Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1898-08-03

They had now reached the cottage,
and Mrs. Baxter was advancing to meet
them. full of welcome and introduo.
tions. General Stanhope, tall, thin,
intellectual man, who surveyed life
calmly through q pair of big, round
eyed spectacles, was delighted, in his
cold, deliberate way, to meet again his
old friend, and they sat down ON the
piazza for chat about old times. Lalla
Braddon, delicious little creature in
pink, with short curls and big violet
eyes, seized Dorothy and bore her away.
Were going to have a little Hal
loween dance tonight. Did you know
it?' she said, "And we shall try some
old charms afterward. Some people are
going to drive down from tbs Point.
There will be wood fires of pine logs. in
the fireplaces rejecting on the big red
screens And we have found such a
funny lot of old portraits in the garnet
Jack and l brought them down and
put them on easels; elderly men, you
know, with narrow foreheads, high COL
lars and long hair curling up at the
ends, and thin women with sloping
shoulders, holding little books. How
odd people look when they get out ct
fashion, don t they? shall wear yellow
with touches of black. We are to have
the Dead March from Saul played
softly while we 60 out to supper. Will
it not be weird?'
''Dear Uncle Swithin," said Mrs.
Baxter the same evening, approaching
the professor, 'as it is Halloween,
wonder if you would be so good as to
entertain us after supper with some
demonstrations of solar biology. If you
would tell our fortunes, for instance 1t
would be so charming for the young
people to look into futurity. When one
gets older, it isn't SO fascinating, is it?"
81 never tell fortunes; that belongs
to the quaoks," said the professor, with
dignity. "However, if the young people
will allow me to register their birth
days in my notebook l will give their
delineations-that u.s. descriptions of
their dispositions and abilities as influ-
snced by the planets under which they
were born," he exclaimed, seeing a
blank look in his nieces face.
"That is so good of yon. And is 1t
nil true?" inquired Mrs. Baxter naively.
GAS true as history. No one should
be without knowledge of solar biology.
1t gives valuable information along the
most practical lines of life. 1t indicates
whom one should marry, what business
one is adapted for and what friendships
to form. Then, once you know per-
sons characteristics, think what an i'm
mense advantage! You know what his
strong and weak points are; how to ad-
dress him; hatwill flatter or interest
him.; you wind him around your finger
Just like this' Here the professor held
one forefinger horizontally aloft and de-
scribed rapid circles around it with the
other.
Mrs. Baxter regarded her uncle with
sort of fascinated awe. "And to think
you can do all these things!' she MUIR
INJURED.
A glow of pride illumined the pro-
fessor's vast ears. "By the way" he
remarked, in changed tone, "that was
a remarkably fine young woman I met
out on the beach.
"Whom? Oh, Dorothy Van Deering. y
eyes. She's alSagittarius.
| "a what?'' Mrs Baxter ceased fan.
ming herself, and her face took on 9
look of pensive inquiry.
GA Sagittarius. Born under that sign,
you know. Denotes great executive a bill
ity," explained the professor. "Now, il
ever marry, it shall be Sagittarius
woman. T have always said So.
"And have you never met one until
now?" inquired Mrs. Baxter, for her
uncle was bachelor.
eyes, good many" He sighed.
"There has always been some obstacle.
Usually they are already married.
"Well, I'm afraid it's equally hope
less in this CASE" said Mrs. Baxter,
laughing.
"Why is it hopeless?" The professor
looked up aggressively, his full, pro-
truding underlip defying his large flat
nose. Before Mrs. Baxter could reply
the object of their remarks appeared on
the piazza before them, though ignorant
| of their proximity, they standing in
the library window. She wore cream
| wool dress, simple enough, but its
| witching simplicity had taxed Pari
| sian modiste's most subtitle powers. Hg]
delicate yet strong profile was. toward
them as she rearranged some vines
which the wind had blown from theil
support ;; her big brown eyes were lazy
and unconcerned. At that moment Cuth
bert Ogden came up the steps. Instant
Iva soft, sunshiny fire suffused her face
They moved down the piazza together,
chatting socially. The professor looked
| disturbed. A horrible jealousy began tt
rage In his breast. He rose with dignity,
eff my case is hopeless on account o.
Cuthbert Ogden, it is very strange" ht
remarked. ga mere boy. without socia
standing. shall look him up"
That evening the professor distin
| guished himself. He was always piotur
esque in evening dress. All the ladiel
| gathered round him when in the sof
oandlelight he related strange facts CON
corning the power of the stars on human
destiny with prophetic eloquence while
some one softly played something in
definite on the piano from Chopin. The
men with one accord fought shy of him
They Stood around looking bored and
useless and wondering ii after all they
had not made the mistake of lifetime
in not perfeoting themselves in some
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