The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-06-28

TON COQUETRIES THAT MAN HAVE AipSh
IN oARFIRID's NOMINATIoN-MR. C0NKLINo
AND HIS FAIR ADMiRER.
fcbicago Correspondence Of the New YORK SUM-
Love for Semiramis lost Minus ms heao
and changed the destinies oil Assyrla; an
elopement caused the downfall OF Troy
the beautiful eyes OF Briseis cost Greece
Thousands OF lives and heaps OF treasure
Cleopatra's surprising lcvellness sent An
tony to his death and wrapped Oc'aVius IN
imperial purple Judith's marvellous beauty
beheaded Hooicrnes and gave new King
to Cappadocia; the glowing whe OF Can
daules spurred Gyges to the throne OF Ly'
dia: ENG Henry's passion Tor Anne 30
LEVIN broke the power OF tbe Catnohc
Church IN England; Mrs. Eoton's charms
nnset General Jackson's Cabinet; and the
coouetries OF a sapphire-eyed beauty at the
Chicago Convention possibly saved the
American republic.
She occupied front seat In the gallery
TO the right or the platform. She was plump.
exceedingly pretty, and dressed IN the most
exquisite taste. Her eyes were OF cerulean
blue. her hair the color OF the finest Guinea
gold. her nose and nOstIils delicately chisel-
led, her mouth ripe and small, and her COM
plexion pure roses aud cream. L could not
il | would interpret the language OF her
ewes and fan. She had no aflectatiOn. Her
coauetries were natural They were the
odor of the rose itself, and not simple per-
f,Imery. Like scores OF other ladies. she
had apparently visited the Convention to
see the physical and intellectual Apollo who
marshaled the forces.of imperialism. Her
ewes beamed as she saw him moving down
the aisle with naughty bearing and stately
stride. They were glances OF curiosity
tinged with admiration; but curiosity
quickly evaporated, and admiration alone
remained. Each hour increased It's lnten-
sity. At times it was yelled under cloud
of caprice>. Her eyes seemed TO shadow
her thoughts as clouds are Swallowed IN
summer landscape. III the great man bad
been biologist. and the fair lady willing
subject. she could not have watched his mo-
lions with more constant attention.
Nor did | blame her. | had seen Roscoe
Conking but twice. Yet shall | frankly
confess il ?-from the first instant saw him
admin ed the man. He bears the imprint
OF lofty intellectually; he has pride
without arrogance; his courtesy is the es-
sepce of suavity; be has refined, manly
beauty; lightning and Italian skies play in
bis luminous eyes, and he dresses in fault
less taste. He Is n mental magician, an in
.ellectual loadstone. He looks as though he
was born TO command. Admiration in
voluntarily follows him. Yet, amid all
ais outward aud innate virtues. fan
lied saw defect. Jt is the sharply
defined V formed by the point OF his
nose. 1t detracts from bis otherwise Oiym-
plan appearance. 1t suggests faint rcla-
ionship to Pluto, and recalls the story OF
Proserpine. And this sharply defined V is
in bis intellectually. George
William Curtis saw 1t at Syracuse. But II
defect, this Y is C6eiect that not one lady
N million would detect at first sight. The
air lady in the gallery entirely overlooked
[. The high pale brow, the foaming curls-
more interesting from the slight tinge OF
yray which has gathered over them-the
Venetian beard and moustache, the steel
blue eve, the small ear, the shapely white
lands, the archcd neck, the equarc, power
ul shoulders and tapering forn--these
we're charmiDgly blended, and made the
physique of a man that would attract the
observation OF any critic.
Mr.. Conkling felt The sapphire eyes as he
swept adOwn the aisle. Electric signals
may have passed, perhaps unconsciously.
he gracefully bowed. apparently to the
delicate waves OF applause which were agi-
tating the galleries. He seated himself, bent
his head toward his friends, consulted Bar
ras and CarnOt, and stroked his beard; but
all this time the electric signals were work.
Dg. A mental telephone was in ceaseless
operation. Possibly it was mind talking to
mind through the nOiseless medium OF the
eve. Ballot upon ballot was taken. The
great leader issued orders, il any were is
sued, mechanically. Was he blinded by the
lovely mirror in the gallery Nay, more.
His interest in the lady was so evident
that it was observed by three news
paper correspondents on the platform,
who repeatedly turned and watched the
progress Of the mental correspondence. But
the receiver of the electric currents had no
sight for others. He was not on the qui Uire
Tor storm signals. These signals were flying
In the indiana, Wisconsin, and Connecticut
but the Grant Samson was
basking IN smiles lloatipg down from above.
Was she Philstine? TO alter the simile
and venture OIL a domain untrodden by a
woman, he bad all sail set, with flying jibs and
bis maln-sheet rope wound around a elect.
Storrs and Logan saw the black cloud and
wanted to reef sail, but their captain held
on to the tiler absent-mindedly. 1t was an
interesting moment. Imperialism and the
late OF the republic were balanced in the
scales.
The gathering clouds burst on the thirty
sixth ballot. Connecticut tore the lib into
Indiana ripped away the top
sails. Maine dipped the gnnwales, and
capsized the whole thing and
left the craft bottom upward, with jam
med centreboard. Too late had her captain
awakened to the realities OF the situation.
The smiles aloft now became tempered with
sympathetic sadness, but this sadness add
ed 10 her beauty. Mr.. Conkling sat with
bowed head and bac * TO the aisle until the
gale had subsidized. Then he clambered on
the bottom OF the capsized boat, and once
more the electric signals flashed forth from
the upper region.
A recess was taken. The lady fingered
ln the galleries, aud Mr.. ConkliDg received
the condolences Of his many friends, but
none were probably so consoling as the
sympathy reflected in the sapphire eyes. A
struggle among the messenger-boys on the
platform attracted my attention. A mo-
ment afterward glanced at the hall OF the
Convention, MIR. COnkling bad disappeared.
cast my eyes at the galleries. The lovely
lady was there no longer. Nor did she
shine out at the evening session. But Mr..
Conkling came Just In time to receive the
surrender OF the Ohio delegation by the
OF Arthur. There was no god
dess in the galleries, however, and the Ca
pitulation was robbed OF all its charm.