Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-09-04

forehead, the eyes, deep and full of
immeasuTab}c good things, the nose
the mouth-evrrything that l had been
seeking for. gave an exclamation of
JOY.
90 You see her now, sir? Does the
rings show ~ good?' This remark from
the astronomer brought to mind for
gotten fact / saw her through tele-
scope. Where was that window that l
could seek her out? l had found her.
Better never to have seen her than UNI
der such appalling conditions. There
she was gazing calmly at me from the
other end of long tube. 1 could al
most touch her and reached out my
hand.
Hold on, there!'' cried the astron-
omer You'll upset the machine.
my involuntary movement to en-
brace what was not there did indeed
disarrange the apparatus, and so badly
that she disappeared, and where she had
been star was winking at me. AS if l
cared for starsl
Il paid for one more look at Saturn,
but could find nothing In vain swept
the skies and the housetops and win
dows with the telescope and with my
naked eye. She had vanished. l went
home disconsolate. AS surely as | sit
here, Dockboy, saw her. 1t was not a
hallucination. She was sitting in a real
window within the range Of that tele-
scope, but where l don't know and per-
haps never will know. My ideal has
become a reality, but under what trying
circumstances. Do you wonder that 1
am miserable. ?"
II surely do not, " I said, eff what
you have said is true and not mere
imagination. :"
"How romantic!" cried my wife.
Lieutenant Swash sighed.
Come" l said, rising from my
chair, eve will go together, and perhaps
1 can help you. | will have look at
Saturn. -
Not long afterward my friend and l
were at the corner from which he had
viewed his ideal in the flesh. The itin-
Grant astronomer was there, too, with
his telescope pointed heavenward in
readiness for use He greeted my com
panion pleasantly and apparently had
been expecting him.
Maybe you II see that planet you we
been looking for tonight" he said.
eve cleaned off the lenses so they'll
work better -
"Planetl Beautiful luminary rath-
er, D." muttered the lieutenant, stopping
and screwing his eye into an end of the
telescope. 81 can see nothing but black
ness now. Lower the other end just lit
tle-there " He began adjusting screws
with the skill Of one initiated into the
mysteries of the heavens. While he
searched the skies above and the house
ems, the house tops and the windows
with my naked eye and with my naked
eye | accomplished more than he.
"Allow me to try the glass, - said,
"My dear fellow, he cried, cit is of
no use. If | can find it, after searching
every night for weeks, You can't. There
is nothing i'll sight. It's only a question
of patience, of waiting until it again
appears.
''Let me try" l said pcremptorily.
He acceded to my request. With the
assistance Of the astronomer I got the
instrument in the desired position, fixed
my eye to it and focused it.
"Pshaw," cried Swash impatiently,
"you' looking right down Broadway.
"Thcm's electric lights sir, not plan
cts, " venturcd the astronomer politely.
These remarks had no effect on me. l
bided my time. At length it came
Il I
"but just fix your eye here "
cts She again, he cried before he
had his optic thoroughly adjusted
"You re right, Docl5boy; we've got her
Now mark where the telescope points
to. DON'T lose it. Get tho direction "
"Have you read what is below the
Window" said I.
"Jove" he muttcred Miss Maxy
Mumps, the actress, writes, Il have
used DR.. Hoaxer's harmless hair tonic
and find it perfection.
"We've got her, Swash Well spot
window with that sign-why, confound
it, she's gone!"
Swash Strengthened up and seized my
hand.
"Dockboy," he whispered so the as
tonished astronomer would not hear,
GIVE found her, thanks to you. can
spot her window by that sign if it's
within ten miles. Miss Maxy Mumps,
the actress -
Look again" 1 said quietly, land
tell me what you see. "
Once more he looked, but only for a
second.
"Confound it!'' he cried Gam l
crazy? l saw a girl in bicycle and un-
der it letters saying that if you bike
you should ride Buster.
Gentlemen, interrupted the astron-
omer, I'm afraid you amt seen Saturn
nor no other planet You was looking
at that advertising canvas down Broad
way. "
Lieutenant Swash has gone to the
country for few days. St Louis
| Globe Democrat