Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-05-08
Oracle.

MA Marmaduke Wyvern and her two
danghterr resided. or all ugly London
streesa in those sileut semt. .aristocratic re-
-scs,s .-h... sh.-. -. NJ .hon. but only
- o ~ ~, 80 .,,rdnwsd houses
sows .uu Uws o. sss w. ~ "'. .,.
TINS street was one Oh tno very "s"es@
consisted for the most part OF dingy' co'oriess
houses, though hore and there spasmodic
sttemnt had been made by some enterpris.
s..- .r--cr. - srrbeIiisb ,boir otoaa. ,u
~ - :. ss.,,,s -. l., W
PssIsps 'nou'u ... .s'aef oe sa,o' 70 oistin
gutsn tnem ~ mucn as possible from each
other. Thus one house was painted deep
chocolate from basement to attic another
the tint OF pale coffee Mrs Roder,ck Jones
ins,stetl on venetian rad. re,iavod hy h,.cL
49,, Sa,-. -, $500 ouosou oy oiscs
smoS ".as. ". N..JoI Nouuy twno nao
tavoieu great ueai IN the East personally
supertntended the decoration OF his front
door after the most approved Assyriau style.
Little Idle bows freouented Major Noddv's
door and xvhi,a., .,r.,, ,no;- ,o,.,-o h,, e,
,r.,,,.s. ...,.,. a.. u0n ie'Sulo W ,oi-
s Ins s, WIN uy nngeis .nc quseI green
49, v r.S P., Ps'..ns .na. e.ono. s, .ue co'
ssn... 49,. ~ I ~, o, uIo nsyo. y o"nt a'
s.v,ss. nwa ,',.s ss..r,.,' ~, Nv '
a. ~ - ~"S yi"" "''o'' MI" ho""
"s al ~ sa' e,..
nnu yos . sno :. a,y shee', 'suInk al Us en-
ra,,s,o' ou III. ,m'o III .o I1, genue autumn
esen,he, was hot suoRetner unpoetical, &C
coraing 20 Amena wyvern. Amelia had ar
xfr~fu ia tIx.sNa
Ic.snrs A s.;s. . aSu ner uneuucateu
a,d a,s..,,,.a sns a. ssuuyIne PsrsPectve'
;sSi,i, ,s,,,t - ~. i'' WY Ieasor, tne van
;ntarsss,n~ 10 no. ss;h' t 's. o,'st. oae ;,s
the sorare ;mmaa;;.taas, ba,,,,,I 49, ,,o s.',;sh
;ns, ,,l;r. III, my pey1Iu Tue Vanls
ms, v,hc No 80, sa1ori' .,,a ~, yomns @
.i.aa. .,;, ',i "nu @ ., I" ~ .,, sviiIo 10
Me- ~a,',s,, rs.,.a IA. ua,o :. * 'u 80 a ",
that a maj;a wall adj down on her way home
sr",,, tha ..,,c,I ns art o' e' ""' "o
H. w Wr,orn,o sas;,o.. ,, -, A..
rnohs.usjya hon.es Mrs Wn,arn .'. .'
lady in rednced circnmstancss ona "onsa
I"uy a., ~ ~ ~. : ~ ~ '' S.nces' anu conse-
her house as long as poss,bie, inst s as shs ne
Ecopomv was bar ono tboraht Iaioh, ~;
dav noor Mrs Wvyarn ,hors ,araM " au sn'.
wavs ieft untried in which she "onId s,oun on
mi2e She had sometimes ihonoht of tap-
inc in n lodoer but on ronao,inS tha -,
seemed SCARCELY feasible. She mish, ,ot pr har
houso for a while certoin,y o,has iaita. To- i,
their houses 10 snend tho uintar a, Can.,i,s
or the summer al Homhpra hut ,r.',ai;.,,,
or moving of any sort wonid. af,er aII Is ;ns
volye m,ch adait,ona, a. asa o. "'' IN IN
other hand. 10 remain and aan,,. = 49,, ,ne
IN L cen anartments IL, Saot ,ha ,I' - sSiI
sounded Ton terrihly dagradinn NJ Nv,
yern felt convinced thai for Sar go; ..s
she could not eutertain such Snpractic.i
notions 0" ""p'"''''"i
1t is true that the yirls theuso,yos ,,oro
unnsed To luxurias AmaIia Sossos,,,, .
black silk gown. the bodice nf wbicn "n,Ia a
be made TO LOOK absolutejv like that ,Tu,u Of au
evening dress, by the aid Of a white laca
tichti and a bunch of artificia, osraninms
..na sha 49, o,,a., - W . ini soianiu"s'
for herself tnle hal. I.anwp T., s.'.ou u
Christmas festivities Rut alter atI hmalia
cared little for these van,ties ana fa,,,'d !,
no hardsbin 10 eyist uiihnn, IN @ anu ii ,ouiu u
few tuhes 6f coIora and a rarrao,i, I,i y,
well.stretcbed canvas we're siahys ,n a,, ai,., =
her brilliant brown evas olia,sn 81 ~.
more delight than tbev evinced for ,ba
srna,,os, So 80. 10y eNincou ior the
could dev;se '''' 'iessiiiaher cunning
As for Gracie sba orcorrso ,oolo,
fine clothes A''"0N ''
With regard to food. tho wvvorrs live,
upon 40 little that II is nositivaiy 80, - 'o,' ou
to think how often these moor iad;es Went ~
bed hungry. Amelia whose anna,;,a 80 ~
by nature. n healthy one nssd spin.,i',a,. -
steal down stairs barefoot and nnisa,sss
after the others had ro,irad tor The r;aI,, a.
order to rapsack the dining room on,Sn,ra "a
and solace herself with big huuch of dry
bread Then she crept un.isirs again a,S
softly, on tiptoe. re.entere5 iba rnp,n n,hiot
was hers and her sisters, and whara Cran;a
Law, already fast aslsep. her thin t,oa daI,
cately outlined against the white nilInu, ~, %,
casionally Oracle made believe to sleep She
knew perfectly wolI why Amelia had ,one
down stairs for inaoa3 Ss a nau gone
most things. but il pleased her sonato,,, ,t'
her sister should not know that sha Enaw
And it was ofIen long hours alter AmeIia
had curled herself up in the sound sIeen or
youth and a good conscience before Oracle
managed to sigh herself away into a 6ItnI
slumber.
Mrs Wyvern had married somewbat Ia,s
in Iife and xUhan atar &c. soe"aat Ia'e
ness, her husband died sudde1i~ bo ,ats III
alone I'm the world, with her two little uirIs
a London house of tolerahle siza apa a iea,a'
to.band fight with fortune hafora 80 n"uu NJ
greater part of his income (being a pensinn
for military seryices) having cessed OF his
death. ~ -''
The widow tried hard tn mako so,oa add;
ton to her narrow means. but she had haa,
brought up, like most women. 10 DO bnt I;t
tie for herself Until her MARRIAGE sha had
lived with a rich uncle and amt who
counted on her perpetuaI Observation-Disclosures
and who were therefore so annoyed at tbsir
prospective loss that thew disow,aa 80
Mnen she insisted on marrvipg CoI WSrar,,
The bridegroom's advanced age the absence
OF his right arm, and his weii-known h.st,
temper, were according To thar y;aaa ~
obstacles But tba nIaoa
ptied and tended her bnshand'
loved him all the more Tor his ipfirmities
reverencipg him because of that valiant arr,
hewn down on the field of bat tie and snttar.
ing nothing from temner ,ha, "u ,'. S,neI
melted before the sunshine of her own ',a,
tleness e'"
Shortly after her wilful marriaga bow
ever, both uncle and aunt died, So that at
her husbands death. Mrs Wnva,., - .na,' at
relations to turn to. Nor on her bnshand,o
side was there any help fortbcomina tha
lew distant connections She Possessed heIno
scattered far and wide over the world. and
full. fo"o'
Mrs. Wyvern endeavored to turn anthor-
ess, but she had scant literary ,aIant |