Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-10-26
CHATTER L

- MNNiANhI NANittNNrpN.
IIwRs n fine afternoon in tho middle
Of May. The sun shonc brightly into
light, large, gayly furnished room. evil
IDENTIFY the bOudOir or. private sitting
room Of n woman Of means, IL not of
very cultivated t,,ste. Cultivation. re-
Iincnwnt, educated tRstc. WIRE. in,lee,l,
most couspieiIous by their absence
from al The arrangements al this room.
Everything in IL looked rs IL IL had cost
good deal Of money. but there was
everywhere an Odd mixture Of the vul-
gar and elegant --incongruitics which
hcrc ami there almost attained tho rel
alive heights of the sublime and the
ridiculous. r, There was n velvet car
pet. lightin its general eject. briIlian,
and yarird of hue; il had a dazzling
biuc ground, adorned with medallions
u druh. more like tca-trays than any,
hmg else; garlanded with flowers
" every hue. and IT species both
kpQwn and .uDknoYn To scientific class
ihcati0n. II was q carpet which would
hAv7 c"'scd n lattcr-day votary of blue
anilyhitc china and neutral tints TO
Gar his hair and wall aloud. II was
ne Kind of carpet which challenged
The bcholdcrfto Ignore u IL he could.
with triumphant consciousness that
he could not. High artistic authorities
inform NJ that thc'carpct should be the
least striking thing in room. Inthis
case " was the most striking one. Pos
Ihly upu was ono reason why its own
pr had CA,oscn II. She wins n pcrSsyn
who did bUt love the beauty of retiring
ness IN AM shape or form. This was
abundantly testified, not only by the
carpet already mentioned. hut by all
The rcst " the furniture Of the room.
The hucs wrrr, IN All cases where II
was possible. lively. and, so that mo-
notony might not paIl. they werc va
RCD. Colors and shapes and STYLES were
masscd together IN n hold and daring
way WHICH had no least the merit Of n
defiant originality about it--an original
ny which dciied conventional ideas Of
illness. ||tT
Ono Of tho principal features in this
room was tho profuSion Of tables. little
and big. which pcrvadcd Il. Jus,
wherc the rminitiatcd visitor might rea-
Iohably have expected to find n FIRE and
open passage Co the door, or the win
low; or the piano, there, without fail
would be planted some rickety. spindlc-
legged sts'rtme, coverctl with speci-
mems OF tho htast and most grotrsque
.hina monster OF Partisan gfmcrack.
(They were bought by the,lady of the
nouso rs articles of rcrtH;-. IL was her
inruly SON Tom, and his no less nnruiy
Ally. Margaret harrington, who persist
dtn calling them gimcracks.C They
we're n great nuisance 20 all her friends
and ran away with great deal of her
pin-mOney, and WIRE universally voted
= porei therefore, she chung to them
With Loneliness which only increased as
he disfavor Of others augmented.
bhe, Mis. Robert Pierce, was, At this
moment OF this bright AFTERNOON, alone
NJ INC rOOm--a stout, fair matrunly
woman, young still, and only promising
20 DO enormous aud unwieldy In iionre
'ome time. She was dressed In a Kind
d Ten gown f,sotnc floVingi ,Shito stnlf.
= "a WGtteBtL. which, With It's films and
ribbons Of ybluee s1itod her Her fair
lace wore 'alsomewhat high color, and
Ihe threw herself back In n lounQinc
shair, and closed her eyes. sirhinp
Fearily.- and clasping her hands upon
ANA hntCs
"Oh." she mafDnurod. half aloud, a.,
everything ready, / wonderP LIDO writh
ae would come, and reliave NV mIha
about that champagne. know there's
oot enough In the house. and II We were
% fall short at the last. good graclousl''
After n moment given toyponderinQ
On the dire possibility, she suddenly
tartod up again in an agile manner.
lnp pulled the boil, Then she snid "a
he servant who answeredhcr SIMMONS
Bring come tes, and tel Miss Bar.
,ington-that d she Is at liberty should
ihs to speak TO her"
With which DC again sank into her
chair and waited. her lips moving now
and then, rs II she mentally apostro-
ohized Some loved object. It-was- nor
70. however. as those who knew her
would easily have surinised. Gould her
neditations have been heard. they would
have run.
vi suppose must trust 20 his re.
nembcfing it, but men are 70 careless.
Unless their wives look after them they
really do behave like imbecilos in some
hings. Men and cooks---I don't know
which are the worst" ~ ~ =
Here a maid came In with thu deslrsd
While she was clearing one OF the
nnpp,fnnle small italics bsiore alluded
ntol ~ Foceptlon, &c dbot wasl IA &c.
md limo opened. and a young lady en-.
froa, =. whose appearances the ex-
'ss~'a iooNng matron IN white and