Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1867-04-25

Ia . Ion nhe nioP'
~ III I,.,I, Ii,lose was quite conndential,
anu d,r uurihg tne iIttie tlme we waited for
., u,nner, sne tolu me ina. sne mad TO make
,,L,S l III neI oes[ SirIs nealtn,
w, mnion wss 'eIy oeIcate, one nad given
op oa,,a pu.lect ., mansion near Town, be-
os.a oaI9e .ne ar was not CONSIDERED SO good ;
any a. t',, sne supinItleo 70 tne discomforts or
roaJ'' ~. nouse, tnay hne mlght be
a,s,', @ ~ s.ai. On l9r ioaIy at tne snghtest
~ 81 Io vi cnanBe Ior the worse,
s,,r,,,t;,, @ III oea, gIl sne feared, was con-
a',ri., anu VI sucn nervous, nneiy-
49, .ue, thac she required the
"'Isv IT, tenue. .. eaie.
o,,ti,y 10y oMn PaL. coui1 not discover
ay r,I .IS sS pals,cuiary oencate IN the
.,,o Su ,.. ,aoe ,I anu ia.n9r 700 plump ngure OF
.hot yJhung sh i 1aIS 80 ven,u.eu 10 suggest
~. I~ ry.a " Wy hnely 70 outgIow
,anu o,.sIJ Pso.Zls s1Z .fsu q, ts.eA - even
,,,in,a,t ~ nos Rsy nsr sne pSo cokn-
NJ. po;,say D. y sno .ssas,s neu hi.
eyn,nathr VIII i ~ % hnnSLs'. IL sor my
=. hpas.,y, VIII nsI lanukeIcnleI raised
" neI sys, anu au1eo , tnat Gear Livys
Aon mas 80 priiaht tnat ~ DE.
o.,. Gn.y PeSpe. one u,en Poihteu
, ,wh ,s, NaPS Puh;n, on, ny ano IN ioud
forrspd - ti.at iei. su1e ne neaIu, IN
~ lS'heu ,i,p l.e t, snau ne was tne younger son
go a'.rse's ", ou.n n"u she auvantage
~. .e',,,tu nuss yvunse, soils, oI lhheritlng
.o.ty essaH anu me fortune from ms
'.iN m,U. su avng seen pientyoi active
od w, Sh, ns naI now ret,reG on MS iaurels,
sa.t,e ana ens S s..ough. woulo take Wiie and
;t so;S ~ Jo"n Wa gu,et nome NE. one
o,sI,, oI ',n ~ s,gh,nchnty, lhy tnat 1 couid
ohc ooy oonu,uue S "a. u.as ner uaugnter was ms
on',iJ 60 nmu & poheo az hIn, !
choose such = woman @ socp He insn was smnar w0ale
eh.lf e;i dpou1 Iorty' ana though not posi-
.ive,y nanusome, tnere was something
nope ana aristocratlc IN MS face. and
soIuier-lke ana commanding In ms tall,
y me fgure. Tne expression OF his clear
Dlue eyes was frank ana open, and the
Iinss Oh MS mouth nrIh ana oecided, with
touch OF satire. he was polite and at
lehti'e 10 al tne iadies, ana II rather
more so 10 Lavinia than to the rest, 1t
was apparently pecauseshe drew 1tforth.
Az dinner, l had an opportunity Of OBJ
serving the rest oi tne company. Inere
were TWO sisters MISS White and Miss
Bella Whlte the elder noisy, rather
vulgar woman, who made fun OF every
one IN good-tempered sort OF way, and
iauEheo long ana iouuiy at her own Jokes,
wnicn sometimes went nome too severe
AZ 80 .,
they were uirected tne younger sister
was 4u1eter, ana pretended to be shocked
~ rams outnursts; but she was more
WIN her af1ectation and
TO be a lady than the other
Win her NOISE anu coarseness. There
was qulet oid iady VINO did not talk
mucn, anu toOR everything and every
pody ylst as she found them. A thin,
tail, elderiy CITY gentleman took the
-p2st1H ~ lhe steple ne wore q rusty
piuSk "a. .uh-Goat' a SUN wnlte necKcloth,
anu hish snlII-co!ais' MS manner was
grave M anu d n'hPLessi'e, ana ne dignlhed
eSeiy iHmuy wiln tne aPpeilatlon OF
o;r.;I m1.n' anu lI.eG 70 pe particularly
clVii 70 lhe eluest MISS hIte. Ihere
was also STOUT stock-broker, VINO wore
a snort cut-away coat and colored neck
tie, with reu Dlotcny 1ace ana straight
pIowh nail, VINO never looked OH ms
ia.e @ SeAcePI 70 ADDRESS MISS Belia
/" nue., ald hePt one IN state OF alarm
ies1 ne siioulu nave NJ OF apopiexy.
attil iaihs al upon .iie iarg at taple were
p,e.'y ireSiy ihaue on aii siues, ana 1
t', mns uiPiiseu o hnu no" coolly our
i,osvess i,o ils:eneu 70 snem tthey would
NV thn e neei. ln sucn @ q aiiiereni STRAIN had
"a Wy eoui ia,y oeen Sisitors instead Oh
oouIue.S ). Mrs; Stacey complained
" " o.eiS .nins, aiiu hept ehuhnerauhgt the
IninSs sue was sure must De IN season,
anu anu Iuitv re'tsoiie1ie, ana wondering
.u1I ...1' Nis. w iison aiu not see ABOUT them;
sun, sue niahageu 10 make very good
SINNER y, anu Partook Oh every ulsh with
'he 9,i' alr oi martyr;
ihe iilir LaVInias aPpetite was such as
n.iglo oe eApec,eu from the deHcate
ereaiuIe leT Inotner had aescrlDed ner TO
pe out as aiterWar9s lound that she
i,aue s,.N ,a an earif yea III her own room at
nve n o,eiock, was no longer surprised.
pu. siie seemed 10 Inink tnat her nelgh-
DOT, the captain, ought not 10 be hungry
elther, Iorshe plied MN continually with
aues.,G;ns, asot;, ana aliowed MN little time
lor eatlng.
room tbe eidas, Sf;ss Wh;to ~ oiie GU uihwinS NV
and nptared into nnnyorsn.;en m liz sa' nG ~ L. mrt
me me on what is called nfhnrms nu hu Ape ~
ran,orts sIo 49, ob,,t n,.a Le sne
loud kew. She informed me that Cantain
Vernon had been to Mrs. Wilson'S fonr
wears running. and that Layinia Prim-
rose and her mother were irving hard tn
catch him. as he was worth having
that it was all very fine of Mrs Primrose
to ape the grand Jady now. hut that she
could remember the time NOT On very
far back either, when Mrs. Primrose had
kept the "Green Dragon" in Cheapside,
and that Lavinia's fortune was not any,
thing worth making a fuss over; then
she laughed at the notion of her being
only nineteen and said she would youch