The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1896-06-11
LOVE Il BLIND


80 te nste up ehehsutusuil
SO At lsas', tbonsbt Lord Ronald d'E
ierHe
He hs1 but just retained from tw
yesn cl1afn II the be.ft OF Airics, :
lontn Glitd sIb dsnsers snd privstion'
LI. Yesv uum brrsi bat Eve aud t~euiy
be uu possessed Of sve kuIt spring
frame sud keen, clear rre, so he be,
come back iron bis travels with fame
courage aud endurance, bot sithouis lei
uy that be could call Is own.
Nhasss n,Il to be doue1 Tbis VS.
I've problem thai filled all bis spar
thoughts, HE elder brother bad Il ted
bim ont for be expedition with the roili,
iuumstl0u tbs, the act was . virtual wash
Iiug Of bis hands Of the superiiuons csdet
bis surts had kissed him so warmly 81
parting thst be wss smszad to nod th' IN
not TO home when he returned 10 Lon
dou, his godfather bad given him stSeu
y pound ! ote snd such = hearty farewell.
that il was besideriog to be cot by him
when they met once more n tue club
smoking room. II reslly seems as II they
Wish ! bad never come back said the
young msn to himself, With smile at the
Incredible ides; but ss time passed on his
smiles died away, and he ground his teeth
ssvapely as be realized that his relations
had thought it a good investment to lay
out 500 and a. inhnlty OF farewell 10
the hope OF < ting quit OF troublesome
encumbtsnce. The thought was bitter
one, and 10 his fret iury be vowed to leave
bis ratiye shores by the next ship, and
never return TO them again. But upon
the heat OF mis- passion there fell cooling
breath. as If from heaven itself. end the
llou was straigbtwsy changed into a lamb
Lord Ronald d'Esterre had been sccus
toned so long to be looked upon as
"detrmental. thst at first he scarcely |
dared TO show the attraction ths, lay for
him 10 Violet Harvey's appealing gray
eyes and soft, shiuing hair, To his amaze
meut. however, he found that obstacles
melted away mirsculously IN at his approach
Violet herself was shy aud retiring, 1t Is
true, but her mother smiled sweetly upon
him aud her father shook him warmly by
The hand,
Was ever man 70 blessed before2
True love does run smooth sometimes,
,fler all he said TO himself on this bright
Jnne evening, as be walked homewsrd
,ier meeting with Mrs. Harvey IN the
Dark
Shall you be at Lady Chester6eld's par
y TO tight? she had said. Violet and | 8
re gong, and we shall be disappointed il
ee do not see you,
HIS honest face bad glowed with de
igbt as she spoke, aud be seemed to be 3
reading on air as he walked awav.
Even Aunt Maria has taken me back 10 /
o favor again, be thought; she WAS hor j
IDLY CROSS when first came home, but q
ow she is sugsred satin Whenever | come l.
ear her, dare say it was my fault, !
now that was an i'll conditioned brute Y
ntil Violet came to soften mel
Lady Mstla's lowered be, ddress was q
be first object that met Lord Ronald's u
yes when be entered hi hostess crowd a.
4 drawing roous that evening, and come n
hat to bis surprise it was in close n
ro1imity to Mrs. Hsrvey's irizzled gray !,
cad.
| should not have thought that Aunt ir
Isris would have anything to do with 3,
et he reflected She always says that
le can detect the fsintest tincture OF o.
sde and she must know perfectly well II
lat Mr. Harvey made bis money 10 A
At this moment. however, be caught IN
ght OF Violet, aud forgetting all else, he aI
bowed his way eagerly through the
owd until he resched her side,
1t might have been only fancy. but at r
" rate it see med to him that her welcome .,
rs a warmer one than she had ever Civ n
lin before, and bis heart beat faster
be bent over her. h,
Will you not come into the conserVs u
ry2 be said, plesdlngly; 1t is so hot m
re.
She rose without a word, and thsy walk IL
away together, nj
Do you know that 1t Is only siT weeks ~,
nee | fret saw your he said. can hard y,
believe it myself. for it seems as il II
ID Known You oil my life,
He bad 40 idea even as be tpoke that
had seen The remark 10 almost every
We story that be had ever read. but be I,
aid not refrain from ulteriue 1t, for it q.
emed so exact al expression OF bis feel ~.
Is. Violet, too, had probably heard 1t "a
fore, but from Rlnsld's lips it sounded
solutely new, aud her long eyelsshes =,
ooped louer upon her cheek as she lis y,
ned.
Tbey we're walking between bank. Of nj,
.vers aud iern, and the silence between -
EN- was too sve~t to be broken at oucs, 80
i Ropsli's knew tha, their solitude
ght be disturbed at sny moment, aud %
nsing himstli from bis dream be bad -
st opened biz lips to spesk. when m
zee from soms hidden speaker came
sialy TO their esrs. >.
1t is smost certain 10 come , q tonight, >.
Think. get hin 50 iDutstioB 90 puf -,
se. =,
RJnsld started; 1t wss Lady Mstiss
ice. bu, be bad bot the reuotest ide. 10 90
,st ste ~ss slludius, 10 another mo o,
snt, houever. she received Der snsser =.