Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-07-23

uIunh.rro.. uuw,tokaNlosi in, Of ar"; and,
t. i,ulv enough, At, Ter beauty moro nrl
u,re d,rayo', She seemed moro and more re-
-ulvrd to i,t all tn world knoA what
hcnuty She bought u iYoi Size grew affected,
ut IN posturcs. dr sSd COR tvcntr-iv"-Wo
vol fame, that sh" rou."d LITTLE"
Meanwhile, her old reserve and her silrNt
WAYS II manned the same She talked little
and tool; no pains with her conversation. She
treated most people with naughty reserve
Strong and sensible as she was, Sibyl was
never able to seq that she was growing an old
woman, and that the affectation of physical
beauty had long ago been ridiculous grieve
to write it of Sbyl, for whom have ever felt
respect and even regard, but the verdi t of
Kettlcwcll was that shr-once queen in
our socinty-had bccomo-drcadful world
u bore
Caroline. at the same time, had changed
with years in quite another way. You re-
member how well she used to dres, all these
girls dressed well But Caroline as she he-
came intellectual, began to neglect her per-
son. and rather affected slovenlincss. She
would wear II morhng dress in the evening,
or 90 to a concert in a shawl like parish
blanket, which She would pin across her
breast with some odd brooch that she might
have picked up in Hauway street In fact.
Car became fearfully blue, and would even
talk about Hebrew during dinner, attacking
tender young curates who had never seen
Hebrew grammar, frightening the poor
Young men out of their senses. and running Il
good dinner. In addition to this, she became
"A woman's rights lady, and made speeches
advocating female suffrage. Upon these
occasions Egcrton used to go to the back Of
the hall with an umbrella and applaud. Also,
if it was a Stranre town. he would nudge his
next neighhur when the speakers came on the
platform:
Can you toll me-" he would ask, in a low
whisper. (which Of these ladies is Mrs. Eyer
ton Doohttr:'
Curiouslv enough tine stranger was never
able to point her out
II should like to have seen her Egcrton
would say. People assert she i, a tromcH-
dously clever woman. Indeed, know Size is.
In fact, You may spread it with confidence;
She rs a tremendously clever woman
And in this way my dear Egerton would
say to her when they got home, in this way
| intend to get your name up. Its the kind
of thing that is done with actresses, and-and
popular prea, hers, and statesmen too. UNI
l,rstand Some one goes about-perhapS the
mans twin pretending he does not
|
MIR. So-and-so" Probably the other saws.
Il never heard Of the .reat Mr.. So-and-so
How very remarkable" the twin brother
exclaims. Everybody is talking about him.
| so wish to sec what he i, like Exactly
my way with You, dear | shall get your
name up, depend upon it.
Il am afraid we shall never get our votes, ="
Caroline remarked, resting her chin on her
hand, and speaking in a mood of dolefu con
tdcnce. 1t had been a wet evening, and the
meeting had been small, moist and not an
g,Iine I'VE are working against hope"
II should not be Iii. hcartcned, Car, if | were
YOU EScrton replied. TRY little of this
pheasant, dear. No: Well, / will | was
going to say | should not he dsheartened
about the cause As you said tonight dear
new truths always have to work their way.
Look ut my theory about red mullet. | have
been at 1t for twenty years, and yet even to
this day that delicious fish is laid on your
plate in most houses in Kettlewell just as if it
was package But that truth will work its
way, too and when am no more'-Egerton
said this with n tremor in his voice. and he
/ laid down his knife and fork to deal with GER
tain symptoms of moisture in his left eye
| "whcn ! am no more, red mullct will he
cooked in my way all over educated Europe
For poor Egerton remained constant to his
/ great theory about red muet and firmly
/ persuaded that reform in that direction
would help on the regeneration of mankind,
and in this gentle conviction our amable
milkSop will live and die.
We bid farewell to Sibyl to Caroline, to
| Egerton. LIT the men learn what lesson
from Egcrtou they can or will. | write for
the women. And | wish them to observe
that Caroline II, well as Sihyl. sank into a
social niliction lost all power of attraction
rs years went on; and in both eases | be
lieve the loss arose from simple mismanage-
ment. This story as every ref citing reader
saw long ago has aS many morals as II
hedgehog has prcies But here is one par
ticular moral spear which | would intix in
the minds of my feminine students:
Either Sibyl or Caroline, according to the
gifts of person and of mind, would have out
shone Sophia from first to last had they
known the secret of charming rs she knew it.