Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1875-02-20

usual number Of mammals whispering
--eatrc nous mild SANDERS concerning
other mammals daughters, and he was
more thai ever intolerant, more than
ever convinced of his favoritc maxim 5
I truth - TIE world is an abomina-
i ton.
He was very handsome and distin-
/ que, this Louisiana member, with his
/ tall, commanding figure, his dark. elo-
+ quent eyes, and his Southern fire and
/ languor, but he was cynical intolerant
! and strangely suspicious, never to have
1 had love affair, never TO have been
Tilted.
( Fortune lad earressed him, bit the
Very favor OF her cares.es had disgust.
( cd him, since in opening to him the
/ ineXhaustiblesesame Of place and power
I she had also revealed 10 him the flesh
I less skeletons IL worldly show, and the
mocKery Of worldly pretensicns. Like
Ali Bahia, the gold was in his hands, at
/ his feet. but he had only to lift his eyes
j to meet the dangling, lfeless
/ bodies Of those who had ventured there
4 before him
He WAS pre-eminently generous and
! ehivalrous as far as his belief went, but
/ it was limited according to the worldly
/ education he had received.
7 II never knew one of you with q
i pure aim at heart, except Ethel, poor
/ little thing who loved Ralph truly, /
/ think, and her great, worthless brother,
1 too, for that matter. Even my mother
God forgive her sold her soul for
| the wealth and position it craved How
many OF you who laugh tonight in
your Jewels, / wonder would conde-
/ scend to be witty in your dressing
gowns p
/ As he walked through the thronged,
/ brilliant assembly with his. favorite
theories in his brain, and q scathing
half sheer on his face, girl, from her
! arc Il tTiomphe between the silken cur
tains that divided the saloons, looked
after him with her laughing, sunny
eyes, and said carelessly to ore of the
| beyy of men who surrounded her; as
! that the Louisiana member, Mr.. Gil.
| bert? Another proof that fame is un-
satisfying-he is absolutely sowing"
Her voice was ringing AMI clear as the
sweetest music, and the man, for whom
! the criticism was intended, heard il
with q quick, impetuous rush of blood
to his brow He turned deliberately to
look at the speaker a girl with clear
cut cameo face, bright, waving brown
| ing ard insonciantly curved. and eyes,
with topaz light in them She did not
| follow the prevailing mode, for, al
1 though the corsage of pale green silk
/ was cut low, her shoulders were yelled
in creamy point, and the girlish p'amp
arms were only revealed to the elbow,
She made a rare picture in that crowd
ofloud garishly dressed women; he
recognized it to be the same he had seen
in the morning-that face with its del
icate tinting and fascinating selfas-
serting expression
In another momenC ne was being in
troduced to her: "Mr Ainslee, Miss
Ayles ford"
Her critique had amused him from its
very penetrat on.
DO you know why l sought an in
PRODUCTION, Miss Aylesford ?"
She lau yhed archly; her own mode
of conversation was whimsical, il not
latitudinarian, so she was not surprised
ut the brusguerie of his question,
Perhaps; Was it because you know
that | leave tomorrow n
7 do you not reside in Washington 2"
ITO be sure moi, entirely unmoved
by this uncomplimentary disclaimer, L
am visitinfi my cousins, the Holdings
worths, and tomorrow 4 go to New
York, my papa says he needs me sad
~. SO it was not that-well, was it
because you got tired of seeing face
so often without a nameg
never saw yourtace till this m orn-
ing" he answered quietly.
She would scarcely have been wo-
man not to have colored a trife indig-
nantly at that.
"This morning ~
Eyes you were feeding your birds
and | walked all the way back to take
n second look at a picture so artistically
poised.
"Oh, thank YOU" and now SLOW lca
| fire burnt in her cheeks. II heard your
opposition speech this morning, and do
termined to know you after that, so !
made the remark you heard. Admit
it, was it not the best way to decoy
your
lie was slightly taken aback by the
merry audacity of this strange young
lady.
You would make an admirable Dip
| lomate-I admit l heard
"And the result was the introduction
for which plotted" with an ingenious
laugh and childish movement of the
ungloved little hands, that set the emer-
aids on them to ripping likegreen lakes
"No i am no diplomatic, only phi
losopher-in small way land want
| ed TO know this morning what had en-
| FILTERED the expression of your face.
Are you shocked2 am given to an
alyzing most things from faces down to
flowers; so tell me, won't you, just as
if / were gray Pythagoras instead of
4
He was left &c fill the blank, but he
did not; he never gave compliment
where he thought it was angled for.
" You don't mean to say it is impossi-
bls to imagine me grey Pythagoras-l
am glad you won't-ah Mr.. Ainslee you
have no right to the unreasonable opin-
ions you entertain concerning Us wo-
men"