The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-07-12
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house full Of gay young people, and6ans-
Souci was one of the pieasantest Z of
houses, its owners the most charming of
hosts. What with rides and drives,
music, visits, and boating, time few
almost foo fast for some of the inmates-.
for those, whose stay, was limited, for
those who found that long rides in green
woods and yoluptuous summer nights
among the roses led to results mere
serious than Girtaticn. The number
o! matches which had been made at
Sans Souci was sor rec Of great r. :ie to
SIrs. jennings, who was O confirmed
match.mc ker.4 All men of marriageal,le
ago and inarriagenhle meana who fell
into her hands she regarded with an eye
to matrimonr, and she never failed TO
offer them excellent opportunities to ex-
change the single r;r !Ee welded state.
1t was not likely that, under these cir
cumstances, she would neglect the inter-
ssts Of the cousin N.:o, in what she felt
TO be truly pathetic conjition OF lone.
iineso, had 5fifted into her hands. On
the day after his arrival she Informed
him, .aith q significance which was al
together wasted on his obtuseness, that
Mary Herbert was QUE Of the most charm
ing girls in the world, (the number of
charming girls that Mrs. Jennings knew
spoke volumes for her belief in her own
sex,) and would make the best of wives
for any man who WIS fortunate enough
to secure her.
To this Thurston cheerfully asscnted,
though the idea of becoming that happy
Benedict did not for o moment occur to
him; but he did not rebel when he found
himself constantly in Miss Herbert's
company during the next few days.
She was q pretty, pleasant, well-bred girl,
who entertained him sufficiently to keep
ennui ut bay, and who taught him (the
dullest of pupils) the abstruse science
called croquet.. s
Being in the same house with Miss
Loring, and sitting at the same table
with her three times day, not to speak
of other occasions of meeting, it was i'm
possible that he could altogether ignore
her presence. In fact, that presence was
not one which could readily, be ignored.
Whether fer geodl or i'll, for pleasure or
pain, Agatha LoriDg was person who,
under all circumstances and at all times,
commandedsaftsption at Asast. Bitterly
as Thurstofi hated her. He found his
glance following the motions of her
GRACEFUL figure; he found hip ear attract
LIE found his eve resting, with q mixture
of reluctant admiration and repuIaion, on
the Perfect outlines Of her head With it's
dark bfaids. He could not fail frsper-
ceivs that there was distinctive charm
about,her which marked her out and set
i1aTmpart from other women. Vlat; can
we callthis chafm, which ias9 iitiethat
it elddess analysis in words {? ~ ilStever
wel cali it-+ nHrgnlknl .maoneli iesn s. a.
tion,ior aught elaeli the lact rcfIia 81 that
ID is1S special gift, "a browning graee of
some women, iahd that toe often it lis
ruthlessly used for purposes Of hars,,
only.5 cgfstLa'l fsSs itft1 of;iS .a5r5tfr
ssIslsFas impossible for Agatha Loring's
best ifrisnaslto deny that she had used it
With o cruel sfecklessness which some
times Seoniuti like uio walton mischief of
q child; while dark were tho tales her
enemies told of the lives she had wrecked,
the hearts she had broken. Aft. : the
manri6r, of most women of her class, she
was'VeYy caprieloas in her fancies, and a
MANS best fortune often lay in not nos
sesssEss. is,tass.ss ee.s.e.,s der ayes e
make it Woftn her while to fascinate
him. Let his fccial rank, wealth, or
power, be; what it would, if he did not
possess this Interest, she paid no regard
TO him. If, on the contrary, she con-
ccivea a caprice in his favor, nothing
satisfied her Save bis completesubjection.
"a fancy of this description she had
taken to Thdrston ut once, and when she
saw his deliberate intention to avoid iier
when she read accurately enough the
scarcely,veiledo dislike and contempt he
felt for her--pilue came to the aid of
caprice, and she determined 70 bring
sucL etout rebel to her feet.
fhiy DEAR" she said one afternoon,
when Mrs. Jenningo sought her room
during the siesta hour, "what is the rea-
son that your Egyptian cousin dislikes
me 80 much?p l.9Is
"I-really l don't know what you
mean," answered Mrs. Jennings, sur
prisedA and ailittle confused. "Why
should yoniimagine that Colonel Thurs
TONI suppose it is he whom you mean
-dislib youm yti5fa ~ S;s-
"Hya ;risy is ,nesl at all your partic-
sponss aof tlsa s asf lbsaE aqclsi c5oas 5s
Thutston dialikes mel knoi0' itsr DO
20 ula Before we had either Of us ut.
tered q word, his eyes told me what his
sentiments tAzgard me sfere, Have z In
jured him ia s!ny past atate of, existence,
or whntf's she reason Of hia A;aiike?"
"I suppose he has heard of all your
wicked coanetfies aritl disaftproves cf
them--ns he; may,n said Mrs. Jen-
nings, rho had BY this time recovered
her sell asessios. '.Gae is wise man
not to 9qE, q. chance to win his heart,
for if he he epid fare no better than
Others have d0Ae. s.s
Mise L.orinu laughed softly.