The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1869-10-13
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young lady who lived in q plain cot
tage and dressed in calico, who die
not affect waterfall, chignons, trains
or9aly Of the various paraphernais
which assist in making a fashionable
lady of the present date. 5 In short
she,was far beneath his netice,. as
regards social position yet he was
forced to acknowledge that Miss
Beverly was hislsuperior intellectual
". She attracted him, she interes-
ted him, He conld not explain it.
What would the regal Maud Stanley
say? ! Il - I u - III
Will Brandon had asked qucs-
ton for the third time without re-
ceiying an answer. Therefore he
became slightly impatient. .easf
: HAL Marvin, are you in loYea2 he
asked. Tho question aroused Mr..
Marvin, and he replied promptly !:
'No; of7oeurse not n How could
you ask such q question ?"
Merely to awaken you replied
Brandon coolly. ~ did not sup
pose that you were susceptible in the
slightest degree. But is not Miss
Beverly charming, Hal? sl'i'
mr. Marvin hesitated. was any
body charming who was not in Miss
Stanley's set7 Preposterous e
"She certainly has quite a. pretty
face, he said elevating his aristo-
cratic nose, md curling his some
what effeminate, lips. -.
s . And she certainly has twice as
much 13a cd sense as any other woman of
my acquaintance, of yours either, for
that matter said Brandon, energetic
cally. 5 i ;ial.sss.,s.3 s.sa. l.ia5il ssel
81 hope you viii not presume to
likeni her to Miss Stanley, WILL" said
Marvin, a little angry at such .spre-
SUMPTION sN SAD lli sstaejIas7
mo- Of course not. She is as far
superior to Maud Stanley as any one
could imagine: She is her superior
in heart, mind, all womanly qualities.
I know you are Miss Stanley's sworn
champion Hal. So much the worse
for you. Rich as she is, I wonld ad-
wise you to look elsewhere for q COM
panion through life. You have good
sense, Hal, only you don'toften allow
it to come uppermost." .s gs a,ss9s
Brandon spoke plainly; but Mar
wins ahabitual' Incidence prevented
him from any outbursts Of anger.
He merely dropped the reins to draw
on his riding gauntlets, and said.
with smile -e*'-
what q pity that Miss Beverly is
not rich, WILL" ,ss5s
Brandon bit his lips to control his
anger and scorn. In a few minutes
he said, with a sigh Z .stsai9 .ssiI
"What pity that men cannot
true nobility
" ~ think So Well. I suppose
Il that q we must e. separate. here. Good
BY. am engaged to Stanley's.'eg
William Brandon watched . his
friend ride away, and muttered to
sE !. tas9 b. 3sal s
well, I have made one more effort
to save him, and if he resists it I will
hardly think him- worth another at
Tempt 1913 haitQ % ASST .5
Poor little Coral How her heart
had ached that night at Mrs. Lacour's!
The latter. who was truly noble
woman, and who had become ardent
" attached to the beautiful Cora
Beverly, had invited her to her en-
tertainment, knowing that some
would be there who, in the words of
Brandon, could appreciate true nobili-
tya Brandon was Cora's friend, and
he had spoken warmly of Marvin,s
intellectual qualities therefore she
was somewhat disappointed to see
the aristocratic Top, who danced at
tendance on the queenly Miss STAN
ley, and lent his assent to the "bar-
bed shafts of wit and sarcasm
leveled by that young lady at the
quiet little figure in the corner. For
while Cora was seemingly listening
to old Mr.. Ldlburn's prosaic remarks
on the Current political events of
the day" she was listening to Miss
satire which was not pro
nounced in an exceedingly low tono
OF voice. All, how many Maud STAN
ley,s there are, even within the pale
OF our own observation!
Brandon was much attached To
Marvin, notwithstanding the wide
difference in the characters of the
two. Brandon looked beneath the