Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-06-03

Mrs. doadley OF her beautiful, gold.
haired and fresh-faced daughter, who
enters the room dressed for an out door
walk.
II promised to take stroll on the
shore with Mr.. Shelton this afternoon. I"
Diana lightly responds, as though the
whole matter were quite Indifferent to
her.
Mrs. Hoadley's pale, sweet face sad
dens. You are going to walk with
Walter Shelton, Diana? 1 am sure YOU
told me yesterday that to-day you we're
going to walk with Norman Pomeroy. {"
Diana fushes slightly and gives her
head little toss, while she stands AT
the window and looks from this cottage
across the great sweep of lawn to the
mammoth hotel, and thence onward to
the white trimmed beauty of the flashing
breakers and billows.
Really, mamma, yours is q perfect
'aonpdreH OF memories. But il you
must have facts, 1 saw Mr.. Pomeroy
last night, and"
Broke to morrow's engagement, I
suppose, because Walter Shelton had
asked You to do So" Mrs. Hoadley's
placid voice here interrupts, with sor-
rowful intonation. "Ah, Diana, how
easy it is to guess the truth?"
"Upon my word, mamma" pouts the
daughter, 81 see no special reason why
you should make such a very great
mountain out of such a very small mole
hill"
'How can you speak so," is the firm
toned, serious-voiced answer, "about
as important matter as Mormon Pome-
roy's whole future happiness And by
showing this marked preference for
Walter Shelton, all of sudden, you
are certainly helping to make that happi-
ness complete ruin, Diana"
Another toss of the young lsdy's head.
Perhaps am wrong, but then the two
men are SO thoroughly different.
"Indeed they are different, murmurs
Mrs. Hoadley, meaningly.
"You can't possibly even be limiting,
mamma, that Norman Pomeroy is in
any way superior to Mr.. Shelton |"
81 undoubtedly mean that he is
eclipsed by Walter Shelton in only q
single way"
"And THAT"
SIS outward style, manner, grace of
carriage, &c. Apart from such superb
ority, Diana, none other exists. Walter
Shelton cannot be compared with q
man of Norman Pomeroy's sterling.
sound principles"
"Oh, dear" e1claims Diana, petu-
lantly. 81 wonder why it is, in this
world, that whenever a person is par
ticularly slow and stupid he is sure to
be called sound and sterling and
other highly moral names. Well,
mamma, dear, I'm sorry can't prolong
this highly interesting discussion but
here comes Mr.. Shelton now to take me
walking" And Diana hurries away
from the window, approaching the
door. Just as she reaches the threshold
of the chamber her bright face takes an
arch, saucy look whilst she addresses
her mother in these laughingiy spoken
words:
eff / meet Norman, mamma, I'll tell
him that you're getting up a subscrip-
ton toward having him publicly canon
lied. Au reuoir."
Not long afterward Mrs. Hoadley
stands at the window and watches her
daughter stroll leisurely seaward at
Walter Shelton's side. He is a man OF
more than medium height, handsome,
distinguished, graceful in every way.
But as she gazes upon this couple which,
she cannot fail to tell herself, are physi-
caIly a perfect match one with the other
she sighs nevertheless, and with q
heaviHess that plainly shows how the
sight troubles her.
"And vet, after all, she muses. aloud
to herself, 81 do not believe that Diana
is ANYTHING more than dazzled by this
Walter Shelton's mere surface attrac-
tions. She does not love the man. No ;
Norman Pomeroy, her old playmate,
her life long friend, has her heart still.
Only Diana sees that here, among these
hotel fashionables, Norman's grave,
quiet manner is of little account, while
Walter Shelton is a courted beau. And
yet-perhaps l am wrong; perhaps
her heart has really become alienated
from Norman All, how hate to think
that thought J"
1t is almost dusk when Diana returns
from her walk, with flushed cheeks and
a rather excited pair of eyes. There Is
to be a shop" at the hotel this evening,
and Walter Shelton, who is to lead the
German, has asked her to dance with
him. This Diana cannot but feel to be
a signal honor There are at least
twenty girls whom she knows who will
deeply envy her such marked triumph.
Her beauty, her youth (for she is only
eighteen and Just emerging into society
and the prominent position which her
partnership with the leader gives, all
contributed toward making Diana's time
at the "hop" that evening q most emf
nently enjoyable one. She is surrounded
by several gentlemen, and is talking
animatedly first with one and then
another, when Norman Pomeroy joins
the group and asks her for dance.
We can only say of Diana that her
silly young head is turned by fattery
and success. Just for the time Norman
Pomeroy's request (plain, homespun
sort of Norman, who has never hlrted,
and dislikes balls) wears q tinge OF un-
warrantable audacity. And almost be-
fore Diana is aware of, what she is doing,
she has given q rather curt refusal.
Norman walks away, slightly bowling
as he does SO. He looks out OF place
i'm a ballroom his face is too strong,
his figure to solidly massive. his whole
ensemble too unsuggestive OF fashion
and its countless sham forms and frothy
Not long after this he smiles bitterly
AZ he sees Diana rise with most anna
BILE look and begin to float over the ioor
with Walter Shelton.
The ball is not more than half over
the German has not even begun as yet
but Norman Pomeroy walks away, never
thelesss from every vestige of its festi.
yity, and finding wholly deserted tract
of piazza, annihilates a cigar IN solitude.
After the cigar is smoked he goes up
stairs-to bed.
Two or three weeks pass. Walter
Sbelton's attentions continue unabated.
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