Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-06-28

| Love Tor Semlram mis- lost Minus his head en(
chang; The desiinies of Assyrs; an elopemen
caus d the downfall Of Troy; the beautiful eye
of Brscs est Greece thousands of lives anG
heaps Of treasure; Cleopatrs's surprising lowell
cess sent Antony to his death and Wrappe
Octavius 10 imt erisl purple; Judth's marvel
| Gus beauty beheaded Holofernes and gave a
new king to Cappadocia; the glowing wife Of
| Caudauies spurred Gyg:s to the throne Of
Lydia; King Heury's passion for Anne BoIeyn
broke the power of the Catholic church in Eng.
land; Mrs Eaton's charms upset Gon. Jackson s
| cab. c., and the cquatries of sapphire eyed
beauty at the Chicago convention possibly saved
| the American republic.
She occupied front seat 10 the gallery to
the right OF the platform. She was plump,
exc edlugly pretty and dressed 10 the mes;
blue, her hair the color of the finest Gui-
nca GOLD, her nose and nostriIs d.lcate-
ly chselcd. her mouth ripe aud small
aud her complexion pure rosos sod cream.
coud not II | would interpret tho language
of her eyes aud fan. She had no afeotstiou.
Her c, qlctrics we:e natural. They were the
otor ct tne rose ITSELF and not siuple perfum
cry. Like scores Of other ladies. she had ap
parently Visited the convention 10 see the PITY.
slcal and Intellectual Apollo who msrshsled the
forces of imperialism. Her eyes beaued as she
sew hin movpg dcwD the aisle with naughty
bearing and sta, ! stride. They were glapces of
curiosity ti0ged with admiration, but Curl
oslty quickly evaporsted, and admiration
alono reuained. Each hour increased its 10.
tensiy. At lines it was yelled uoder a cloud
of csDrccs. Her eyes seemed 10 shadow her
thoughts as clouds are shsdoWed 10 o sun
uer landscape. If the great man had been
tiolcgis. a1d the fair lady wlog subject, she
could oot hLvo watched his motions with moro
cons ant attention.
Nor did blame her | had sean Roscoa
Copkiiug but twcs. Yat, shall frankly Cd |
tess it, trou, the first instant saw hiG loitv
uired the man. He bears the imprint arcs. I
oieIlec;ualit,; he has pride ,wthoS: he has
his Courtesy la the essence of 81 and Italian
r; & ed maoly beauty; lightesss1a and he j @ osses
skies p lay 10 bis luoinoasa mental msg,cian
10 iaulitess IA Ia tase aEde. He looks as though |
au lo'si.'o ea' VAIN a4m aud. Admiration invoIuu
ue was porp TO "a Yet Gmid all his outward |
enii'y ssirtues l fanoied l saw dotcc;.
T. ~ .h ,narplY de6ued Y formed by the point
~ - - 70; bose. 1t deracts from bis otherwise
n n, 6piau Appearance. 1t suggests a faint re
4tiobstip to Pluto and recalls the story Of
Proscrpioe. Aud this sharply de6oed V is
nirrored 10 bis intellectually. George William
Curtis saw it at Syracuse But if defect, this
V is a defect that not one lady in a million |
would dcteot at first sight. The fair lady in the
gallery eotirey overlooked it. The high pale |
brow, the foaming curls-nore interesting from |
the sIigNt tipge Of gray which has ga hered |
over lbem-the Venetian beard aod musiache,
the steel blu: eye, the small ear, the sbaptly |
white hands, the arched neck, the square, DOW |
erful shoulders ard tspering form-these we're
charmingly blended. and made the physique of
q man that would attract the observation ut any
Critic.
MIR. Co1klise felt the sapphire eyes as be
have passed, perhaps unco, s,iously. He grace
fully bowed, sppart ntIy to the delicate waves
of app llAuse which were agitating the galleries.
He seated himself bent his head toward bis
friends. consulted Barras and CARROT, and
strcked his beard; but all this time the electric
Signals were working A mental telephone
Was ID cesssless operation. Possibly it was
mind talking 10 mind thrcuSh b the noiseless me,
dlum Of the eye. Ballot upon ballot was taken.
The great leader issued orders, if apy we're is.
sued msehanica ly. Was be blinded by the love
ly mirror 10 the kallers2 Nay, moro. His in-
terest 10 the lady vas so evident that iC Was oo
served by three newspaper correspondents 90
the platform, who repeatedly turoed and
watched the progress Of the mental correspon-
depce. But the receiver of the electric sarreuts
had no sight for others. He was not on the
qu vVe for storm sisnals These signals were
flying 10 the Indiana, Wise osin and Connecti.
cue delegations, but the Grant Samson was
baski0g 10 the smiles floating down from above.
Was she Pniistne? To alter the siniIe and
venture on domain untrodden by womau,
he had all sail set with flying jibs and bis main
sheet rope wound around elect. Storrs aud
Logan saw the black cloud and wanted to reef
sail, but their captain held on to the tilIer alb
scot nudcdly. 1t was az Interesting moment.
Imperialism and the fate of the republic were
baIauc 10 the scales.
The gathering clouds burst on the thirty sixth
ballot. Connecticut tore the lib into shoe
strings. Irdiana ripped away the topsails
Maine dipped the gunwales and Wisconsin,
eapsz ID the whole thiog aud left the craft bot
| !om upward, wlth .mmtd centerbosrd. Tco
| late had her captain awakened to the realities
of the situation. The smiles sloft now became
tempered with sympsthatic sadness, but this
sadness added to her besuty. Mr.. Conkling
sat with bowed head and back to the aisle until
| the gale had suosided. Then be clambered on
| the bottom of the csusized boat aud once more
the electric signals flashed forth from The ,per
region.
a recess was taken. The lady fingered in
the galleries. and Mr. Conkling received the
condolences of his mapy friends, but none were
probably so cILsoling as the sy ympathy ref .cted
in the sapphire eyes. A. struggle emoug the
m sssenger boys on the platform attracted my
attention. a moment afterward I glanced q:
the hall OF the convention. Mr Conklir e had
disappeared. 1 cast my eyes at the galleries
The lovely lady was there no longer. Nor did
she shire out at the evening session: But Mr.
render of the Ohio delegation by the nomination
of Arthur. There was no goddess in the gal.
leries, however and the cspitulstion was robbed