The weekly standard., 1869-10-20

ed white eurtatai No. idx web,
are waving h IN ~ ~ rRn that
glides through the ~ - sum-
mer furniture loo1I md re-
pose. The cool fq =. q Tired
feet. Madame y Il m How
ing drapery Of eccll She wears
flowers and cheerful colored ylbbons on her
hair and bosom, and fragrant, invisible,
roses are wreathed around her smiling lips,
and the light Of .undiminished love irradi-
ates her fine, placid face. Y She b looking
more than ordinarily well, she is. pleased
with herself to-day, her mirror and her ad-
miring maid, assure her OF fresh and unim-.
paired beauty. II hope Corydon is not so
very busy to-day, I DO SO long to take one
of our dear, old time, rides this afternoon,
and 1 do so want to attend the so;ree this
evening wonder if he can go with me-"
The beaming eyes look eagerly forth to
catch glimpse of the beloved form, ever
dearly beloved, through all z ss~ Z
A slam at the little white gaia, heavy
footballs sound on the gravel walk, and
Corydon is at the door. r..--..-....--.
Thou shade of Beau Brummelll Is this
the Corydon of courtship days9 A man
with grave face, bordering on steruness,
with deep drawn lines running about 1t,
walks abstractedly into the hall. His hat,
long since new, and pockets, they have
swagged his coat out of shape with their
weight, are crammed full Of papers and
phamphlets. He tosses the hat towards
table, but never looks to see where it falls.
He subsidies into cosy chair, perches his
dusty boots upon table, sofa, or what-not,
whichever happens to be nearest, and becomes
deaf and blind to all tangible objects, swak
lowed up in some very Indifferent organ"
of some blatant party, gotten up upon very
obscure and Indifferent principles, put forth
in a bad light, (for weak eyes, and harang-
ued and expatiated upon in feeble and In
different manner.
Madame had advanced towards him when
he entered, and he had mechanically kissed
the red, soft lips. He had scarcely looked
at her, not at all with the view Of noting
anything about her appearance, he did not
might have been robed in the Oldest and
most faded wrappers, collarless and un>
kempt, and he would not have known the
difference. Pshaw he never noticed su6h
things. .a fiay el 5sas ..-
The dinner was very nice that day and be
ate it without comment, with the air Of .
man in dream. He hurried through his
meal with the air of man who is thorough
ly aware of the vast importance OF time, and
the entire significance Of human wants and
creature comforts. He scattered things
about, pulled the dishes this way and that,
offending the eyes and shocking the taste Of
the careful and systematic housewife, but
alas. she. she had alnost gotten used 10 Il.
Having bolted his food he FASTENED from
the table to the parlor and became vet more
deeply immured in papers and pamphlets,
filed the neat and perfumed room with
odious tobacco smoke, and marred the purity
of the immaculate heath with the Juice Of
the unwholsome, eneryating weed id She
timidly approaches him about the ride, and
evening soiree-a voice. a weak dreamy
voice. away down in Corydon's throat an.
swers that POSITIVELY l have not tsitime for
Measure riding. nv dear-to ride out lust
for ride is a great bore, and, oh ! a. to the
soiree, you really must excuse me, 4 have no
ear for music, YOU know;-he catches hold
of the small white hand and gives it little
apologetic shake and saws. in tone that
imnlies that he feels injured to have such
things asked and expected Of him, and ask
ed Of him, why cannot woman let Q man
be when she sees he has bushes on his mind, b
and such business, all these important things
to read and digest. -l Ia
"Now YOU see am quite engaged. Mrs.
Speechem, SO run off and let me be quiet.
and look into these papers; they treat of
important matters. I see now that this last
little address of mine, lust a few remarks. NO
effort at all. at the last great convention Of
the great and patriotic Puddle and Fool'em
marty. was quite the thing. went TO the point.
showed ,em up. Mrs Speechem asouits lthsI
thing.-knocked the head out q their
drum. see something here, fsprssdine out
a paper.] that must be replied to-a fIirht
strong article-must receive an answer ex-
actly Of the right sort. Jones saws am the
man TO do IL but III do not know VET.
The Soiree. Oh YES: / shall probably be
writing tonight. really cannot 90 there
and he worried with that nonsenae. an be
off with YOU. dear. If YOU want an airing
John can drive Won in the nhmton-better
for you-exercise not 40 yiolentn 7SS>>
And 80 nothing remains 10 the tj,sanno;nt.
ed wife but TO "rnn Off Sbemav MAKE eY.
cuses TO herself for him. or she NAV weeu
and blame him lust a little or she NAV giye
vent to some sham EXPRESSION of renroscb
spoken boldly enough to herself. to he
ashamed of and sorry for,~by-and-by. when