bachelor of 30 have been meta
norpbosed into n loyelo1n. disannoint-
ID. unhannv--I can't GET a word 70 fit
Inv case. y
"Your use Of a tolescone is oueer. ;" 7
nterrupted. al have suspected all along
hat YOU saw her in the skies.
"You have guessed NV secret " ne
aid mournfully. st hanpened that one
night about month ago | was walking
own Broadway ON the wav home TO
nv boarding house, confined NV
riend oft seems to me that I had been
n here to see Won. AT Fortieth street.
i'll luck wonld have it. ran across
me Of those itinerant astronomers who
ad SET mn telescope ON the pavement
nd hing ont a small sign calling at.