The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1878-07-04
PRETTY MRS. OGILVIE.

All the women are jealous OF her;
there is no doubt about that The first
time that she appears in church with
crisp matlVe '1nusiins floating about her
and a dainty mauve erection on her
head, which presumably she calls bon
net, know at once how it will be. And
of course the other. seNwillf range them
selves on her side to a man; that is also
beyond question. sAsyshe risss from her
knees and takes her little lavender
gloved hands from her face and looks
about her forsa moment with a sweet
shy glance. she is simply ,bewitching
and doubt if any male creature in our
musty litlA ehlaAhs pays proper atten-
ton to the responses for ten minutes
afterwards. "A new face is b great rarity
with us, and such 2 new face, one might
not see more than once IA & decade, so
let us hope we may be forgiven
As | gaze at the delicate profile before
me, the coils Of golden hair, the COM
plexion like the inside Of a sea shell, the
slender milk-white throat and the long
dark eyelashes, which droop modestly
over the glorious gray eyes, shall own
that i steal a glance of disappreval at
Mary Anne- my Mary Anne--the partner
of my joys and sorrows for twenty years
and mother of my six childrenp Mary
Anne's figure is somewhat overblown,
her hair is tinged with gray and the
complexion of her good humored face is
Slightly rubieund.. sButSshe has been a
good wife to me-. and l feel, with u
twinge of compunction, fiiat4 have no
right to be critical, as. think of shin
ing spot on the top of my own head,
and a little,bex Ireceived from the dem
fist only a month ago, carefully secured
from observation But as we emerge
from church /. draw myself .up. and try
teslook my best IS we pass The trailing
native robes ag1sJack, one of our six,
stumhles oyer thes train, Which gives me
an opportunity of raising my hat and
apologizing for the brat's awkwardness {;
and=I sam rewarded with a. sweet smile
and an, upward glance out of The great
gray eyes which is simply Intoxicating.
1--WE must call on Mrs .sOgilvie at
onee,a | observe TO Mary Anne as we
proceed across thesiields on cur home
ward walk is my Stutysas heflap4
She is lady-like qpenses," continue,
automatically forbeaTing to allude to
the obvious beauty; tsand Z Care aay my
dear, you viii find her an agreeable
neighbor-' y
Lady-lke!" cries my wife, with a
ringof Indignation M her voice.. 81
donat call It lady IKE to come &c to a quiet
country church dressed as if She Awere
going taa fowersshow. maBesides;i is
painted. "A color like that can't be mar
ural But you men are all alike al.
W sI'S s taken With little outside show
t1sBut, my DEAR demonstrate, tsper-
haps she did not knoY how very eountri-
fed and bucolie Iour cengresatien. is;
snd-EreehyAde think itswili-bervery I'M.
neighborly tive don't. CALI 1t must be
very dull for her to know no one, I
ignore the remark about tbs paint, but
inmy heart I give the assertion an en-
phatie contradiction. F-sssv :.
Mrs. Ogilvie has rented small cot
tage which / own in the west-country
village in which I am the principal doc
tor She is the wife of naval officer
VINO is away Il ths Flsigg Squadron. and
mad settlsdan Jar sieepS little. hamlet to
live quietly during hisrabsence. All her
references have been quite unexception-
ahles ands indeeds gheis sliamy HbeHn
to our Squire, as is also her absent hus
band. -.sAspsesdid fellow be- is,'' Mr..
Dillon tells me; islands six feet in his
stockings, and is as'hands6rne as Apollo.
indeed, | don't believe that for good