The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1870-03-18

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sr.l q. Adsssstssseeees.
From the As,antie MsasAly Tor March. =
An adveuturess = not difficult of dstec-
ton to clear vision; but eyes are used in
this world for almost everything but seeing.
She varies her form ; hut in the place where
her heart was before rome man broke It "a
che would say) she Is almostthe same. She
is usually handsome o. bears traces ofhand.
somencss departed or departing. At least
she looks interesting, and intesestingness Il
Tho sum of all we seek in humanity, liter..
ture and art. She is rarely young. nor is
she old. She is Of IN uncertain age. She
may be thirty, she may be less she may be
forty. She is calm and cold apparently :;
but If you study her you will see her calm.
ness and coldncss arc the result of severe
self discipline, and in her eye CLEANS of in
tensity and anxiety that dart out while her
manners are relieving guard.
There are celtain hard lines in her face;
me soft mouth his lost seine Of her symme-
try, the nose isqueslioning and questioning,
the nostril expanded - though It knew eacl,
individual had IN Oler, and were determin-
ing to what species he should be assigned.
Across the brow fit subtle shadows, and
between and over the eyes they gather ever
and anon, As If the electricity Of her system
were entering there to burst; and then the
lightning leaps sharp and quickly out below,
and momentary darkness falls from tho
hair to the defiant chin. Her ears are trifle
prominent, and when you look 1t them you
see they are listening listening perhaps for
what she will never hear again, Her form
is full-s tri6e too full to Indicate fnencse
and spirituality; and her manner IL too de.
cided and positive to be attractive at first.
Her toilet is somewhat outre; and there il
more and less of 1t than there should bc,
while some of jewelry might bc spared fer
the sake of taste. But above all, there 10 an
expression in her face and her air that some
thing has gone out of her life-something
that rounded and completed her woman.
hood-something that will never return.
She has been awifc and mother; she is not
likely to be again, for the memory Of that
wifchood and maternity makes her shudder,
and sends the strange, almost lurid look out
of her eye. She may have child or child
rcn with her, and if you could look into her
chamber after midnight you would sec her
bending over the bed where the little crca-
lures lie, with tears baptizing the whispered
prayers for them which she never uttcrs for
herself.
Unlike the adventurcr, the adventures
has conscience, feels rcmorse, suffers for
the past, dares not reflect upon the future.
When the mental torture comes, she plungcs
into excitement, and laughs widest when
her heart sinks Ike burning lead In her bo-
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Advcnturesscs are most at home IN the
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houses that has not several of the singular
sisterhood. They always avoid each other
Arc enemies on instinct Men alone they
affect Without doing anything you can
describe, they always attract attention.
When they enter the ordinary. or sit in the
drawing room, or walk in tho corridor, cv.
cry masculine eye beholds and many mas.
culinc eyes follow them. They know, will,
almost mathematical certainy, the inprcs.
sion they are making, when is their time 70
glance, to speak, to drop handkerchief, to
write note Nothing escapes their acute
senses. The man whom they have selected
for dupe is such before lie has spoken.
What is the boosted reason of our sex to the
subtle instinct of thcin! They have made
men study q Balzac and Goethe made
women study, and they have found their
profit IN Il, be sure. They grow upon their
acquaintanoes gineperceptibly but rapidly;
and, after . few hours of untrammelled
talk, seem like Old friends you are bound to
assist when trouble comes. It will come
very soon. The adventures is always in
trouble, and she tells 90 ssd story that you
feel. during its narration, a. ii you should
dry every tear with = 800 note. You
are too liberal altogether. She accepts half
the sum; 10 eternally grateful, and the situ-
Sss>'s Ssso08So WIN suC ptOScUICO VI = SS0uOs
The adventures lives in Manhattan; but
she goes to Washington frequently when
Congress il in session, for there she reaps .
harvest. She brings all her arts to bear on
members Of the House and Senate, who
Yield to feminine Influence when they can
Withstand bribcs and the clamor Of constit-
uenta. The adventures often arranges her
campaign on the Hudson, and fights it out
on the Potomac. Sho completes there what
she begins here. '"
Women wsnt their rights. Lot them have
their rights by oil means; but their rights
arc little compared with their privileges.
Men have neither when an accomplished
adventures has fairly taken them. in her
tolls. ~. .#-,.s rs. - s,..ssz KS an
Keep pretty women ont of my sight" |"
mid 81 tEv1enosd, .t1ndl the thunder:
slso1s slall not uake Nc swave. But with
thsir eyes looking into mfns, an Ike wax
over Tie aaane of taper" ~ y
Adyenturcsses do not decline % rapidly
= advcnturcrs. Women Of education and
some breeding. % they usually are. seldom