Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1885-12-26
MISS CAREY w.


She was so unobstrusiye, so easy and
quiet, that she would have been unno-
ticed if nature had not illustrated the
law of compensation in manner so pro-
nounccd that everybody saw at glance
the thing to be compensated. If ever
nature and sound home training; if ever
blood and brains combined to fashion
and refine woman, it was Miss Carew No
one could look asecond time in her Won
derful eyes without seeing the woman's
soul shining through them. Most peo
pie did not care to look the second time.
The coarse grained and unsympathetic
saw only the deformitv; the selfish side
of the world looked no further. If they
remarked Miss Carcw at ALL it was to
wonder in the stupid fashion of intensely
vulgar people if it was not very annoy
ing to have hunchback in ones set.
Miss Carew, head shorter in inches
than the average woman, was so far
above average women in mental stature
that they could not have reached the
crown of her head though they made
pyramids ten figures high.
When Miss Carew, during lull in the
conversation expressed an opinion
conflicting with the sentiments smooth
ly flowing in one current-that on which
Laurence Springer lazily floated in his
grand, all, sufficient way, the ladies
stared at her. MIR. Springer was be-
trayed into something like energy. He
quickly recovered himself in time; in
stead of asking Miss Carew if she was in
when he turned his head, it was to re-
mark in the manner of a weary man:
"Of course, exception proves the rule.
If nobody OBJ ected to what appears to
be the universal verdict, we might have
reason to think our reasoning at fault. ;"
That was all, positively every word
the superb creature uttered as nc stroked
his handsome beard and very slowly re-
tired. He did not even glance at Miss
Carew, whose objection promptly illus
trated, apparently to his entire satisfac
ton, the force OF his logic. If Mr..
Springer was not logical, he erred in
selecting profession. A man who
could be tripped up-laid on the broad
of his back tiguratively speaking, by a
woman with one brief sentence, after he
had talked half an hour, was not the
jury.
The conversation was very tame after
that. And so many were charmed with
the easy, decisive manner in which the
young lawyer led it. 1t was weighty sub
ject alrily, dclicately,I might add fastidi-
ously handled by Laurence Springer,
voted the handsomest man on the
ground. Estimating the Presidents of
the great republic. Simple words these,
and very harmless to look at. A
moments consideration will convince
the reader that unless brains are balanced
against them clevcry, the task is one
that speedily reveals their absence.
| No matter what Miss Carew said. If
it was not orr ginal, it must have been
new to the little knot gathered about
the young lawyer. The majority of the
ladies marvelcd at Miss Carews "odd
ideas" They seemed to regard her as one
who harbored odd" ideas. Her views
of life; her estimate of generations past
and present gave some of her auditors
an odd sensation. My room mate, Miss
Playford, actually shivered, as she put
out her hand nervously on mine upon
| rising.
''Miss-, did you ever hear any one
talk as Miss Carew does? | wonder if
all deformed people have odd ideas?
| | replied carelesslv. that | should not
wonder if they had, and abruptly
changed the subject.
That very evening some of the strong
minded sex discovered something to talk
about in an article published in lead
ing magazine. The would be-clever
men with opportunities within easy reach
were interested. The men who were
regretfully relinQui>hing places in life
requiring energy and endurance were
much more interested in the article.
| Indeed, the interest manifested 10y these
was communicated to those who were
waiting for their hoes, and these last
communicated it to the very young in
the sense of incXperiencc. The maya
zine article enabled peope to air their
history; it also revived recollections of
old families, and it placed some of the
old families in new and whimsical
light. The article was widely discussed,
and much curiosity was excited concern
ing the author.
The next evening a hop, very Ian
guild affair, was in progress when |
seated myself beside Miss Carew. The
elders scarcely looked in. Beardless
girls and boys occupied the floor. Be-
tween the waves of sound, | caught
clearly and distinctly these words:
81 marvel that she does not withdraw.
On the contrary Miss Carew seems 10
enjoy looking on more than any one Sc. ~
/ looked at Miss Carew. There was
nothing in her expression indicating
wounded sensibilities.
She was looking at the dancers with a
smiling face; with eyes as free from dis
turbance as the placid waters lying in
the broad moonlight.
off it wasn't for tie broken back she
would be fine looking woman never
can look on II woman with crutches, or
hunchback"
looked at Miss Carew again. Her
face was Illuminated with smile. Some
callow youth Numbered On the floor,
creating diversion. There was ripple
of laughter, in which Miss Carew Joined.
She was either fortified by rare expert.
| inOca or rich in ,,biloronh,, +1oA