Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-11-20

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cold, wcltering in their own blood. Had
they lived to years OF discretion, they
would both have become. possessed Of
ample means; and, oddly enough, though
they had taken extraordinary pains to
dispose of their childish belongings, no
mention was made by either Of them in
the document found upon their table of
the considerable inheritance to which
they would have been entitled upon COM
ing of age. It appears that they were
exceptionally amiable children, dotted
upon by their old grandfather, and ex-
tremely popular among their school
mates. = London Telegraph. 'ssszsg' -
A Strange Record. ",
If now some latter "Virginiau,n some
contemporary, Warrington, leading his
tranquil country life at Castlewood,
should find in an old box or brass-bound
trunk Of Queens Anne's day mass of
yellow letters of the time Thackerav
describes, he would linger long over the
treasure with musing delight, lost in
dreams Of Lady Castlcwood and her later
husband and, the beautiful Beatrix. If,
at length, he opened some one of the
half mouldering manuscrip pts, and sew
that it was letter of the Lad Beatrix,
and read these words, would they not be
the very words that he might expect to
read if he knew that lady Alright: ri
hope to hear nothing about affections
being engaged, because that is poor
excuse. We all know that mems. or
women's affections may be got over, and
that only fools marry for anything but
connections or great wealth. / have
no other idea of comfort in any other
mode of life than in courts, and in living
with people of rank, and gong into COM
pany every day. hate retirement and
domestic life, and have sacrificed through
life everything to ambition" MIR. War
rington would smile, perhaps, at the folly
of recording such sentiments. and more
soberly reflect that the words revealed
the beautiful Beatrix more perfectly even
than portrait by Kneller.
As he turned over the fading manu-
scripts, and persued the record OF so
mean worldliness, he might we'll won
der that woman could be so beautiful
in her face and so deformed in her soul.
The ghostly letters would gradually
seem to him rcpuisivc from their want Of
brilliancy or humor, and from the lack of
any glimpse Of the life or society OF the
time, except that of her own spiritual
barrenness. He certainly would find
them without charm of style, or any
charm whatever, and they would be nota-
BILE only as a study of character, and
character hard and selfish end wholly
without attraction. Doubtless his mind
would constantly recur to the tamously
beautiful woman, and he would perhaps
doubt as he read whether, after all, she
did not 60 off with prince, to be disown-
ed possibly by his family, yet
still PRIDE herself upon the connec-
ton, and to shine in coust circles with an
indirect lustre shed by royal name. If |
it were but the imperial family of Bara-
tar1a to which she could claim some tie,
if she could only be recognized as Prin-
cess Panza, it would be glory enough,
and the Lady Beatrix would envy no wo-
man.
But how much moro would Mr.. War
ston be amazed if he discovered as he |
read the following manuscripts that his
beautiful relation had been for time |
the rightful wife of king, and by mar
mage member of the most conspicuous |
family in Europe of her time, and at
most interesting period of history! How
would his amazement grow as he per-
ceived that the writer OF the letters that
he held lived for many years in the high
est circles trequented by famous figures
of every kind, her;elf by her name and
her beauty striking part of that brilliant
society, and that, with her unequalled
her letters might we'll be
chapters in a delightful kind
of literture! He would scan the leaves
with fresh eagerness to seize the very
form and pressure of proaigious epoch,
and if some happy thought suggested to
him thata woman whom tradition said
that beauties envied her beauty and wits
dreaded her wit, that kings sought Ser
and princes claimed her
friendship, might write letters which
should show the sa00ir-uivre Of Chester
field, the cold cynicism of Rochefoncauld,
and the practical economy of Franklin,
he would think it only probable, and turn !
the page to see what the clever Lady Bea- |
tr1x said of Bolingbroke and Marlborough |
and Harley, of Addison and Swift and
the Duchess.
This is what he would read some Of |
the illusions seem, indeed, to be singular |
for a beauty and wit of the last century:
wharfage ought never to be entered
into for any other purpose than comfort,
and there ia none without consequence
and fortune: without these it is more
prudent to live SINGLE"
For this lite there is nothing but dis
appointment. The happicst are those
who support misfortune best. I find
that travellers exaggerate; there is search
ty of money in all families, and in all
countries people have poor relations to
support"
"Therc is no knowing how marriages
may turn out-women may treat hus-
bands i'll, leave them, die before them
but If good provision. be made tor the
husband, there is nothing lost by risking
marriage"
"Walter SCOTS novels woald amuss you
very much. They are read by people of
all ages. and are almost historical. Wal
ter Scott has made large fortune by his
novels
"she has made tho greatest match that
any woman ever made, and I suppose
now that people will see that Mrs. Cation
was right in starving herself to keep her
daughters in Europe. The Marquis of
Wellesley is Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
He married an italian singer, by whom
he had family Of children. She is dead.
BE has no fortune, he Is over head and
ears IN debt. The Cations, suppose, will
be enchanted with the match, and with
reason, too, for it gives them rank in
Europe; and with Mr.. Carroll's money to
keep it up, they may be considered the
most fortunate in the United States Of
America. I can only say, if Jerome
were a girl and had made such q match,
| am convinced that should have died
for JOY"
I'm America, there are no resources
except marriage; and as there was no one
there for me to marry, very naturally
sought to quit place where was not
pleased"
II am sure that backwardness has been
a great disadvantage to myself"
Mrs. Cation has set me d good example
on the subject. She has, however, been
more fortunate in fixing her children
than l can hope to be-, I think they are
the most fortunate people I have ever
heard or read of. Louisa has made a
great match. He is veryahandsome, not