Litchfield enquirer., 1875-04-22
Frcm Harpcrs Monthly. NOBODY BUT JANE RCSSiTuR.

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 To be, as he was, more than half in love with Marjorie was only to share the condition of q dozen other young gentle men of his own age and tastes. The only wonder was that he was. not whollyi in love with her, the young men sho were wholly in love with her being so greatly in the majority It was so natural-in- deed, so unavoidable - that Marjorie should win love and admiration, that swains without number should sigh at her little feet, that she should be praised for almost everything she did or said, that even women should like her, though she
 was such formidable rival General ad-
 oration was the gift her fairy godmother
 had certainly bestowed upon her m hei
 baptism, wherein she had been made the prettiest, the most charming, the most
 fortunate, of young maidens.- As to her
 being fortunate, she had always been fa- v0red by fortune. Her life had scarcely known a cloud. She had been born a beauty; she had been born an heiress-a sort of princess, indeed; she had been an only child, with no younger or older sisters or brothers to divide her triumphs or the affections showered upon her. Then, again, she had inherited grand mother, positive fairy of grandmother, rich, generous, affectionate-a grand mother who had been beauty herself, and who adored the girl for reproducing her own charms, springing from the ashes of her own lost youth, consoling, grace full young phenix. Grandmamma March mont had, in fact, taken possession of Marjorie from her earliest years She had controlled her education, chosen her com panions, selected her dresses and finery- indeed, had made her her chief object in life. When she had not been with the child at her parents home, she had been enjoying her at her own delightful house. The one establishment had been as much home to Marjorie as the other.
 So 1t was quite to be expected that, hay ing regulated all else appertaining to her, she should make up her mind to regulate the most important event of her existence. It was nothing more than natural that she should look round among the lovers, and, after mature deliberation, that though all were we'll enough in their way, the prince for her princess Was not among them.
 'When Marjorie is married" she said to herself, with dignity, ''she must be not only married, but mated. There must be no inequalities. -- " @ F+
 But she was far too gracious and lofty an old lady to be at all in hurry about the matter. There was dpot an atom of vulgar haste about her. She let the lovers come and go, and gave both herself and Marjorie time. She looked about gravely still. and even while weighing each suitor in the balance and finding many wanting, would rather have perished in unimpair- ed stateliness than have slighted the least among them.
 It was not until Marjorie Marchmont was twenty that Tyrrel appeared-Mr. Steven Tyrrel-who up to that time had been improving his opportunities upon his fathers fabulous estate upon one of the most fabulously wealthy and beauti- full of the West India Islands. I use the term fabulous" because the usual de- scrption of both estate and island sound ed more like bit of tropical romance than any thing quite real and to be relied upon. But it was to be relied upon, never. theless; and taking all things into con- sideration, Mir. Steven Tyrrel was as for a young man as Marjorie Marchmont was a young woman. The whole Marchmont family were at grand seaside house when he first ap- peared among them. They had been there about week when he came, with letter of lntroduction from his mother, whom the old lady had known as girl, and who had been fayorite with her; and on read ing this letter and examining the bearer, the charming, dignifed old woman felt that her previous discretion had not been in vain. This tall, slender young fellow, with his large dark eyes, with his romantic of beauty, with his graceful air and almost peculiarly novel grace of speech and manner, was at least as fault less physically as her young princess, and in the matters of birth and fortune she knew that the balance was an even one.
 He remained with them, and proved a very pleasant addition to their circle. he began by admiring Marjorie. She was 8 pearl-skinned,d dove eyed beauty, and he had seen very few fair women. He seemed to regard her with 6 gentle, def erential wonder. In fact, there was about the young man kind of grave naivete in- attractive in it's way. He had not lived the ordinary society life of the of young men. He had not learned to be worldly. He had been some ~ home, and a certain half-unconseious pulses clung to him. But his impulses were whimsical, often they were very un- like the impulses of other people. and now and then they were trife astonish- ing to sober, experienced persons, but they were never selfish or unchivalric ones. He had no small motives, no petty vanities; indeed, for so well favored and lucky a young fellow, he was quite a wonder in his unconsciOusness of himself and his numerous gifts.
 ''Is he a rajah, or pasha, or the shaw in-shaw himself, Miss Mariorie?" said a old friend of the family. af- ter his first meeting with him. 'What a gorgeous young potenate he is, to be sure, and how he throws the rest of us into the shade! Even that young hero, Malcolm. whose costume and beauty are usually dazzling. pales beside him, and sinks into insigniicance Does he wear a turban when he is at home, and a crook ed cimeter blazing with diamonds. and has he shown dignifed desire to execute any of your walters yet when they have dared to be inattentive?"
 ''.Grandmamma's walters never are in attentive, MT. Ruysland." said Miss Mar jorie, with the prettiest possible, but at the same time the most uncalled. for. of bushes. Really, you know. there was no reason why she should color and thus evade the light satire of her old friend.
 MT. Sidney Ruysland was an old friend. He had known Marjorie Marchmont from her childhood, and had been very fond of her even in the days of her pinafores and primers. and so, perhaps for this reason, felt himself privileged to be fond of her now. He himself did not belong to the order resplendent, and though he was rather favorite of the elder Mrs. March mont's. she never regarded him as upon the aspirant list. He was very mach old. CT than Marjorie, being, indeed one of
 those old young men one occasionally
 meets in good society, and who are often
 exceedingly agreeable, because they have
 left the follies fyouth in the background.
 He was rather tall, rather pale; his fine
 forehead was slightly bald He had soft
 voice and good manner, and was prone
 to clever satire.
 There was no commonplace envy in his
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