Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1858-10-23

honor did hot attend the nuptials of her
palmer sister.
A few years later and the moral qualities
of each were more apparent in their faces
l remember meeting both 10 company, ten
years after their marriage. 1t was stand
ing at one end Of the room when an over
dressed woman, with snowy face, came in
accompanied by gentleman whom knew
not as an acquaintance, but as man Of
business and the husband of the beauty
| should scarcely have Recognised the lat
ter, but for him, What change was therel
At distance the face struck you as still
beautiful. but on a closer view the Illusion
vanished The mouth had grown sensual,
peeyish iIlnaturedl the eyes we're bright,
but the brightness repelled rather that at'
tracted. After awhile, wondering at the
change, drew near and entered into con-
versation with her.
The music of her voice / remembered -
There was n0 music IN il now at least to
my ear. A certain abruptness in her man.
ner, born of pride or superciousness, was
to me, particularly offensive | tried her
on various subjects in order to bring out
some better aspects of her character The
Swedish Nightingale had just been here,
and had sung to my heart es no living man
or woman ever sang-I spoke of her.
Too arti6cial' was the reply, with an
air of critical vanity, that gave TO my feel
ings a ripple of Indignation. ! referred to
new poem remarkable for its purity Of
style; she coldly remarked with deprecia-
tion on some Of its special beauties, merely
repeating as | knew, certain captious res
viewer. | was in doubt whether she had
ever read page of the book, Then l
spoke of a lady present She tossed her
head aud arched her lip, saying:
She is too fond of geutlemen's attention.
] varied still my efforts, but to no good
purpose The more L conversed with her
the less beautiful became her face, for the
unloveIinesS of her true character was per-
petualIy cleaning through and spelling the
already sadly marred features. l left her
side on the first good opportunity, glad to
get away. Ten years ago. in all cUulpa-
nes, SHE was the cynosure Of every eye
The praise Of her beauty was on every lip.
But SO changed was she now that none
bent To do her reverence. / noticed her
| SlIllUB dlUut WIN Il ulSCOuJGulGu lOOhg lOuH
after left her side. Her husband, for all
the attention he pdid her during the evening
might have been unconscious of her pre-
sence. But there was another lady in the
room, who was all the while the center O.
an admiring circIe Nonei Perhaps tonsd
cred Her face beddtiful, yet to every out
who looked upon it, came perception o.
beauty that associated itself with her indi
viduality. In repose, her features were
plain, yet not repnlsive in the slightest par
ticuIar. But when thought aud feeling
flowed nto them, every eye was charmed
There was nameless grace in her manner
that gave. additional power to the attrae-
tions Of her countenance. 4 f....... ID. s..-er
| was half in doubt at first, of her iden'
tiLy as gazed upon her from distant part
Of the room; she looked, in my eyes Sc
Ereally beautiful. But the presence. of m.
4 old friend in the group, my old friend wh'
! had been wise enough to prefer beauty Q
the soul to beauty of tho,face, removed al
/ questions, and passing over added anoth
er to the circle Which had gathered around
her. l.... o-... .-, i... ,.lf8fi.er -rr.
There was nothing obtrusive in her con
Versatiouj nothing Of conscious pridei but
calniJ and at times, earnest utterance n
true sentiments. Not once during thu
evening did hear q word from her lips tina
Jared the better feelings. 3. s..a.
hegood are the beautiful Many time
did this sentiment find spontaneous utter
ance in my thoughts as looked upon her
and then turned my eyes to the discUntent
ed face of another, who few years before
carried of, in every company, the palm o
loveliness.
Yes, here was the imperishable beauty
Maiden would you find this beauty I M
matter if your features are not cast in cas
sic moulds. this higher, truer beauty ma!
be yours, if you will seek for it in the de
nial of selfishness, and the repression of dis
content. The good are beautiful. La.
that up in your thonghts. Tredsure it a
the most sublime wisdom. Gather into th
store-house of your minds sentiments of re
gard for 0thersj and let your hands engag
in gentle charities. To do good and t
communicate, forget not. If tempted I
murmur, think of your many blessings
If to repine, of the many thousand
who are sick and suffering. Be hun
blei gentle, forgitlngi and duote ALL usefu
These are the graces that shine throug
the outer coverings Of the soul, aud reYea
themselves in light and loveiness to all eye
The good never grow homely as the
grow old The outer eye thay beconie din
: and the cheek lose all its fres hness, but
the place of earthly charms will come
! spiritual beauty unfading DIS eternity.