Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1878-07-05


Whereupon I extend my hand to hin
and shake his heartily, and know m
wife has great difficulty in restraining her
self from enveloping him in her motherl.
arms and embracing him.
"You must resort to stratagem,' say
II will 60 down to the cottage at once
and you will follow me in ten minutes will
my wife. [ will try and coax Mrs. Ogilvi'
to come out and speak to me and you mus
steal upon her unawares.''
Mrs. Ogilvie at first refuses to see o.
| speak to me; but 60 up to her door anC
am mean enough to remind her of my
wife's devotion to her and to entreat her
for her sake, to come down to me.
| "Where is Frank % she asks.
81 left him at home with Mary Anne
I reply, feeling that am worthy of being
diplomatist at the court of ST.. Peters
burg, and she opens the door and descends
the stairs. take her out into the garden
and begin to reprove her for her conduct,
with assumed anger. She listens with
eyes blinded by tears. I, on the lookout
| for it, hear the latch Of the garden gate
click; but she absorbed in her SORROW does
not notice it, [ look up and see Frank
Ogilvie's eyes fixed hungrily upon his wife.
Her changed appearance must be an awful
shock to him; but he bears it bravely; and
in a moment he has sprung forward, clas-
ped her in his arms, and the poor SCARED
face is hidden on his true and loving
heart.
Then Mary Anne and 1 turned gently
away, and leave him to teach her that
there are things more valuable, of far high
er worth, than any mere beauty of face or
form.
After all, we do not lose her, for MI.
Ogilvie comes into some money, leaves the
navy and purchases small estate in our
neighborhood. on which they still reside.
Mrs. Ogilvie is no longer young, and has
a family of lads and lasses around her who
inherit much.of their mothers loneliness
But one of the first things she teaches them
is not to set fictitious value on it; ''for,"
she says, II thought too much of mine,
and God took it from me-" No one ever
hears her regret the loss of her beauty;
sfor through that trial. she tells my
wife, II learned to know the true value of
my Franks heart"
She simply worships her husband, and is
in all respects a happy woman. Indeed,
seeing the sweet smiles which adorn her
face and the loving light which dwells in
her eyes, 1 am sometimes tempted to call
her as Of yore-Pretty Mrs. Ogilvie.
LANGUAGE OF THE HAIR.-All of our
features have their language-eyes, nose
and mouth. And now some one discovers
that the hair has its own indications.
Straight, lank, ingy-looking hair indi-
Gates weakness and cowardice.
Curly hair denotes quick temper.
Frizzy hair, set on ones head as if each
individual hair was ready to fight it's
neighbor, denotes coarseness.
Black hair indicates persistent resolution
in accomplishing an object-also strong
predisposition to revenge wrong and in
suits, real or fancied.
Brown hair denotes fondness of life,
friendly disposition, ambition, earnestness
of purpose, sagacity for business, reliabili-
ty in friendship, in proportion as the hair
is fine.
Very fine hair indicates an even DISPOSE
ton, readiness to forgive, with desire to
add to the happiness of others.
Persons with fine light brown or auburn
hair, inclined to curl or friz, are quick
tempered, and are given to resentment and
revenge.
Light brown hair inclined to redness,
with freckled skin, is said to be certain
indication of deceit, treachery and dispo-
sition to do something mean by friend
who can no longer be used to advantage.
All of which may be news to fortune
tellers.
PRAYERs.-Prayers need not be fine. 1
believe God abhors fine prayers. If a per-
son ask charity of you in elegant senten-
ces he is not likely to get it. Finery in
dress or languages out of place in beg
gars. l heard man in the street one day
begging aloud by means of a magnificent
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