Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1867-03-15
Why Mrs. Radnor tainted.


You have seen hazel eyes,-haVe
YOu not l dom t mean the quiet nut
brown ones, you meet every day, but
bona tide hazel eyes, opaline in their
wonderful changes make you
wonder, when you turn away from
them, what color they viii have as =
sumed when you next look into their
depths for such eyes have depths,
sometimes glowing emerald-like, with
a steady, lambent fame, now cleaning
with a soft lustre like pearls, OF melt
ed sapphires By teaEss
Such eyes had Mrs. RadnOr, cold,
beautiful woman that she was insen-
sible, I was about to say, only / re-
member her fainting at sight of a pond
lily. How well I reeolleet the day
There was a party of US passing the
midsummer at the old Richmond farm
a few miles from Mr. and Mrs.
Ferdinand lRadnOr among the rest.
The latter, a naughty statuesque wo-
man, with nothing save her wonderful
eyes to indicate anything approaching
a heaTt,-l0vely as a dream, yet with
beauty that repelled even IN its facina-
ton. Such hair, too, as she had, roll
ing in golden FiDples down to her slen-
der feet fine as silk, IL was brown In
the shade, but glOWed and intensified
in the light till it seemed as if a thous-
and stray sunbeams were imprisoned
in the radiant mass. We always called
her the Princess with the golden
| locks" You remember her In the
fairy tale,-dO you not That one, l
mean, whose hair was the wonder and
admiration of the whole world, and
whose lovers delighted to bind them
selves with fetters so exquisite yet
when they strove playtully to throw
them off, they found themselves with
gives and manaeles of steel, under
which they were pOWerless.
Mr.. RaduOr was urbane and gentle
manly ; but, possessing only half a
soul, he divided the interest of that
| equally between admirlng his own per
son and annoying Mrs. Radnor by his
attentions.
Tt was a sultry July day, and we were
all of US on the rOse-terrace back Oi
! the house, some doZing,-I pretended
/ to read, though all the time watching
/ the Princess furtivelY from the shell,
/ ter of my book.
She had a pile of cushions spread
with a scarlet shawl, and like an East
ern beauty, lay langUidly upon them
/ Her dress of palest blue was open a
the throat, and her hands toyed list
lessly with the heavy cord that conin
ed her waist. There was a blush-ros'
tint on her usually pale cheek, and he
hair, half escaped from Its little net
Hay like hecks Of gold on the EoaFle
4 cover. IsthiRk7 i never say rep0se, ut
ter and perfeee, before.
sDowR through her limbs a dropping Ian
guOr crept,
Her head little bent and on her moutl
a doubtful smile dwelt like CLOUDS
moon
L In a still water"
Suddenly the charmed silence wa
broken, for round the corner of tn
II house came Mr.. RadDor, with his arm
filled with superb water-lilies, whicl
he threw in a fragrant shower over hi
wife. He was saluted with eZelama
tions Of wonder and delight, and Will
he was replying, had leisure to Oh
z serve his wife.
The change was frightful an ashei
/ ipat0r had spread itself ever her face
she was painting violently for breath
and at the same time, attempting 3
j clasp both hands before her eyes.
cried aloud and spTang towards her
but it was too late.
Mrs. Radpor had fainted
! At the same time, Anne Richmont
E threw herself upon her knees besid
her, and, hastily gathering the snow
) flowers from her dress and bosom
{ where they had fallen, thrust them 10
20 Mr.. Radnor' arms, saying hurried
s j., as she did so,-
Pray, pray, take them away, sir, 0
your wife viii die.
He Obeyed blaDkly, and togethe
6 Anne and applied the usual Festora
. tives, and, after some minutes, wer
rewarded By faint color in her lips