The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-05-03

many 8 Tune When ltS Iuting measures
returned to mock her. =
Soto Boston she went, to her dear
friend Polly, and found that proper and
intellectual city I,niightily agreeable
Beaux she had by the dozen, but there
were none like Mr.. Schenek; none so de-
voted, so elegant, so noblesloosing. She
missed the daily bunch Of fragrant vio-
let's on her dressing-tabe she missed
the selection of new books that showed
always how he OWNED her Sastes, the
forestalling of her faintest caprices, the
devotion that was too delicate to obtrude
itself, the homage that @.as sincere yet
courtly.
CHOW young all your gentlemen friends
are, Polly 0-she said 'he er friend one
day, after an evening at which at least a
dozen sets lofiEnglish whiskers mad vi
brated about her and been pulled before
her, as if paying a Kind. of mysterious
kowtow to, the latest goddess. :
| eThat's-- fault they will mend Of,
Madge, laughed Polly. sEven in dear
old, Boston we have to grownp, and be
hterati tosboot." -
aBut r do SO hate boys!" sighed
Madge. . e,
sAnd boys do SO adore youG Knocked
Polly. ,-y sTysL,
Madge blushed, and sighed. Why did
she think of Mr.. Schenek? a'"e
In the meantime, there in New York,
Aunt Phemy had visitor now and then.
,MfsSchenck knew his friends, and never
negIected.th them; he wasAleast of all like
~ to set aside Miss Roper; but she never
alluded to him in her letters to Madge,
and that young lady had, already decided
in cher own mind that, her suitor had
taken himself off to parts unknown to
stiae Ibis anguish by absence. II Madge
had so good an opinion Of her. own
powers, can she be blamed? So be
witching as she had proved herself,
should this man be the exception to her
ruleY -
One night there was to be great and
gay, party ito which the friends could not
fail to 20, and Madge took unusual pains
to render. herself lovely for the occasion.
EA new Paris robe was unfolded from its
boxes and wrappings- for the occasion
the delicate glittering pale green silk
mingled and:mixed with equally delicate
apricot and films of Malines, lace, was
wonderfully adapted to her peculiar col
oring and style;;- and in-her red-brown
hair, and here and there about the dress,
clusters of tea rose buds perfumed the
air as she moved, and harmonized witt,
her dress in everystint; besides. these, ,.her
sole ornament was q .necklet of great
opals setsin black-enamel:
''Madge, you are amiraele. to behold r.
exclaimed Polly, as she beheld her
"You ehave given your mind to it as
much LAS, ever Mr.. Toots did. Woe to
the Boston boys tonight, my dear!
Even Miss porr won't hold candle to
YOU" ssss ~
Pretty Polly, fresh and sweet as azJune
rose in her white silk and pink corals,
deserved comment herself; but she was
willing, fullyi to be extinguished by
Madge Roper, whom she worshipped, as
one girl Will worship another. SO she
put the fur lined wrap over her friends
shoulders with an amusing travesty OF q
fond, proud mothers care. .,rc..
As they. went down to the carriage,
Polly said,gabruptly: ,:ia
ooh, my dear, to think [ should have
forgotten. Lucretia Adams told dme to-
day, in at Gopeland's, while you were
talking to Ned, that there is to be q. new
man at Mrs Hopes tonight New
Yorker, too such an elegant creaturei
-Lu rayed about him, his manners and
customs, his face, ,:his money, and / don't
know what more I wonder if you know
him. "a;:; o..
p "What is his Sname?" said sMadge,
seating herself carefully in the carriage,
in awe of erfresh draperies apparently,
really smitten by a strange thrill OF curl
"f declare, don't know. He's5a cap
tive of Hope DORIS, they say-'the tenth
Muse, as the aesthetics callher."e 81 ,sg
Madge was reassured. She could not,
of course, know any of Miss DORIS ador-
ers; but as she sat down, an hour after,
TO rest q little from long walk, a.little
buzz and motion about the door of the
reception room attracted her and looking
up, she saw, as the guests parted to
admit their entrance-Mr. Schenck J;
and on his arm the most beautiful of
women. E4>-9;:.
Tall, fair, with q stainless snowy. skin,
and hair Of living gold, Hope DORIS
Greek features were indeed the very out
lines of ancient sculpture, with the in
spired expression Of a lofty intellect
beaming from her great cool gray eyes
and calm lips; and her simple statuesque
dress of lusterless white silk, utterly with
out ornament, fell about her like the
draperies of Praxiteles.
Madge's heart sank. How she despised
her French fripperies, her pufed and
creped hair, her jewels-herself! What
was her girlish, laughing, rosy beauty
beside this goddess from Olympus, with
knotted hair and flowing garments, state
" as Juno and lovely as Venus, and, Oh |!
climax Of fate leaning on Mr.. Schenck's
arm with gentle condescension, and an.
swering what he said with a serene and
lofty smile!
How she hated in her heart, too, the
dapper youth who approached her, card
in hand, for the promised galop! How
he dwarfed beside her old lovers manly
aspect and noble mannerl PoorMadgel
AS she arose to do her duty, sheinet Mr..
Schenck's eye. He bowed courteously,
but coolly, and to her rage and disgust,
she felt the color steal upward to her
bright locks, and she had wild impulse
to drag the luckless youth at her side out
of the door, and bury him and herself at
once in the first snow drift. But who
ever heard of impulses at party? The
galop was properly danced. and her al
ready filled card Of engagements gone
through with but in all the long even
ing MI. Schenck neverapproached her,
and she went home in statesofsmind
that alarmed Polly and disgusted her
self. ~
/ "Iam tired and cross, DEAR" she said
at last. "Don't. talk to me. I'll be good
tomorrow, but Imight bite you tonight;
I feel like it."
{, So Polly kissed her with dumb amaze
nleut in her pleasant eyes, and went