Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1870-11-30
WHAT HELosT,


WHAT He LOST,
BYE.v.Y.
What are they doing, down there y
said Sue Sanford, shading her eyes with
her hand. The low sunlight slanted
! dazZlingly across the sea-waves and wet
| glittering sand. The piazza of the Por-
ter House was rapidly filling with
thronging prOmenaders, and Sue Sax
/ ford, with her cousin, Daphne Dale,
stood at the further end.
! They're Just in from their sail Ian
ter Crosse and Tom, you know, explain
/ ed she, after another look Let's 90
down and see what they've caught
! 4 don't want to- said Daphne, Iarcon-
( ically, by way of answer.
Don't want top Why not? How
/ strange Well, if you won't l SHALL
And away went Sue SaxfOrd's crimpy
'chignon,' and bright ribbons, and
white fiOunces down the beach. Da-
pine looked after her with half sigh, and
an expression which, all unconsci0usly,
/ betOkened that the world lay not quite
straight before her. The sigh and ex-
preston caught the attention of lady
near by. A quiet self-possessed lady,
with keen, grey eyes, and a face
| that was pleasant in spite of the shreWd
Icarcasm that lurked around the corners
of the mouth, and set itself defantly
Oh the very tip of her straight, deter
mined nose. A lady of the world, ap-
| parently, and one well off, judging by
| the magnificent silky folds of the black
grenadine; the elegant chain, the jewel
! ed toy Of a watch which she took out.
! One rapid glance from the hands which
marked the hour of six, to the boat
| down on the beach, and Sue SaXfOFd's s
! tiounces blowing in the sea-wind as she
laughed and chartered to the young men;
! then she stepped forward and tapped
! Daphne Dale on the shoulder.
! you, Aunt Rene? I didn't know you
| had come down.
Very likely. Night is the only really
comfortable time l see. Then one can
dress and not suffer. Why didn't you
90 down with Sue?
Daphne's lip curled. What do I care
for going where Lanter Crosse is? Lit
/ tie IuppyI
He is a puppy, that is true, said Aunt
Rene, her grey eyes flashing one light
ming glance at the girls scOrnful face;
only | didn't know you had found it
out. I used to think you liked him.
4 believe I did, said Daphne, a little
thoughtful; 'at least 1 thought So And
I don't think he is exactly q puppy after
all. hes a nice young man and all
that, but-yOu know what I mean,
Aunt Rene-he has no stability of mind.
He's blown about here and there by
every wind
Especially when Sue Saxford's in
the Wind said Aunt Rene, bluntly;
/ GI,V,f 10 ,CAs-
| her flashy, fast ways, and ruffies and
And the next face prettir than hers will
set him off. Don't waste a sigh on him,
Daffy'
tAs if I cared p exclaimed the girl with
an angry flush. Indeed, Aunt Rene
Pm not troubled about him one bit
only
Only you're not enjoying yourself as
I meant you should when brought
you down here. Come out On the drive
1 want to talk to you. There's no pri-
vacy here
After a few steps in silence-'You and
/ Sue don't agree very well, do you now p
said Aunt Rene amusingly.
'Oh, yes; in way. We never quarrel
( of course, but we're so totally different,
Aunt Rene. There lies all the trouble.
And Pm just a little lonesome. She's
no companion for me. All she talks
about is beaux and fashions and the lat
est styles of doing the hair, and-well-
and-Lanter Crosser
This last, with half laugh.
'Smitten with him, is she y said the
lady, little sarcastically; 'well, well,
they are nicely matched. Both for
show and vanity and foppishness.'
4 don't see,' continued Daphne, in a
puzzled way, how they can find SO
many airy, fashionable nothings to say
to each other. You could put all their
common sense in a thimble. Now l
was never made to talk fOolishness, con-
sequently Pm rather dull and silent in
! their company. 1t isn't pleasant to me,
Aunt Rene
4 see it ALL observed Mrs. Harcourt,
after pause; Sue Sanford and CLIQUE
are not akin to you, because YOU have a
soul while they haven't, or if they have
it isn't found out. I cannot endure her
silly gable, / confess, if she is my own
sisters child. But I wish you had some
companion of your own age. I wish
you could know Belle Stamford
Belle Stamford y Daphne almost
started. No danger Aunt Rene. The
millionaire's daughter! And they say
she is so haughtyP
Then, after a little; 4 wish ! could
know if that was Mr.. Reynolds who
came in the coach tonight. I wish il
might be-
Reynolds? Oh, you know him at the
dancing academy
Yes! Such good times as 1 had
there, Aunt Rener
4 heard you were the best dancer and
1.-THE Teigning belle. Different people
there from LRnteT, Sue and their set,
eh, Daffy?'
yes; I hope so. Real grown up men
who had some sense and inteIlect-not
little half grown boys
Aunt Rene laughed at Daphne's ex.
preston, then relapsed into gravity
Mrs. Sanford, Sue and Tom were moi
very agreeable to her, but she wisely
kept it to herself Never to quarre
with ones relations was her motto
Daphne was her favOrite niece, and she
had brought her down to the seaside a
Sedgely, boarding her at her own ex
pense in spite of Mrs. Dale's half-utter
ed objection on the score of can't afford
it, Wise Mrs. Dale never went beyond
her means.
1T will be no expense to you. It i!
my affair; take chage of it. Loving
the sea as the child does, it is a sham
to keep her from it. So said Aun
Rene in that decisive tone of hers
which never failed to carry the day.
But things were not going to sui
Aunt Rene. She half foresaw it, wher
she found that Mrs. Saxford's party
were bent on joining her. think, to-
Mrs. Sanford was jealous of her sister
partiality for Daphne. She rathe
encouraged Sues filtration witt
Lanter Crosse, who at first had Daphne
society. Sue tried all her little arts anC
destinations, and not in vain. Th
youth was good in the mainI good look
ing, too; but female adulation-the Gus
tom now-a-days-hadt turned his head
and Sues fast ways and multitudinou
ribbons, ruffles and crimps bewitche'
him. Besides, as Daphne said, he wa
unstable. He always went with tide
A few sly mods, wink, and tOsses from
Sue had sufficed to change his mind-i
he had any-with regard to Daphn