The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1865-09-01
RONALD HERBERT,
THE
Selfish Man.
CHAPTER III.

Lovely, vet mos, adi-ut Florence Even now
hail thy palaces my wide and silent streets,
sl,eping h-suiv;..
'"B'.uiiml F'e.ence, Ill within thy wallis
Thy gtsy.s AID aardeps, pnnicles and towers"
,rc hailowoI by remsinbrsncss which have out
liVSd my yoaih and my msturer years and haunt
mere hours OF weArisome old age with visions far
ic1 GLORIOUS to be Of much longer continuance.
II was IN tho great hall ~ the gloomy Pnldzro
Veeehio tina, Aist Jaw Rosins de LoLstts- nos en-
gagged w contemplating the SNOWY frcscoes OF Va
url, but ~tbpt In Gdr.lt alton Of Michael Angel q
UNI iishcd but powerful group Of Victory. She
most beautiful and most lssrned woman Of hcr
Tine. LEARNED ~ the word grated on my ear I.
.et u Only another term for pedaniry-afectod
Ignorant, upsthrt-s learned woman and beauty
what strange union looked carefully on her
With the eye Of connoissour, aud felt Disappointed
there Was nothing o. the Venus, but rather too
much OF ,he Minerva in her hns classic features I;
mere was noted, certain Nghtness, . compress
ION Of lip, tuiored expression Of couutsnsnce, .
want NJ colour upon her olive complexion tia, did
not accori with my ideas OF beauty the forehesd
was "a high aud broad, that u gave mo the notion
Of meniA nrensih-a $50 foe 70 female delicacy |;
th.hl tsnced she appeared ANXIOUS 70 command
attention, and was turning FROM my scrutipy
with feelings Of dsapprovsl when--sht rIoke IL
Is Impossible W convoy an idea Of tie music Of her
Voice-so ,ot, 90 thrilling 90 pathetic! looked
sgnn The - was not compressed II was parted,
and parted by smile The most captivating ever
saw va, moreover, nstursl smile too deeply
read In such matters w be deceived there WAS no
thing arranged about II neither the smile play
fu, nor the smile oqusttish.nor the smile nsgnih
cd, nor the smile condescsnd--por any one OF ths
hundred smiles thu, srt and society p ant On tire
lips and cheeks 81 those who smilo under tutragei
IL was gentle aud serene smile, beautiful, hAI not
bright, yet having spell with IL that 'orcei u.
gozor to await brcsthle,sly for another did
wait, and did listan waited Tor smother smila
listened for another sentence the parry abe &C.
compared approached, snG mutual acquaintance
presented mo to the lesrnod Itsl!sn. IIet some
what em ERASED a. the momsut hardly knew
why, though the sensation returned In after hfe-
~ intervals, u 10 true-and lstterly ~ moro dis
tant intervals than At hIs.. have lite vanity
len now, aud yet the confession Of the source Of
that sensation 10 not without Its pain. ieli my
sef In the presence of . superior boing; OF one
whom must respec, and 10 one vsung self Is
tho god 81 bis idolary, theirs was flmstnlng new
and humbling the TACT IsIeyyl1y WAS how
ever, . charm icg though. tiat, having exhaust
cd most plessurt.-proysd (As all single young
meo Sish lsrSe fortunes invariably do tco intdel-
iiY Of love and the beaItlessness % frendship-I
bad lille H. look forward 10 ia lie way ~ novelty.
| was struck aud mlelled by the sensation 70
seek repetition 81 the feeling nor was without
the htY. which a. that ums amounted TO
positive belief ,hat should discover, upon more
intimate knowledge something In the character
OF Ros.na de L9zeaa that would uuvel bor W. Ok
ness, and eel mo once more 81 ease with my cell.