Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-08-22
A WOMANS CURIOSITY.

To her friend. Miss Lydia Davidson
"a lady and a gentleman were In tn
same carriage with me. L took then
for a honeymoon couple, and felt sor
nv TO constrain thcir tete-a-tete. Ine1
made me most uncomfortable witt
all the private and confidential thing
thew had TO say, and they kept porlnt
over a little book with their heads TO
petber-poatry or some other rubbish
| suppose. I've no patience Win ina
sort thing-have youi"
Miss Davidson was, however 70
mantle, and could not get up snow
of indignation IN time to respond u
her friends glance, SO she only looket
a little foolish and abashed,
"And for six mchths, Miss New
man continued, have they beer
coming regularly twice week
Monday and Thursday. And they
may have done 1t for six years Ion
aught | know, because 1t is only
since | have been ut my new lodging,
onnosi,e the Bull, thai | have noticed
them carefully. They arrive early
about 10 o'clocK-have some refresh
meuts | fancy, for they always STOP
in the hotel awhile; then they drive
or walk out, not always together-bul
often take different roads; stay out
oh! till 4 or ) or 6, and sometimes
they take a quantity OF luggage, th0se
uice dresses baskets and thlngs-lady
like luggage and then, after their
dinner, off they go toward the rail-
way station
Greatly" cried Miss Davidson, IN
astonishment. And their appear
ancesl DO they look like"
"GentIepeoplcT put in Miss New
man. Yes, decidedly. That is a
point on which am never deceived.
The lady dresses eXquisiteIy and most
bccomingly. They're not young, nor,
of course, very old. lie IS a hand
some man, with military air. In
fact am pretty sure he is an officer,
for | saw so much of the military when
| lived at Dover. and then lowering
her voice. II heard so much there,
too. about garrison doiugs, that be
oan TO feel anxious. The Bull is such
a respectable hotel it would be quite
n misfortune for the Iown-if-any'
thing unpleasant were to come out,
concluded MISS Newman, forced by
the vagucness Of her subject into, to'
once. being herself vague.
pear me- What YOU say quite
starlIcs me, said Miss Davidson. u
anything like that happens 100 miles
away, or even in London, 1t IS not Sc
bad but here 1t is shock 10 me
must mention it TO Eliza, she add
ed, as that functlOnary entered, bent
most unamiably on lntcrruptlng tine
conference.
"Tn tell YOU what think about it.
exclaimed Miss Davidson, a little latef
II think, dear, that the gentleman Is
some very distinguished person IN
deed, and that the lady-she may be
a perfect lady, you know, all the time
is beneath him, and that there's
morganatic marriage! There art
such Things, nowadays, and always
have been, You know.
"But, if SO, why shouldn't she have
her own establishment? Why come
to a hotel - objected Miss Newman
"SGll, we shall find out about 1t some
way or other It's 4 positive duty
however unpleasant, to clear up
Perhaps you'll talk it over with youl
brother tomorrow. know he some
times spends Sundays with you, anu
please let me know what he thinks
But don't send him To talk about 1T tt
me, for it's not a subject ! should &C
into with a young man, unless it was
one of the clergy. | am now oil to SEE
the curatc about IT. Our rector re
SCENTS inquiry, do believe, for cam
get anything ont of him. Good-by
lydia
Good by, dear I'll not ring 70,
Eliza. I'll let you out Lydia had
scarcely settled Aersclf again after per
forming this little attention when
eliza appeared, cluaked and bonucted
at tho sitting room door, rcmarklng
Eve been out n little while ma'am.
After what You said just now, my
duty is plain, and went around tC
the Bull ,,t once, knowing rs you d
not be wanting me-
"Oh, ucar me- Eliza, returned the
dotile mistress, Il quite forgot that
YOUR niece, Mary, is BARNARD Mt the
Bull And aid YOU see the landlady,
and can she explain about the strang-
crS2'
~ Ni'uiNt. ltt' tNiAl' L so" -
Weston, rerlied Eliza, energetlcally
Its what | went for; but | couldut
get nothing cut of her. SAID to hel
as Civilly Ms possible; Will you tel
ME, Mrs. Weston, the names of those
parties rs comes there twice week
a Mondays and ThurSdaysG But she
only said, very stiE and high; :
never give the names of my parties
not even 10 the gentleman from tn,
RaveuSbourue Record. And more
than that she wouldn't say, so at las
l came away; but I'll make some eX
cuse To be there next Monday, and II
see them. at all events.
Miss Davidson had lust taken hel
seat in church the following morning
when Miss Newman, very "taut' anc
trim, hurried into vacant place mex
TO her, and, after hurying her face fol
an instant in her hands, she turned n
she knelt to her neighbor and said il
an uudertone: Have you seen YOU
brother to day! What does hi
thinki'
mo. dear, no; he's not coming, bu
don't talk about II i'll church; pleas,
don't" And the good lady tried will
feeble hurry to find her place. Mis-
Newman forbore further remark til
MJuervor Weekly assembled the pulpit
Then she betrayed u longing to speal
and an inability To sit still.
"'Woe unto the world because o
otrcnseS, for it must needs be tina
oUeuSes come; but woe to the man b,
whom the ottcnSes cometh' Or. con
tluucd the tina voice of the cuIate
las more literal version, though on
less purely English has it, Woe to tn
world because of scandals. :"
"There?" whispered Miss Newman
no longer repressible, Il knew | hat
done some good with him. ncve
left hiM yesterday until his teetl
literally cAattered. | told him h
must do something about the Bull
people, and that he was responsible 70
all the evil that happens in the parisl
that he could prevent. He'll preacl
about them.
Jane, dear Jane, DON'T" gaspet
poor Miss Davidson, and Mr.. Week.,
began his discourse, which, to Mis-
Newman'S unuttera Die disappointment
turned on question of church dis
cipline, the preacher maintainln;
those of his clerical brethren wko wer
opposing his own rarticlar view of tn