Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1908-05-01

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Then ! there any choice: Is then
auy question Il what 20 dog
sylvia looked cut Iu,o tie winter
sky. through the tops u snowy tires
Eyery where tAe stars. deathly rigidity
Il winter. Under il. frozen lay the
rain that had scented the air. Under
her ambition lay the ghosts Of yestrr-
day.
-No." she said. there i no question
Of choice. / know what must b-."
For a week or more the snow con
tiuued. Colder. gloomier weather set
FL. aud the impending meuace Of Ash
Wednesday relOubIei the social pace.
eliminating in the WesJeTyeit ball on
the eve u the forty days AMI Sylvia
had not yet seen Siward or spoken 10
him s-aiu across the wilderness Of
streets and men.
In the first relaxation Of Lent she
lad inStinetively welcomed an oppor-
tunity for spiritual consolation and
chance 70 take her spiritual bearings
the splendor Of her youthful vigor she
did lot know what that meant
To -. Berold's she went in cure Of
her soul She was fond Of Father
Curtis. who, II he were every inch
priest. was also every foot 81 his six
feet a ulan-s.mple. good and brave.
However. she found little opp0rtu-
nifty. save al her brief confession. for
a word with Father Curtis II was
fashionable 10 adore Father Curtis,
aud FOR that reason she shrank from
N.u'uring any demand upon his tine.
and nobody else ~ -. Bero.ds an
l-a.eI 70 her.
Agatha CailhneSs was there q great
dea. Iookil. ike 4 saint in her sub
duei p.umase and very Gevour. doiE-
ius io;hing. neither confession nor
quarters occasionally lifted eyes.
though their gaze. meeting. seemed
lost in dreamy devotion Or drowned il
the contemplation Of the spiritual and
remote
Plank came dDc.ley from his Dutch
Reformed church 10 Ill h--Side Leila.
A. Tor Mortimer. once ve>rrylla1.
be never came ~ all There was
new SCI - men sIclE whom he had
recrutiy drifrel 70 the unfelElel dls-
gust % gentlemen ike Major Be
werher-~c.ll- men In the coDnolrC
AMI more sinister Interpretation OF the
word
Mortimer STAYED ogl az night very
frequently now. aL>o he APPEARED 10
make rs MONEY - further o. was
Ticker II his -e4rd Killings t-S-aG>.
Le seldom attempted ~ bully Leila.
living apparently eoAteuI virA Lis al
.owaay~
Uucr - twice Plank saw him with
a. Iua>ga.!y attractive zir. belonging
TO q word very far Removed frou
Lella's >91.e'.,iy sail she was a.
actress when She Ild ANYTHING ~ 81
-yLs Lydia Ny>e. somewhat cr.eDrat-
ri toF "a 4-l41s.y NOT r1-a delicate
bGI Plank VS. 30 more Interested
tlaA auy man who can't a@ozj ~ Ell
danger A4s prospects by C..rSe- @c-
quaiEtalep WIKI tlEt sort u pretty
woman
Meanwhile Mo~Tlz8rr keTs; 8 way from
home. wife and c11rch. ami Plank fre-
4ururel -aea- - Tlse tWo men did not
l4eeJ very often, and The .~ss they
Uei tie .ess they found - sly ta.ole
smother
Though the opera wSs over. theaJers
ultashaola1.e. formal functions sus-
pended ami dances ended The pace
stiI ruUliauei ri = discreet aud dec
oca-s tEet. AID those who had ~; led
10 Ca.ife-uta or T'xtu Beach remained
10 rr4y and pay Jysdge with an
ulctloa mast eViify3nE
And ali this while Sylvia h-d hot
sem Slward
Sylvia was changing. The character
isCsc aDl4hili.y. Ike sensitive reserve.
td- sweet c5,lT.o>uEe which the world
had 4iwayS counted 81 IL ber. lad -
come exceptions and ~ longer The
rules which governed the czE'v5ce and
impulse Alw4ys latent An ioiiEeE-
e-ce ~ Pointed s. - verge On ilSa-
leDce amazed her iGtim4Ies AZ times
4 sudden flushed .11yaa riv1e4 startled
the hab.tue> u her shrine. There was
i new UIse-ilg hardness in her eyes.
n her attitude the faiute>t hint q
cyaicis-l- For the rrst time : slight
sense q fear t.Ec1GFed The general ad-
l.-atLaa-
In p1blic her Indifference and grow
ing Impotence with Quarter had rot
reached the verge q had taste. bGt Il
private she was scsncely a. pains to
conceal AeE WEAKNESS and inzTreuyion.
That hs lcEleei il Was evident even "a
. her. wAo ezre.e>s-y isaorei 5Ee cl,glSe-
( qCc1ces II Der uwn sJrIIuds.
Al The Mi-c2Tezae dance given by tie
>5ow2 Hunt QCzr-5-T. who vas NJ I.
H 5ed tie coI.ll0a with agrees ts.e pre-
. cision and i-nler>oazl ACCURACY. favor
III 1er ST Intervals She returned 10
CoTvU next morning with Grace FerrslL
irritable. s1.ky- fUr5o1s with herself
AL bot with self Contempt. sAe lsy
% X II th- comfortably u.15lS-e.ei
co--e- q tA- b-vushzm. STARING
sIr2lS1, before ber. sullea nd mouth
Ul-e>Eg-S5ve 10 The Q.cczSsazzl i1s-g1-
-=sGe1t Quest.QE> q Grace Fe-r1L
After al5e- observed ol-xce. -T,e.-
Pc v..l begin 10 14,k sbssr the dzsoo1-
Ee--,-l beauty NJ ygGr s4ce-
SylTj2's eye1rows benz Sill tzrzhxT
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