Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-07-19

also the happiest-up to l
u 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 l had
often said to myself very often of late.
In figure l 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 l had just gained after three
years of hard study and severe train
| ing.
l was not made for love. But if
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, | knew well whose eye l
should have chosen to please, whose
heart l should have felt proud to win.
This knowledge came with rush to
my heart-did | say heart? l should
have said understanding, which is
something very differentiation at the
end of the first dance | looked up from
the midst Of the bevy of girls by whom
l 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 hither and thith-
err, 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
one?
l thought | knew. l remembered at
whose house l had met him first, at
whose house I had seen him many
witty and vivacious. and she stood at
this very moment at my elbow. In her
beauty lay the lure, the natural lure
for a man of his gifts and striking per-
sonality If | continued TO watch l
should soon see his countenance light
up under the recognition she could not
fail to give him. And was right. In
another instant it did, and with
! 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 l 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
inc Is, Zoo
not as he smiled on Miss Sperry, but
more warmly, with more that is per-
sonal i'll it, | took his arm in a daze.
The lights were DINNER than thought
Nothing was really bright except his
smile. 1t seemed to change the world
for me. l 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 perfumes? 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 it be real? Was l the object
of all this feeling, I? If so, then life
had changed for me indeed.
Silent from rush of emotion l search
ed his face to see If this paradise,
whose gates l was thus passionately
hidden to enter. was indeed verify or
only dream born OF the excitement of
the dance and the charm OF scene
exceptional in its splendor and pictur-
esqueness even for so luxurious a city
as New York
But it was no mere dream Truth
and earnestness were in his manner
and his words were neither feverish
nor forced.
81 love you, l need your So
heard, and so he soon made me believe
you have charmed me from the first
Your tantalizing, trusting. loyal self
like no other sweeter than any other
has drawn the heart from my breast
have seen many women, admired
many women, but you only have
loved. VIII you be my wife?
was daZzled. moved beyond any
thing could have conceived. forgo
all that | had hitherto said to myself
all that | had endeavored to impress
upon my heart when beheld him ap
preaching, intent, as ! believed, in hi