Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-09-24

Aub lnhNtWAlOu II uut EAgn tuey
viii try andayOid q law suit offer
to take half and be satisfied"
I think now / should have made
more by putting Il in suit. An ex-
perienced hand tells me l had q
good thing, but | wanted the mon
ey, and hated 10 risk much. Well, q
compromise was effected, and Mr..
Bunch's life changed Its current, and
all things wore a new aspect.
So much for the past. Remem-
bering what Amanda Jane was, see
If you can picture what she Is. l
know you cannot. The same in
lueHce which has made her lather a
quiet, reserved, very much respec-
ted, heavily gold-mounted gentle
man, whom small boys tremble to
approach, has transformed the
gawky, sickly, peaked. featured, an
gular, sentimental Miss into
this -
The car stops, and passengers get
of and get on, among them a young
lady In a buff colOred travelling suit.
Her hair Is braided and fills q large
net. In her ears are pendant drops 4;
a collar, iluted, encircles her neck,
and bows and trimming ornament
her dress. Her features are good,
q little aquiline, the chin firm, the
eyes frank, the lips a triiie apart.
[ She Is a woman to travel alone, for
she takes her seat as u%nconcerned
as q man might, arranges her dress
with careless motion, and looks out
of the window. She is ungloved,
but the hands are clear and white.
She looks like a girl, who, having a
small sum Of her own, makes a neat,
yet cheap appearance, the best she
can afford. She rests her head on
her hand, then glances over her robe
with q bird.like motion, again looks
carelessly out of the window. The
cars are in motion; nothing self
conscious in her attitude, nothing
weak, Ill at ease, or dowdy in her
manner. You would not suppose
her highly intellectual she could
not argue with you on German meta
physics, was more enthusiastic over
a span Of horses than a poem, and
yet you feel that here Is q thor
oughly good girl, with q thorough!
good heart, one to love you, one 10
fight for you, If need be, one clear
headed, clear.sighted, frank, only
asking honest love to devote her.
self to q man, and yet calmly and
frankly repudiating all attempts at
Catching" any one Perhaps you
like more refinement, more accom-.
plishments, more OF that So
cial aroma which is felt but can
not be described, a subtle something
which the daughter OF three genera
tons of gentlemen and ladies pos
sess. Well, you can't have every
thing, and this article commands
too high a price for every one to
buy.
Behind the young lady sat young
man. l will tell } GU in confidence
that the young man was my brother
AN eccentric, self. willed, talented,
good-hearted, patient, studious,
hard. working young man. Icould
add other things, but | will not. l
will not overp aise him. | wished
him 10 turn TO the law. lie an
swered brio fly, ID the law" /
fOrga'e him, for there is no disput-
ing about his tastes. His most
prominent quality Is a most femi.
nine delicacy. II wounds him TO
see any prOmiscuOus gathering OF
the sexes, The paying of iorieits,
kissing, etc., all wounded his sensi.
bililies. have told him he ought
to be kept under q glass case that
women love to be carressed. |
much doubted II Frank would ever
marry, he was so particular, so re.
served, so contemptuOus Of the sex,
80 certain that a woman felt herself
an object to be petted and kept in
idleness, Indifferent TO all honesty
except being supported in a manner
becoming her standing in society.
All he said might be true, but it was
the bitterness Of his words. Wo.
men, If not angels, are very good
companions for earthly men.
wish men were betltr. II they
were, perhaps the Trailer sex would
rise still higher, for | count it the
fault of men If women are blama.
Bile for anything.
The young man observed the
young lady. Shy men are terribly
o~bservant, He noticed q slight
mole on the back of the lady's neck.
He noticed also that the neck wa.
exquisite. Not a swan-ueck, re,
minding one Of q piece of rope, but
8 neck with some strength; from
her small, well-shaped, firmly.out
lined shoulders rose q clear inward
curve, a neck that seemed to sup
port the head as firmly, as grace.
fully, as a noble tree its load Of 70.
liage. Broad at Its base, so that II
melted into her shoulders, the curve
fiuer than thought.
The lady turned her head and
looked the length of the car. Evil
IDENTIFY she saw no one she knew
the gaze was firm, earnest, not bold.
and yet not timid. Don't tell me
ignorance gives purity. Ignorance
fills the mind with impure fancies
One would have said this young
lady knew nothing. This young
lady was Amanda Jane Bunch, aud
she knew more than could BE-
told in q little while. With a hal
glance behind her she completed
the survey Of the car. Her featured
had remained impassive. Curiosity
or subdued interest, may have been