The Sentinel, 1876-11-17, Page 2•
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- YOUNG AND OLD. .-
When we are young our boys are sweet, :
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They climb- oin- knees- and lay at out feet;
•When we areoldthey are hard to pieties,- .
Cold as therock and.wild as the breeze; '
They kiss. us -kindly and epeakus fair. -
But we know their hearts- are otherwliere. -
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- oh,my.son's my sontillhe gets -him a wife-,
But -my daughter's mydanotter all her life
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< When we are young,- ourdays are bright,.
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:-..-And.f all - of hope from m kn. till night ;
- When we are old we sit- lone.
And thii*Of pleasant- daS's long gone, . .
When the hottse-wai full of. the children'snelee,, .
C wilful- girls- and the. anghty.bos's.
- - (-14,1111y-son'i-my scii till he gets him a .wife,
But nay (laughter's my daughter. -my. life:
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other at once. Sheeontrived, without st st-
ing the fact broadly, to let Violet know that-
-Mr. porrimer was a well-known artist,
whose name owhtto'be knownto everY cul-
tivated person; and. with equal adroitness
she contrived to make hiin undinstand that
MissEyrewas indigenous to the loll of 'this
neighborhood, and so, being likewise poPs-
sessed of taste, could give him inforinatiAin
respecting some lovely bits. •-.4 scenery, that
she (Mrs: Linton) „desired him to immor
taliZe.-
- She Was sweet to watch from :afar, this
.but she was even sweeterto talk .
'She -was earnest, .passionate„.- brilliant,- oven
as her face, had - promised. -_ A cOunity, giri
beta- .and bred, • she .was slill so -well and
carefully cultivated that he, a -finisned man
of the . world and the 'constant companion : •(sf
- men of letterk found rherable to-tak,A--itp. arty
topic that.lie!pleased to start: ,He
'egan his
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- . •. study Of her that night, and the prospect it
"It's bad for us to stare at the girl in this, ..oPened to him pleased him well. .
;way, but 1 Wai never so. fetched by a living . "For .mercy's sake, bdlle dame; don't- ltt
lace before. She's a Grenze_jOst.stepped out . this:be-the:list -I May -See of .your beautiful
r Of the canvas."'• friefid,"- he Whispered to .Mis,I.;inten, when
The man who said this Was leaning at the the ballIsaVe'signs•of breaking :lip,
tiintagainst the door -post of a troWded '1" Of Course it won't be the last you'll. See
- room in A fASiiiOriable watering-PiAee., of her," she ..e -Plied,,. frankly. . "_Jack and I
:was. one of a huge '....ethicourse of people *he- • are Oink .back• -to my. uncle's te-stai_fot, a
• were shining it for the hem: in.. the - few .•lays. Yoe_ will coine and- Call on ret,',
inents - other days and other •-cliniesnd naturally': • --•
-_--other ranks ...of life; One of a mass uf. Eng- " Naturall3';' 4e-,444 smiling: , "But ho
-2 . lishgentlemen-. and ladies- Of the nineteenth does that help me to a. further sight Of the
• - ;century who,!were - inasqu4ading it as. bluff rarest Greuze I have ...ever had /the good: for-
-.King l'Ilals. and White and lied Resell, , as tune to: Meet with?"-... - - ,
.Mary Stuartsand Ileyaliti
', : e- and _Round- ." Oh;TforgOt you didn't know. Her
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- heads; as Swiss' Peasantei.and, Greek Pirates, - - flier; Mr.--Eyre--is John's uncle.. Mind yo•
: and.PrideS Of:the -Harem, and ladies --of the come. Good -night." : -- - ,- . - -
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• .Wattean<periocl-L-in.fact, hewasoneOf seted "Good -night," he echoed; - and then:-
hnnclred pebple *Eio were each individually rushed off for a• farewell. glimpse Of:the-girl
-•., -. inclined tobelieve that he Or she wasthe whose beauty .Wa13'.; of- -the -Most suggestive
Most successful - eIernent in this grand fancy. . - .ordAr.- that had , ever conte- under his -ebsei- -
_ dress ball: -. ..: . -.- . - -. 7 _ . : . -- .:-.., - va,timi„ - --" . -1 , : ' --‘; '. - ---
.-- - Impartial and unprejudiced. persons, -and "Good -night, Miss Eyre, - I have your
- there were A few of these kcattered aboiit . csonain's..permiSsion...ta . tall Upon' her, se
. freely allOWed*that the . man Who has just .shall have the pleasure Of seeingyou -again-.
- soliloquized and the . girl he, soliloquized: '!--04-, rm. So gli;d:L" she said, in her frank,
_. -abont: werethe reigning pair in. the- Tooth ' fearless girlish candor,., -..an& he smiled to
.._ . ning' - . . 1 . . . .
-by right of their "supreme beauty. - 1-4adies - - himself as hethenght, "-That, '4140, isn't
first:- Yielet. gsTe._. Shall have the 'first men. . -artificial.' She's glad, if not more than glad'
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tion; . - -.. . .: - .. .. -...- _ - - . -. - .-. -- . ‘. that she is to see Inc again." .- • -'
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- : See her as - she glides rbinid_in- a -waltz,- the -; What 'A flo*er-face it was that -beani
• fleeteSt. 'lightest:dancer in room bearing . -pon an instant as she Seated -he
. , ._ , ,uhim for r
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herown *eight fairly, and Yet -trusting -her- self` in the carriage and gave one last look
Self entirely to the guidance of het_.partner; • . back - at the -ientratice-door to that :iveniful
" It is hard to Jiidge -of -ler height. - By - the , of: peenpe andi }vanities l'-" A Passion -flower"
side of, themanwhose-shoulder. is on a level . he called it and never did a botanist disf •,
With, the tep of her head; she looks .the per. ,-sect a new speeiesi..-of the family with greater
fect height.- - But then. her -fignre. is lio . won- -. interest - than t Guy. Donnier set about . an
clerfully--propottioned, and her movements = 'alyOng and. dissecting- all the- pesSibilitiei!--
are . so wonderfully 1 Subtle- and undulating, - .whiclithat fate revealed or concealed: , How -
-.- that one never haS tiine to -calculate her in. .' he thanked - 'S lucky stars for having Made -
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' _ches.fairly.- '' ., .... .-.. . . --... -.:.,•.-2, ' * ' a. friend and
laterite ef 'Mrs. Liiiten- now!
She is dressed_ now ..in a Soft 'White silky .-H-6 had always liked that livelyladyi-though
'Grecian robe , thatis made:Adel:. in the . she, withheld the tribute Of leve Which meatL.
• throat, -. and. that _falls from thenCe. in: :soft -woinen, paid ',him willingly. - 'But now h
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clinging folds to. her Waist; Where it ;fa Con. i , positively adored. her:, She Was. "it :-..pleasant
' fined :'isr. a golden girdle; from -thence in. ..,means to a most delightful end: ,;-•
., fuller folds to her, pretty- Sandaled' feet.; -lie - - -. 1 - .wi4 .. paint.' her - first. as Mary- Stuar
arms aro bare, the robe being only clasped listening to Chastelar's first love ionfv•
over the shoulders -in the a.pproVed claSsical and -13y she'llidorwellfor the Cenei. 1st at.
fashion; her hair strearns_ away id- cloudy, glorious youii creature. She is! I'll have he
'splendor actin over her shoulders - and backi, the topic of the-:‘, private view' at the Aced-,
- `. it is dark brownin hue, with golden. dishes = .enty next MaY„',
in it, -0,114.- it is silky in texture; her eyes. are - This. was his thoughtabout the ghi as -k
like wood violets; - a -•-warm- purplish -blue; Sat upsmokinghis kit cigar thatnight after
and in every, feature ,changeful, the ball -the _tball. Hers of .him about the bile face there is eagerness, and passim', ARd . same hour was: , "1 Shall See --
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:like- again—
beauty.
:.. - - • - - . once for certain' ; land'Whe knows what that,
- -1 The man'who was watching was an equally- _ Once May lead Ur?. . How .can 1 have lived
_ striking and equally attractive figure. Tall twenty-two years in the world and ''bee 1
:and supple, watehfill:and polished, dark and satisfied with ifJ.Withont knowing C4iiy- Der,
ierVent-looking; . With Something , fierce and rimer?" * • :-. . •. •
fickle in the flashing klance which, dwelt so About. the same time Jack Eyre and his
critically and yet So :heartlessly. on:. the wife were discussing the :ball in the free,
- -charms of the women about Min, with some- itillY; open way in *Inch -only husbands and
thing untrue abOut- him that you couldn't- -wives who are sure of each other dan discuss
define, With something irresistible about him flitch things', • • - •
- that you couldn't- define: 'Re • was dressed- "As -a spectacle; it was-splendid;"tlie lady
now after one Vandyck's best-linown said. "I didn't dance.much ;;People don't,
.pottraits of himself and 'there was profes- - somehow, at , fancy,dresa-.. balls. -I ‘--wish
.sional tact • in. this,- - for Mr; guy Dorrimer .- you. had been there; Jack.: Violet looked SO
- Was .a painter.' . .• -
PresentlY he found' one of the stewards - "Did she 'dance•*much ? She looked di-
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•:and asked him for an introduction to the lady vino enough when -. she came- home to- have
in the Greek costume, -- and liad for an au: 'danced:all the Men out of their minds."
swer that :the lady- was a 'stranger, and -so: "Well, I think one man,. was rather
• Was' out of the :pale of his ' -(the efficient _ fefehed-„! as. he calls1.4-r her."
.steward's)- professional duties. Afi; _ And that was.." -
Mer Was not to be rebuffed by first failure;- Dorrimer„ What a: splendid pair-
= He made a second application;,, this time it :they'll Make; Jack - : -
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was to. -a lady, a,Tretty-YOUnk married: - You don't Mean to say that TOU
• pian, with whom he was tolerably familiar;- dueed!DorriMerte- her, little- wonian Katy!
,.. "Mrs. Linton," be said,"do yeieWant- to Katy !.1 never 'thew, you lacking in discre--
--. heighten Ityzfeeling'of'hdoratiop. for you ? tion before:"-! -
- course-Ide; Guy,". Shesaid, laughing And then he explained to her some of. Oily
up into his eyes; with her sweet hazel ones ::-Dorriiner'Smost striking eharakteristici'and
; in a_Way that no woman who was nothap--- poor. -good-hearted Katy Lintinilearnedivith
pily -married •would Entire- dared to do: •• .-a:feeling of self-reproach that she had .put
•"Then get MO introduced to that ravish- - lovely Violet -in the power of a lion.
ing little beauty, - the first Grecian in the: "'I Wish 1 had kept him to myself, : as: yen-
rooni, -• say, dear," she said; nthurnfully, at last. _ I
"You mean the pretty Miss Eyre,' r stip-7 Wouldrather have -danced with him all the,
pose? , Are - you subjugated If evening,-\:atthe ,risk Of being.-,(. the topic At
you are,
bless the fact of 'being a friend �f eVery. old- .cat'is. tea -t .
able . the neighbor.
mine, for She is a cousin of my husband's.' hood for the next fortnight, than -have done
. When I -suggested that costunie-. to : her, "I this, if he is at dangerous as you say. And
" thought if would please yourartist 46.7. this isn't all, Jack—he's -doming' here to ,
Mrs..-LintOn"had< her hand on Guy Derri- call." - -
'Mee:it-arm by this. time,. and was leading "-Then you innst. take :filthto yourself,
him alone'to the beautiful Violet as gayly • Katy. , Take.; it for granted that his call- is
s.*and carelessly as if he Were not: a *Melt.' entirely On you, and keep ;Violet out of the
reputed Wolf: A very dangerous wolf, jn. room. Old -gyre would never forgive any
'deed; this same attrattive artist had ',proved :fast -and -loose -play with his daughter."
himself to scores Of unsophiticated iambs. But Fate favored Ony.Porrimer more than
Still; for all; Sheepifoldt_.:were not 'closed to she did the ,Lintons. When the handsbinei:
him; -44 Mrs. Linton deemed -it-absolutely- - artitt, foin-Alliis Way over t� the Eyr
unnecessary to fore, - forewarning- her house, -Violet WAS sitting with her ebeisin't.
husband'a, niarVelouslY,I.Ofelyo • untry consul. arm,- t cameTin7,-ganantly.
To the -young, hands° ha- mar- and tried. to swoop her off„ there' the Pas -
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-perfeetly- harmless. _ She liked him, and :she he talkid-principaitria) the Pret marne
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shakenOff any moment- When he .tires of
eni ;- and he does tire Of all -chaine very
c y-,-.1youiniiitst .,knou7."-' " , -....-.
_ d if : he 'is:4.-de 'Oted"- to other Married.
wo eii in the -way in -Which he is:devoted to
Katr,- I, like hini\him the - better for it,"... She
man to whOin she is _ amens ought a ore
repli
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4 .deterniiiiedly.- - "Dear- Katy! everY.
;1[0p- -0..h'-..e-c-loeS.;'_; .; --''' . t? d
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• , he -. is .-not -to - be ' elieked .-Off,-" JA -c -IE Aaid:;-
.' ":1179 nt-3.°14tolY;- 0 his wife 'hen ,0°P -P.; - - 1
tried-
_.!make her jealous Of -yett,-and She .
, laughed at mg.' He means mischief,
-*-e Toast:get him- away."..
can -: .-.0_-_-dol.it ? "' : Aii.d---- en they
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Wen to a- committee- .of Ways in, "means,
.-Sudi finally -CaMe•. despairingly to --t .. .conclii
-.Si. ii thatthey were powerless, .t at:they
;in ,,elrelViet-thingS take their OW11' eoiirse.v.
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't _,u_S --_h_ope,- let.._us.pray, that_-,110.-iS
-...1* r-. than --yen' think. him,-. Jack," .Kate
:Kite -
sad, f,'ikailittler sanguine :flash of feeling for
her Miend- Guy. t -But - Jaelt."_ only shook his
head 111 reply.-.-, ',.•••-. ..1-* .. • -. -,, ., -• ' , -1 i -
' I ,ey Were:appalled. ale* daya.affer.thiS
by haring from Mr -Eyre that he had asked
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their'artifit..friend teil dinner:- . "1 ;met him
to,l-daY.Lzhe- ireaa etit -With ---the honiada -; :and
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uprimy Wotd. .the:,-'felloiv. i rode wonderfully'
: for-: a.:_to.dciii - Man.. 1 We ihatm:04-c. jog
• al og.togetheeon- LOUT way home, Aiid;" lita:tU-,
iced' of -,yini ;- he's very WarM in your,
Katy.. .'• I then& you Would like me
'lir:here. to dine:,'.'
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6h -i- I. do wish .you hadn't; Uncle !.P- t.a..tyi
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said, iiinap,U1sively:! - .--- Then:- she remembered
that litfbelfooVed: her tor, offer...some - sort of .
--ii•..t -. - . ..,.. her..
explatiatien of this speech, and. in ; Autry!,
• .4e...141111406d: • .f.r.-Jaleli:,--:doeSn't lige, -Me to
-.-60, •:-M, utli of -_-; hin4r- ishi,. went. oni.r almiist
tatigWilierielf.:4_:t., excuse, -- ;
,Iii-lainoment ViOlet'iwonderfuIeyes-Were
,-. i upon',!, her; and. Violit'S- - ye --sweet: voice
-...i&a-eitoelf 'heard:: i - -
' ``• Why de you -tell that .fib; Katy ?,' ' Yen,
know Jack would leave : you ,for A month,
,-,:aloner .:th, -Mr.- .Dorri -er, or let . yeti goto'
it
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you 11. hat -fib --?!".i: ,
end.tt.
t4e''‘. of the world: with .him.- Why do,
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-- :1 -t.11a-deed; ,indeed,.. ()let, you're . Mistaken.
• -Piaitniilg,as he is, he 4-,. a -dangerous man;
he's -not to be trusted,".- Kate. said,
_ :eagerTY.1:- .. - • I: - ' : rr--. .' .: :-.
;`.f V.Oii're.-'. not diStritstfill -.or him ' as 'far: as :
you're lboncerned... -ye rself,.",-the - girl._ • per, 1
11.:_•_4.,iitaNat,-rtaiipi;ith..ap--s,..:.uot.;'!-...-.:11.,.rs-,„:-I:ifinfe:9-.-_sa.id,...
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sisted !_- --.-- . ••. , „- _ . * --• , --.'.- • . - - :.--.- . 'LI: ---
- ' Then 2'don't..devel I" --:diattnit on. - other
pep 1 's account," Violet said; .alittle' haugh-
tily.ii..;,haVe - not - Vrit, -OW.ii him as 1.,ng as ,
you thiei bnt.---I.: -;-,yeeillcin't :: harb-a,..- such 4
thoughtsl.-W. ''liink for the world," And - the,,i
Passe: nflOwer.bloomed-into. new And :Mete --',
intense leyeliness, as .she, spoke::
- ..-*I-It's.All Up :With. -dor. Vi, I'peeo that,'"
- JackI*aid,„1-dejectedly to -his -wife. -"I'll see
' 1Flrack perhapS. if -we ined.dle: we
. -Viili can do withhim When he -dines here.":
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'shall Onli Make .mischief . and misery; where-
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•A•Si. if we let it alone,-. thingsyinaylgostraight
..Perha-ps he -is tired:d-. flying. from. -flower to,
iloWer.• . If he is, where -Cali he ever hope
to find:a 14Yelier, - -sweeter-Wife. thanTiolet ?"
' T-,-iat's a Vtopialv,dream,_ -toy ;clear. A
Atife ofilis own is the lastthingour-faseina, .
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: tirig - friend would ,1think' of. ' There is :no
• doilbt'abOit it that '- the - girl is . hard hit. al-, --
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ea y]-..,; birt. as fer.Guyt ... Ho stepped and
',sli , gked,JuSshenkters,iferjtist then :Violet; •
.,:cant, -.."JittOr the roOM.... •i She . was .10.Oking -.a; .
little r otd,fliished and excited than was her ,
• went and tern -410d - up in her'hand-,was a -.
: no Slie:begaw asking the Lintonii rather
ea'-' geti . What- their_plans.:were for the -.day,:
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'and e eeeined .t0, he,relieved :When jack ,
with r that he Wanted to take his wife to •
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•• see o 4 -old. ---ruins,, Omit. seven .milea. :dip-
- tadt • " YOUt father haa,told us that wecan..
-hay he dog -cart," - :he, added,- "and that.:
three welL'_'.-
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13ra, is
to as
VTO BE•CONTIistUEDi'l
41k 1
rettillaiiie Fashion..
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From- : the . sporting Gazette.]
es - if you don't Avant t� be tic •- -
kete as "traders in be-aiify,""0 if you don't
- wan ohate-stSpicion :east upo-n. the -.suffi-
ciency g YoUr'fapial charm* I iniplore - you
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abjure .! theSe. "classical": .- dresses:. - When
Saymia ola wanted to Stir the fashionable
Wo-nien'.-of Florence, and 'Make thorn feel- iiis
iahleoe, he cii.4a0 oh,d,i4 them with their
sins, . NA. -did net. reproach them with their
T. - ' I 1 i " -" -
fkili lihe didnot-ceniaute-them-for their
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toll , but -he thundered thus at theni froni.the
-1Pullit t.--" Ye *Omen,. with Ythir Ornaments.
404 head-dresses; your frihite. hands, I tell
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you ye are all-uglg.! :, That stung them to the
quick, or - there jis nothing hurts a woman
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more leeenlytthaittO-be -Called ugly. • :Prove
' to Wonidin that the Med* hideous fashions
-- robdthelemale figure' of all &ado i'4d beauty,
tell- them bhintly - that Ithey , are . making'
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'themselyee ugly, and you will ' have some
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chance of bringing them back to the ;piths of
.ceinnion se ' I
; X :liras struck with the utter 'want- Of graceful;.-.
nerti A lit the women of the present day.
They , ove about' as awkwardly_ as•hobbled :
• cattle. The* -fades are --Spoiled-by cosmetics
Ancl_hii O:Piles of . hair shorn from the heads
' of -.0 ' ese -ebolieS Or German beggar.- 'Ile
- the- ' feet arCeramped into the shape b r lin!'
the - eniblatifrOf-Minninita:. But they -endure
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_.ga' ' -11004,1 their .#gureq. iaTe. swaddled into
it all,.and,..-evert.faney themaelyeafaseinating 1 •
• Yet I r i think - they miist.--,-11peasienally be
"th doubts, Of which this " claw&
e. Both at Ascot and Goodwood
'as proud and pleased. by kneWing that he *Oman; but- his eyes- said more 'than . his -
fled her. But it did not occur to that. .tongue this day,. and his eyes were given to
Majority of her own sex went down be. the girl. •
him like corn befote - the, reaper._ .• "Don't you know that Guy ..Dortinier :is
Violet, let 'me introduce - my friend- Mr. by way- of being A .great flirt of Katy's ?
rrimerto you," She Said, putting her hand . Jack Eyre said to his young cousin as they
tele -Say -on the girl's Shoulder; ancl-CAUSing 'Stood watchingthe late guest ride down the
e owner of the Greuze fade to look up with avenue. •Should have Cenie out in the
that sudden surprised pleasure that is so apt . garden with me, Vi, when I•gave you-aliint ;
to urge Onan-- on in -•the .path that may ,be. :I dire say they had a. dozen things to say to
often lighted.by such iooks.- : • • -• • one another that - they didn't -.Want ukt
asked het -for the next .dince-tljt-onte,-. hear.71/:
butMrs. Linton interposed, " Thene---# • The/girl leeke& up quickly; With her face
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square dance; and you neither Of you care in -a glow. - , •. , . :
-.for that;, I . ant:enre..- Why don't you Sit- it c`I- don't believe', you, 4ackg".•. she iaa--
-eut; and. talk_ and get to know each, other? . "1 beg your pardon, for tellizig.yon SO
blunt -
Come, help You if you will_ find seats for ily, but you're only saying. that to make m.e
us' Guy" . So he found Und seats, for thein Con' think -less of Mi. Dorrimer, for some reason
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..tentedly,-- having the _promise of the -.next or other."
lop Awith this neWly4Oundi. beauty,..-- and • - He felt himself thrown out by her candor
stood up before' them; looking very gallant • and her keenness, buthedetermined toniake
in his Vandyck. :dress, ancl.: being helped one more effort. , • -
cleverlyrte - A knowledge of .Violet by :- -4f I assure -you yen :May believe me," lie
-'- friend And ally, Mrs. Linton. - ' earnestly. "It's very well known that
,
Guy' DoiriMet only permits himself tolose
his head witliMarned *mien: He feelathat
-he's, safe. with-. them -their_ chains :can 'be:-
,
, The -mutual friend had the happy art at
her command Of putting people on a good
safe conversational platform with one an
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,. cal 1 ss is the---oUtconie...: Or .is it an7--,out
burst 0 econlimY 'a tetio14 to dress on £15-a
year r- if f :possible , , . -.-reiileinber hearing --a
,.pietiire;f4yery Scantily -Clad female juggler:
I
Witttlady, when examining Mi. Leighteres
in the cadeMy two -years ago, say, "'Oh, I
sup') 1_ Seth*. must be 'Howt0 dress on £15 a
Year ."."7-:-.1'eseibly the "classical" -dress'. is . a
-step- alsp iiii that direction: Well, - for the
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Mat r a that, weak will, be . still cheaper,
and bef ye another decade has passed, unless ,
fashibn- therm its .course entirely, I shill ex-
pect ..
to -eiiiii all Walking about in theisiin le
An-
other hideous - innovation Of fashion is the
lte.'an •buffif---aiitpagair forefather*. ,
ad.olitio of -; male:- attire by women, -The -=
'Ulster d-thel;" pot .hot'' are, I think,- -par-
ticulail offensiveinstancesof this practice.
Yet this,practice, too, is .-AS old.as the i.ills.
satire:_ it when -he. ridicnle. the "female .
Addir0 levels 011e. Of his _delicate shafts of
:cavalier"of his day who "dress themselves
!inin* iol'feathert; •A riding -Coat, A -periwig,
. or Atli t tie up their hair ju'a bag or riband
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in'imita km -.Of the-Smait :part of the opposite
, , ,.
sekiilan • 7 he tells -us :2thls. amusing anecdote
. in illuat ation of theconfusion -produced _' by
hishe apliredite formof" 'vas --•‘‘ One Of
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Sir Boger de Coveiley'S nants, rneetng this
gentleznan9fice- lad31-. on the highwa, , was
asked by' her whetherthi was CeverhOt Hall?
The honest Man, .setingi only the in4e, part
of the queris} re.ph Yes, sir but upon
the second qucatibn, whtlier Sir BO' et was
A married man, haViiig• opped his eye Oen
the Petticeat, he change -his- note int
rnadam.'--"Iii I' would tit could: wield as
eta-.
delicate yet pereingl a afire .:--alk the
tor, but that is a vain wish. -I will, hcvvet;
conclude with putting itIto.....the "gentle en,
like ladies1 of my own diewhether- lie fol-
lowing objection to t e fashion urges - by
_l candidly, fatal °tro' itsh ell. not,
c -!' II- el
look at itcandif,
- their kindly critic and. t
their '-foolish - niasTri
them .right in this pa u—" Now, set
s
cij
have the4onsider with themselvesclari'w°u ain
her
weare=n0kp-tore likely`i,) be struck _
fig-
ure entirely female than with such a 41i As.
.*e may See every' day i4 ' Mir glasses:
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.lit's .BrealggcsSt:_in AMU.
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The. :ni•fil.0.. of thail briakfast *duld. •'''oiraZe i
a-Yronoli ,110ok; _and -the. arrangement of -
- the bourses.-- was - a gteat ::difficult 1‘ in-,
f.
colving.." Much gedertil -discussion. !I The
trattorte- of i --Rome had en ransacked for .
•eutHous -characteristic national rdialle-s, teii'ery
coMbin- ation! - of : go', Odi - 1 that--- . ingenious
Minds teild. 'suggest lwas --brough and
-plain. subitantiali.-,---py _ ino.. -Means aiIed.
In the horscl'ouvre,--..-Nyeil ,d caviar'
with' al
-ex,tra flavo beeauselithei Contiibutio , a' l. a
;Russian Bologna sausage anti --nibbles, iiifi ra-
dish, and, 't'e finish;:Pete qe fOi8 - grcis: .1,1SQUp .
.:la jardiniere. wasiannonneed and was -aliiiost
a failure at ithe start'foff,- because one yeiy-
iaiportant aid to the .en 0 -ment of Sou -,. 1 the
:-ttibuteri• -A .iong disc,u. Sion as to the '4.-
.sikeons; '.ho._ botni' - if tten.. by the::•' Con-
' pract-
icability '-,cif il-eavingthre iso p to the end �f the •--
meal,- - meanwhile, ' -Ode ing,-- _spoons -.to be :
brought, -tefinniated,in -the emp1Qymilt - of -
extra glasses in _place, of 4660 and Soup- .
--plates: 'Tlip all yatitid Jof fish -.folio* 04 in '
a rapid succession of IS - 11 ' courses. -Tiny
minnows fi.ied- in ' delicious .olive:oi
and -craw.--gth Cooked in -v 'ous wa3;:s ;
eYsters, small,- thin, .and uppery .• iu flpvor;
canned: SalMon. frOnli the1 Columbi 42.Attelir..e; ••
64cda and'zherrings,-,frO the North''-'-a.ea';.'
the boa_
devil-h-eghr,istt3re wita4ri)tYs, ff,:.e°ele S purple . and sug-
gestive of the Stain .OX sepia and of Victor -1
-HugO,-.--all these, and an an'. "bi: luUdenanze,,,. jpPf jtj61ach.1
Were -pas , 4 sediaround.A in
roast beef with potatoes, .c,ontributed ' y an
ltngliShinini-a leg of .iiniittoif by -.A-.18,OOt.,Oha
itiAil,- A roti,s, pig by a 'Hintarian, the :potted :
meat' of Australia, and th taste -100.4410 of
f-. o i ght by . an Amer--'
Italy; formed the solid co .ree.: .._ Next 4 je-• -
- veined a -*Vole flocli...aju e,Y larks with 4,1 -Sp _-
skins, Pigeons inipaii$, .---cl Cks from - the 'T,cielta
of the Tiber;aturkey
jean, pheaSants.'1.01-111'. A- Mil, _ anose, sqUalLsli '
Stuffed. withlimeat,andtspi. es -,*and a globeTof..
p9leUta froill‘''Venetieh.-, : ;At Ihis. po' -1'-ini.,'
the feaSt-'thire:. were cries.. of. quarter,: but
none Was •given. - An iih*,-Plum:pw- ding
-
of the -unhealthiest •speCie : .- With flame Saiee,
a pie or twqfStrangelyIWaeped and-burnediin
,plices from the ignorance.4f -the,Italiaii.,10oOk
or the bad,lopen, pots Of - Ally and . Ma ' al•
:.a.cle, fruit miistard,:.ateWeg pears, and roast-
ed chestnuts, elcrnekatinr-aad -haviah• . fr -
Greek, •a - profusion -_,.;:if. -1. its 'of. all P:2-4 A
Si
were offered,i and at laat.c floe was •Serv 0. to .
put in a paragraph. _-- . The side1i4te 'Win s_ - of •_
light:an
Frascati And Marine, t
Falernian,albottle of'Tek' y, One of: Vo n
It
th*:ir-dark---:
thick -red Wine of Corfu, nd 'flasks of I
ordinary Boman Mixture, --a thitn
"-good -kilglielii' ale and :pot er, - iVisulia beeil
T..awiialer,61lihctole-Bleosrstlet.rxj, .41iinnee,,4;:Hi 020uatipraorii:: :11:0,...!0.
-American. whisky,; and Duch gin,. A.lic-q '
-Chartreuse, and Greek 'ma
,.• a wine list for a king,- 'and uresented • -_a ' il'a
i of arguments to t-OnYert -a ' prohibitie "i
btabs-
.an
t.
This was -no orgy that I ain describing; sinply
A jolly breakfast for eigh BohemianOf
all nationalities, a bomple irregular affair,
' but for thatreason all the more delightful
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JSnuff-Taking -i
.
The ladies had no little
hold, m' g its own so long.
o en began to follow the
e de MediciS-Vie erianno
enine admirers of , Sichieve
ardently for 4 pinch of -'' ''
,secOnd=handbeaux-hand i• • .. ,
• their fingers 4n Dryden, s .
their idol's portrait in the!
. A lady, writing in 1714,-a
- an insignificant creature,- .
took no snuff and did-. Wo. f
!Lady Betty Modish, who ,
'gift from her lover: save a,
"sincerity inlove is aslinuch out of -faslif6
as sweet snuffi•nol3ody'take1 it -now."' :
Steele inveighed loudly" gainst the imper-
tinent custom fine women had' fallen int6;
which Whether perforMedi .coquettishly i
with a sedatelmasculin.fr ale, Was inhis .0
equally disagreeable., .'i -.. : ,. . '
. Ofcoursethe sex treated . Such . leetini
with contempt. Neither.„..wise words
witty words ever yet aVaileg Against fashi
. kill time ailments.by-
1?i...aresaeheend. P'w i tg
id
sew_ coniplai
ivate cleanlin
edatibing the&
cl them_ that
the. complexi it
.. . . .
'omen.:
o 1:16. with :s uff
ow_soon En,; iSh
-example of-C4i -
te/.1. :- The -.fp'
lli' contended ir is
"orangery," as
0 .sittliggled to
and carried'
L
'da of .theirbo
cribes herself,as
he 'dressed'
hienable t '
!mid: . accept
Miff -box,- ass
Fine lathes stillcontinued
aid of snuff—still held it to
.!medy_forlas_hionable femak
i Forty yearOlafterSteele
.!out conVerting the Connoi
• that women; who shoiddcul
persisted in industriously -
selves with snuff, and .*
was an implacable enemy
=,th
besides bloating the nose ,imbrowning
fingers and making lovOs'ahary:of the ho.
of -their kis. fl ' ' '• • ' - • -
- tt - •
• • : Garrick: presented' his
snuff-box.. The dainti-li
i
side With a diainond ring, i- , i '
be seennotmany_ years
t
-13.,,
'it-indeW of a 11Lendon-pa
of Mrs. Nisbett. , - When
iboutto_join her husband,
.1 .
he wrote: :,,..:"Xoti will jfind,
the road from York to 'boy
little to carry you fromi-pa
the Custom he:nue-office .w
,-At Calais give more, if
• Scotch snuff' ; but., as thbb
:you had best *ink A Seetch
it yourself ; that is, order you." valet. tom
Ufacture it, 'twill keep him cut of misthie
and, in a second letter he pails, ,. "you ni
be-bautious about ScOtch snali
ff; take -
. in your ppa
! - 4 " ' ' r •`• "
.pound ket, and make Lyd. -do
'sister faVorm. g 'lie made ; Perhaps, like-
- same.P. 1 Charltis Lamb didnotObject to
e. with a
e trinket Wa
ck in the s
broker, side
ce the prope
rs. Stearne
?axle; in 1
good. tea u
; only brin
s. te Paris .
at. I told. y
yu have m
o good- h
mull, and M
Dunlop he thought it decent to see ani
maid taking snuff : and sie v.as _not ashan
to picture herself and her _brother -
the Tales from Shakespeare At one -
"Like a literary...Darby and Jean ;-I _ta
„fug
snuff; andhe groaning all the•while, and. sa
ing he can till he h
hihn 1tbing of "oetes::::::taaeoner' finds
inbrd nothing
1gn_ abb;:ehe: ll ikisaa:enis; withcotdh
Uuff. She could not pretend to AO'
cious
roondi, scented with Ambergris And att
leotateed--alfdiulteetraStterdasbw°ilitit green Qteuae'e:mils
.thiaffcd it up- her royal 110.Selk. SO .
-!0;681AS2,1.9);11is*nO-e1111.11ff:wbwr:7nnise!nindielptillill'iems.engn,::tAlltlitdi:_11-cea*Nin:6;eafili*tolv° -
man; 'but -career, .at least in thelworlir
sudden end with_the-death-of the -last 91,t - ---
Georges.- It is to be hoped thefair.
- never take snuff into favor again.
ng _People's Pare of TheInSelve'
p ,:9p, _glwe;11-h.oreyho,„pi ,13 you will say, this IS a
413.4. inillec6889117..eSe-trinlierft:tlilerrr,aehhdtlilibele-
t° like :care
°I hem •, t;rti-- Itnt"Itaattee!ati
dnicitlaeeeknmcet:-iteoh-finairetseill::ecnirhsoill'ad:rte than
anirne°17ahleimeribsterics:yuned;OtIlhii/iiiaretr.
mothers -cannot 6 alwAys with. their e
make .children Teahze;that it 18 of any.ir
: rules i lio r., 0,1 lel- tthh.a t 1 icnthey6;s. whenhou,1,dmi,:wO7se a, a I /ills- tt:ftot
-_-_Fili.r.t:Iliidt:Qtolheithl.n_uje::ii,d;u:dP2siillt,:it'posso:s-tili:49ig:rntokiif:114y.40:11' :,,,,d':a,loYtc,b:;u?n::u-:-
And-When: I was shut up in *he house fo
several days with.,a bad, Aore - - throat,. An t
suffered lien iblei -pain, I -never reproathe
_myself. -I_ thought that sore throats- tnil50
cone now and then, -Whether �r 110, and thap.
1 . onist take 'M.3% 'WM* . But fl'ONV I :haM
learned that if no fa* Of health were eVef,
broken, we -need never =have. a day'sillness i
.Might grew old ill ..entire freedom from 8
. fewng, and gra \16.1.1y fail asleep at last, i4
:y
Stead or dying :Me deaths from disease
and I ant All t e. hile Wishing -that I 1
kn4wn_it when ,i was young: If I ha
known it, I'll tell you What I should hav
cIon'e.I would have just. tried the -e ri
. _
ment at any rate, of never doing a suit
• thing which could bY. any possibility get an
one of the instruments cf my body out of:or
der-, ' I Wish I could see some boy pragirl
it ,et; never sit up late At- night; never
have\a.Close, bad air in the room; neva
sit with wet 'feet*iiever to Wet them, ifi
we * ---possible to help it; never to go. out i
col weather without, being properly iSTA.p
Ted'. up ;-never to go out of A hat room into
co1d. out -:door air without throwing some le
- A 1
Ara. lwr ap on;- never to eat or drink an nil*
"wlk leserne'ing i; never to touch tea, or leo4
fee,ior candy, or pie -crust; -111'eWr let 3.4
4
pass Without at least two gooci hours of exi
erciae'm the open air ; never to read a wor4
by twilight,- -nor in the cars,,rneyer to le
the f aim be shut out iof rooms. This is,z
-preltyleng list of "nevers," but " never '," i
theioiff_y-----word -that conquers. "-Once: in •Whie " is the very watch-word-ei-tettptatio
--,
' and defeat . - I do. believe that. the " once -in_
ai-whiler.--things-haveruined more bodies, 'ani
-rhor. sails
-too, tlin_alithe other things pu
tegether:--"_'Uoreover, the. " never " may i
ea.s3f,inifthe-" once-inea-while " way is hardlsi.
_Aftr 'yew:Jump once Made- 'up your mil*,
, lc wive-rr,. -ite -do a certain: thing, thatil an
;.-endlof it, if you are aeensible person. - But,
4 - ihabit," .. f'
if yu lady say, "This -s a bad i,oi
" WS is a :_i_tlaugerous,indulgence ;:A I will b-
a b4le :on -m-Y g•na-rd•amf-not,-doittoo:often,
youiliave-Put yourself in, the most tinconi-t7
fottable of ill positions ; ithtemptationwilt
knoCk at Your door tlientytiinesa daY,a "
you will have to be . fighting the same si
batt'ie -ever and over again as long as yo4.
live:::;. This is especially true in regard to th
mater of which I havebeenEipeikingto you,
the -are of the body. '-Whenlou have Once
-.laid Idown to yourself thetlaWs you mean to
ke0, the things you 'will always do, width .:,
thinks_ you will t" never":40,. then' your life
arranges itself in a 'system at once, and you
are not interrupted -aud hindered AS the ma,
decided -Potiple are - by Wondering what/is;
best, or 'Safe, -or 'whlesoin.e or too:unwhele
-at diaereuttimes.
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• .H�V.-fli-e Eye .
BecomesPerfectedSo .---
. to DiScovor Colors.
._ _.
,
c ice 'gives us interesting details *about
--
what; the human eye has been and 'what i.
maylbeceme. - The Vedas of India, which
are the Most - - e t written documents, at -
Alf
• testsithatia ti :,-,,:anot remote, butstill
- - ' ---12 ''ii, I - -- - -- -
reeordecl in histo .,,, - n y. two colors were
knoWn, black and red. A. very- long time
t
daps diefore the eye arrived at the percep-
tion f the color yellow, and A still longer
tiinibefore-green Was distinguished.. and it
• - t - - '
. isremerkable that in the most ancient lin-
iaghii the tams which designated yello -
'Ilse 'Sly...passed to he signification of green.
T
The leeks had, according to the 'receive
. 01)bl ,w now,the 'perception - .91 ,eolors very
ttell. ovelopd ; and-yet:authors of a, more
nein? date .assure us that in the time of
Alex‘der, ._ Greek :painters -ha& for funda-
,mentill -coforsonly-white,:blach, tea andyel-
1
low. .1 The word's to designate -Nile a,nd•Viollet
werewanting to the Greeks -in the MOS
iii
anceit times of their history; they called'
- . _ -. .
•theselcolors gray and black. - •It is thus that
the -colors of the rainbow were only distin-
geish141 graduaily, and the Feat Aristotle
only D-newifo of them.- _. It 3Sia wei1.known
fact .tiat w e• colors Of the prism are
i
phot phed there remains' outside the limit-,
of th lue and violet in the spectrum a slis- '
tinct'pression, which., Our eyes- do not 'ree-i
i
,as a color.- According to pl4siblogists,
..will come when the human eye will be4,
perfe ted so- as ". to discern this color as. weir
: as th -ethers. : - , ., - -.. ' !' ' •J.
At.t
RANG -E story is told of a horseman -on
ta wii Je charger, who, in the thigh Of:a battle!,
betcen the Turks and. Seryians, -rode int
frozi..*vf -a:Serviaii regiment, and shouted
thern,1;9174*, As the Turks-wereintlierear-
-The parition was not seen again, and prov.
d • have been a-. Turk *ho hadrjgked.
ske
•his hjniheTUSe. -
wonder the weather has gone- crazy
dur,nrxthe_past week or two. en. A.
Myr which is "Old Probabilities,''is vis-'..,
itin, iis sister in Cleveland, Ohio. 1 "Back ,I
;to th -Punishinent, false fugitive, and to th
slieed dd.:wings—add win' gs---er-er-A--.-Bac
- to t 0 fugirtient_ punch lalsitiVe; and to th
-wee - , .
etrings--7-er-er--,-hew-does that: quo
tatiqigo, Anyliew; sonieliedY."
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