Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1857-10-16
GROWING BEAUTIFUL,


unce. We had met ut an evening
party, and were talking Of auld lang
Syne.
avery we'll" I answered. il
would be difficult 70 forgot her home
~ face"
"IIow long is it since you saw hcr?'
inquired my friend.
1T must be several years I think
il wasin Is that hor family removed
from the city"
Yes, ii was in that year"
1T isuntortunutoto 30 50 homcly,' .
saidI
"A beautiful spirits moro TO DO do
sired than beautiful person re-
marked the lady,
True replied. Tho cye's
brightness and the skins pcarly lustre
ire hut transient; whilO tho soul \
beauty is impurishabe. Kate was a
good glri, for all her siugularly unat
laciiyc exterior"
"Shc had miny o. friends. > Aai
the lady. mud they were nj OF the
better class - better, ! mean IL Us
right SENSE
was about changing tho subject OF
conversation, when my companion di-
rcctcd my attention 20 q young Indy,
the center Of u group OF three or four
ladies and gentlcmon. She was talk
ing with some animation, and there
was a glow uf feeling, and play OF
Thought in her face, which, though
not possessinga feature that might be
called handsome. had something Ia it
that vas singularly attractive.
who Is it, | IN luircd.
Don't you know herr said my
friend. smiling.
The face Is quitcihmillar. ! ought
10 know her. BIT lam in doubt as
to her IDENTIFY
Let nae mention her name
DO 40, II you please
"Kate Maxwell.
"lmpossiblcl Itmay be o cousin, or
sister. out not homcly Kate Max
we'll. | WAS incredulous.
1T is Kate herself. Hasn't sho inn
provcly'
"wondcrnIlyl Why she IS really
growing hun lromel Has she discov
cred tho iountah of beauty
''She has been drinking Of is wa.
ters for years, replied my earnest
friend.
IL must .rencw our ncquaintancc2
said |. Aud we walked together
across the room. A nearer view was
not the breaking 6i-am iffdsf0h Tie
smile OF true pleasnrse that lit up her
countenance, rs she recognized me,
covered every plain feature like Il veil
of transparent light How remarka.
bly, was she changed
Later in the evening, ] had quiet
talk with her--ffst abOu, old times
and then upon a variety OF themes
suggested by the occasion, or coming
into thought spontaneously. What
I'm exquisite perception Of things true
and beautiful she had Her thought
was lucidas crystal. But mostappar-
ent was her interestin all things pure
aud good in our common humanity
In speaking of others she seemed &
take a peculiar delight in magnifying
their excelepcies.
Present, in that company, was an
other maiden, whom had known fol
years. She and Kate had been init
mate before the latter removed TO an.
other city. They were much togcth.
or, and people OF a certain class used
Ia say that Nancy Lee was incapable
Of sincere friendship for anyone, and
only associated intimately with Kate
Maxwell in order that che might have
Il foil to her beauty. This was stating
the case little too strongly, and The
remark had its origin in certain
smartness OF speech cultivated by
many persons, and which Is worry near
~ allied 10 ill-naturo, Nancy Les
had regular features, and face mar
rowcd to q fnc oval. her lips wer,
moderately full, and Of taultless oas
iue; her chin slightly prominent; be
! neck queenly; her Dyes dark, larg
and Iustrious, with long f.1nging I'D
that my shadowy lines upo.. he
eiielcs Every ono prcnorMced nc
beautiful at q glance; and those wh
met her for the firsttimc, TURNED 1
, gazeat her again. AMI set tho oitell
! or YOU look into her taco, the less sal
ikiied wore you with her beauty
. Something was lacking. II was ~
thai you felt, IA when looking 40
statue, that soul was santlng, iortuk
!, Ing IN tho sculptors ideal, though
1 creates n soul even more beautlh
| In rs diviner attributes than tho chi.
, seled marble: but, il was tic glimps ,
' the soul. lcss beautiful than Is invo'
!, iurc, caught now and then thong
: revealing expressions. that was TOT
ever disappointing the halt entrance
! bobclder ea
{ Tho beauty Of Nancy Lee did n,
grow upon You. The moro intimatel
= ydu become acquainted with her, II
: more Indifferent did you h,conie /
!, her personal attractions As -
4 stood beside Kate Maxwell again o
ter the lapse OF four years, the bcaui
~ llt Nuts NllN tl' thifiNii r. IiNii
. ness ofthc other, did not strike you
!. remarkable. That conscious btsfut
!, which Ia really 50 unbcautifnl, ",
eclipscd by tho unconscious son
beauty IN the facc of Jewellers m,iide
!, Almost involunlarily Imado y
: tive countcnances a study In all n
physical elements of beauty, takir
feature by feature. and compafingoi
!, with the other, the cantrnst was lpd
!, trousIyagainst the homclierone.
!. singleindancewill showthis4asiii Il
u long, dark lashes of the one, and q
i thin white lashes of the other, th
!. did not even hide the eoral- tintc
lids. But, looking away from sing
features, and from mere physical {
ID ements, and the beauty OF the form
4 lost much OF It's power. while the Lax