Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-08-14
BIZ ANTHONY TRoLLoPE
CHAPTER II.-CoNr1SuEp.

lie had confessed to himself Otter
low sad and dreary he was in bis desc
ate life. He had told himself that il
must be so for all time to him, when
catherine Bailey had declared her pur.
osse OF marrying the successful young
.awyer. He had made up his MIND
mat his doom was fixed, and had not
regarded solitude as any deep aggraya.
lion OF his sorrow. But he had come
oy degrees to find that Il man should
not give up his life because of f;ckle
5lrl, and especially when he found hel
10 be the mother of ten tiaxen-haired
infants.
But Mary Lawrie was very different
from Catherine Bailey. The Catherine
ne had known had been bright, and
plump. and joyous; with a quick, good
natured wit and a ripping laughter
which had robbed him of his heart
There was no plumpness and no silver.
sounding laughter with Mary. She was
somewhat staid in her demeanor, and
not given to putting herself forward in
conversation. But every hour that he
passed in her company he became more
and more sure that, if any wife could
now make him happy, this was the
OF her manner to himself he doubted
much She was gratitude itself for
what he was prepared to do for her.
But with her gratitude was mingled re-
spect and almost veneration. She treat
ed MIN at first with none of the famil-
iarity of q friend, and hardly with the
reserve OF a grown-up child. Gradual
~ she did drop her reserve, and allowed
herself to converse with him; but it Was
always as young person might with
ali modeSty converse with her superior
He struggled hard to overcome her ret
icenee, and did at last succeed. But still
there was that respect, verging almost
into veneration, which seemed to crush
him when he thought that he might be.
gin tofplay the lover.
lie mad got pony carriage. which
he insisted that she should drive her
self. .'Bat | never have driven" she
had said, taking her place, and doubt,
fully assuming the reins, while he sat
beside her. She had at this time been
six months at Cookers Hall.
'sThere must be beginning to every.
thing, and you shall begin to drive
now" Then he took great trouble
with her. teaching her how to hold the
rrins. and how to use the whip, till at
LIST something of familiarity was en-
gsndered.s And he went out with her
day after day. showing her all those
pretty haunts which are to be found in
the neighborhood of Alresford.
This did well for a time, and Mr.
Whittlestaff thought he was progress
ing. But he had not yet quite made up
his mind that the attempt should be
made at all. If he can be imagined to
have talked to friend as he talked to
himself, that friend would have averred
that he spoke more frequently against
marriage--Or rather against the yo no
lady's marriage-than in favor of it.
There were moments in which he reused
himself 10 better i.opes-when he had
drank his glass of whisky and water,
and was somewhat elate with the con-
sequences. I'll do "she would then
have said to his friend; 'sonly can not
exactly say when And SO it went on,
till at last he became afraid to speak
out and tell her what he wanted
Mr.. Whittlestaf was n tall, thin man.
not quite six feet, with face which a
Judge OF male beauty would hardly
cali handsome, but which all would say
was impressive and interesting. The
inner traits of his character were diff
ficult to read. Even Mrs Baggett had
hardly read them all correctly. He was
shame-faced to such degree that Mrs
Baggett could not understand it.
Through his short dark-brown hair
the gray locks were beginning to show
themselves signs of age. but signs
which were very becoming to him. AT
fifty he wasa much better looking man
THAI he had been at thirty--so that that
fool si, tickle girl, Catherine Bailey,
would not have rejected him for the
cruelty sensuous face of Mr.. Compass,
had the handsome iron-gray tinge been
then given TO his countenance. He, as
he looked in the glass, told himself that
a grav-haired old fool, such as he was,
had no right to burden the life of a
young girl, simply because he found
her in bread and meat. Tnat he should
think himself good-looking was to his
nature impossible. His eyes We're rath-
er small. but very bright; the eyebrows
black and almost bushy:. his nose was
we'll formed and somewhat long, but not
SO as to give that peculiar idea of
length to his face which comes from
great nasal prolongation. His upper
lip was short, and his mouth large and
manly. He wore hardly any beard
unless, indeed, whisker can be called
a beard, which came down, closely
shorn, about half an inch Eelow his ear.
"a very common sort OF an individual, -
he sad of himself, as he looked in the
glass when Mary Lawrie had been
twelve months in the house; "but then
a man ought to be common. A man
who is uncommon is either dandy or
q buffoon.
His clothes were all made after one
pattern and of one color. He had his
morning clothes and his evening clothes.
Those for the morning were very nearly
black whereas for the evening they
were entirely so. He walked in a soft
hat such as clergymen now affect, and
on Sundays he went to church with the
old respectable chimney-pot. On Sau,
DAYS, too, he carried an umbrell u
whereas on weekdays he always hadsA
large stick; and it was observed that
neither the umbrella nor the stick was
adapted to the state of the weather
Such was Mr.. Whittles.aff of Croker 8
Hall. small residence which stood
about z mile from Alresford. He had
s 'ss into the neighborhoo4 having
boiish TIA small holtlprap6rt5 with
out the knowledge of any Of the inhab-
itants. 1t was just as though he had
come out of tbs. SUM- said the old
baker. And he Ind Brought Mrs. Bag
rett with. him;.Yho had contided to the
baker tlat4 04khai felt herself that
stranaA 81 FIRST arrival that she
didn'1 = Mi Eher she was standing
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