The Osceola times., 1878-06-22
PRETTY MRS. 0CIlvIE.

there is no doubt about that. The first
time she appears in church with crisp
mauve muslins floating about her and a
dainty mauve erection on her head,
which presumably she calls bonnet,
know at once how 1t will be. And of
course the other sex will range them
selves on her side TO man that Is also
beyond question. As she rises from her
knees and takes her little lavender
glove6 hands from her face and looks
about her for a moment, with sweet sly
glance, she Is simply bewitching; and /
doubt If any male creature in eur musty
little church pays proper attention to
the responses for ten minutes afterward.
A new face is a great rarity with US, and
such new ace one might not see more
than once in decade, 30 let us hope we
may be forgiven.
As gaze at the delicate profile before
me, the coils of golden hair, the complex.
ion like the inside Of sea shell, the
slender milk-white throat and the long
dark eyelashes, which droop medestly
over the glorious gray eyes, shall I own
that steal a glance Of disspproval at
Mary Anne-my Mary Anne, the partner
of my joys and sorrows for twenty years
and the mother of my six children
Mary Anne's figure is somewhat over
blown, her hair Is tinged with gray,
and the complexion of her good hu.
moied face Is slightly rubicund. But
she has been q good wife to me, and |
feel, with twinge of compunction, that
Ihave no right to be critical, as think
of q shining spot On the top Of my head,
and OF little box / received from the
dentist only q month ago, carefully se>
cured from observation. But as we
emerge from church l draw myself up
and try to look my best as we pass the
trailing native robes. Jack, one OF our
six, stumbles over the train, which
gives me an opportunity of raising my
hat and apologlzing for the brat's awk>
wardness, and l am rewarded with a
sweet smile and an upward glance out of
the great gray eyes which is simply in
toxicating.
"We must call on Mrs. Ogilvie at
once" observe to Mary Anne as we
proceed across the fields on our home
ward walk. 1T Ia my duty as her
landlord to find out ifshe is comfortable.
She is a lsdy-like person." | continue,
automatically forbearing to allude to
the obvious beauty and l dare say
my dear, you will find her an agreeable
neighbor."
"Lady.kke |" cries my wife. with a
ring of indignation in her voice. al
don't call it lady like TO come to a quiet
country church dressed az If che were 60.
ing TO fower-show. Besides, she is
painted. A color like that can't be
natural. But you men are all alike--
always taken with little outside show
and glitter"
"But, my dear" demonstrate, "per.
haps she did not know how very coun.
trifed and bucolic our congregation is.
] really do think it will be very unneigh.
borly If we don't call. 1t must be very
dull for her TO know no one." ignore
the remark about the paint, but in my
heart ! give the assertion an emphatic
contradiction.
Mrs. Ogilvie has rented small cot
tage which own in the west country
village in which ! am the principal doc
tor. She is the wife OF naval officer
who is away in our Flying Squadron
and has settled in our sleepy little ham
let to live quietly during his absence
All her references have been quite uu
exceptionable, and, indeed she il slightly
known to our Squire, AZ is also her alb
sent husband. "A splendid fellow h,
is," Mr.. billions tells me; "stands 81,
feet In his stockings, and is ss handsom,
ss Apollo; indeed, don's believe that
for good looks you could find such an
other couple in England"
The following day Mary Anne, with
but little persuasion, agrees to accom-
pany me to the cottage to call on Mrs
Ogilvie. The deor is opened by a neat
maid. servant. She is at home, and VIZ
are issued into the drawing. room, which
we almost fail to recognize, so changet
isi It.
Presently Mrs. Ogilvie comes in. look
ing, If possible, even lovelier than she
did the day before. She is in a simpl,
white dress, with here and there a kno,
of blue ribbon about il; and she has ,
bit Of blue also in her golden hair. Hel
manner Is as charming as her looks, ant
ss she thanks my wife with pleasant, cor
dial words for being the first of hel
neighbors to take compassion on hel
loneliness. / can see that my Mary Anne
whose heart Is as large a. her figure
basely deserts the female faction anc
goes over TO the enemy. Mrs. Ogilvie i,
very young, still quite a girl, though
The has been married three years she tell,
me.
at is dreadful Frank should have tc
20 away" she says, and the tears well
up in her large gray eyes; "that Is the
werst Of the service. See; here is his
photograph" lifting a case from the
table and handing it to Mary Anne. 81.
he not handsome?'
HE Is most undeniably 80, IL the like.
ness speaks true, and we both say no -
Mary Anne, with the privilege OF be,
sex and age, adding a word a. 10 the
beauty OF the pair
20, yes" replies Mrs. Ogilvie without
the smallest embarrassment Eve are
always called the handsome couple"
I suppose something of my astonish.
ment expressed itself in my countepance,
for she smiles, and says: am afraid
you think me very vain; but cannot
help knowing that am good looking
any more than can help being aware
that my eyes are gray. not black, and
that ny hair Il golden. II is q gift from
4 C3od. ike ny talent, q valuable one too
4hfnk n. ~ 4 ovn that An uroand Al