The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1867-05-30

not recognize the fairy work that,
with slower than old fairy touches,
yet with more enduring magic, was
transforming her daily. But there
were eyes that could see while theirs
were blind; and it happened that,
through the sense of hearing, they
! gained knowledge of what their
sight had failed to give. The eldest
her name was Cordelia--overheard
the following conversation. 1t was
between two young men with whom
she had been long acquainted.
81 used to think her beautiful" :"
said one of them.
"Cordelia ?'' said the other. s'Yes." :"
was the reply.
$50 did L. continued the other
"Three or four years ago, when she
and her sister first came out, with
the girlish bloom upon them, l
thought them two of the lOveliest
creatures had ever seen; but, t,some-
how they have been fading or chang
ing ever since.
"There is nothing in them,'' said
the first speaker.
"Not mueh,' was the reply,
"They dress elegantly, and have
world ofsprightly gossip and small
talk; but as to culture of the heart
or intellect, have failed to discov-
er the signs I was quite smitten
ness the wretched marriages that are
constantly taking place. There's a
fellow dancing attendance on Cor
della now, that is just weak enough
to marry her as kind of show wife.
He thinks her queenly! Of course,
if the event comes off, there will be
another miserable couple added to
the list. Both will find themselves
disappointed.''
"By the way,'' said the other
speaker, breaking in upon his friends
homily, what do you think of the
palmer sister p
"Margaret'' "Yes." "Tye ceas-
ed to Gail her plain" he said.
"You would hardly call her beau
tifuP' continued his friend
81 don't know" he said. II have
seen her when to call her beautiful
would be no error dflanguage. The
fact is, Margaret has puzzled me at
times. | grant you that her features
are not cut after classic model, ,nol
is there what we sometimes cal
''style'' in her face. She hasn't the
time complexion nor the large liquid
with Cordelia at first-actually in
love with her bright eyes and fail
face-but | got over it long ago
Beauty is very well in these love
matters but sensible man is apt
to look little way beneath the sur
face, to see what kind of a founda
ton beauty is resting upon. Girls
of this class are well enough tC
dance and fiirt with but for the gra
yer purposes of matrimony, none
but knaves or fools accept them"
''There are plenty Of knaves an6
fools about" said the friend.
''Oh yes" said the other, ssas wit
eyes of her older sister; and yet hel
countenance is to me far more at
tractive-it is so full of mind anC
feeling. You forget, as you tall
with her, the material lines of hel
face, in the beauty Of thought tha
transfgures it. Do you want {
higher style than this %
"And yet" continued the frs
speaker, "Margaret was very home
ly. There was time when almos
wondered at her courage in ventur
ing to brave the comparison tina
must be made between her and he
sisters
eyes," said his companion. II re
member my first impression also
but it gradually wore off as | cam
to know her. The fact is her beau
tiful soul shines through its materia
2 veil, and you see the light and low
f illness within. In the case of he
sisters the order is reversed The
have not. fear, beautiful souls.''
''The mantle they have SO lon
worn in PRIDE" was the reply, 81
dropping away from them, and
! they do not see to it, will fall upo
the shoulders Of Margaret. If
were choosing a wife from anon
these three sisters, shouldn't hes
+ tate moment"
"You would take Margaret" sal
his friend
:: Eyes" was the reply.
''Not regarding mere beauty a
anything, when put in contrast wit
4 excellence of character p added th
), first speaker.
: 81 am a lover of beauty was TIL
: reply. "Whenever the beautiful
n presented find myself a constraine
t worshipper. At first l saw beaut
Y only in form and color; and was /
n constant danger of accepting gi
e and bloom for enduring substanc
Twice I have been on the eve of
Y marriage proposal, blinded, fascil
V ated by mere external charms
e shudder, sometimes, when I think {
k what I escaped in both instance
d The beauty lay only on the surfac
a Gradually, my mind became bett'
d instructed. / was able to see I'll
: difference between real beauty an
;, it's semblance. So 1 am still wo
r. shipper of beauty but I recognii
n it's higher types
r "Then, in taken Margret, ye
o would have regard for beauty p
eyes," he continued, ''to tn
,r beauty which fades not, and whie
IS has power to mould even q pla
le face into q likeness of itself'
4, Cordelia heard no more. Thoue
q, cancelled from view, she recognize
20 the speakers voice Hopes hs
been dashed to nhe earth which h,
r been fondly cherished. Lhe pc
a. fectly understood some things whi'
0 had occasionally puzzled her. 81
knew now why it was that certa
es young men, of high excellence, wi
,r GO aatrar11y courhf har fovor frr