Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1869-10-05
Juliet's Courage.
BY AMY RANDOLPH.

beach into drops OF gold. Far oil,
against the horizon, the great sea
seemed to melt impereeptibly into liq-
uid western fire; here and there a
white sail cleaned up-man's mark
written on the pages of the deep.
"Yes, it's very nice," said little
Mrs. Elton plaintively, as she sat on
the long low piazza of the hotel swing
ing a gypsy hat by its broad ribbons,
but | should have preferred some
inland place for the summer. You see
am never at ease about the children,
and Mr.. Elton comes down only once
a week"
"Your brother seems to enjoy the
beauties of the sea-shore very much, "
said Mrs. Dorsey rather roguishly.
l think never saw Mr.. Seville in bet
ter spirits"
"Oh, that's because Miss ChaloneI
is here" said the small matron, curl.
ing her lip little superciliously,
"He is SO absurdly infatuated about
Juliet Chaloner
81 think she is a lovely GIRL said
Mrs. Dorsey. quietly wondering with
in herself why it was that the sisters
were never willing to acknowledge the
merits of their brothers finances.
Lovely? 0, yes I suppose she is
lovely enough, only I never did fancy
that blue-eyed, faxen-haired style of
beauty.
"Mr. Seville does, it seems"
any dear, didn't l tell you that
Clarence was completely infatuated ?
don't suppose he would be willing
to own that she had a fault in
the world; l did talk to him seriously,
at one time, about those coquetish lit.
tie airs and graces Of hers, but | saw
at once that l might as well have talk.
ed to the wind. You see, think she
is disposed to be selfsh-those only
daughters often are; and then she is
such an egregiouS coward y
"How do you mean ?" questioned
Mrs. Dorsey, rather amused.
"She won't 90 out on horseback
because she is so afraid of being
thrown; she won't ride, lest she should
be run away with; she is terrified out
of her senses at the apparition Of a
mouse: and | wish you could have
heard her scream, the other day, when
a spider dropped on her bonnet. I've
no patience with such miserably bal
anced character"
Mrs. Dorsey smiled.
perhaps it is only bit of girlisf
afectation."
No, it is not; she is actually afraid
Goodness knows how Clarence will
ever 90 through life with such a silly
little coward as Juliet Chaloner.
take every opportunity Of showing my
disapproval of the engagement, but o.
course my thoughts and feelings &C
for nothing"
There she comes now with youl
children clinging around her," sale
Mrs. Dorsey, glancing down the patti
that led to the sea beach. They Ger
tainly appear to be very fond o
her.
Yes returned Mrs. Elton, indif
ferently, "she has a way of winning
childrens affections, | believe.
As Juliet Chaloner came up tht
broad path, her slight figure dark,
outlined against the fiery gold of thu
sunset, her beauty seemed something
ETHEREAL, intangible, to Mrs. Dorsey
She was slight and small, with trans
parent white roses floating around her
and long, loose curls of pallid gold
while the faint tinge of rose in he
perfectly rounded cheeks, and th'
scarlet ripeness of her lips, supplied
the deficiency Of coloring tina
would otherwise have been percepti
BILE. But the eyes were perhaps th'
most noticeable feature of her beauty
Large and blue, with a sort OF inwar'
light sparkling through their iriSes
that melted sometimes into velvet
blackness, there was an expression il
them that was too subtle and charm
ing for description. You felt it, We
you could not defue its enchantment
One little one clung to her skirts
another held her hand, and two o
three skipped in front of her as sh
neared the piazza. Yes. Juliet ha
the gift of charming children in rar
degree, and Mrs. Elton's small of
spring considered Miss Chaloner Gttf
short of the white-winged perfection
, that they had read about in their Sur
day school books!
Mamma mammal piped out Ii
: tie Hubert, a chubby-cheeked rogu
of seven summers, "Miss Chaloner ha
promised to go to Blyden's Point wit
US to.morrow-where the little twis
ed shells grow, you knowr'
"And, mammal" interrupted Ros;
all flushed and breathless, you'll G
; with US, won't you? for Miss Chalt
l ner says you can find those star fs
t for your aquarium y
/ "Don't talk so loud, children" sal
; Mrs. Elton, pettishly. aDear me, ho'
: dreadfully sunburned you all arr
Do go IN and get on something Fl. t
, be seen. I'm afraid you found thel
3 very noisy and troublesome, Mis-
i Chaloner."
a "Not at all" said Juliet pleasant.
= "Fm very fond of children, you know
l And l really think, Mrs. Elton, yo
r would find it very pleasant walk
e Blyden's Point"
: THANK you" said the matron COLI
ly, alt would be altogether too far
!; "Then, mamma" urged Harry E
|, ton, a fine manly boy of fourteen, Il
Y me row you and Rosa and Hubert
e the boat, and Miss Chaloner wi
n walk with the others
all think of it," said Mrs. Elton
only If Miss Chaloner should chance
= encounter spider or field mouse /
the road, | wont answer for the CO.
sequences"
/. Juliet laughed, but she colored ne
n ertheless; her constitutional nervou
9 ness was rather sensitive point in h
n character.
a gT VOC fellinu Glarenee of yo,