Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1886-05-06
THE NORTHWEST
5APoIEoss O. NAY q isse'
BEAUTY'SSECRET'
By Alan MUIR
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ss LADY BEAUTY s MOTHER
By ALAN MUIR
LADY BEAUTY s MOTHER
CHAPTER I.



1 nm !.
pAhkSfss ~ skAulss ABSENCE
For tho room had grown darker 70 oer-
tAinty- No doubt glass and silver snone a.
slearly as before, the damask was ~ "ni1e'
the bloom Of the flowers a. rich, and tne MN
Gled lghts-sunlight straight from on rne
green lawn outside, and lamplight just COM
ihg into radiance on the dinner taole-nad
not lost brightness oy one ray ana yee tne
room was darker. Everypody ieN pnat
poke II aloud, and we all looked round tne
liable and the walls and confessed that tne
soom was several shades darker.
1T always is dsrker,' whispered an Oh
gentleman ct my side, when Lady Beauty
eaves the room-aiwaysr
There were SIX other men at the table; p'st
Is we spoke two Of these fell into discussion
mon the old theme Of Tory and Wing. Two
r,ore-pnrsons- s-etruck OF into some CONVEX
..t,oo about sbirb- and Flows How the
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start g dialogue OF our own; ana as PLAINLY
we should neither 30 interrupted nor over
heard Ibid not know my companions name;
hut his fine figure and his cheerful face had
s,raaav pade ma teal nm interest IN him. and
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4 You are . assrangnr mere, repned sne o'a
man, with q smile which pleased me more
than ever
confessed It.
aOr Won would know who Lady Beauty Is.
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and-and---i did NOT notice Young "ollian
here this evening
my friend continued, with vivacity which
cleaned in his eyes and carved scores Of hu-
morous little wrinkles round the corners Of
his mouth. Lady Beauty b not young-by
Che almanac, that is. )"
4Then who can she beT reelected. mot
surely that spare aggressive-lookin woman
that sat between you and me and talked Of
female suffrage and the higher education OF
wonanr
Ny old friend laughed with great relish.
aI'hat Is her eldest sister.
swell, surely not that tall, artificial look
ing old maids she an old maid, by the
wayi-who had such fine outline and such
q suspicious bloom upon her chceksf
9No, not her; that Is the second sister, Y the
1dd gentleman answered, with another laugh.
"A widow, too, my young friend.
Y II have III" cried ], slapping the table . lit
tie In my excitement, SO that the Wing and
Tory glanced up, but seeing It was nothing,
resumed their argument. 1T was that lady
n black, with the silver hair, neither stout
nor slim, who spoke 50 clear and low, and
eened to keep everybody IN good humor
shout her. Pity sat 50 far awayi was
Snvying the people near her ~ dinner time
Am right sss
you are, he answered. prhnt was Lady
Beauty; and when she LEFT the table she did
take some light away with her. You thought
You we're making q gallant sort Of joke ap-
plieds TO the sex generally; but You spoke
mare truth than you fancied The room scds
darker when she left. Darker TO me It al
ways y, and my old friend breathed sigh,
which interested me more than ever.
Il did not know 1t was she who carried the
light away" ! said 4 had scarcely noticed
her.