Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-04-25

But Old SpalGlrg; VINO WAX our snroHu-
est head by long way, hearing this ques'
ton asked at Miss Whitin's house one az
,ernoon, remarked with a comicsl face to
fix our attention, that we had not disposed
OF the mother yet. Surprising that SO nstu-
raj thought bad not suggested itself be.
fore Mrs Temple, as we understood, had
b4en married very early, aud our most
com petent female critics declared tina. she
could not be more than fOrty-6ve, or, rather
| should say, they put it that she could not
be less. We had several widows and spins
tiers of rips years, and these agreed that
forty.Gye was still q marrying sge; indeed,
some Of the ladies declared thsE 1t was the
beat time OF ali = an opin,or in which Spar
king concurred with much ye6ehen6e snQ
solemnity. only the old telloR was caught
winkiug slJly at confidential friend i'm
mediately after, which aroused some sus.
picion That Mrs Barbara Temple might
be married before any Of her daughters, that
she was yet an attractive ana marrying
woman, we all admitted. There vas that
in her manner with men which told that
she had not yet abandoned either the hope
or tie methods of conquest; aid it was
plain to ua all tia! iesS lie! vomen are
married every day OF the year Besides,
the fortune was Observation-Disclosures we
had discovered on undou6ted testimony;
and since the fortune could not be less
than three thousand year, we began to
see that for the present II vas Mrs Temple,
not her daughters, VINO wss likely to os
the prize IN our neXt matrimonial race. 30,
having settled this in our minds we pro
cesded like rational beings 10 chose hus-
band for the animated widow; and with
VITA scarcely O dissentiept opinion, We
came to the conclusion that our rector the
Rev. Anthony Brent, would be tbs happy
man. We we're no; altogether SrCnS IN
10 this conjecture, as my story shall dis
close. Bat Mr.. Brent does mol emerge on
our historic page at present.
Let me tell you here that in the course
OF a long life, have never met q woman
Who could match Mrs. Barbara Temple,
Cleyerer women, hsndsomer women, Wit
tier women l have met in scores; but the
secret of Mrs. Barbara Temple was her
utter and hearty love of this present world.
OF this present world she was, | believe,
the sineerest sn5 Ecst uuQuestioning Wor-
shipper that ever lived. She put 40 Strain
upon herself to become what she was; she
unen2hed no aspiration and repressed no
misgiyiug. Worldiness was the simple hon
est expression O. her natural disposition
and her Judgment on affairs. Meyer re-
ligious dsYotee was so completely Enclosed
in q creed as she. For, indeed, it was
creed, and lite, too, and Mrs. Barbara
Temple loved the world Just as a flower
loves sunlight, she obeyed law Of her own
nature But the cheerfulness with which
she oheyed it, her uDquestioniDg faith
in the power OF the world to satisfy every
want; the absence Of suspicion that there
could be any higher motive in life, or, in
deed, any other motive at all, and the
eheerfulness aud alscrity with which she
followed out her convictions made her OF
nscessity',s vigorous aud original character.
All that makes what such people call the
world" she longed for and prizsd, Ac
comphskmants, money, taste, health, the
good opinion of society. thssc. Dnd thou
sand kindred msttsrs, abe regarded as
seyerslly constituents of happiness, TO be
sought with the utmost solicitude every
hour Of the day. She was grateful to the
world for being Whist it was to her-sn
ever-runnipg fountain CT desire or pleas
uFe.
Have sufficiently sketohed her fgure2
Will few strokes more make her clearer
image in your minds eyer She was short,
as have said trimly built, perhaps a triae
too stout, but that might be disputed. Her
nose was rather large, but finely cut, like
her second daughters, and she dressed her
brown hair in short ringlets. which well
suited the style Of her face. Her color was
good and high euoEgh 10 make people ask
questions, and her eyebrows we're not free
from suspicious traces Of making up. Her
dress was slvays ric. and admirably suited
10 her figure aud years; for she was care,
full TO lock full forty-fvs. She avoided sll
absurd sffsctstion OF youth, and Slthouah |
a kind of sprightly dancing step which she |
often fell into, might.hsve seemed rsthera |
fault 10 this direction, most of Us consid. |
cred this gait nothing lat surplus vitality
acting on frame so light and plump that
it seemed made to skip, or bound like o
hall