Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-05-30
BY CONSTANCE F. wooLsoN.
[From Appleton'a JOurnaLi


summer we often make these excursions In
deed they may be called Buffalo specially
in the way of amusements.
''Do / know the other members of the
party, KateP'
First, there are Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Wander
heyden. Mr.. Vanderheyden is decidedly the
most agreeable gentleman in the city, intelli-
gpnt elegant, accomplished, and at the same
lime devoted TO his wife. In these days of
incompatibity, 1t Is refreshing to see such a
domestic, affectionate husband. You re-
member him, do you not 2"
Perfectly. They are handsome cou-
,'Mr Vanderheyden is very handsome.
What o pity the young men of our city can
not form themselves after such model Our
society would then be full of vitality, where
AS now it is ineffably commonplace. Do you
know, Aunt Jane, do not think Mrs. Van
derheyden appreciates her husband There
is an Icy GOODNESS in those black eyes of hers,
at times
"They are beautiful eyes, however, Kate.
81 don't deny that, aunt Jane. Well
then, there are Pearl Brandegee and Nathan
Day-Mary Rathbone-F Frank Ronalds-and
ourselves ! believe that is all. Oh, no
Alleyne Forsythe."
1.-The gentleman who was here this morn
ingy s.. a.. ,,,.,, ,,,,., l., ,,o,, ,n,n, of
PearlY
"Nliss Brandegee is the most beautiful
Young girl have ever seen"
Il knew you would think so, every one
always does J."
Don / you agree with me then ?"
''Oh, | don't go so far as to Disagree
Pearl is engaged 70 Nathan Day they are to
he married in the fall, and | shall be relieved
"a =. E.. Ia T.. f,r Al lt,.a,.
mOrtals to breathe the atmosphere of the
seventh heaven"
'NIr. Day seemed to me unusually quiet
and recent"
so he is, with everybody but Pearl. He
is the Beast, and Beauty has conquered his
caous heart, If we could only know that
he was to be changed into gallant young
prince at the altar, we should look forward
10 the wedding with greater aesthetic interest.
Poor, homely old Nathan, how he will look
by the side of Pearl in all the glories of her
bridal lace"
"A mans looks are of small importance,
Kate
Particularly when he happens to be a
millionaire But, i'm spite of the diamonds,
feel sorry for Pearl. She ought TO marry
some fresh young heart, ready to do and
dare, the soul of gallant knight under the
guise Of modern genteman-a brave spirit
sans peur ct sans reproChe.
''Slr Alleyne Forsythe for instance?"
Yes; some high-hearted, loyal youth like
Allcype. Have you noticed how like he is to
the Apollo In Guido's Aurora p To me he
always seems a type of the old Greek race,
that glorious mental and physical perfection
50 seldom seen in these degenerate days"
"And the rest of the party ?"
What an unrespOnsye soul is yours, Aunt
Janet To descend from my Apollo to the
commonplace members of the party, is like
dropping from ambrosia to tepd tea. Mary
Rathbone is good, plain sort of IA girl, and
Frank Ronalds is Harvard freshman, soft
as the white of an egg, and about as in
sipid.'
And my niece, Miss Kate Keller"
"A mistake, at your service, replied that
young lady, dropping me a profound cour-
tesy ''ese why did Dame Nature make me
just so near beauty that the world can never
cease lamenting the missing link? If her
nose was only little longer-'f her mouth
was only little smaller-fif her eyes were
only shade darker, and so on. | would
rather be fright outright than half-finished
mistake"
Now my Kate, in spite of her faults, is no
''half-finished mistake" at all, but a bright
fascinating girl an heiress, too, with no
more thought of her money than the lilies OF
the field.
ne lllllt lOT lDt tAtuIblOu phlllHH
out of the harbor in the afternoon, we tossed
awhile on turbid Lake Erie, and then gided
through the portals into the beautiful river
the broad, rushing Niagara sweeping on
ward with tremendous speed, and carrying
the compressed tide of four fresh-water seas
between its green banks. Our bOat-a tug
dgnited by the title of a steam-yacht, anC
manned by crew of two men-was queel
little craft, with an open bowl of a cabin IN
'front.' an engine behind, and nothing more
After descending with great difficulty int
the bowl, we took our seats upon the cush
ioned bench which ran around three sides
and, protected by a wooden awning sup
ported on stanchions, rode gayly onward, thu
little engine sending us along at rapid spee(
through the deep-bue water AT first we al
talked merriy together.
so you do not approve of woman suf
tTage Mr. Vanderheyden p said my niece
Kate Keller.
mo, Miss Keller. do not dispute tn,
keen delicacy of wOman's intellect, but
maintain that love is her power, and we low
her, not for her mind, but rather for he
heart. We do not wish to see her laborin
at our severe toll we do not wish to see he
gentle, dependent nature roughened by con
tact with the hard world; we will neithe
tear her from her shrine, nor suffer her
slip down thence. That shrine is homt
ueIe Is ler place, ana tnere may you yet I'LL
your goddess my young friends, as hay
found mine, said Mr.. Vanderheyden, glar
cling toward his wife with devoted atfectio
shining in his bright brown eyes.
Mrs Nanderheyden smiled family.
"Cold-hearted creature" whispered Ka
to me. Then aloud; ''Are you not SOM
thing of pagan, Mr.. Vanderheyden
Would you not carry us back to the burit
Ideas of the ignorant past p
Ignorant past? Glorious past, say
What have we in this working-day world
compare with the myths of the past2 U
for the sunny plains, the unknowing, unca
ing rest the dreamy case, and the happy j
nulance of antiquity"
And Mr.. Nanderheyden drew a sha'
closer around his wife, and raised her glow
hand TO his lips.
And you, Miss Keller, said Alleyne Fo
sythe-'l trust you did not think me a mat
ralist?'
81 fully appreciate and sympathize wi
yonr ideas" !" exclaimed Kate her face light
up with eager interest
The young mans blue eyes smiled ba'
upon his disciple.
And you, Miss Brandegee, he continue
you did not think me a slave to the IN
tFablee halfway theories of modern sens