Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-12-26

is a list of them-a somewhat long one,
as the candles which have made their APP
pearanee very oppor'viely will enable
you to see, But you DON'T hear what l
say"
Not a word has escaped me-"
Il ask pardon, bat thought that your
attention appeared to be attracted toward
my friend Alice Doesn't she look charm
ingly?"
"She always does"
True but according 70 my taste. she
looks uncommonly SO this evening. +
long ago gave up trying to persuade her
to give little more freedom to those
magnificent tresseS of hers. as found
that az i could say failed to move her. &"
Ind now that you have ceased TO per-
suade, she has done il voluntarily"
Say. rather. that was not as eloquent
as your friend Falkland"
Has Gilbert Falkland presumed to ex-
press u wish relative to subject on
which as l knew her uncle's peculiar
opinions ana feelings. delicacy eonstrain-
ed me to be silent?'
Softly. Harleigh-softlv I see an an
CRY spark ia your eve, for which there
| is not the least occasion Falkland has,
to the best of my knowledge, never ex-
pressed any such wish He said nothing
more than that he considered il a much
more becoming way Of wearing the hair,
than to coDtine 1t by caps and fllets'
And SO Miss Dale acted upon this
hint?"
II win not say that she did"
yet 'hink SOP
/ ~ rF,1
one thing, however, that you and both
know"
what is it?"
''Tha. Alice Dale is scarcely more than
child just old enough to be fascinated
with lace almost femininely pretty like
| Gilber: Falkland's. That true manly
beaaty, which is in reality more thc ex-
preston of fine and noble trrits of char
neter than any particular complexion or
/ set Of features, has little attraction for
/ her because she Is unable to comprehend
wherein lies its charm. | dc Z speak Of
/ this as being any disparagement TO her,
| for love Alice as dearly as | should an
/ own sister. 1t is the same with all girls
! Of her age. The mind must be formed
| and the taste cultivated before one is
capable of approaching the kind of beau
! ~ to which allude.'
81 have been deceived in her, them
! Say, rather, that you have been lit
i tie bewidered. Look, Harleigh! Falk-
| land is winding one of those soft brown
curls of hers round his finger. | should
! imagine by his looks that he was begging
| it of her as memento If friendship, or,
perhaps, love"
"And If she should give it TO him, why
| then"
why do you break of 50 abruptly?"
what l was about to say was of nc
consequence"
''Harleigh. you mustn't take this toe
seriously. Don't forget to bear in mind
what l have already mentioned that in
years Alice is scarcely more than a child
This may be only passing fancy.
week hence she may care nothing fol
Gilbert Falkland, and my advice is tina
you watch her, without appearing to d.
So"
Alice. meanwhile, could with difficulty
conceal her impotence at being Obliged
for so long a time to give her attention tc
| Falkland, whom she had always dis.
| liked. She, therefore. experienced a
sense of relief when the door opened and
/
her youngest child by the hand, as il
seemed to be the signal for a general
movement. She placed the candles on q
small table which she had drawn for.
ward into the center of the apartment
and as if by some magnetic attraction, all
drew their chairs nearer, leaving the re-
mote corners TO the gathering shadows.
BY some means. Alice found herself
seated next to Harleigh. When she per
ceiyed this, her cheeks flushed a little
and she turned partly away, abashed by
the consciousness of tine baf-uttered
though MISUNDERSTOOD vows which only
a half-hour since had been interchanged
between them. Yet as she did SO. her
eyes for a moment sought his, for al
ready there was a craving in her heart
for the loving glance such as had late
rested upon her. She sought for it in
vain. His face, so it appeared to her
was studiously averted, which caused
what Mildred had said to fash into her
mind. Tears started in her eyes, which
she with difficulty forced back.
"Hareigh."
The name was whispered close to his
ear He turned and saw Mildred bend
ing over him.
us this the way 10 make thorough
work of the part you are to act?" said
she. She then added in voice loud
enough for all present to hear: Il hope
you won't forget, for this message, which
so strangely escaped my memory, is OF
more Importance than all the rest
II shall certainly remember" was his
reply who could have suspected" he
thought to himself when Mildred had left
him. that Alice Dale was eoquetfe?-
that she could so well act part|' And,
word for word. he recalled to mind all
that had been said during their recent
interview
Harleigh had told Mildred that he
would remember. put there must be lit
tie time for him 70 acquire the necessary
composure to appear towards Alice the
same as if he had not listened 10 the in
sidious representations which bad been
poured into his ear. Now, his mind was
in state Of tumuluous excitement, and
70 put on calm exterior was all that be
could well do.