Crawfordsville Review, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 27 September 1890 — Page 3
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PLATONIC LOVE.
"I don't see why there shouldn't be true friendsnij) between two persons of opposite sex. It is perfectly disgusting, this nonsense about affinities and such foolishness. To hear the popular opinion, one would believe that there can be uo real friendship—it must be either utter indifference or love. Bah! a sensible woman can only—" •'Lecture like a regular virago," interposed Jack Lyell, glancing up from his newspaper with an amused twinkle in his mischievous brown eyes. "Althea, what in the world is the matter this morning? One would think to hear you rave that you had been badly hit. Who is it. sis? The long-haired professor, or Wayne St. John?1"
Althea Lyell's eyes flashed. "Wayne St. John, indeed!" disdainfully, and then Jack felt certain at once that it was Wayne St. John. "That is just what I am lecturing about. Mr. St. John and I have been friends, pleasant, sociable friends for a long time, and—" "Exactly," interrupted Jack once more, "so very long that people naturally look for a termination of the friendship. It must end either in annihilation or—in marriage."
For just a moment Altnea stood still aB death, her beautiful eyes fixed upon her brother's handsome face with utter bewilderment in their depths. ••Marriage!" when at last she could find words but I don't want to be married, and to Wayne St. John least of all. Neither do I believe that he has ever thought of asking me to be his wife. We are friends—no more."
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Jack smiled doubtfully. "Then it's time that he did think of asking you, Althea—that's all. A man has no right to dance attendance upon a girl—a pretty girl like you—keeping all other suitors out of 'the field, and vet not intending to ask her to be his wife. It is a shame for St. John to expose YOU to the unkind comments of society." "Jack, how dare you!"
Pale as a lily and trembling like a leaf, Althea faced her brother, her dark eyes blazing with indignation. "Mr. St. John knows that—that— I—we are good friends, and that is all!" "Good friends!" Jack's face betrayed his opinion upon that point. "Ally, there is no truth in this nonsense about Platonic affection! Do not believe such folly for a moment. I never knew but one man who went in for platonics vowed friendship—mere friendship— for a girl, aud at the end of a year they were married!" "You have never before seen an instance of true Platonic affection!" cried Althea, with great dignity. "Mr. St. John might marry someone else tomorrow, but I would still feel an interest in his welfare aud remain liis friend as now." "Nice prospect for his wife," growled Jack. "And, Ally, I shall warn any girl that St. John even engages himself to marry of the prospect in store for her."
And tossing the newspaper upon the table, Jack lighted a cigarette, and donuing his hat, sauntered out into the warm spring sunshiue, whistling softly a bar or two from "Love's Young Dream."
There were tears in Althea Lvell's beautiful eyi* "Marry? Marry."" indeed! Wayne St. John! Why. he told me only last night that, while he had my friendship —just a pure Platonic regard for each other—he would never care for any warmer attachment Jack may sneer as much as he likes—he kuows nothing of it—but I would rather have a good, kind friend, loyal and true, than to be engaged to the best man alive! While I have Vt'ai lie's friendship—"
Something cheeked her with a sudden sharp pang. Would she always have his friendship? Might it not be, as Jack hml i-rnaily suggested, that some day in the future—some dark, dreary day, the very thought of which made her shiver—\Vayne .St. John would find that he loved some fair, sweet girl, aud what then would become of the Platonic affection for poor little Althea LvellP
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It had never occurred to her in that light before but Jack's insinuation in regard to Wayne's futuro wife—"that not impossible she"—and the implied displeasure which the girl-wife would naturally feel at the knowledge of a prior and Platonic affection for another woman, brought new thoughts into Althea's pretty head. Dear! dear! what complications might ensue, to be sure! "But"—defiantly, addressing herself— "he will not marry—not yet—not yet!"
Somehow even that assurance failed to bring comfort. The idea had been presented to her, aud it was hard to get rid of it. ft was only a few days later that Jack entered the cosy parlor where his sister sat busy with her embroidery. "Heard the news?" "No," and Althea shook her head. "Well, I should think your Platonic friend, St. John, would have been the first—since there is such thorough good fellowship between you—to announce his engagement?"
Althea started, and the ball of crimson eihbroidery silk in her hand fell to the iloor. "His engagement?" she faltered. "Just so, sis. He is going to in airy Winnie Forsvthe—you remember that pretty blonde whom he met at the Aldens' reception? She is rich, too, and I suppose that was an extra inducement. It will be a splendid match,' waxing warm in his enthusiasm, "both young, of good family, and with plenty of 'tin'—if I may use a slang word. They are sure to be happy. All}-, why don't you say something?" "Because I hare nothing to say— only—only I hope he will be happy. Oh, Jack," he never told me a word! And he always declared that he would never marry."
And right there, as fate would have it, the door-bell rang, and Wayne St. John was announced. Jack arose and hastened from the room by another door.
Wayne St. John came into the room —a fine-looking man, with resolute blue eyes and wavy brown hair. After a few desultory remarks, Althea plucked up courage to glance into his face.
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"Allow me to congratulate you," she said, timidly. "I hope you will be happy—only—Wayne! Wayne! why did you not tell me? It would have been kinder of you."
He was gazing into her perturbed countenance with eyes full of blank amazement. ••Tell YOU—what, Althea. my own dear little friend? You hope I may be happy! Why, that sounds like—Ally, who has been talking to you?" "Jack. He told me just now of your engagement to Winnie Forsythe." "Althea! Good heavens! Jack shall settle with me for this! It is a shame! Miss Forsythe is going to marry my cousin, and that wretched Jack knows it but I suppose the opportunity for a practical joke was too good to be lost. No, Althea, I am not going to marry anyone, unless—"
"Well, sis, when is the wedding to be? Did St. John tell you all about it, a la Platonic friend? What in fhe world are you blushing for? Ally, I know there is something in the wind. Come, now, confess."
Althea's eyes shone like stars. "Yes Wayne St. John is to be married on the first of June, and you are to be best man, aud I am to be—" •'What?" "Bride! Oh, Jack! Jack! it was all a mistake about Winnie Forsythe. She is engaged to Wayne's cousiu but Wayne cares for me, and has cared for a long time, and so I have promised to be his wife." "Humph! And what about the Platonic friendship?" persjsted Jack, misshievously.
Althea blushed furiously. "Jack"—iu a solemn voice, her great iark eyes tixed upon his face—"it is all a delusion and a snare! Love lurked behind all that pretty pretence with which we deluded ourselves. There is no such thing in the world as Platouic affection!" "And yet," muttered Jack, sollo voce, "if it had not been for my little invention regarding a certain marriage to a certain Miss Winnie Forsythe, they might never have found out the truth."
SEVERED BY PRIDE.
"Where have you been?" "To the lake, Aunt Esther." The questioning voice was harsh and cold the answering one young and sweet.
The aunt, wrinkled and shrunken as a withered leaf of autumn, sat among the soft pillows that lifted her timewrecked form in an invalid chair.
The niece, fresh and bright, with sunny touches on the brown of her hair, and a somewhat daring spirit shining from her dark eyes, stood near the fireplace, where ruddy light flashed up and swept across her and showed the slim, girlish figure clad in heavy cloth and fur. "What were you doing at tli£ lake." "Skating. The ice is like glass there, aunt, and 1 was practising for to-night. You know we are to have a skating on the lake to-night, and nd you are uo goiug to it!" "Not going! Why?" "Because you are under my care and control, aud I forbid you to go!" cried Esther Claremont, sharply. "But 1 have promised—I will be called for!?'v began Vera Claremont, piteonsly. "Who is to call for you?"
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The bent figure of the old woman straightened suddenly, her shrunken hand was put out and laid on the girl's arm. "You need not tell me. I know!" cried Esther Claremont, with passionate anger iu her sunken eyes, "I am lying here day after day helpless and crippled, and" you would fain deceive me, but you cannot! .1 know who is playing at love with you, who is teaching you that love is sweet, and truth and honesty only words—idle words? That fair "young face of yours has brought you what fairness and youth brought me at your age but your life shall not be wrecked by it as mine has been. I will saVfe you though I have to use bolts and bars to keep you safe! One Claremont is enough to be blighted by a Damarel, and the Tying lips of the son shall not bind you to him heart aud soul, as the false lips of the father bound me when I was a credulous young thing like you.
She paused, panting. Vera had grown pale, but she could not remove her eyes from those burning ones below her. "Speak!" cried her aunt. "Is not Lee Damarel trying to win your love?" "Yes"—slowly and falteringly. "He has said he loves me." "And you believe him? "Tell me!" "I believe liini."
Esther Claremont laughed—a quick mirthless, lausrh—and suddenly loosing her hold of Vera, pushed the slight
liguro from her "So," she cried, jceringly, "1 am too
I loved Conrad Damarel," si?8
late! You. love the son of Conrad 1 1 Damarel! You have given me no confidence I owe you no consideration— you, you, whom I took into my house when you were a homeless child you, to whom I havtf been kiud for ten long years!" "Never kind, Aunt Esther," spoke out Vera, clearly. You clothed and fed me, you allowed your roof to shelter me, but never in all these ten years have you even said one kind word to me." "lngrate!" hissed the woman. "Not that," Aunt Esther," for I am grateful to you for what I have received." "Prove it! Prove your gratitude, then," cried Esther Claremont, fiercely. "Give up this lover of yours never see his face again!"
Poor, pale little Vera! Where did she get'the strength to stand straight aud tearless before the woman whom she had always feared before? "I would rather die!" she said, below her breath. "Die? As if it would be hard to die!" her aunt exclaimed, harshly. "To live requires courage—to live loveless, friendless, unable to put faith in one human being. But let me tell you why the name of Damarel is hateful to me. You never heard the story?" "I have heard it, but'not from you," answered the girl, gently.
And she stood in an attitude of deep interest, as with the brief winter day dying, and the shadows gliding to her a!iair. Esther Claremont told her storr
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her voice pulsing with feeling. "Iloved him with my whole heart, And he— ho played at love. He never truly loved me, or he would have made a few impatient words of mine sufficient excuse "for breaking with me. I did not mean them—God knows I did not! But they were spoken, and he made them his excuse. He left me standing in the sunlight out there."
She lifted one thin, tremulous hand, and pointed to where a vast sheet of white-covered -lawn might be seen through the window. "That was the love of a Damarel! He went away aud forgot the girl he had won, and married some stranger and I, through all the years that have gone by since, have remembered—remembered till, heart and soul grew soured and warped."
The girl went and knelt beside the invalid-chair, and drew one of the thin hands to her cheek. On that soft, fair cheek tears were lying. "Aunt Esther, let me tell you what Lee told me—let me tell you what his father's dyiu£ lips told him," she said, brokenly. "You were so wrong—so wrong! Conrad Damarel loved you all his life." "It is false! He left me because of a few angry words. He "Jvas glad to be set free!" cried the woman fiercely. "He loved you but when you bade him go—when you told him you could live without him—that you were tired of him and his affection—he left you. Do you remember his parting words to j'ou, Aunt Esther? If you wanted to see his face again, you would recall him. You never did. He waited for five years, hoping. You sent neither word nor line. Hu then met a fair, sweet girl, whose heart went out to him without the asking, whose tender nature he knew could never wound him, and she outlived him. "Aunt Esther, he has lain under the earth for seven years, and dying, he gave the story of his love for you to his sou. That son lias come to me, loviug me as his father loved you, and I—I will not make his life a sorrow, will not break my own at the very root. "Hear me out—be patient yet a moment. No human being should be allowed to sever loving hearts—no human power cau part Lee's and mine!
But, Auut Esther, you will not try to— you will not "Hush!" cried Esther Claremont, hoarsely "hush! Go—leave me! If I have wrecked my own whole life— wrecked it by my own fierce temper, my own unholy pride! Oil, God above!'1
Vera saw her lift her hands and cover her face. Then iu the winter twilight, t-he girl arose aud left her there—left her to face remorse and regret as best she might iu the very wiuter of her life.
An hour later the following uote was put in Vera's hand's by a servant: "Child, Uo what you will with your life, with your love. When you return l'rom Ekutlng, bring Conrad's sou to ine. "ESTHER."
And Vera went with the skating party, and was happier than ever before, although now and then, even as she sped like a swallow over the ice, a pitiful thought for the louely, loveless woman she had left in the twilight was with her. "We will be nearer after to-night," she told herself "and when she has seen Lee, she will not wonder that I love him."
Returning in the starlit cold of the night, siie led her lover to where that frail figure lay back among the pillows. "Auut, I have brought Lee, as you bade me," she said, softly.
No answer. She bent over the still face, looked ft moment into it, and shrauk toward her lover with a cry of terror.
Aunt. Esther was dead!
Nevada's Boiling Lake.
Recently an item has been going the rounds 111 regard to a boiling lake near Lassen's Peak, California. It is not geuerally known, but we have in Nevada a similar boiling lake. It is situated at the eastern base of the first large mountain range east of the Sink of the Carson. It lies on tho edge of an immense desert—a desert so large and scorching that iu summer the Indians never attempt to cross it except at night, and even then they always go provided with a large supply of water. On three sides of the lake are rocks two or three hundred feet high, which are perfectly bare and are burned to a deep brick-red. The area of tho lako is about two acres. Though steam is constautiy rising from the water the whole surface of the lake does not boil.
The agitation—boiling—is couliued to the great springs which burst up at several points. These springs force columns of water from a foot to two or three feet in diameter to a height of over 20 inches above tho general sur-
lakeiCausiug a
fotul rippling
sound aud considerable local commo® tion. The water of the whole lake is doubtless boiling hot, though not seen to boil, for a brook llowing from it down into the sands of the desert sends up a cloud of steam for a distance of several hundred yards. About a mile from the lake is a great deposit of sulphur, running through which are streaks of pure alum from two to six iuches wide.—Virginia Enterprise.
Dog, Horse and Boy.
A butcher's boy in Seattle, who travels around on horseback a great deal, has a dog that will perch on the horse's back aud ride along Lhe street apparently with as much ease and enjoyment as the boy himself. But when the boy wants to hitch the horse is the time the dog comes in handy. The dog is told to sit down, and the horse is fastened to liini, when tho two animals are left, to all intents and purposes, in perfect security.
References Required.
Mr. Iliglitone: "My dear, you must send that new girl away at once. Sho is not lit to have around." Mrs. Hightone: "I will, just as quick as I can write her a reference." "Reference? Do you mean to say you intend to give a creature like that a reference?" "Of course. How can I help it? If I don't she'll tell everybody about the condition you came home iu the other night, and the—the wsvy talked to you."
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