Evening journal., 1899-05-08
AN ENCHANTED ROSE.

considered complete without him. One
evening, when he was at ball where all the
most beautiful young women had gathered,
he noticed that one girl who was plain in
the face and simply dressed sat all alone
and had no partners in the dances II e took
pity on her, and, approaching, he bowed re-
spectfully and asked if she would do him
the honor of being his partner in the next
waltz.
She was much pleased and readily con-
sented. She danced well despite her ugli-
ness and she was so witty in her conversa-
ton that the handsome young man took
even more pity on her.
Surely" he said to himself, ito this girl,
though she lacked fairy godmother to give
her beauty, nevertheless has been given a
bright mind. And ugliness is only skin
deep, anyhow" So he took her down to
supper
During the supper her conversation was
so witty that he thought more of her than
he had while dancing He realized that
she possessed a charm greater than that
Of pretty face, and congratulated himself
on finding her, but did not think Of taking
for himself any credit for the intention to
do kindness that had first prompted him
to ask her to dance. This refusing to credit
himself with any Of his acts Of kindness
was the one thing above all others that had
made him so popular among bis fellows.
/ When the ball was over he asked the ugly
girl if he might escort her to her home, for
the hour was late and the streets of the city
after dark were full Of rough persons. She
was pleased with the young mans attention,
because all the beautiful young women at
u the ball were green with jealousy. She
thanked him for his offer of escort, and
I, when he would have telephoned for car
riage she stopped him and said:
my own carriage is waiting for me at the
} door. We will ride in that"
y It was beautiful carriage with two men
II in livery on the box, and it was drawn by
two proncing horses with long tails When
/ the carriage stopped at her house, which
was made Of handsome red brick, with steps
! Of white marble, he said goodnight, and
!, lifted his hat in courty fashion.
/ The ugly girl took a red rose from her
l hair and handed it to him. and as he placed
it in his buttonhole she said, quite seriously:
"Keep that rose carefully, for as long as
9 you have it you will be wealthy, and when
g ever enemies annoy you it viii put them to
sleep. You only need to shake it in their
faces and they will fall into slumber SC
deep that only one thing will waken them"
f "And what is that?" asked the young
= man. He was much astonished, and hewon.
2 dered if the ugly girl was a dreamer Of
a dreams.
2 "If you kiss them they will wake up said
a the young girl, and great red flush over
spread her face, and she ran up the white
marble steps and into her house.
"Her face was as red as the rose" unused
the young man, as he walked toward hi
u club. "And she spoke from the heart, be
t levo. 1t was heart flush" And when h'
= had come to his club be sat down at table
S with other young men and drew to foul
n hearts, until the milkman's bell was rung IL
y the streets OF the city. Then he went to hi
own home.
He had forgotten the ugly girl and the res
rose and the strange things he had heard
y but when he tossed the flower on his dress
e ing table it all came back to him. Something
N rolled out from the petals of the rose, an'
" when he picked it up and examined it b
e saw a great white diamond Of the pures
water.
ct must have come from her hair" b
thought, but when he picked up the rose AM
IA laid it down again another diamond rolle'
y out Every timo he repeated this anothe
4 diamond appeared, and when he went I
/, bed there lay on his dressing table a heap G
pure white stones, worth kings ransom.
Il will never work again, he said at moor
when he got up and saw that the diamond
fl. were still there. He was sensible youn
y man, as we'll as handsome and clever, an
= y he kept his word.
MI He spent so much money in the next yea
that the report spread, and was believed
that he owned the gas works and the tro
ley cars, and all the electric lights in I'll
city. But the diamond merchants to whol
n he was constantly bringing rare and beal
~ tiful white stones to sell made up the
AT minds that he was a smuggler. So the
a. hired detectives to follow him.
He saw two Of these detectives one nigh
as he walked into a great hotel, and. viii
everybody was running TO see that the ic
m boxes were filed up, SO that he would NJ
lis complain Of great and unsatisiied thirs
II. he walked up to the two men, whose nam
were Byrnes and AlcCluszy, and shook h
OF red rose in their faces. They fell asleep
~ once, and the young man then ordered thu
he all the French wine in the place be opene
es He was weary the next morning, an
ct when he had breakiasted on poached eg
g. he walked out on the street, full OF though
ct and with heart almost as heavy as h
head.
whats the usef" he kept repeating
himself, as he walked. Whats the use
Of it allT lie came to high building and Il
n, sign over the doorway caught his attentiC
NO and he stopped. He rang the bell Cor Il
= elevator, but it did not come, and
! bounded down the 20 pairs Of stairs like
schoolboy. Everything in the building W
W. strangely quiet. As he passed out the do
on to the street he saw the elevator mi
asleep in his car.
"a And then a strange and wonderful sig
presented itself to him. Every living thil
was asleep. Men and women slumbered
they stood on the sidewalk or rode in {
10 cars. The horses stood still, their hea
down and eyes closed, and their drive
slumbered at their seats. Directly in fro
ng Of the building he had left was the carria
re- Of the ugly girl, and she sat inside with b
be eyes closed, while her horses and the men
NJ livery were as sound asleep as she.
ng It rather pleased the young man to thi
that nv his act tho whole city had gone