Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-02-02

Hrs. wIMBUsH's REVENGE.
CHAPTER I.

AkSs WIMbUShS NV LNUL
CHAPTER l.
Neox Mrs Marrables. So young, too
- six.and thirty, and very little thu
s,e for wear. A widow with the bloom
q ysath still upon her cheeks (spitefu
vupse, who aged faster, went so far as tt
~ Hrs. Marrablcs' bloom was like the
uuR of the Israelites, new every morn
me- but this was malice), flaxen hair
Hxy blue eyes; small -boned woman
ulA . downy skin; and figure just
Jkmnp and no more, which would wear
1vsyor without spreading TO obesity, OF
NSxdIing up into wrinkles. She had a
AmEhtcr Of eighteen, by name Matilda,
1uu young, in proportion to her years,
~ herself II is no affectation TO say
- the two women would pass anywhere
IN lstcrs-Mrs. Marrables as the elder by
= Ieast four or five years. A stranger
~snId really be incredulous as to the rela-
2suship between them being that Of moth
~ and daughter. Such mistake, when
n u made in favor of a woman who is old
- looks it, is said To be not unpleasant
10 lie omnivorous appetite for flattery de-
wsksped In some of the sex by advancing
yxsrs; but to Mrs. Marrables it was most
0harrassing. She was not old; she did
~ look il /; and the explanation involved
ande the stranger suspect her OF being
ak1x than she really was. But for this,
3eA Marrables might have married long
AsGxc. She was never invited out with.
Jsk her daughter; and whenever any eli
glide gentleman began to pay her the
Ksxhtest attention, some dear friend or
axfhcr would be certain to whisper: That
~ Hatiidas mother;" and, Of course,
aAs1r was amend of it.
u must not be concealed that mother
sak daughter did not "hit it" very well
MgEthcr Mrs Marrabcs resented her
aASghter's very existence; while Matilda
sonisi not but be scandalized at having SO
syufhfuI mother. II was plain to Mrs.
Nanables that, in order to her own sue
anss in life, her daughtef must be got rid
a. People who arrive at such detemi-
aakion in novels, too often resort to crime
- remove person from their path. But
LIN Marrables went TO church twice eve
~ Sunday At last she married Matilda
uxt Of her way, to one Mr.. Wimbush, a
Nnst respectable retired corn merchant, of
dRghgate Poor Mrs. Marrables! How
1axAy did Matilda return her kindness.
Twelve months after her marriage, every
itsxy rend in the Times, "The wife Of Jeth-
- wimbush ESQ, Of daughter" This
sxs too much. A grandmother at thirty
mi A youthful, singing, Waiting grand
1nniiAsr, whose very youthfulness, taken
les conjunction with not unnatural de-
~ TO get married again, became a re-
gnnch in the eyes Of all right-thinking
Frsplc :,
1My dear, she is a grandmother,
W~nen would say to one another, "and
Asw decetful it is Of her to look 80 young"
nCarries three generations remarkably
SuM," said the men; but you know, old
naIow, she must be jolly old"
CHAPTER H.
seventeen years passed away, and still
IIsx Marrables, to the scandal Of every
1p1y, was as young as ever, or nearly so,
Di appearance, and as single as ever.
IN yUurs she was fifty-three, and of course
axht TO have dressed for the part. But
ku whole manners, feeling and appear
nnee were in ludicrous defiance Of her
ygzrs, and seemed papably to refute them.
yah, people whispered, and was it a pun.
q
yOw could she wear fiaxen hair and a
Ghignon at her time Of life. 1t was indie
@Mk improper, scandalous! She might al
I'D take to caps, with a gray front and
eIrk screw ringlets and piece of marrow
nnck velvet across her forehead, for the
ako Of decorum. Then look at the way
- dresseedl Always in the fashion
s1senming up the church aisles on Sun
~ settling her silks and laces and ribbons
II . girl. As for her complexion,
Agd one lady say: Bless you, it isn't
Dnint, and 1t can't be enamel. I've tried
A1A, and know how little wear there is in
xkAcf The woman Is pctrified or else
anAalmed. I'm sure of 1t, for she use'
nsGhing but violet powder"
Irs. Marrables, or as she was commonly
sualed, Mrs. Evergreen, was not even en-
naeud. There seemed settled conviction
= the minds Of eligible suitors that since
nm may not marry his own grandmother
"a golden rule Do unto others" ough
- forbid them from marrying othe
,nople's grandmothers. Besides what
krrible thing it was that the woman
yuuldn't grow old, Y must be wicked, |
7wxs real.
Mrs. Marrables never forgave Matild,
IT. making her q grandmother. Blu
ustilda did not repeat the offense. Mr.
Wimbush died, leaving his widow {
rupectable maintenance for herself ant
aid. The child, Garry Wimbush, had
ut short dresses to shame when she was
1welve. She ran up like a scarlet-runner
- ran through by express from child
kbed to womanhood, not stopping at thu
iI1urmediate station Of girldom. Atseven
1sn she was grown woman OF mature
sxpsrience, who had given up flirting FOL
hve, along with her other playthings, and
vM ready calmly TO discuss an offer d
unaxriage on the basis Of Its atfording q
sod strategical position in the battle o.
y sss. fst4a
Hcre. therefore, we have Mrs. Wimbush
sesueiy widow, with a daughter some
w. prematurely developed, on the on
-, and with mother persistently jnvs
- md evergreen on the other Afa