The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1881-05-19
AuTTle GOLD OWL.

From IIarpers Weekly.
ado you know what famous Rus
sian beauty once wrote i'm her album ?
No: Let me tell you, then. The French
man understands hest the art of talk.
ing love, the italian of acting it, but
the German rocks il to sleep while the
Pole ruins ALL"
And the American ," pleaded a
musical voice i'm the ear of the first
speaker
The lady made no immediate reply.
The pair stJod in the wings Of a tiny
amateur theatre i'm one of our large
cities, and the drama Of IMdfriBiOny,
In which they had acted, was ever.
Both were artists i'm that intense senti
ment Of excitement which stirs the
ripples of private life when thcatricals
and chara,les become the fashion. Au-
g,ista Bevan, tall, slender, and proud,
had resumed her velvet walking dress.
and toyed with a pretty null of pink
satin, which was suspended about her
neck hy means Of a ribbon. Captain
Hornblower, easy, graceful, and ele-
CANT, bent over her in an attitude Of
devotion, which he had assumed, with
the facility Of a glove, for the past fif-
teen years, i'm the bathrooms Of West
Point, Saratoga, and Newport.
"Hour mnf seems Ia he sort of
fairy c;lskot." pursued Captain Horn
blower. "t;ive me a Keepsake from
one of the pockets. ! beg, in remcni-
brance of the night"
what shall it be-" retorted An.
glsta Bevan. gayly.
She sought i'm the tiny pockets Of
perfumed and quilted satin, AMI drew
forth a glittering object. This was a
little gold owl, beautifully wrought.
with ruby eyes and jeweled claws.
When a spring was touched. a slender
pencil case sided out of the birds
head.
Here is my gift," she said, gently.
and the gallant captain understood
that her words meant capitulation.
Was he glad or sorry? He received
the little gold owl with effusive graft
tude, and kissed the hand that bestow
ed the gift; but il was i'm the nature
of this military butterfly to doubt AT
the moment, il he had acted with un-
wise precipitation, IL he had not sold
himself too cheaply In the matrimoni-
al market, and IL Augusta Bevan was
NJ great an heiress As she was reputed
to be.
INV children, remember the Scotch
proverb, "Those who fish for minnows
never catch trout said Mr.. Riddel,
behind them.
Mr.. Riddel, who invariably enact
Ell the part Of benevolent old man,
proffered his snuff-box to Captain
Hornblower with his quizxical smile.
1--WE are called out again - exclaim-
Ell Mrs Trentham.
There was q patter of applause. and
the four emerged before the foot-lighfs,
making their salutatiOns in the most
approved professional manner. On
the stage stood Mrs. Trentham in q
superb toilet, Augusta Bevan, Captain
Hornblower, and Mr.. Riddel. Beyond
the circle Of foOt-lights was fashions |
BILE audience, where blended satin,
gold, feathers, and lace resembling
parterre Of flowers, while the little |
theatre, built for Mrs. Trentham, made /
q charming background for smiling /
faces. Certainly the two actresses
looked their best, for Captain Horn
blower, deeply versed in such crat,
had made up their stage complexion,
with the aid Of rouge and other cos
metics, moist purple wOrsted furnish
Ing the requisite shadows beneath the
eyes
Said Mr.. Biddel, - he conducted