The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-05-27
BEAUTY'S SECRET
BY ALAN MUIR,
Author of "Vanity Hardware" Golden
Girls," E'c.
CHAPTER V.


here was the worst Of the matter-love under
very peculiar circumstances, He had fallen
In love with-a pictured He had seen tho
portrait OF girl whose face had impressed
him as never the living face OF any woman
had, and having ascertained that tho original
OF the picture really lived, and was English,
and not duchess or a princess, which wen
she might be, but girl OF his own rank In
life, young Brent was determined 10 ind her
out and try 10 secure her for himself, The
letter wound up In very ingenious language,
admitting the apparent absurdlty Of thu
whole proceeding, but protesting that thopas
sion was true and deep, and that nothing
could end II except realization or absolute
and ascertained hopolesnes,
Rector Brent was good natured man and
kind father, 80 he shook his head and
smiled over his sons folly, being sage him.
self But he wrote kind reply, saying
that his son would be always welcome homo
under any conceivable circumstances, and
that III, ugh he must confess tho expedition
seemed rather wild, yet he well knew that Ia
tho latter scenes Of the affair his son would
be ruled by his own good sense and his
fathers counsel,
aAnd now the rector said, M he sealed
this praiseworthy eplstle, NJ think before Per-
clyal comes home had better have my af'
fairs settled" This hc said, and ~ no spoke
he looked AZ his own likeness IN the chimney
glass, Something struck him, "Dcar me,
no exclaimed. "l must cot some new toethw
For fifty years Of good living had told upon
this portion Of his mechanism; and now re-
necting that ho was about 10 marry, ho
reasoned thus, AT such times we refurnish
our houses, ThInl, Of man refunlshlng his
house, and not rclunishIng his mouth II
am 20 have a new dining table, ! ought 10
have a new set Of teeth 20 use eat IL, Besides
He grlnncd In the glass, "Yes," he said,
shaking his hend mot at all propoweNing,
He grinnod again, and this time by thepowor
OF fancy vet new white teeth In the vacant
spaces "Not doubt Of H." ho muImurodi
the greatest Improvement"
So that morning. instead Of making pro-
posal Of marriage 30 the lively widow, hO
went 30 an adjacent town, whore notable
dentist practiccd, and here no had his jaws
oyerhaulcd and q plan Of the projected lm'
provomcnts drawn out The dentist was q
man Of chat, and when hc ascertalncd whence
10 ask about various people In the noighbor'
hood, and curious stories b. tell, aud gossip 10
exchange; NO that our little rector, porchcd In
the operating chair laughed and chilrupod
and looked the Image Of enjoyment Short
sighted man
"By the way said the dentist pauslug a
moment with one Of his tools In his hand,
'has not Mrs, Temple settled IN Kcttlowell
during the past yoarP
Rector Brent know that u faint blush shot
out Of his check as he answered "Yosn
"a remarkable woman the dentist con.
tinucd, forgetting his task, while with med
ltative face he seemed 10 contemplate bygono
days. "a very remarkable woman"
"a very, rerv remarkable woman tho
rector replied, determined 10 add an Ndyorb
In this very peculiar case
"Wondcriul energy said the dentist,
"Most wonteriull' the rector rojoincd, still
on the augmentation principle,
"And such face and hgurol' the operator
said again,
"Ah, such face and Aguro" repeated tho
rector unable 20 refrain from rubbing his
hands together,
oFor her years" tho dentist remarked, In
an explanatory voice
30, come, comcl' cried the rector, In tones
OF rcmonstrOncc 81 don't see that She h
youthful, certainly. and sprightly, but still
women are not old at forty.llyc,'
AT iohdt tvcr asked the dentist, not hay'
ing caught the ilrst word,
"Forty.llyo," repeated the rector boldly
and omphatIcOlly
oSovonty.Hyc, moro liltcly," the blunt den.
tist said, now intent ON his tool, which was
out Of repair
90, see, sccl" cried Rector Brent; "you
are talking of her mother We don't know
the mother The mother does not live with
them now
"uulcs Mrs, Barbara Tompc Il holsolf
aud her mother no the c'Wmc time ! am not
talking of her mother the dentist an.
wwod @lhut lady ~ seventy years Of age,
II shc Is sgyon,'
Saying tln with great uncuncoln, ho Od.
yaucpd to take SOME further measurement OF
thc clugymuuR mouth, and observing bis
face OF horror ho said rcoumrmglyi
"pont howuty, | am not going 10 lObo
anything out
The rector eospug, waved him away So
cunulIyo were hia movements that Tor q
moment tdodmUt feared that ho night hNy0
lrit one ui hIs minor implements Ia tho
patients mouth, which implement, having
been inadvertently swallowed, was, from
iu unuccummudUtlng material aud unusual
shape, doing violence 10 nature IN one OF
other of the canals which traverse the human
continent
oDo you mean 10 say said the astounded
clergyman ne last "that Mrs Barbara Tom.
po-the lady who has three fine dnughter-'
v moro than torty.nyoP
"Bcforo one of those young ladies was
born the dentist replied, little thinking how
dreadful were his words, ~ made front
tooth for Mrs ,Tomplo=not Mrs Tcmplo
then. She wnf u remarkably handsome
woman, something over forty just u tint Of
gray In her hair ! wna not surprised when
heard few months after, that young Cop.
tain Tompo was going 10 marry her But |
wds q little surprised when ! heard subso'
quently that his wife was going 10 present
him with n child aud when heard that this
child was followed by second, aud that 10y
third | wns | confess, surprised not q
little
"But Mn Tcmplo was only about two and.
twenty when she married the second time,'
the rector said, still unable 10 credit whit ho
heard.
"hly doar SIR Che dentist said, laughing
~ have known Mrs Barbara Temple us n
woman for nyc.nndioty years nj the least
Let me sco'-he went through some hnlfoudi.
BILE calculoton-"l remember her iilting q
man IA iiNi.n
"rhen,' the rector cried, lcaping from the
chpir aud smitiug hand against hand till the
room rang, ~ shall never believe anything In
this world ognIn except the three crccds and
tho Ten Commandments. Nothing Is 20 be
trubtod-nut eyes nor ears nor the human roa.
SON Forly.ilye- seventy.nyel iiled man
IN seventeen hundred and ninuty.fyol Why,
then, she must remember the French Rovolu.
tionl o dear, o dear, how very hot II has bo.
comew