The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1870-02-02
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f9e"she will,do very well, T think
Sad Mrs. Seldom. coihpiacently, as he
i.3daughttE entered the room. ash,
tEspnke well ] noticed, and that is some
ilthing Che viii be an excellent foil. Il
your beauty, and no danger OF, her be
ing riyal eitbers',- "t - ''-''''e' -
iaT'of course moi ~ h,.Ifadghed Florence
CHANTING at the Beautiful, lace reflect
cd ir i mirror oppozite';s ,'-and sill
She isiratler pretty with her pure
skin !, deep, Soft eyes,, and giistenins
hairy but 'sGch q w,rdroBe, uiahlma
you 'iicrer saw tIfe like. Two c,lticJ
dresses, one cheap 1helaie, a stanped
muslin, a gi,i.sliannI,, and a black siika 81
nearly worn Dat that-it viii hardly &c
for morning dress even, one ur twc
linen collars, and other things after tlle
tsdrhe styies3 hs.aa zas I,s7ssas 7s-ass 8
a. z.'fIssit,possbieIsI,Huw can The poor
dfng,i,aseiised2 Butshe inustsiuYs
soinetne1sonessbe before Iiintroluce, her
10 anssone. q hndI you iias better set
about it,thissyery day, "Isaid Mrs. iSel-
den Sdecisively,iog, aoss sss1 hs-d aa
Z" SeS.. few pretty dresses and lorna
lflents Were e presented lto = heeain y
fl,aIner that, III. .itssi s@itththeir ewp NJ
'traetionss made it impossible tolrefnse
-tiiem. .,-,rzFlorence, yho, possessed .
warm heart beneatb her tasEiyiiab Dig
exterior, took, 2 genuine delight in, ia
Producing Alice ipto society, and tax
ing her out to.all places oi interest OF
;thiiselaent.. She, lad been surprised
that alice had never annoyed her once
by rustielty OF speech or manner She
was equally .astonished, 10 tihd how
we'll, She could converse on almost any
subject. But Mrs, Lindlay had grad.
uated, at Mount Hol!oke, aud had
i'm parted a large portion. o: her educa,-
'tion to ;her daug ghter, who had always
lived in, althoug III not OF, the. select
society OF her little town aud her M
tural good sense and, abilities did, the
rest. None would have Thought that
tile slender fingers, now learning pret-
ty airs on her cousins piano, had ever
Supported their owner. a portion ol
every day, in spite of reponstrances, ),
Alice spent in her own room at work
FOR her aunt, or cousin, on mother con
dition would she stay but they appear
ed so anxious to atone for the years, or
neglect, (tor they had learned 70 love
her 1or her own sweet sake. that she
was forced to accept a great many
kihdnesses .her. pride would fam have
rejected till at last, returning, their
1--we measure, she became almost as
one OF the family, - Al ,,r,,Tg :
All tGis time her rosebpsh had been.
carefully treasured i and as spring
opened and new sprays and tiny leaves
began toiappear, she would not have
exchanged it for, any plant IN her
aunt's Conservatory. In vain Florence
ridiculed her devotion to the little
plant, and DECLARED there must be
some mystery at the bottom OF her
love for it;-she only laughed gaylY,
parrying all her questions, and npry;
IIng the secret deeper in 5ller!3AEf her own
One morning Sr1ini the, hss,,Weersto were 10 accom- Z
pany Mr.. spencer, Florence betrptii--
ed, on la q visit 4 to picture gallery
opened q. week before, and said to
some beautiful pieces: Her
companions walked on, crit Using.
though. Alice could not understand
why they. should find any fault with
What seemed to her so perfect. There
We're angels floating on purple clouds.
besutitul portraits, glimpse OF strange