The Lamar register., 1918-08-07

window. / could only see her head
and shoulders, the rest of her body
being below the window sill. She
seemed to be using her hands at some
kind of work. but l could not see what
II was. Her eyes were not fixed upon
1t except occasionally. l inferred 1t
presence In the room made me yet
more desirous of entering it.
Now and again when 1 passed the
house on my way from business / saw
the girl In the same position, and using
her hands, so far as / could see, In the
same manner. Once she turned her
head and seemed to be looking at me,
but l could not be sure. All that win
ter l passed the house every day, al
ways in the evening looking for the
girl in the window.
Whether or no a man can fall In
love by sight alone, do not know, but
1 certainly yearned for that girl. The
more l yearned for her the more / be-
lieved she had conceived an interest
in me. Since l was II stranger to her
i could not make advances. l wished
that l might smile at her; but to such
cheap filtration | did not care to de-
scend. There seemed something too
pure In the Innocent face. on which
there was II tinge of sadness.
One day l met her ON the street,
walking, her hand ON the arm OF q
young man. The likeness was so strong
between them that l was sure he was
her brother. She did not notice me
but as l passed her she was speaking
to her escort and l believed that her
being Interested In something else was
the cause of her not noticing me. l
would have given worlds for one
glance from her beautiful eyes.
When summer came the house that
Interested me was shut up and 1t was
evident that the family was away The
next winter married lady with whom
l became acquainted took pity on my
loneliness aud offered to Introduce me
10 the social life of the city of my
adoption. i told her that there was
one person whom l wished especially
TO know; that / did not know her
name. but l could give her the ad-
dress. The lady took memorandum
OF the latter and promised to make an
Investigation. Though l did not say
as much, she knew that had fallen
In love with the girl in the window.
Mrs. Withers. the lady who had Of
fered TO serve me. made no report fop
several weeks. Then one day, while
calling on her. looking into my eyes
with great seriousness. she told me
that she had learned all about the girl
who had charmed me. / begged her
to Introduce se ut once. She Withheld
her consent and when / insisted told
me that l must give up my fancy;
there was a reason why | should not
go further with my infatuation. had
better put the girl out of my mind.
went TO my lonely room. resolved
TO take my friends advice; but when
1t came to putting 1t into practice.
failed. That Madonna face with
tinge OF grief upon II would not leave
me, though tried for weeks to banish
1t. Mrs. Withers introduced me to
many young ladies'. but l took no In
terest In any of them. At last she
gave up trying to assimllate me with
girls who complained TO her that was
cold as stone.
My sponsor Informed me that she
had told the girl worshipped at dis
tnnee that she had inspired young
man unknown To her with love for her.
The girl was naturally Interested to
know who her lover was. and all about
him. but owing 10 the blight that rest
ed upon her approved OF Mrs Withers
refusal to present Inc TO her.
This only made me more eager for
the Introduction. ! wrote Mrs. With
ers Il note In which said that would
never have another love and If could
possess the girl | craved l would glad.
ly bear the blight. the nature of which
had not been Impaired to me. | wrote
the note expecting that Mrs. Withers
would tell her It's contents, and she
did. She told me what mingled pain
and pleasure 1t had given the girl fOI
whom II was Intended.
Some months later received gio-
riOus surprise. Mrs. Withers told me
that the blight from which the girl
loved had suffered had been removed.
She had been born blind aud her sight
had been restored by an operation.
Ii was not long before "a meeting
was arranged between Us. What trans
pired cannot be expressed in words. !
There was ii very short cOurtship; in-