St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-12-11

anu hholleu III tne back Ill Il large, flat
coil she was dressed in robe of some
misty material of the same shade as hcr
haIr. with her arms and neck bare and
ornamented with bracelets and Il neck
lace of dark topaz, and this cloud and
glitter of yellow was set off by the
crimson background of the cushion be
hInd her. until it seemed almost Orien-
tai IN its Splcndor. While | stood star
ing at her and looking like Il ninny.
dare say, my host came M and kindly
offered an Introduction. which | eagerly
accepted. She heard my name with Il
gracious smile, looked into my ewes for
half il second, perhaps. and then coollv
relcgatcd me. 10y IL wave of her hand to
Il place i'll her circle. and resumed her
part in the chat which my approach had
interrupted. could repeat every word
of that conversation to You. if chose.
but where would bc the use 1t WIS
the kind of talk that ALWAYS blIZZeS
about Il cOpuette when she assemblies
half IL dozen admirers and pits them
against each other. There were five
men there, that night, who were madly
III love with that woman. and each was
NIng to appear superior to all the 9th
erS. and Il soIIy figure they cut. aS men
always do in such il contest. Not one
was sufficiently generous to refrain from
sly hits at his rivals. or from covert
tlru>ts at their weak points. so that
what seemed Il JOYOUS, happy couvcIsa-
ton WAS in reality IL bitter quarrel.
She sat i'll what looked like II state of
innocent pleasure in the admiration
which she WIS receiving. but really foS-
tering the i'll feeling by artfull put
questions, by an occasional gentle
smile.
Was not quite So much of il fool at
thiIty-tvc lis the idiots of twenty five.
who were playing the fool for the
amusement of the woman around whom
| they stood. and three minutes listening
revealed the game To my comprchen-
| sion. and made Il remark calculated
| Ia lead the conversation in Il direction
! which would put an end to all person
aiuN and gradually take il into the
realm of politics. which WAS then in
such Il condition that Venus herself
| would have been neglected if she had
/ happened To arI>, i'll the centre of Il cir
Gle of men who were talking Know
| uuthmgl>m. But LcShia GrrCmough
WAS far too aStutc to pit her charms
! against those of the dangers of Catholic
supremacy. and, before the discussion
/ had hecome 50 warm that she WAS in
any w:\ ignored. she arose with IaZN
| grace. and. waving the others aside.
took my ann. saving that should eN-
/ plain the matter to her Thoroughly. for
Shr Was sadly stupid in politics and not
much better in theology. We walked
through the looms for Il few minutes.
/ and at last found ourselves in the libra
~. where she made IL picture of herself
against IL purple velvet curtain, and
/ talkcd and talked fur an hour. | cN-
paiucd the situation Ia the best ot my
ability. and found her an apt pupil not
ignorant of many small political tricks
Of which women generally know moth
iu". "MN brother talks to me of these
things. she said. when expressed a>-
t"ml>hImrml AT finding her :" learned.
"hut don't call that politics: what |
want I" know Is the great reasons Lon
all these things. the "lrrIlil NtiltItS
that ne at I'll" roofs "i the Vide >pIriu-
M" tree ON winch :" much rNli il"i'
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me i"rchlan' WI" S''lh lll''l WAS 'i.'Z\
) sun my work. although ! dcN"I'd lai
less time I" IL, WAS itlii "i Il NlS"i ana
beauty tiiit WAS chlllclN new. i"",
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: wrote thch ANA M"hucr' i'hlth1i"l ih!
: how hurncdIN they were ScrIhhic''
and how carticS>lN leNI>cd. dr\tI-
npcd Il gItt for rcpalicc and iaIrl\ -
fenced some of the Western papers "l
= one or two questions. received TIVE
, tempting offers from New York papers
but | cared IL" longer for journalistic
fame. simply worked with all my
; might Ia finish my set tasks and iiaSttl
to Lcshia'S side. The skill "i that glr
colfollnuS me now. "itn lhlllh oi IL
Had she been thirty ycaIS old she coul'
not have known the masculine natuI,
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