The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-06-29
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PRETTY MRS. 0GILVIE.
From Chambers Jour al.

time she appears In church with crisp
msuve muslins floating about her and q
dainty mauve erection on her head, which
presumably she calls bonnet, l know
at once how it will be. And of course
the other sex will range themselves on
her side 10 man; that is also hey ond
question. AS she rises from her knees
and takes her little lsvender-g loved
hands from her face and looks about her
for moment with 3 sweet shy glance,
she is simply bewitcning; aud l doubt II
| any male creature In our musty little
! church pays proper attention to the re-
| sponses Tor ten minutes atter@ard. A
newfsce is great rarity with sand such
u new face one might not see more than
once IN decade, so let US hope we may
| be forgiven.
As l gaze at the delicate profile
before me, The coils of golden hair, the
complexion like the inside of ses-shell
the slender mi)k-white throat, and the
lorg dark eyelashes, which droOp mo-
! destly over the glorious gray eyes, shall
own tnst steal glance OF disapproval
At Mary Anne-my Mary Annette
partner of my joys and SORROWS tor TWEEN
| " years, and the mother of my six chill
dren? Mary Anne's figure is somewhat
erblown, her hair is tinged with gray,
and the complexion or her good humored
face is slightly rubicund. But she mas
| been a good wife to me, and / feel, with
q twinge of conjunction, that l have no
right to be critical, as | think of shin
ins spot on top of my own head, and of a
| little box l received from the dentist on
| Iy y month ago, cartnlly secured from
| observation. But MS we emerge from
church | draw myself up and try to look
my best as We pass the trailing native
robes. Jack, one Of our six, stumbles
over the tram, which gives me an oppor-
tunly OF raising my hat and apoiogizing
| for the brats swkwsrdneSs; and | am re-
Warded with sweet smile and an up
ward glance out Of the grest gray eyes,
when Is simply Intoxicating.
ave must call on Mrs. Ogilvie at
| once" | observe to Mary Anne as we
proceed across the fields on our home
ward walk. alt is my duty rs ner land
! lord 10 find out Is she is comfortable. She
is lady ike person." l continued. dIplO-
matNally torbearing to sllude TO the OBJ
vious beauty; land | 1sresay, my dear,
! you will find her very agreeable neigh
! Dor
"IadylikeH cries my wife, with ring
! Of iniigOatlOn in her voice. 81 don't
call Il ladylike to come to quiet country
church dressed as if she were going TO a
| aJw show. Besides, she is painted. n
color hike that can't BE natural But you
| men sre all ahke-slways taken with Il
y little outside show and glitter"
But my dear" | demonstrate, "paS-
! hsps she AID not know how very cOun-
trlted and bucolic our congregation is;
and | really do think it will be very IN.
neighbOrly ! we do not call. 1t must be
very dull Tor her to know no one"
jgEore the remark about the paint, but in
my heart give the assertion an EN-.
| phat c contradict, n.
Mrs Ogllvie has rented a small cot
| tYge which L own in the west country
village, in which | am principal doctor.
! She Is the wife Ola naval officer who is
away IN the Flying Squadron, and had
settled in our sleepy little hamlet TO live
quietly during his absence. All her re-
ferences have been quite unexceptions-
ole, and, indeed, she is slightly known to
our Squire, as also her absent husband.
"A splendid fellow he 49," Mr.. Dillon
tells me; Stands six feet in his stockings
aud is rs handsome as Apollo. Indeed,
| don't believe that for good looks,
you can tiud such another couple in Eng
land"
The following day Mary Anne, with
bu. little persuasion, agrees to accomps
ny me 10 the cottage to call on Mrs.
UgilvIe. The door Is opened by neat
maId-seryant. She is 1T home, and we
are ushered INTO the drswIng-room, which
we almost fail TO recognize, SO changed
is It.
Presently Mrs. Ogilvie comes in, look
Irg, if possible, even lovelier than she did
the day before. She is in u simple white
dress, with here and there knot of blue.
ribbon about it; and she has bit Of blue
also in her golden hair. Her manner Is
rs charming rs her looks, and rs she
thanks my wife with pleasant cordial
words for being the first of her neighbors
TO take compassion on her loneliness,
can see thst my Mary Anne, whose heart
Is as large US her figure, bssely deserts
the female faction and goes over 10 the
enemy. Mrs. Ogilvie is very young, still
quite girl, though she has been married
three years she tells US.
alt is dresdful that Frank should have
to go away" she says, and the tears well
up IN her large gray eyes; chat Is the
10 600 hnra - hia
photograph" lifting case from the table
and banding it TO Mary Anne. Is he not
haudsome"
lie is most undoubtedly so, it the like
ness speaks the truth, and we both say
Sc; Mary Anne, with the privilege OF her
sex and age, adding word as to the
beauty of the pair.
80. yes" replies Mrs Ogilvie, without
the smallest embarrassment; 1--WE are al
ways called the handsome couple"
l suppose something of my astonish-
ment expressed itselfin my countenanCe,
for she smiles and SAYS: i am afraid
you think me very vain; but | cannot
help knowing that I'm good looking any
more than | can nelp being aware that
my eyes are gray, not black, and that my
hair is golden. It's gift from God,
like my talent, valuable one too, l
think 1t. and own that ana proud of
it for my dear Franks sake, who sd-
mires il so much"
Ies, this is Mrs. Ogilvie's popularity,
rs we slterward discover-sn intense and
quite open admiration OF her own beauty.
At first every one Is astouished at his
iiiosyncrssy OF hers, but in r little while
we all come to laugh at it; there is
something original and amustny about
it; and in al other ways she is so charm
ing.
My wife, with whom she speedily be-
comes intimate. tells, me that she is sure
she values her beauty more for her hus-
bands sake than her own. "She evil
deItUy adores him. says Mary Anne;
and ne seems to think 50 much OF her
swee; looks. She says he fell IN love
with her at first sight, before he ever
spoke to her"
But Mrs. Ogilvie has many uore al