Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1875-03-27
Bright Points i'm Washing
ton Life.
{ From fhe Chicago Tribune.

teu nerSelI III the department. Tor
some time, Is Miss Serita Brady.
whose charmingly entertaining
letters to the newspapers familia-
rized her to many fl esides, She
Is some where in the youthful
twenties, on its sunniest slope.
withsm small round, well-forma fig
blue eyes full of life and ght
and conversation Of sparklIis wit
bon mote She left her desk over
o. year ago for her fortune In jour
naiistic fields, but with promise
that II unsuccessful she could re-
turn TO the protection Of Uncle
Sans rooftrec.
She was visiting some friends at
a. Il. Stewart, the Prince of Dry
Goodism Her friends and self
were invited by his Highness 10
visit his palace prior TO its grand
opening. Miss Braiy, pencil and
note book in hand, accompanied
the party from the basement to
Mansard roof listening attentively
to everything said and shown, and
after reaching home went to her
room and wrote very Interesting
letter OF all she had seen and herd.
She then enclosed the MS. to Mr..
Stewart, and asked him If the
statements therein contained were
correct and satisfactory, and
whether he would object 10 her
using them for publication. The
reply Of the veteran millionaire
was Enthusiastically to the point.
Expressing his pleasure at the
charming manner in which she
added lustre to his name and bus
mess, hb begged her TO accept a
slight testimonial of bis esteem in
the shape ola 500 bill.
Miss Brady's mother was Gu
ban. and the little lady herself first
saw light under tropical skies,
which two facts account for the
glowing bepths Of her dark eyes
and her versatile fancies.
Among the guests accommoda-
ted at Mrs. Brady house in George
town was certain legationist,
Baron Won Havre by name. He
passed through the Departments
one day on an inspection tour,
along with party oil friends, and
was arrested by the sight Of a fair
sweet face crowned with golden
glory bending industrIously over
some piece OF writing. He looked
so long that his companions chafi--
C. him upon his sudden smile.
He returned after few hours
spent with his friends, and inquir-
ed about the beautiful girl, and was
soon afterward an inmate OF her
house on the Heights. The half
sister, who dressed well. visited
and did nothing, laid claim to the
nobleman's attention, and the
mother did all she could to assist
her daughter, but the Baron had J
eyes and thought for the neglect
ed maiden, who rose so early lnl
the morning and marketed, and
made her pretty, simple dresses
with her own nimble fingers, and
went patiently through summer
heat and winters's snow to her desk
in the Government office. So, he
offered her his hand, his heart,
and his fortune of $50, 900 pex;an-
num, and she became the lovely
bride Of a nobleman In every sense.
of the word. / remembers. how
beautiful she looked in her filmy
white dress with silken light
skeening through its lacey.lneshes,
and pearls, whose years numbered
as many as the beads which form
ed the neclace. saw apicturs OF
her, taken from an oil painting
after she had lived as "A happy.
bride and beautiful motherin far
off Germany. She set in . half
covered arDor, with q half wreath
offiowers falling carelessly from
her lap to the ground, Her arms
and neck are both bare and per-
fectly free from ornament, yet so
exquisitely moulded that jewelry
would merely take away from
them their beauty. Her beautlfuk
hair is parted zone moonbeam
from the forehead To- the crown,
and combed smoothly back fronan
her lovely face. She Is the idol or
her husband, and the admired OF
all the nobles.-