Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-02-08
HIS PRETTY DREAM.


u blowing big clouds of tobacco an
dreaming the dreams he had so ofte
,..eamt, when there came a knock at hi
door, and there entered young lady, who's
veil scarcely concealed the dancing Light O
the eyes beneath.
Us Mime. Rameau in?" she asked.
"Mme. Rameou? She lives in the fla
above this"
ooh, thank you'll Pardon me-" And sh,
was about to withdraw. Then she looked
at him again And yet I'm not mistaken
in one thing. Aren't you Ellis Moore!"
THAT is my name, madam"
"How funny that / should have met you
in this way Don't you know me?" And
she threw up her veil, revealing fresh
youthful face, ripping all over with smiles
Kate Sabine!" he exclaimed.
eyes; but, do you know, you haven't i'm
proved. Have p
Il might return the compliment and say
that you haven't, but that would be IN.
true"
"You were in search OF Mime Rameau?"
| queried Ellis.
Yes; you're a queer substitute, aren't
| your and her merry laugh again rang out.
Il am taking lessons in department and
dancing, you know. You say she lives over
head!"
Yes, to my cost. | can hear the pupils
! humping on the piano and dancing round
| at all hours and seasons. Are you to put
| the last straw on the camePs baekY'
IF you are the camel, I'm afraid must.
/ cannot help it. 1t isn't really my fault.
May / ask whose, then!"
Il am going to be married, she said,
bluntly
Married: The dickens you arel"
She nodded her pretty head.
We'll, I'm not interested in that. On the
contrary"
1t gives you little pain, you meant?
she said, filling up the sentence he had left
uncompleted. well, I'm glad that an Old
cOmrade can sympathize.'
who Is the happy MANI he asked.
There, again, you'd never guess. A
colonel. Aren't you going to offer your con
gratuiauons!'
You asked for my sympathies just now"
That was only 10 soften the blow, she
said, piquantly. You see, the colonel
wants me to be a lady. OF course, | was al
ways that, but / mean for style and deport
ment, and putting the his in their right !
place, and-and-al that. But, dear me ! !
must be going. | viii come in and see you |
again before it's settled, If l mayy'
In another minute or two he could hear |
her merry laugh upstairs. She was evi. |
IDENTIFY explaining 10 Nine. Rameau her mis-.
take In another five minutes he could hear /
the drumming Of the piano, with pauses be
tween. Then he heard the pattering Of feet, /
and in imagination followed one 1.-the, grace
iul form as it skipped around the room
Then be tsl TO dreaming again.
Kate Sabine was the niece Of an old nurse
who had been connected with his family.
As children they had, indeed. been com
rades' They fished together, played
cricket together, played marbles, spun tops
and raced together When boy he thought
her perfection.
Once he remembered giving her his own
iavorite penkniie. 1t had only a broken
yer on the handle. On this he had scratched
her name" hate'-in his best handwut-
ing.
Then he remembered a long interview be
tween his mother and the old nurse, and
after that Kate disappeared.
For time he did not miss her a grea.
deal. just why this was so he could hardly |
tell. She had been much to ham in the old
days, and he had supposed then that hf,
would hardly be worth the living withou, |
her But he found that it was. and quite az,
easy matted 10 ind other interesting women |
Al this pleased his mother, who had been
a little afraid that the attraction was toe
strong to be easily broken, and VINO Ioathcd |
the girls vugany even though she al
mired her beauty and trlukuess.
lie saw her again, after a long interval.
when lac had finished his college course
Then be received a rude awakening. Their,
Vas the same bright, dimpled iace-the same
pretty turn Of the head; but he noticed
queer vdgares Of speeoh-grammatica dis.
.repancies which shocked his sensitive ear.
That awakening was the last straw needed
o sever all the old attractions, and he had
lot thought OF her for years before.
Now he had been again awakened. Kate -
vas a diamond, after all, ii a rough ore. 4 /,
oIonel had not disdained the prize which
lie had relnquished.
Two months had passed, when there came
gentle knock at the door.
May / come in?'
1t was Kate! r
Pray, sit down." he said.
oh, you are courteous this time. can
pare ten minutes-s little longer than last
ime, because | am coming to say goodby." I
"Good.by?'
Yes, good-by. Are you sorry?"
Sorry, katie!"
Miss Sabine, please, she laughingly cor
ected. Give me my right title for one tC
ay more. Tomorrow | shall be Mrs. Col
c Courcy. 1t will sound strange, won'tng" :
Very" /.
Not, perhaps, so much TO you. That is
he advantage you men have, YOU never u
lange your name It's unfair. Why hasn't
lady the same privileged" n
Hasn't a lady the same privilege? Blu, .
OF to get to woman's rights or wrongs. how ID
ave you progressed under Nine. Rameau?v r.
oh, 1t has been such fun. enjoyed II So =,
luch. Do you know the waltzg"
No"
Then | viii teach it you. Let me see; W