Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-09

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Make yourself pleasant TO others, and
| you viii feel better towards yourself and
towards the world.0
| DOUGLASS regarded her animated face
| with surprise, and hardly comprehended
her meaning.
"Whatw said he: edo you really mean
| for me 10 go down into the drawing-roona
! and exhibit my crooked legs TO the curl
4 Gus eyes Of the crowd, and hear silly girls
/ giggle and inquire who that pale-faced boy
| can be with crutches!"
Eyes. mean you to 90 down; but
! don't mean anyone to laugh at you. They
will not dare!" she added, with flashing
eyes.
! think l might face a greater multitude
/ than we shall have tonight. How much
more DO l envy Reginald now" he teas
! ingly said; 'but,r and his tone grew lit
/ tie sad and gloomy again, ''my poor heart
/ will never be glaGdened by the love of a
/ BEAUTIFUL woman like you, Pauline"
! The tears spTaag into Pauline's eyes as
/ she replied:
/ 4 will love you as my own, dear VIII,
/ and | am sure som day you will find a
/ more worthy woman to love you than /.
/ l am going now. Shall l send up sam 20
/ she asked again in a cOaXing manner.
| He had not the heart to refuse, though,
( to tell the truth, it was quite an effort TO
/ consent.
III try. sister, since you ask it."
Il will send Sam and come fcT YOU in a
/ little while Ryself."
! a short while after Pauline again tapped
/ at Douglass door, and he met her in full
dress. His thin figure looked neither
I handsome or graceful, as he felt very keen
/ ly even in the best of garments. for one
limb was drawn out of shape by white
swelling. The observer forgot his figure
to look into his beautiful dark eyes and to
listen to his winning words, and some
/ times sarcastic tones. but when he
smiled it could not be TememeTed or be.
lieyed that so heavenly a countenance
could ever be overcast with bitterness.
@Well,' said Douglass, in a gayer tone
than Pauline had ever heard him, there's
your martyr; what Will you do with
him?"
snake you help me through the ordeal
of meeting so many new people. Do you
know the most of them@
Certainly; it's only in the last few
years I've been a confirmed invalid.
know something OF almost everyone, and
not much good of any,"
Remember she said, helping him
down the stairs, you are only to see the
bright side of things and people tonight
Don't you believe we make ourselves
the path wherein we tread""
We may make little fOOt-path of Oul
own, but it is j0stled out of its course by
any and every rude passer-by on the broad
road Of life. We are not accountable fol
all of our sorrow in this world, l feel sure
We may be for our individual acts. This
calls to mind LongfelloW's:
Olives of great men all remind Us
We can make our lives sublime
Now that sounds very fine, bu
there's no truth in it. 1t is moi
everyone. no matter if a whole life bi
! spent in the effort. can leave footprints il
the world behind him. It's genius merely
Sometimes certain gift in some particu
lar branch of industry, or shreWdness II
business. which places "A man above the
I common herd; often mere circumstances
blended always with will and energy
Here we are in the parlOrs, and yOn
der comes Irene and mother, wondering
no doubt, if l mean to mar the brilllanc.
af the evening by my ungainly pres
enccD
Now. Douglass, you will mar my hap
piness if you make any more such remarks
See this table aud rocking chair? l ar
ranged il for you, so when you tire o
standing you can sit here and tell me al
about the persons whom l meet"
Irene came up to them, surprised t.
see Douglass. she forgot her surprise
when she looked at Pauline. she was as
tonished. and forgot herself SO far as t
be rude enough to ask Pauline where OF
earth she got her dress.
Reginald, who had joined the group IN
f observed, quietly added:
And YOUR pearls, Pauline; where die
YOU get them? l never saw you wea
them before. AS we are only famll.
group perhaps you won't mind telling III
! what you gave for them"
They were my mOther's," she simpl!
answered; her only legacy to me. saw
the paintings which you've seem"
Irene felt the rebuke in Reginald's word
and manners, and, leaving them careless
, ~, seated herself at the piano to Will
away the next lew minutes interyenin:
before the guests would arrive, playing
random notes. Her thoughts were not o
the pleasantest. She had so set her hear
on Outshining Reginald's wife; to hea
people wonder at his choice; to make eYel
him, her lost Reginald, feel he had takel
a pearl when he might have had brillian
diamond. Now. however, she cannot hell
but see that Pauline was more beautiful
than herself, and more than that, NOR
beautifully dressed.
They can't blind me, however" sh
mentally added. II know Reginald
bought her that dress in New York, and
mean everybody shall know it, too"
Where have you been, Pauline?' Regi
nald asked. "'ve been looking every
, where for you"
Il went for Douglass. l meant to re
turn when he was comfortably arranged
for you must know 1 wanted your crit
cism on my appearance before trusting
myself to the mercy of your lynX-eye'
friends"
Reginald drew his wife to his side an
kissed her fondly, and turning to Doug
lass asked. his eyes full of happiness;
What shall | say OF her loneliness
brOther?"
Say her beauty hangs upon the chez
Of night like rich jewel in an Ethiop'
ear:
! Beauty too rich Tor use-for earth too dear!
So shows a snowy dove trOopiDg with crows,
, AS yonder lady DER her fellows shows!
"WIll that satisfy your vanity, sister?
She laughingly shook her finger at him
| saying:
; Il understand fully that you are max
ing light of memo denial, Douglass"
Mrs. Mayfield, quietly Observant, ha
been passing up and down the parlOrs
placing a chair, arranging flower, o
7 busting a spotless table. Her black sati
, dress, frightened with soft laces, becam
her well. She regarded her daughter-ir
law steadily as she passed her.
She will take well, she thought. Ssh
is undeniably pretty, but not so tne-looR
, ing and fascinating as Irene"
: She glanced at her favorite, who was a
, that moment looking her best. Her bril-
: liant black eyes spanked. Was it wit
t anger? Her cheeks and throat were still
flushed enough to show lovely pink.
How could Reginald make such mis-
, take?" was Mrs. Mayfield's concluding
thought when the roll of carriages an
: nOunced the coming guests.
For the next two hours Mrs. Mayteld
Reginald, Pauline and Irene are busy re
J ceiViug. Pauline had gracious wOr
and smile for every enc. How love light
/ ems the heart and sheds glamor of sun
shine over everything Had not REGINALD
called Der his queen of hearts? COul,
not she see everyone admired her? Thi
} latter pleased her more fOc her husband
: sake than her own. Now and then sh
! leaned over Douglass to hear his com
, ments on the different persons passing
and although he made her laugh in spit
of herself, she rebuked HIM also. Late
in the evening Pauline found herself talk
ing to prominent Senator, who drew he
attention to the amusement Douglas
seemed to be affording a group of gen
tIemen gathered about his chair.
DO you know" he continued. tina
your new brother is quite a geniusW
L knew il, although no one has tOlC
me. | suspect he is a poet. Am l no
right? He sad to me tonight that hepos