Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1885-01-10


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ihapg 3oli have f6nrnd Some corfif6rtYs' !,
I sNotuf the kind you mean, IAnce,''
II answered land ii never Shall. p ga L
UAh. p hA said. r1usinrlv. sswhat mis-,
chief one bad Woman can fnakef And
She was d bad woman. this false .l0yd of
VourS{ .Iohn .n WI .ssltH1f Ied9o 8ea
lWIf she had bee,,sa Good onAs, che
wollld have heen truuues,, / REPLIED E
Fl think.h said lance. riusiilplv.
shat id all this world there fs nothing,
SO horrible as az badtsea really ibads OK
wicked woman = Lucy seem 10 ma flAslc IT,
worse than men, just as 3 good WQman
is better than a. man could ever, 1he, lis
little less than an anger ~ ~
ID .Db yott9knomy9J.he continued, his'
voice trembling vita QStlQAs q 4 dds
not understand how good "a Woman
could BET My. wife, Frances. IS quite
an angel. w hen see h6fsln TIE meril5
ling, herEfairl faces SO freaA and Purel
kneelin a9Nn 70 SS;al IheT iATa feet'
quite unworthy Of ,heri when see the
rapt, earnest EXPIRE sslon' or fier lace as
we.sit side by SIDE IN churons long 70
be like hers She one OF Gne gentlest1
and sweetest of human beings; there Ilsl
no one like her j.
II am heartily glad THAT you are SO
happy, my dearest Lance, lSaId. .f
discontinued, IA know Gha6. my Eallz-s
ing does not bore YOU you are 700 true
o friend, 1t eases my leart, Tor IL rs alrt
ways full OF fier5e You DO NOT Know
how good she 1sl lNny, tJon1, the sour
Of a good woman IS eleaT ana trapspar.s
ent, like deep, clear lake, ana u IL
one sees such beautlfnl Things. When
my Frances speaks to 9 little CHILD there
comes intoher voice beautlfut TENDER
ness7-7a ring OF such clear sweet music,
that + say to myself fits more like the
voice of an angel than of a woman; it
is lust the same when she speaks to
anyone in sorrow or sickness The
strange thing to me is this that though
she il so good herself. 50 pure and inno-
cent. she has such profound compass
sim, for fha faIleT aTnd fIas foiserahie
thara ,sIas ono NJ, "a, tbosa 'nnfortnr5ta
casas a. servant o;r.i Iv 80 varv nret'tv
and Moo a;r ~ 40 10 ssss tRs,Tned
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IL s sa,,d - ~ ~ u Iaast INA M;ll moi
oio 49, II s,nJ ssy 1o,,id bovn aone
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t IL uf trait IN bay cRara s. y s
.sSo Il ,r 90 81; 8 ranl;eJ GLinr nv daar
ol5 f,.ia,,d \ I'll I'll fba batfar FOR bia graat
love for b;s wife 4 - e-S'-'
,sShe t. aiwavs tba san,a j, ha CON-
s t;,,,aS ssf,1I ~ sI, Win md ih,3aerness
FOR tho ,aor. WV, ca,,ld Inn moi fh;1,lr how
rone Jtie +bay love nc her All round Vala
s Poval shaI}a vaTshinueds n Al, i very
far { =, ate man n Iabp 8, -
w., nc. 60; ;,1dood - ra,,,;ed
II TIas ~ ~ u n sras' y .Si'i
~ a, Iva had NV ideal 7 have
known rnany None ever. reachad Tnv
standardibut Frances, and she il nv
ideal come to life-tle reality found.
fair, sweet and true, a blonde, queenly
woman. ISshoiild think that very few
men meet, and marry. their ideal as I
have met and married mine. All, there
lis the avenue that leads to the old
manOr-houseI Who could have thought
that should ever be master of man
or-house, John? Neither that nor the
handsome income belonging to it would
be of any use without Frances. 1t is.
Frances who makes the world to me. .
~ The avenue was superb one. It CON-
sisted Of tall, chestnut trees standing
four deep. II have seen nothing fner.g
Just now the flowers were all in bloom,
the bees and butterflies had all been
drawn there by their odor, the birds
were fitting in and out making grand
discoveries in the great ,boughs; the
ground was a carpet OF flowers, white
with wild hyacinths and graceful blue,
over this carpet. and then the old grey
manor-house stood before us. the pref
test picture ever seen on a Summer a
day. The whole front of the house was
covered with flowers, and the ivy grew
green and thick, it climbed to the very
fop Of the towers.
ssFamous iyy.'' said Lance. ssPeople
come to Duttofis to look at thesiyy.n
e 81 do not wonder at it.'' I said
was Somewhat surprised at the stvle
of the house I had not expected any
thing so Grand. so beautiful.
I'VE shall have time for. a cigar and
a stroll before dinner,,' said Lance. as
he threw the reins to the groom: ssbut
YOU must see Frances first. John-you
must see her. . if3iiiits n
But one of the servants told us that
Mrs. Fleming was in the drawing-room,
engaged with Lady / edbitter. Gance's
face fell. S = s'.'.,s.
ssYou do not seem to care for Lady
Ledbitter,n said to him.
sin truth do not; she is county
magnate, andsa local horror | call her.
She leads all the ladies of the county;
they are frightened to death at her;
they frown when she frowns, smile
when she smiles. / begged of Frances
not to fall under her sway, but have
begged in vain, no doubt. If she has
been there for half an hour Frances will
have given in.
He turned on me suddenly, so sud-
denly, indeed, that he almost startled
me.
do you know" he said, those kind
of women, fair and calm, whose
thoughts seem to be always turned in
wards2 My wife Is one Of those; when
one talks to her she listens with her
eyes down, and seems as though she
had left another world OF thought just
for your sake. Her manner always
piques one to go on talking for the sake /
Of making her smile. I can just mag
inc how she looks now, while Lady Led \