Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-06-26
Miscellany.
THE WORST MATCH OF THE SEA-
son.
by EDGAR FAWCETT.
IN HIS VOICE

IN HIS VOICE.
IT is certainly very nice of Mrs. Heath
And by the way, | was prepared for the
flat reverse ofbeneyolence from her hands
| believed (when | took the trouble to be-
licye at all on this subjecD that she mildly
loathed me. | thought she had never for
gotten a certain event or two connected
with the past-thc dear irrcvocable DAYS
when | hadn't lost my money and stood
forth the crown and flower of fmarriageable
New York bachelorhood; when, also, she
was poor little Fanny Chichester, and no
coming millionaire like Archibald Heath,
Esq, had as yet cast his shadow before
Doubtless | behaved with more or less
Vlllalny thcn it certainly is mean spirited
to triHe away a girls time under such cir
cumStances-time that is money to the
sweet industrious creature. 1t is Just like
putting ones hand in ones pocket while
a pathetic-lOOking mendicant stands by,
and then Withdrawing the hand empty, to
the mendicant's painful amazcment
But most surely all satire is ill-timed
which l may presume to level against
Mrs. Archibald Heath. We have changed
places, she and |, since those departed
days. Her end of the seesaw has gone
majestically up, mine disheartingly down.
Doubtless | ought to feel grateful enough
tor being asked here to this lovely Laurel
wood by Il lady whose invitations are often
groyelled for and then not gotten; and
perhaps if | belonged among the scram-
blers and the elbOwers, my exquisite
triumph would be like receiving a new
sense.
Wei, as it is, | am grateful exceeding
~. \ nature that can forget an injury, or
rather remember it well enough to return
ii with a kindness, comes nearer to that
human state which merits canonization
than in any other instance | can hit upon
This seems to be precisely the case with
Mrs. Heath. | am asked to Laurclwood.
and among the three other people
who are asked contempOraneously
there IS certain Miss Lillian Martel, a
relative of Mrs Heath's husband.
This evening after | have been having
rather endurable talk with the girl, and
have been languidly making up my mind
to like her as long as | am here "a lapse of
time whose duration yet remains among
the futures mysterysb what should oc-
cur but sort of little private interview
with my hostess9
How do you like her?" Mrs. Heath
wants to know, lingering a spray of moon
lit hOneysuckle as we stand together on
the spacious piazza, this peerless, placid
colored July night.
am in sort of absent mood, and don't
answer at all precipitately A little in
sldious moonlight has pushed itself
through the dense hOneysuckles, and is
tinSIng my companions large, full-mould-
ed arm till the firm clear flesh looks like
sculpmred pearl | am thinking how
once, IN an impassioned Youthful moment.
linS--ppll wall A.,
physical specimen now than it was then.
Why does nature refuse to let so many
women fulfil their corporeal promises till
marriage has furnished its gracious per-
mission for such development? How
60 like herr" | repeat lazily. "Her?
Nou mean Miss Martel?"
~ course, with dash ofimpatience).
"Oh, certainly while ! am waking
myself up. Very much; that is, she
talks rather nicely, l think. We dis
cusscd croQuet mostly"
on must have exhausted the topic.n
states Mrs. Heath with Iieht lauob
considering how long YOU were together,
Don't you think her prettyg"
"She has nice hair; SO bright and wavv.
/ mean in front, of course. | make a
poil always to ignore whatever dimly
resen blcs the back of a woman's head it
is Usually such Il stronghold of deceit, not
to say extravaganza"
What sweetly amiable idea Do you
know you're getting to he a terrific cynic
now that dividing her sentence with a
Saucy laugh) you've lost your property? :?
= II buy you nice tub, viii you promise
me occasionally to sit in it? But about
Lily Martcl. Do you think her clever.
Archie says she is, and Archie knows,
YOU know"
Does he? I suppose that if John
stuart Mill talked croquet with Carlvle.
there wouldn't be much resultant bril-
lancy in conversational way"
Which means that Miss 1[ariel didn't
interest YOU. | am sorry TO hear it. She
[ta been out so little, and | wanted her to
At.e success next year, if possible 4
t15 success, | mean; not mere stupid
u0IeshIp founded on the ..,t of her
peFpetrate an effete cough. People
81 ZIP. 70 use a cough as an ambuscade
Nv. some sudden amazement. Her
n'aaey:' | presently repeat, enough on
~ guard again to attempt little hvpo
;'.4eal unconcern. Il didn't know about
,.vIN, HIN, Heath raises astonished eyebrows.
va haven't heard? You don't tell me,
AoNght nearly everybody knew"