Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-02-25

THE ADVENTURES. An adventures is not
JIIi!cnt "t detection TO 4 clear vision but eyes
are ,lStri in this world for almost everything but
lin" Sh" varies her form but in the place
whcrc her heart was before some man broke it
rs ah" w0uli say, she i almost always the
.,nr She is usually handsome, or bears ira
r"s OF handsomencsS, departed or departing.
At least she looks interesting, and interesting
MSS j. the sum Of all We seek in humanity,
literature and art. She is rarely young, nor is
she old. She is oi an uncertain age. She may
be- thirty, she may br less she may be forty.
She Is calm aud cold apparently but il you
.triy her, you will see her calmness and cold
ness are the results of severe sell discipline,
and in her eye cleans OF intensity and anxiety
that dart out while her manners are relieving
guard.
There are certain hard lines in her laca the
-oit mouth has lost some Of its symmetry, the
nose is questioning and suspicious, the nostrils
expanded as though they knew each individual
had an olor, and were determining to what
.rrcrs he shonld be assigned
\ cross the brow Hit subtle shadows, and be-
iwcrn aud over the eyes they gather ever and
anon, as If the electricity OF her system were
rcntcrng there to burst and then the lightning
..aps sharp and quickly out below and momen-
,ary darkness falls from the HAIR to the defiant
when vou look ut them you sec they are listen
,ne listening perhaps for what she will never
hear again Her form is full, trlaa too full,
To Indicate fincnc,; and spirituality and her
manntr is too decided and positive to be attrac
ii:r al first Her toilet is somewhat outrc, ana
there Is more ur less OF 1t than there should bc'
yFitr some OF her jcwclry might be spared Tor
n. sake of taste But above all there Is an
expression in her face and her air that declares
.oinething has gone ont OF her lie ie--somnthlng
hat rounded and completed her womanhood-
.l,clhng that will never return. She has
becna vile and mother: she i not likely to he
;.sla for the memory Of that witehood and
ia.rcrnity makes her shuddcr. and sends the
.!race,, almost mrd look out of her eye She
m,y have a child or children with her; and II
yo,l could look into her chamber alter midnight
gu,l would See her bending over the bed where
l.n little creatures lie with tears baptlHIng the
,yhisrcrcd prayers tnr them which she meyer
Vr":s for herself
Unlike the adventnrcr, the adventures has
. conscience. feels remo:Sc, suffers Tor the past,
i.rc. not reflect upon the future When the
!9rntal torture comes, she pluntcS INTO excite
uam and laughs widest when her heart sinks
ike hnmne lead in her bosom.
AIvcnlurcsscs arc most at home in the great
hotcl4. Hardly one Of the Broadway houses
that has not several OF lhc singular sistcrhood.
rhry always avoid each other, and arc enemies
ou instinct. Men alone they affect Without
,lping anything you can describe, they always
attract attention. When they enter the ordi-
nary, or sit in the drawngroom, or walk in the
corridor, every masculine eye beholls, and ma
ny masculine eyes l'llow them. ihey Know
With almost mathematical certainty, the I'M.
preston they are making, when it is their time
y,r,,n g., potr Nothipr csc,ncs their acutc