Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-11-24
A Story OF Washington Life,

Some seven years ago southern jurist OF
some ability and position came to Washing
ton to follow his profession, bringing with
him his pretty daughter, scarcely sixteen,
but in whose large, languid, dark eyes
flashed fires of future power and witchery
and whose regular features and clear olive
skin gave promise of more than ordinary
beauty. She was, in fact, quite the toast at
more than one knelt at her youthful, gIrlIsh
shrine. Poor thing! She was motherless
and her father, occupied with his profession,
knew but very little OF what was passing a.
home, over which his pretty child-daughter
ruled without dispute. Her education was a
matter dreamed of, but never contaminated.
Society and beaux were her only instructors,
and they taught her to believe that beauty
and cOquetry were OmnipOtent Scepters. Her
foot was pronounced triie above perfection
by the most fastidiOus Beau Brummels, and
OF all masculine eyes, while her dancing was
heralded as the poety of motion indeed
After two or three years of this fattery and
ape Ha; .nS psSI.y very naturay
gave place to almost intolerable afectation.
Still her beauty remained SO strikingly
though in more moderated tones, and with
some mental reservations. After having
fiirted and captured and thrown aside mum,
berless hearts, she married-as fiirts gene
rally do-a thoroughly worthless, unprin-
pied fellow, with q shallow kind of smart
ness. and a face handsome enough, after a
Qev1l-may-c care fashion.
He proved his faithlessness at a very early
stage of the honeymoon, as a young girl,
Known In the best. social circles, went to her
family physician and asked his assistance in
snond her shame and preyenting fearful
gravity: my poor child, you have griev
ously sinned, and now you desire that /
should add crime to the burden of your guilt,
and stain my own soul herewith. can not
do as You desire, but will try and see what
i can do TO bring abOut marriage between
you and your betrayer." "Oh! doctor, that
cannot be. am worse than lost, for have
been led astray by married man, and that
man with young and beautiful wife, There
is nothing TO excuse my conduct, and no rep
thoroughly shocked, and insisted upon
knowing the libertine's name, and after a
great dea! OF persuasion the unfortunate girl
Did him IL was Mr.. Blank. The doctor saw
that the miserable, sinful one was taken
from the city to prevent scandal, and then
visited the heartless seducer and told him
that unless he left the city matters would be
made uncomfortable for him. The young
wife became acquainted with her hus bands
faithiessness, and In the quiet months of last
summers sultriness procured divorce. The
his name, SO that women might point at
him the finger of scOrn and avoidance ever
more; but can not, out of consideration for
he has cast q whitening blight.
The womanly instincts Of the spoiled So
ciety child blossomed forth when the dark
stOIm OF trOuDle DurSt over ner, and her
father having married again, and not over
cordial welcome being extended her from the
home roof tree, she bravely determined upon
her selfsuppOrt and that OF the nesting lit.
tie one who had uttered its birth-cry in the
midst OF SO much unhappiness and trouble.
And now the lovely eyes OF this worse than
widowed girl, sOftened and more tender and
thoughtful than ever before, bend above the
daily task Of q copyists' desk, and her slen-
der white hand wfelds the busy pen with the
same aptitude with which she formerly held
her wand OF frivolous and heartless cOouetry
"Gtcdae7," in Cincinnati Gazette.
NuPTIALs PosrPoNED.-The marriage of
Miss De Wolf, younger sister of Mrs LLOYD
Aspinwall, and probably the weathiest
young lady in America to the Right Rev,
William II. Hare, whose evangelistic work
among the Indians of his bishOpric Niobra-
"a, has been very faithful, has been post
poned on account OF the groom's illness
~ y. SUM-
SECRET-SoCIKrY MEN DISMISSED FROM
PRINCETON COLLEGE.-About TWENTY-FIVE
students of Princeton college, Who have been
members Of the Greek-lettel. fraternities,
contrary to the college laws, have been dis
missed oy the faculty. Others are likely to
be dismissed. The feeling In college is in
tense, some approving and others denounc-
THE PRIZE FIGHT between Allen and
Mace is set for the 10Th Of next May, Barney
Aaron and Harry Hill representing the two
principals. having put up q forfeit OF S25O
each In the hands of Mike McJ,onaId ,bo