The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1880-07-16
From the Californian
SAND.
nY J. w. GALLEY.
CHAPTER II.

own. lie was its author There had been
n time IN the manhood of his lite when the
price of any article III his home would have
been a vital financial matter to him but
now, thanks to his own efforts. care. cour-
age, and capabilities, he was able easily TO
have about him whatever money could buy.
Yet his home was in no way a heterogene-
ous array of initiative purchases or gilded
trlsIIiness. It was costly. and it conform
ed i'm all its details to his ideas of home,
as near as well rewarded skill aud personal
supervision could make it. Yet. withal,
he was no slave to his ,nerchatabie sss<ssSInt'
ings, nor would he advise or permit those
who shared his affections and fortunes so
to be- The downs OF life had taught him
that its ups are ouly valuable rs they pro
mote contentmeHt with the reasonable at
tainment OF ones object. The acquisition
of the power of wealth was his game. He
loved ts play that game. But he loved
even better the seasons of relaxation. under
the roof-tre he had reared from fouAda-
tion of empty hands.
His wife was soothing. sensible, do
meStic Errsou. supposed by himself and
others, but not by her, to be above him i'll
blood and lineage whatever that may
mean in the United States of North Amer
lea. Some recent ancestors of hers hal
been members OF the Legislature OF her ma
tive State, or ot some other State and one
ancestor in particular had been a judge in
his time, and also mcnIber of Congress.
But Holten's ancestors had been simply
furruwers of the soil, or traders. for mum
berlesS generations. And though now, i'll
the matter of weight i'll the State and on
the market he WAS able to buy and sell,
had such been for sale, the influence of all
his wife relations from the remoteSt point
in the family history. still he ever, and at
all times he'll AMI gave forth the idea that
his wife ar.,i her family were, as compared
with himself and his family-Or with any
body cIss'S family. in fact-superior per
sous. lie not only held this itiea. but lie
relgiousiy believed it, from the fact that
when he first felt his heart warm toward
the good girl of his choice, she Seemed so far
and away above his social position and cul-
ture. that the impression then made re-
mained. ia true love evergreen. with him
through life. He, by his acficns, more
than hy his words. perhaps, sought to con-
vey this idea to his children and he gen
orally succeeded in doing so, but not in
every case. lie had no son. This was
one of his regrets. But he had three fair
daughters, the eldest of whom his son
i'll all ways, except that she was i'll no way
masculine. She was himself again as near
as she could be. aside from what she re-
g4rtIed as her misfortune OF sex. She was
a strong woman-not strong as man is
strong but strong as a brave man woHld
have her to be. She knew when lie was
hurt. Tie least abrasion on the firm-frout-
ell armos which he presented to the striv-
ing world was not hidden 10 her eyes. She
gloried in his strength, rtjolced in his sue
cesseS. and was vexeCi at any impetliments
in his way. She realized AS by Intuition
that the fortunes of a man are himself, that
opportunity in itself is dead matter, until
vithl;Zed by vigorous manhood !: and yet
she waS-aot a forward nor an obtruSlve
woman. Toward this child the father lean
ell in his wearied-out or disgIISted hours
and she promptly met him with as much
motherly Kindness as may be in a young
woman of years not yet counting one score.
In form and feature she resembled her IA
ther and her fathers people. Tall she was
bur not over tall. full and firm OF chest,
strong of limb and 1.-THE of action, with al
imposing, grand, and graceful way of her
own. She was not pretty OF face, yet 1t
was easier to look in her face second
time than to avoid doing so. IL was
sweet, powerful face. and the head whiclI
gave to that face an appearance OF promi-
nence OF mouth and chin was grand head.
Ic was uf the dome>tic-heroic type. poiSe'l
a little backward by the weight of vital
brain. and yet far enough forward tor all
practical. purposes Her hair was light
brown. her eyes grey, her skin fair, her
teeth good, her cheeks and chin dimpled,
and her neck and throat white. smooth
and with but the fainteSt suggestion OF an
angle. Still she was not pretty-did not
think size was But she was. aud she ear |
~ knew it, pleasing TO her own sex. aud !
to the other. Her sisters, be-
ing younger and prettier, were as yet or
dinary persons, not requiring special no |
tice at this time. But she had a visiting |
friend, a few years older than herself. from
fhe country of ancient culture which lies /
20 the eastward. This friend was another |
sort of girl-slender. high OF forehead, and /
light behind the ears. Her head poised |
the reverse way to that of our heroine, tor
whereas the head of our girl tilted back
ward, giving to her face slightly upward |
Poise, the face Of the other poised forward. I
drawing the chin back, aud throwing the
brow to the front hence. our girl looked |
at youwi fnll, open expression, while
the other glanced from under her higher
forehead. Girls who have heads and faces
gotten up III these styles baye usually bod
les and minds To correspond Thinking
observers know thaf so there is no need /
just here to further describe Judith Hclten /
and her young Eastern friend, Alice WI
mans.
Into thiS family Norman Maydole. ,Jr.,
sAsSt- Hsx,