The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1876-02-09
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washington Correspondence New Orleans Times.
As I came up thc'avenue this morning
with Vance, of the Cincinnati CommeT-
esa1t, and Curtis, of the 17ster- OCEAN, I no.
ticed at fashionable lewelrY establish
ment a very neat phaeton, drawn by, q
superb pair Of browns, I also noted the
fair mistress, who was dainty, descend
ing as . woman to be. observed, Moth
ing could De ip. better ton than her en-
tire equipage. Her dress was one in in,
which the quietest tints blended in, per-.
feet accord, The delicate hat could ney-
ieF have been fabricated outside of the
worlds gay capital, Paris, and it.seemeds
only a,happy accident when the wanten
wind, blowing too rndelgs swept aside.
the dresssfor moment andsreyealed a
foot to wear the slipper aof Cinderella
and an ankle fivaling In beauty and del
ieacy tileriswift- footed Atlanta's oWn.1
Very quiet and demure was the face, in
which there was no color nor rernarkazs
BILE beauty save pair of .loYelyg eyes,
which were of soft brown, changing
sometimes to a dark sgray9i The low;
tTainante voice was one ITO remenaber,
lforiit seemed laden with a cadence of a
sad heart Yet, under the influence of
those eyes, men old enough to'have wis
dom, = + gray hairs could bring it, have
forgotten wives, honor, all, and-sBewed
themselves IN the dust. If lost hopes
and ruined homes could kill, thiswornan
could rear pyramid to her ieonquests
higher than Tinonr the Taftaris inonu-
me1t of hutnan skulls. IN spite of her
attractive exterior, the man Of the world
should Soon become aware of the abb
lsence Of the je ne sais pas squoi, which
lis the born heritage of good blood and
lineage, find them where you may.
There is no venial Venus, only the, lob
by queen, She lives quietly here, keeps
handsome rooms, through whose portals
the names Which have for years been
part of the nations history are too fre
quently sent. She has an ample fortune,
made in Credit Mobfiier, Pacffic Mail,
and kindred devices for robbing the ma
tiOn's Golfers. Yet, with youth, money
and marvellous destinations, slle'is doom
ed to wander up and down the earth
with brand upon her as enduring and
Interchangeable as mark of Cain. Few
women VIII deliberately seek dishOnor,
but this one must have done so. A wife
once with the best of love, ofa chivaieie
devotion, high social position, and an
historic name. All these she oast from
her for a NAH utterly worthless, and
without even a specious advantage of
handsome face and boating Qsewould
have thought that the contrast Between
this worthless rore and the gallant gen
tlcman whose life she wickedly wrecked
was so great that, if honor and honesty
held their peace, worldly prudence
would have spoken in trumpet tones. !
But italaoots not talking of this. ItEis
only the story Of Pefdlta With moderp.5
adaptations If history repeats itself,
even in likeamanner does romance
1t is theu ancient storyrlof ~ The Host
One" with the. modern improvement
and not of the dark ages, but in this vir-
tueus and Christian nineteenih centdrs.s