Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-31

hands under the cloth A heavy sleep followed these distressing visions, and awoke barely in time to keep an en-
 gagement that I had made with Bob Gushing, one of the men who had dined with us in the park. Cushing and had never been close friends in college or afterward, but we had met in Europe, which was a bond of sympathy. and it appeared that he
 had followed nay fortunes with an in-
 terested eye. He had known what
 steamer was bringing me home and
 had been prevented from meeting her
 only by his failure to receive the news
 that she had been sighted. was sur
 prised when he told me this and still
 more by learning that he had made
 plan for my entertainment. He and
 some of his friends of both sexes were to attend golf tourney on the West chester links and were to ride out in automobiles.
 I had been told that place in one l of the vehicles had been reserved for
 me, but had received no proper warn l ing about it.
 'You'li have a nice girl to talk to-" ! Cushing had said, but he had been
 even less lucid in describing her than my father In describing Sibyl. If my friend had shown me req.
 sonably good portrait Of Anna La
 moine, think I should have found the l strength to decline the invitation. It
 was not the proper time for me to run ! any risks.
 At the first glance the young lady l affected me most singularly. She had | remarkable eyes, rather long and. under level finely marked brows, the iris be- l ing of warm brown, darkening very
 slightly toward the pupil, and thus giv- | ing an effect of intensity. When she l looked at me, 1t seemed as if those l eyes meant more than ordinary, but what they meant I could not guess. They embarrassed and at the same | time enticed me.
 She had unusual color in the lips, which were delicately nodded, yet rather full. Upon the whole, the lower l part of the face was the more encour- aging to the physiognomist, promising l such qualities as are prized in women. The brow looked dangerously intelli- gent, and the eyes were an unfathom- | able puzzle.
 l speak of these matters with par ticularity because her face impressed
 me thus in detail rather than in gen. | eraI. For this reason did not think
 of her as beautiful woman; one does ] not pick beauty to pieces. Miss La l moine'S countenance was interesting
 and notable; she would surely be
 girl to twist the necks of people as she
 walked along the street. As a rule, | am not attracted by 8 startling
 woman; I prefer the perfection of a
 type, the beauty that may pass unno- ticed except by the discerning. How Fever, upon this occasion was not In
 mood to be exacting.
 The fact is that was happy, jolly,
 out for good time. The previous day
 had left it's mark on me, and the
 shadows of the night were gone. I was
 glad through and through that had found my father so hale and strong, so prosperous and cheery. My affec- \ tion. for him frightened the world, it
 made the thought of my own fortunate
 condition an unmixed delight, for be- tween us there could be no question
 of burdensome obligation. Moreover,
 had my own Ideas of useful and
 
 present was holiday.
 MT. and Mrs. Cushing, who rode with
 us, were in high spirits. I had never
 met the lady before, but we were
 friends in three minutes. That couple
 were the sort of people who laugh, not
 vaeantly, but from the sense of humor.
 They seemed to find jest in every
 thing, and as rule it was good one. Miss Lamoine entered into the spirit
 of the occasion, yet with a different
 manner. She seemed to have her own 1 view of matters, even the most trivial, and she gave this impression in way
 that is wholly indefinabIe. She was not in the slightest degree
 reticent as that word is ordinarily un- derstood, and yet often, when she had finished speaking, I caught myself
 waiting for her to proceed and after ward vaguely wondering what she |, would have said had she not chosen to withhold part. Yet her manner was so perfectly unaffected that the elusive nature of her thought constituted sim gular fascination. She produced upon
 me the effect of one who by virtue of some unique experience or natural gift
 beholds in all things more than is seen by the general.
 It is possible that I exaggerated her powers. It may be that thought her a seeress because she could see through memo very great feat as I view it now. One will meet in this life now
 and then person who, without en- croachment or the faintest suggestion of an, overprompt familiarity, will dis play at the first meeting that compre-
 hension which one expects only from a
 friend. When that person is pretty l girl, the effect is most deliciously fiat tering to man whose nature is not | too gross for the perception of such
 matters. He longs to respond. and if he fails not blunderingly, but by se-
 ries of too small successes, why, the chances are that the poor fellow will