The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-07-22
LINE OF THE HEART,

"Do you believe In itP"
II don't know" he answered doubtful
ly. II never had opportunity Of judging. :
: "Then III read your hand"
e what Your"
8 "Yes, really" she replied, nodding hel
e pretty head. "Tve been studying IT; books
and all that sort Of thing, you know.
I Come over by the light
I He rose and followed her to the corner.
, where q softly shaded lamp diffused q
, mellow glow. Outside the wind was
!, bowling bitterly, but an old fashioned
wood fire blazed comfortably in an old
fashioned CRATE, for this was an old fash
toned house.
He had never noticed how round and
white her arms were until the loose sleeve
fell back when she took his hand. The
touch of her cool fingers thrilled him.
II thought So" she began. "You arc
dreamer, and you do not want the world to
find 1t out. It's been rather hard life In
some ways You haven't always had all
that you wanted"
| He shaded his eyes with his other hand
q, and rested his elbow on the table. "Safo
4 opSeiSdULCui Ao roluATKeO.
For the tiniest part of a second he gazed
into pair Of reproachful brown eyes.
Don chat, please, " she said. II can't
do anything If you do"
"All right, little GIRL" he responded,
half caressingly. go on"
Your palm Is elastic. That shows a
hopeful nature and strong one. Your
lines are deep. You will get the full Of
living-in suffering and joy'
The piano sounded softly In the next
room. Her sister was playing-half to
herself and half to her father, who sat
nodding in the library.
"The mount Of Jupiter ID we'll devel-
oped, " she went on. "That means pride,
ambition, desire for power-not a snob.
Dish pride, you know, but that which will
not let you stoop to baseness."
He smiled to himself. She was reading
him very well.
Saturn Is rather weak. I'm afraid
you're not very fond Of quiet or study.
Yet you have an ideal of home which |
you have not yet found. Apollo Is good.
You like music, pictures, books Religion
appeals to you from the standpoint of the |
senses-it's the stained glass windows,
the organ and the vested choir with you, |
not the doctrine"
How we'll you know mol" he began.
But she paid no heed to the interruption. |
The girl In the next room drifted In the
opening bars Of the "Serenade." 1t sound
ed like some faroff melody.
You like money, but not SO well as
you do some other things. Books and pic.
lures and travel and your own way come
frnt ~ po CNlorol h., |
of Mars. This one under Mercury
means passive courage self control, resig-
nation and strength Of resistance against
wrong The other one over by your thumb
means temper. I'm glad to see that it Is
ess prominent than this" She looked up
It him with an adorable mischievousness
hat made him feel queer tightening
round his heart.
Here's Luna down here. This means
omance, ideality, imagination and mys-
lcism. II 1t swells here, 1t means u rever-
nee for-well, for the eternal womanly.'
hats the best part Of you. You want to
ut woman on pedestal and keep her
here"
The bcwildering sweetness Of tho "Sere-
ade" sounded dimly through his con-
ciousness and mingled with the breath of
he roses-his roses-on her breast.
You are sympathetic and charitable
enerous to fault. Friendship means
1uch to you. All, know that" she said
herself but this line of heart! It's
20 far down in your hand. Feeling is
our court of first and last appeal. See
ow deep 1t lies. How it dominates your
and! There's marriage line too-only
ne-there's only ONO woman In the whole
orld for YOU"
Tho lamp flickered. "It must need fill
lg, she said II must hurry or we N be !"
1T In darkness"
Woven in with the "Sersnade' her voice
brated on his heartstrings-nowm merry,
ow serious, now SO wholly sweet and
nder that IL sounded like the vision Of
hubert in the room beyond
'She will be all the world to you, she
Id wistfully. There will be no room
r your old friend then. That ideal home Z
IL have dreamed Of will DO yours and
ri" Her eyes rested full upon his, and
most In whisper she added, 1T is not
r away"
For moment he searched her face in 4
ntly, but tho lamp was almost out now. =
len something that he saw there gave
m courage, and he slipped swiftly out of
: chair and knelt beside her, taking dar.
9 possession Of her.
: Is that little home to be truly miner" A
whispered. "Ah, sweetheart Don't r.
Il knowr !
Pale and frightened, sho tried to slip !
ny from him, but he held her fast.
oh, no, mol" she Cried half sobbing.
Please, darlingp' He tried to draw
: down to him, but she resisted, and ho A
sely waited for her to come to him. "A
Can't we go on just as we WERE" she
ltured, friends and all thatp You will
! some one else for-the other-but no 7
h friend as I!' y
There's no going on, dear" he said
lily. "This is tho parting of the ways. =
GRE rs only one woman in the whole
10 world-and the little homer Why,
life, 1t wouldn't DO homo without
!, don't you know"
he roses were scattered on the floor
ing their drifted petals, and even in -
shadow she saw his face, tense with
cal His arms were drawing her closer. L
lamp flickered and went out. She
ID feel his heart throbbing against her.
fancied she could hear it too Tho
renade' was almost finished now, and, n
'oughly humble In her surrender vet ~
lily womanly, she bent down and
ed him in the dark.-New York Truth.
Took 1t Himself. ~
hen tho late Neal Dow was young q
tor -, 80, - ~. r.