The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-12-05

| all, because lnen. Slle bdlui sue COuiuu
60 into society, and her mind was SC
distracted she needed diversion more
than ever. told Mr. Armer that he
needn't expect ! was going tc
10 make a guy of myself for him for
ever, il he died. And here came The
inevitable laugh, echoed by many Of
thesul4onnding gentlemen. l think
most men have certain pleasure in
hearing a woman talk like fool, as
it iustifies theie precVnceiyed theories,
"Can this be the woman have had
in mind all these yeafs?n thought Mr..
Dylne, bewildered, and yet with a
dim sense of relel, as if some heavy
cloud were gradually dispensing from
before his eyes.
He stood and watched her every
motion; fascinated, but with fasci-
nation how different from his old pas
sion. There was the same turn of the
head the same uplifting of the eyes
he had been wont to think so grace.
full and sweet; the same sidelong, mo-
tions of the body, which he had once
compared to the movement Of lily
on its stem. Why did all these airs
and graces now strike him as so dis
agreeable;r and the manner, which
had once been charming artlessness,
seem sell.conscious affectation? Had
he been a blind fool, or had she been
different? and from what creature had
beengnodeled that fair, sweet image
that had SO long been enshrined in lis
heart?
aOh, l don't feel as if I could sus-
tain life in such place as this" con-
tinued Mrs. Armer. allow do you
manage when you are at home ?" she
asked, throwing back her head, and
tavoring Major Monroe, U. S. A.,
with roll of her eyes not unlike that
popularly ascribed to duck in a
thunderstorm.
I II have sustained myself with a
prophetic hope of your arrival" said
the major, with bow, and then he
slinned ont of the, circle. and lett a
nlace vacant for Mr. Deyine. Mrs
Armer's eyes fell upon Sydney, and
her color deepened and her eyes
frightened.
ooh, Mr.. Divinel oh, Sydney" she
said, pntting out pretty hand as she
rose, dropping fan, flowers, and hand
az tL;s reoilv von Yn
at heGeve II il D said Mr. Devine
smiling Win 'nerfeot outward com.
nosnre ,bongb his whole self was in a
sort of wbirl with a rushing wreck of
old associations and memories going
down q chaos and amidst tbon ALI
reason awake after a sleen of wears
seomad to stand wandering At the
Ies,rnstion of her prison. .honse-con.
fnsed and Vet With 4 sense Of relief
an9 r;s;no lie That was DELIGHTFUL
tat is s5cb a loyelv evening should
60 like 70 on ont on the piazza.n said
Mrs Armer with n rns,le and sway of
aiI herI lsilken droneries ia
Sbe bnng on lis arm she looked
mn aTyneoli1oly into his face as she
crossed the room. she Hminoedn as
she went in the manner that of old
tbe ire If tbe nronbet
H. Tvon Iooked sfter her as If he
,sondared what sort of beast this
n,ii,bt he-,bat had come into his ark,
NIanaroo az, renrosented then and
,Lera dro,, elftogeiber q little ex.
i ( IA olonoee ana WA inclined to
,h;nG NErs Arh,er 's.not nice.n Mrs.
Wala stately old.fasbioned lady. in
,var5i,' I rosoIyod hat her consin e visit
~ har dan1bters sbonld be short.
NIL rn,ar had the efrontery to
st6ni and sneak to Mrs Hassan. and
expressed desire that they should
meet where they could talk over "old
times.p Hrs. Hassan was intensely
polite. but very cool, and she did not
even look at her brother.
Mr.. Deyine and Mrs Armer did not
stay more than ten minutes on the pi-
azza, and during that time she did all
the talking, dwelling mostly ON the
subject Of her "poor, dear husband"
and intimating, firstly, that he had
never understood her nature, and,
secondly, that he had left ber "very
we'll OFF, but to neither inlmation
did Mr.. Devine respond with sympa-
thy or interest. In his sudden revul-
sion of feeling, he hardly knew wheth-
er TO be most disgusted with himself
or with his companion. The wor.
shippers who came TO the temple in
the morning and found that only the
fshy part OF Dagon was left to him,
could hardly have been more startled
than Sydney Deyine in the presence
of his once adorable Anna. He took
her into supper, attended her with
polite care. and shortly after found,
ont his sister. and asked her if she
were ready to 90 home.
Mrs. Hassan was more than ready.
Her whole soul was stirred within
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