The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-11-18

mn nm She Utmost hated Mrs. lie Roy
4 49,, 81 snr eaav aha was made TO appear 70
s,sarivnntage heIore George. Day after Gay
s,,a FELT chat abe was stiifsning and 5hafden-
inc before the fly breath Of her motnef-ln.
laws constant efllance, A wora neIe
and word there will prejudice aimost un,
awarts. George, Tor the 6fst time, notlcen
that hts wife had defects; she lacked sen,
control, self possession. These Things "ou.u1
come In time, but they were an ,nu.spen Ess,
bic part OF the equipment OF hn's1eo wv.
nam OF the world.
Gradually George began to object 10 ies
frequent visits to her parents, altoouGu
neyer In so many words. The argument ae
iisea was that she was so much away irom
home: he saw so &ittle of her. Graduaaiyl
Eddie abandoned shIs point; but Ia return
Che resolved that che would be equally
cIn,ry OF her visits TO other places. soc es-
tafIlished n character for unsociabiiity ana
indifference amoag al! the lie koys ieienas
=, port ROYAL, people whom airs. lie Roy
Ind urged her to cultivate" TOT your nus
hands sake, ing dear; phys'cians VIE
cannot exercise too mucn aiscfeiioh ia LUG
choice OF acquaintance"
: Gradually she did not seem to herseH 80
he the same girl. o, IL only she ana Geof &c
could live in little house OF their own!
This great, grand house was prison. Sut
Il had always been on the caTdS 0:a1
George should live with his mother. An
unusual devotion existed between the
mother and son. o,o ,as
Eddie was not wise woman. sue maae
NO effort to conceal the bitterness IN ner
soul from her own parents. ihey kuew
od ~ hisminc her when day after day went
hv w;thout sbeir seeing her. But they did
flame MRS. lie Roy, and none the less as
thev cav Eddie grow quiet and dull ana
changed. sor.hor
enart. His was an impressionable nature
which speedily fell away from the magnet
ism of any Influence which was not Vlgor-
onsIv eyerted, And he liked life and gale.
~ Eddie,s mood chilled and repressed
him He had no sympathy for people with
the hines. So he sought amusement else
where. II Eddie refused TO return visits,
the more reason that he should visit Vi&of-
ously. He was always warmly welcomed
at the houses OF bis old intimateS. The
Storeys. for instance, made as much OF him
no though he were still unmarried. He be.
lieyed those girls would. do anything for
him. He showed Eddie, with somewhat OF
scbool-boy triumph, pair OF slippefs
Minna Storey had worked for him IN Snaded
fiosses.
Port Royal--at least It's exclusive circles
always left home in August and September.
The Leroys from time immemorlal bad gone
TO the Sweetbrier Springs during tRose
months. It was decided to carry out TINS
usual programme almost without consult
ING Mrs. George LIE Roy. She, for her part,
detested the idea OF going, as, indeed, she
had ended by detesting all the LIE Roys'
doings.
Nevertheless, Sweetbrier Springs was
pleasant place enough, in the heart OF the
neaceful, serene mountains. 1t was not SO
FAR from Port Royal but that George could
ioIn his family once week, for when TACT
Eddie would have been more than thank
full had she bad the full benefit OF his socie-
tv when he did come. But there were not
many men at the Springs, and DR.. LIE Roy
was handsome and popular. HIS weekly
arrival was the signal among the idle girls
at Sweetbrier for struggle to molOpolZe
his attentions. And George was nothing
10th. He came up here to recuperate and
to have good time, and when he applied
himself to having good time 1t was with
the same zeal with which he had brought
to bear upon the study OF his profession.
mirers. Minna Storey was as bewitchingly
beautiful as the typical Eastern houri-alI-
rounded curves and dimpIeS, soft. tendrlIly-
brown hair, and laughing, mischieyous ha-
eel eyes. She was a girl who never hesi-
lated 10 follow the bent OF her pleasures,
although these at times led her into some
what devious ways. She generally had
love affair on hand, although this was apt
to be not so much Irritation as romp. at
least this was the distinguishing chaTacte-
ristic of her present encounter with DR..
lie Roy. It was &: eat fun, no doubt, but ii
could hardly be said to be dignihed. AS
the weeks slipped by the fact grew to be an
established one among the other girls that
Dr.. LIE Roy was M;nna .Storey's exclusive
property.
Eddie was wretched. Those women are
perhaps to be enYied who, in similar sltua'
ton, cultivate gaiety which, If forced, at
least sci yes as an escape-Valve. Eddie not
only was wretched, but looked so. And
George became irritated. He actually was
Mt last in the condition OF believing himself
the aggrieved party.
One evening, when Eddie had hung over
the children until they were asleep, Groom.
ing soft airs to them which always lulled
them to rest soonest, she wandered doWn
stairs with the vague intention OF hndlng
George, and trying to dispel the miserable
cloud which had hung between them now
for so long. A wish to do so had come into
her heart Us she kissed her babies good
night. She drifted down the great sound
Ing stairway, looking like pale ghost, with
her sad eyes and her flowing white dress.
She glanced out on the different piazzas on
her way; the boarders were apt to walk aud
sit about on these during the long evenings.
But she did not see her husband. She
drifted through the parors, where there
were card playing, dancing, music.
ssLook at Mrs. LIE Roy. How beautiful
| she is.!' one person remarked.
"Ard how intensely unhappy! Poor
thingI What pity that any one with a
| heart should have married George LIE Royt"
She stood in an open doorway, and looked
! up and down the piazza on which opened
the parlors. Ah, at last! George was
seated with his back to her, in a loung-
ing, negligent attitude. Facing him, in
fStorey, her dimpled Baccbante face up
turned to his, her white arms cleaning out
of the falling rose-colored leaves OF her
dress, and wreathed with Roman pearls.
Perhaps she was posing for LalIa Rookh
or some other Oriental character to whom
strands of pearls are appropriated in tab
teaur rivantS. At all events, her graceful
head was adorned to correspond with her
axms. She made slight movement at the
moment that Eddie appeared in the DOOR
| way, with which her little white hand fell
against Dr..Le .Roy's knee, and lay there
carelessly. .Eddie's face contracted as in
psin. She came forward. Minna slightly
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