Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-02-27
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A Strange Record.

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hear nothing 4Joat srsc:ioak being
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We al LLox tia: mems or woueu's
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Saly ioVis --.ry g. Anything bat coz
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1O>ie ot IIe than II eolrt-. and Living
~ItA peolle # ra1k. AL going INTO
company every iAy. hate retirement
and domestic llfe. and rave sacrificed
through .Iie everything 70 my .mbi-
ton. Mr.. Warrington would smile,
perhaps, az the folly q recording such
TIA. the words revealed the beautiful
BeatriI more perfectly even than a
portrait by kaeller.
As he turnei over the fading manu-
scripts, ana perased the record Of 80
LEAN a woridlint -, lie might we'll Won
der that 4 woman could be so beautiful
IL her face and so deformed in her
so1!. Tue ghostly letters would gradu-
ally seem 10 him repulsive from their
want OF brilliarcy or humor, and from
tue lack u any glimpse Of the life or
society OF the time, except that Of her
own spiritual barrenness. He certainly
would lind them without charm OF
style, or any charm whatever, and they
character, and a character hard and
selfish and wholly without attraction.
Doubtless his mind would constantly
recur to the famously beautiful woman,
and he would perhaps doubt as he read
whether, after all, she did not go of
with a prince, to be disowned possibly
by his family, yet still to pride herself
upon the connection, and to shine in
court circles with an indirect luster
shed by royal name. If it were but
the imperial family of Barataria to
which she could claim some tie, If she
could only be recognized as Princess
Panza, it would be glcry enough, and
the Lady Beatrix would envy no
woman.
But how much more would Mr.. War
rington 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
marriage a member Of the most con-
spicuous family in Europe of her time,
and at most interesting period of his
tory How would his amazement grow
as he perceived that the writer of the
letters that he held lived for many years
in the highest circles frequented by
famous figures of every kind, herself
by her name and her beauty striking
part OF that brilliant society, and that.
with her unequaled opportunities, her
letters might we'll be fascinating chap.
tiers in delightful kind of literature !!
He would scan the leaves with fresh
eagerness to seize the very form and
pressure OF u prodigious epoch, and If
some happy thought suggested to him
that q woman of whom tradition said
that beauties envied her beauty and
wits dreaded her wit, that kings sought
her acquaintance and princes claimed
her friendship, might write letters
which should show the Suroir.riure of
Chesterfield, the cold cynicism, of
Rochefoucaull, and the practical econ
omy of Franklin, he would think it
only probable, and turn the page to see
what the clever Lady Beatrix said of
Bolingbroke aud Marlborough and Har-
ley, of Addison and Swift and tho
Duchess.
This is what he would read-scme of
the illusions seem, indeed, to be sim
gular fol- beauty and wit OF the last
century: ..l.t .. .
Marriage ought never to be entered
into for any other purpose than COM
fort, and there is none without conse-
quence and fortune without these it is
more prudent to live single"
"For this life there is nothing but
disappointment. The happiest are those
who support misfortune best. I find
that travellers exaggerate there is q
scarcity OF money in all families, and
in all countries people have poor rela-
tions to support" .,... ~
"There is no knowing how marriages
may turn out-women may treat their
husbands ill, leave them. die before
them but if good provision be made
for the husband, there is nothing lost
by risking marriage"
"Walter SCOTS novels would amuse
you very much. They are read by
people of all ages. and are almost all
historical. ... Walter Scott has made
large fortune by his novels"
"She has made the greatest match that
any woman ever made. and I suppose
now that people will see that Mrs. Cation
was right i'll starving herself to keep
her daughters in Europe. The Marquis
of Wellesley is Lord Lieutenant Of
Ireland. He married an Italian singer
! by whom lie had family of children.
She is dead. He has no fortune he is
over head and ears In debt. The
Cations. suppose. will he enchanted at
the match, and with reason, too, for 1t
gives them rank in Europe and with
Mr.. Carroll's money to keep ii mp, they
may be considerei the most fortunate
in the United States Of America. ~