Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1864-09-23
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Nhich she bad been in'cntly pcrusing.
"Whai > !; nv dears~ asked ularnm
from her cushions. Has Clark Mills fail
eds-
Oh. no. MARINA. nothing 50 tragic
bot Constance Pcrcival j. going 20 marr,
one oi the vorknen IN her uncle's mill
Only b think q 'is. when Charlie Wells
tn very prince % Our So. wasn't goo,
enough for her,~
=" Dear me. replied Nh. Horton pettish
u " Ho- you ID frighten one. Con
s'ancs = oousumHnsse fool. thaf'.'aH -
oour-e you --ont think Of Ealing on hei
.hen 30 comes back from thar oailandi 4
oountrv place
Of oour~e you viii call. Cara.- aid
Mr.. llotton ,teruly. II insist upon ia
She ~ctt come back. fancy. - return
"a Mr.. Horton. +" Mr. Pcrci,aluilprob.
abb diso~n her
He I'll DO nothing % the kind s,id
Mr Horton. Setting aside al consider
atiou % Coastanoc's preference. she la.
done a ~i-e thing. Charlie Wells j. onir =
boy snd ~iii never BE- anything better
81 Hc's very charming one. and I only
~ish BE- had taken me for his second love
instead q Julia Mills. - broke IN Clara.
II douf. returned Mr. Horton. Mr.
Wells j. rich. add Charlie vii receive a
hAndsou- fortune provided b. meets With
no re'vr.es Bu, = ifCharlie should happen
% io-e hrs properly he cannot retrieve him
scf.hut rnust sink 90 the very bottom Of the
scaie. NJ Perrivai told me- himself that
be va pleased With The engagement. and
] 'nsi-t that the established etiquette q fthe
oc-asion shaii be- observed BY an nv family -
He's shrr-d.- - ruut;rred Clara. a. Der
father dcparted. Mr. Horton Is A long
beaded nan. mamma. and is going to make
the bes' q a. How provoking is i. that o.
should have gone IN that wav O. papa, 7
dare nv that ~ shall be the only family IN
our set that vii couutenanoe Constance In
thi, .,rancc frcak -
The simple announcement that Constance
Prrrival Va d" engaged o. workman IN
her uncie'' mili- v1s startling. and it va
not strange that tl,c ari.iocrats .neerei a
hrr taste and suspected Lcr motives. Yet
the iacts-which were simply a. foliow. -
fully explain the APPARENT mystery Other
conduct
Constance Pcrcival Wa fhc Queen ofb.r
scf. not by reason q any wonderful trait or
acquisition. but fLrough tbe hscinaiion q
her harmonious development She vas
pretty ard sraeefai. she played AMI sang
with deiioacy and expression. she hal a De-
gree u sisacity which in Der "a. accounted
~. and genuine sympathy and perfect tact
enabled her % adapt herself successflfIv 20
every person Whoa sLc Glanced 90 meet.
Her Information. altl,ough superficial. uss
ssffcieui Or al ~ purposes of society I.
and she kne- boz - make !; sparkls and
dance d9vn a conversation multipi,inr IT,
sei into q tbousani glittering points. A.
sunbeam goes glinting over the dimpled
water.
Charlie Wells was much Ike herself only
that BE- vas more shalioE She ~asaI sur
Sc because nothing had ocra "a o. kindle
her iuisileot and bring out iis innate force
bot. With BIN. there was nothing % cnkin-
de. Elcgant smiling. ucil dressed. a good
dancer. good singer. q good skater. a
good rider. generous With thc money whieh
his hthcr had earned. De- shared with Con
stance the ad.nirstion q their liftle worlI.
u vas natural tbat h. should FAN in i.,.
uith Constance. She vas exactly uron hi.
level She nevcr bored or pe-plexod him.
>he vas neither enthusiasiic nor inlifereut.
Ihry MT upon common ground and touri-
cd esch other a. many points Charlie vs.
surc hat they shouiI get on n..t.r tos .tl.
cr aal offered be- h-.rt aud hand Con.
stance s..sd un,c for corgdcrat.on. %
uf.. q. t.aa-lt mere form. Tot 30 "a.
cufiomary. cousentionai. anI o. on Le
shois preferred &C. 20 vas plain tiat tfey
were born for each other. f1r hey liked ths
sane opera.. fh- same danres. tie ssm,
song ard thc same ices. OF course tb.,
sloa.i narry add be- ~as entirely camfor
ta5le respeeting the delay of BE ans~cr.
Constance sas more moved. Not thsi
she ga a-.fafrl hy che oa,r--hc hsI.r
reetei BE- GOO iong ior thai-but BE- msI.
her think. shs VS. tirvd oftiss glitter g..
busiie I'd iiis. a. VIXEN shc iooksd out ose,
the iuturc and sas only surcession %
suu,mers a. watering places. si.c xres fain
aui silk al heart ~i.o varted somefhin-
more. soHething better an4 higher Wha
"a uf Al thar shc couid not tcl.
ponler,ng of tLis ~ant-so genuine rs
% iniafszih hlc-reuindci hrr ~ hcr uncL
JoLn rcr itai. uho lived at Drer.-, q ht