Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-06-24
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cnes, houses On his iis, With look
OF surprise. the man handed then u
him
i Outside the business house Re
looked AZ the ksy-tass and found that
the nearest residence vas wiihin
walking distance Slowly he mean
dsred in its direction. unslng the
Z while.
That the Confirmed bachelor"
should purchase a home surprises
them Let them laugh a, ne. ] WI
buy the handsoaest edifcs I can %
+ tain and viii sndesyor 10 make hs-
I life as much OF romance as mins WIS
for tina; brie; time. ought 70 Be hap
Z py. I suppose. She Is q eAarniLg
eresture. and more than al. By hEr
ssest romzRlinsSs, has caused ny
dolorous past 10 be almost forgotten
But was II other than delightful
Yes. If three years in the presence o.
woman whose beauty Of face vas re-
reeted In every feature Of her char
seter. can be thus. Were I. after these
years Of anguish. TO be given the priv
ilege OF again turning those leaves Of
iife's mystery. could / rstraIns
Looking back al those evidences OF
misplaced affection, from the emil
nenee upon which fame has been
pleased 10 place me, ! wonder II J
ever reyelled In the sweet compassion
ship Of my souls false star. l seem
so admirably fitted for the reiieeat life
] since have led
BY no circumstance here an re-
minded Of ny transient 10Y. or She
subsequent. enduring heart-break.
This lovely girl has chosen 10 bsstOw
upon me her preference. For M dull
appreciation she lavlshes smiles which
would I'll the hearts Of other men
with bliss supreme.
Do not imagire-spri;es OF my old
self-that there is aught less modest
in her department than that Of her
whose queenly sway enslaved yoa in
those happy lotus-ezting days.
AS / look into the waters o, the
sorroE's SHOWS. Il vas not so when
together We gazsd upon the placid face
Of the pool which she christened
"Resurgam. The name was typical.
she said. Would that Il were, She
was fond o, my curls. She would run
her feIile fingers through them and
say: 1T IS delightful for you TO have
hair so much more beautiful than that
OF any other man. II Is blacksr than
the plumes Of my big GaIresboroagh
hat"
Those hats we're worn then. and no
Partisan had thought Of creating An
ordinance for their removal az the
theater. The whole house turned 70
look at her as we entered our box.
The stage beauties we're madly teal-
Gus Of her. She was wonderfully beau
tiful. like a stainless lily. Her face.
always pallid, had the spiritual gleam
sometimes seen in the luminous coun-
tenance Of a dark-halred woman. Her
lips glowed like the azaleas she al
ways wore on her breast. They were
odorless. and hence commended them
selves TO her. Perfumes were often
sive to her. yet. as / remember. her
approach was ever preceded by an In
tangible sweetness, as OF the faintest
breath from fragrant flowers confined
IN some secre. receptacle. The refined
perfume was incompatible. l never
detect It now. A mark Of Individual
'ty, 1t left me as did she.
Then the shock OF finding her gone.
when | recovered from the long fever.
One woman called her thankless and
vampire. / was reminded
of her hideous remark when | saw
-oday the new poem OF Klpllng's by
hat title. And that odIous painting
BY his cousin. Burne-Jones. How /
late them all!
Had she but told me that abe was
creature OF the sun--a child Of Paris |
her life and affection changing as
he seasons; could have better borne 4
Ter unceremonious iitling. But TO en-
lure the dread uncertainty which has
Dcumbered my soul through these
nterminably weary yearsl
America. though, Is vastly different
rom Paris. In this arctic atmosphere
ny grief has grown less poignant NV
rdent temperament would now be
allied phlegInatic. No one dreams of
ny brief enchantment-I am consld-
red bachelor-impregnable TIL Lois
ntraneed me. Little they wreck of
hose days of welded blissi I won
er II we shall live with our frat or
econd wife in the world to come
erhaps we shall all be Judged as
olygamists II we have married more
nan once.
1t Is curious that for the frat time
long while, thoughts of ZonIta
btrude themselves. when | am in ,
nest OF domicile for Lois.
or late have tried to put that false
zee away back among the discarded
ates In memory's stereopticon. and
men have peeped at It. pazed :
rough the clear light In Lois calm =
res. fancy sometimes that she IL :
re her-f only tie nearest woman :
'uid be Invested with the spirit OF =
e dearest one-then 1t would be sasy
love as the law says.
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