Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-11-24
CHAPTER Y.
VANITY CAN NANQIIISH LOVE

VANITY CAN vANoU1sH LOVE.
The following morning Mr.. Brent received
letter from his son in Australia, announc-
ing his intention Of returning to England for
few months. The reason Of this return the
letter went on to furnish. The son said he
feared his father would think him very
foolish; but love was bringing him home, and
here was the worst of the matter-love under
very peculiar circumstances. He had fallen
in love wth-a picture! He had seen the
portrait of girl whose face had impressed
him as never the living face Of any woman
had, and having ascertained that the original
of the picture really lived, and was English,
and not duchess or u princess, which well
she might be, but girl Of his own rank in
life, young Brent was determined to find her
out and try to secure her for himself. The
letter wound up in very ingenious language,
admitting the apparent absurdity of the
whole proceeding; but protesting that the pas
sion was true and deep, and that nothing
could end it except realization or absolute
and ascertained hopelessness.
Rector Brent was good natured man and
a kind father; SO he shook his head and
smiled over his sons folly, being sage him
self But he wrote kind reply, saying
that bis son would be always welcome home
under any conceivable circumstances, and
that though he must confess the expedition
seemed rather wild. yet he we'll knew that in
the latter scenes of the affair his son would
be ruled by his own good sense and his
fathers counsel.
"And now" the rector said, as he sealed
this praiseworthy epistle, II think before Per-
1.1,ol oo,,,oc bo,,,o 7 bo6 baftar box,a r,,Jy Of
fairs settled" This he said, and as he spoke
he looked at his own likeness in the chimney
glass. Something struck him. "Dear me-"
he exclaimed, II must get some new teethp
For fifty years of good living had told upon
this portion of his mechanism; and now re-
flecting that he was about to marry, he
reasoned thus: "At such times we refurnish
our houses. Think of man refurnishing his
house, and not refurnishing his mouth! If I
am to have new dining table, ought to
have a new set of teeth to use at it. Besides"
He grinned in the glass. eyes," he said,
shaking his head, mot at all prepossessing."
He grinned again, and this time by the power
of fancy set new white teeth in the vacant
spaces. "Not doubt Of it," he murmured;
the greatest improvement"
So that morning, instead Of making pro-
posal of marriage to the lively widow, he
went to an adjacent town, where notable
dentist practiced, and here he had his jaws
overhauled and a plan of the projected i'm
provements drawn out. The dentist was
man of chat, and when he ascertained whence
the parson came he had all sorts Of questions
to ask about various people in the neighbor-
hood, and curious stories to tell, and gossip to
exchange; so that our little rector, perched in
the operating chair, laughed and chirruped
and looked the image of enjoyment Short
sighted man!
"By the way" said the dentist, pausing a
moment with one of his tools in his hand,
"has not Mrs. Temple settled in Kettlewel
during the past year!"
Rector Brent knew that faint blush shot
out of his cheek as he answered "Yes"
"a remarkable woman" the dentist con-
tinued, forgetting his task, while with med
itative face he seemed to contemplate bygone