Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1858-06-17

glance; and those who met her for the first
time turned to gaze at her again. And yet
the oftener you looked into her face the less
satisfied were you with its beauty Some
thing was lacking. 1t was not that you
felt, as when looking at statue, that the
soul was wanting; for taking up the sculp-
tors ideal, thought creates soul even more
beautiful i'll its diviner attributes than the
chiseled marble; but it was the glimpses of
the soul, less beautiful than It's investure,
caught now and then through revealing
expressions, that was forever disappointing
the half entranced beholder.
The beauty of Nancy Lee did not grow
upon you. The more intimately you be-
came acquainted with her, the more indif-
ferent did you become to her personal at
fractions. As she stood beside Kate Max
well again, after the lapse of four years,
the beauty of one, and the exceeding plain
ness of the other, did not strike you as re-
markable That conscious beauty, which
is so really unbeautiful, was eclipsed by the
unconscious soul beauty in the face of the
lovelier maiden.
Almost involuntarily made the two
countenances a study. In all the physical
elements of beauty, taking feature by fea-
ture, and comparing one with the other, the
contrast was ludicrously against the home
lier one. \ single instance will show this
as in the long dark lashes of the one,
and the thin white lashes of the other, that
did not even hide the coral-tintcd lids But
looking away from single features, and from
mere physical clements, and the beauty Of
the former lost much of It's power, while
the lack of beauty In the other ceased to
appear a defect In the conversation of
Nancy Lee l found nothing Of interest.
Her mind seemed to be asleep to all but
the little outside world Of fashion and
pleasure But every word that fell from
the lips of Kate Maxwell stirred some
thought in my mind, or sent some newly
awakened ripple, glittering in sunshine,
over the waters Of feeling.
Not in my eyes alone was the change in
our gentle friend made apparent. All of
her old acquaintance were struck with it,
and from more than one heard the remark:
Really, Kate Maxwell is growing beau
tiful"
And 50 she was, with beauty imperish
able as eternity.
How is it. said young man who had
known Kate during her former residence
in the city, but had not been over attentive
to her-he was not old enough or wise
enough to see below the mere surface, and
distinguish between the real and the appa-
rent. How is it, that Kate Maxwell COM
pares so much more flyorably now with
her 'toU,' as We used to call her, than she
did few years ago? 1 do not see that
the color of her hair or eyebrows is at all
improved, nor that her nose has gained a
single classic outline, nor that her complex
ion is better. And yet she is no longer a
foil to Nancy Lee, but holds her own in
the comparison. think Nancy has chang
ed some There is an expression in her
face that repels rather than attracts-a
homelness of feeling, so to speak, that is
to me repulsive. On the contrary, | have
looked into Kates face more than once
this evening, when it seemed radiant with
beauty What does it mean?
My lady friend, of whom [ spoke in the
beginning, was present, and as perceived
e her face frightening, | thought it best tc
= let her answer the query.
; You saw she replied, with fine en-
thusiasm of her character, the soul shi
ming through the bodys transparent veil
a veil that, strive as we may to render i
opaoue, grows thinner and thinner as ou
true life gains strength, until it no longe1
> hides the spirits true quality, but suffers
. to reveal itself in beauty or deformity
Some people grow palmer as they grow
. older, and some more lovely in exterior
g Need state the reason 2
. No. said the young man, into who's
4 mind food of light seemed breaking
'The reason is apparent enough. Onl.,
q the good are really beautiful
a 'Truly spoken, was answered. The ia
" bled fountain of eternal youth and beaut
J. is the fountain of celestial love, drinkin
l. at which we grow more and more into tn
+ likeness of those radiant ones, whose high
ont ;ou is found In doing good The OF