Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-08-30

also the nappleSt-up to i
- o'clock Then my whole world
crumbled, or at least suffered an
eclipse. Why and how l am about to
relate.
was not made for love- This I had
often said to myself: very often of late
In figure am too diminutive, In face
far too unbeautiful for me to cherish
expectations Of this nature Indeed
love had never entered into my plan Of
life, as was evinced by the nurses
diploma had just gained after three
years of hard study and severe train
ing.
! was not made for love- But II /
had been, had been gifted with height,
regularity Of feature or even with that
eloquence Of expression which redeems
all defects save those which SAVIOR Of
deformity, l knew well whose eye I
should have chosen to please, whose
heart should have felt proud to win.
This knowledge came with a rush to
my heart-did say heart? l should
have said understanding, which Is
something very different-when at the
end of the first dance l looked up from
the midst of the bevy of girls by whom
/ was surrounded and saw Arson Du-
rand's fine figure emerging from that
quarter of the hall where our host and
hostess stood to receive their guests.
His eye was roaming hlther and thith-
er, and his manner was both eager and
expectant. Whom was he seeking?
Some one Of the many bright and viva
cious girls about me, for he turned al
most instantly our way. But which
oneY
T thought | knew. I remembered at
whose house had met him first, at
whose house had seen him many
times since. She was a lovely girl,
witty and vivaciouS, and she stood at
this very moment at my elbow. In her
beauty lay the lure, the natural lure
for man Of his gifts and striking per-
sonality. II I continued to watch /
should soon see his countenance light
up under the recognition she could not
fail to give him. And / was right. In
another instant 1t did, and with a
brightness there was no mistaking. But
one feeling common to the human heart
lends such warmth, such expressive
ness to the features. How handsome
1t made him look, how distinguished,
how everything was not except
But what does this mean? He has
passed Miss Sperry-passed her with
a smile and a friendly woodland Is
speaking to me, singing me out, offer
ing me his arm. He is smiling, too
not as he smiled on Miss Sperry, but
more warmly, with more that is per-
sonal In 1t. / took his arm In a daze.
The lights were DINNER than I thought.
Nothing was really bright except his
smile. II seemed to change the world
for me. forgot that was plain,
forgot that / was small, with nothing
to recommend me to the eye or heart,
and let myself be drawn away, asking
nothing, anticipating nothing, till /
found myself alone with him In the
fragrant recesses of the conservatory,
with only the throb OF music In our
ears to link US to the scene we had
left
Why had he brought me here into
this fairyland Of opalescent lights and
Intoxicating perfumes2 What could
he have to say-to show? All, In an
other moment knew! He had seized
my hands, and love, ardent love, came
pouring from his lips.
Could 1t be real? Was l the object
OF lan this feeling, 1? If so, then life
had changed for me indeed.
Silent from rush of emotion search
al hfc fnHn 10 10
whose gates l was thus passionately
hidden to enter, was indeed a verify or
only dream born OF the excitement Of
the dance and the charm of q scene
exceptional in lis spiendor and pictur-
sequences even for so luxurious a city
as New York.
But 1t was no mere dream. Truth
and earnestneSe were in his manner,
and his words were neither feveTtsh
nor forced
81 love yOR l neen your So /
heard. and so he soon made me believe.
You have chaHned me from the first.
Your .tHntalizing. trusting, loyal self,
like no other. sweeter than any other.
has drown the heart from my breast
/ hAve seen many women, adminca
many women. but you only haze I
loved WIN you be my wafeT'
I was dRzzaed moved beyond any
thing could have conceived I forgot
all thSt / had hitherto said to myself.
an th6t had endeavpred to impress
Iupon ny heart when I -bebAd him ap
paOac6inE fnOsnt as { bellel In DIS