Connecticut western news., 1910-03-17

DI6U0lSu-d Eeu ed like a rose leaf. on her neck. It was rather an imperfection than Q blemish.
 Where are we?" I asked.
 "I don't know" she replied.
 "I hear the sound of waves"
 "Then we must be on the seashore."
 And birds singing"
 "That would indicate that the beach is lined by woods"
 "Wherever we are. we were evident ly sent for each other"
 "It would seem so." She lowered her eyes.
 "You were certainly sent to be with me. What would become of me alone Fin this dense mist without the power to find my way out of it With you shall be happy even here. You are very lovely"
 "You do not say beautiful"
 "But you are beautiful"
 "No; can't be that"
 "Why?"
 on the birthmark.
 "Do you know" I said after a brief pause. "that like you so well as you are that I would not have even that changedT ....
 "How good of you to say thatl You say it to make me feel less dissatis- fed on account of my defect. You do not mean it."
 Suddenly the mist was gone. It did not melt away; 1t vanished. We were standing upon a beautiful bay. For miles on either hand the beach curved in a semicircle. Back of us the shore rose till it mingled with mountains. The waters of the bay were of differ ent colors. Near us, where it was shal- low, it was a pale green, beyond deep blue and beyond that silver. On this silver an island rested, rising from its base to a height on which the sun shone golden. We stood looking out at the view. l was entranced, and, turning my eyes upon my companion, l saw that she was equally wrapt.
 Il feel" I said. that l must go out on the bosom of that sea-" ..
 ''There is a boat" she replied. chained to a stake"
 Lowering my eyes to the verge, saw a skiff rising and falling with the languid swells.
 The next scene of which I was cog nizant or at least remember now was pulling along under great cliffs that formed the island.
 "There is a cave" said my compan- ion tsxyith an- trance"
 Turning the boat. l pulled for the cave. The rocky roof over the water way just graZed our heads as we made the entrance. Inside we found our selves within a cavern. it's roof hung with stalactites. The light coming from the entrance tinged the vaulted roof with ever changing colors. Now | 1t was a, blood red. now q pale blue. now sea green, now white.
 1t is from the changing of the wa ters outside,' 1 said. "A changing sky changes the bay, and the changing bay changes the hues in here"
 Tt is all change" she said sadly. ''I wish something in the world were | fixed"
 1 dropped my oars and, seating my self beside her, took her in my arms.
 Il wish this would never change" said, flor l have found my love" kissed her. She put her arms about me. and it seemed to me that 1 had thrown off something that had trou- bled me, some great evil that had over hung me. and 1 had passed to a con valescence of perfect happiness.
 Alas. while suOremely happy in this companionship. I felt my love slip ping through my arms and saw her floating over the surface of the wa ter toward the mouth of the cavern. At that moment both the water and its rocky dome were a pale blue. They tinged her garments with the same hue. She looked back at me with an expression of indescribable melan- choly. called to her not to leave me, but she floated on, passed out through the mouth of the cavern and was gone.
 seized the oars to follow and. flashing under the low arch that sep arated me from the outside. in another moment was under the greater vault of the heavens.
 All was serene as when we entered the cavern. but my love had vanished.
 Then came a sensation of being tossed to and fro, up and down. as though I were on stormy sea. It was merely a consciousness of feeling There was no communication with the outside world. There were voices in the air. What they said did not