Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-04-25
BOOK ONE.
LADY BE4UTYS MOTHER,
CHAPTER |.

For the room had grown darker to q Ger
taiuty. No doubt glass and silver shone as
clearly as before, the dAnssk was a. Wnite'
the bloom Of the flowers as rich, and the
mingled Hgbts-suulight straight from on
the green lawn outside, and lAmphghs Jost
coming into radiance on the dinner table
had not lost brightness BY one ray. Ard
vet the room vas darker. Everybody fslt
that spoke it aloud, and We all looked
round the table and the walls and con-
isssed that the room was several shades
darker
ut always is darker" whispered an cd
gentleman at my side, when Lady Beauty
leaves the room-slEsys!
There were six othsr men at the table;
bat &c We spoke two OF them fell into dig
custom upon the old theme Of Tory and
Wing. Two more-psrsons-struck oil
into some conversation about high and
low" How the third pair employed them
selves forget, but they did not join our
conversation Plainly the elderly gentle
man and myself were TO start dialogue
of our own; and as plainly we should
neither be interrupted or overheard. did
not know my companions name; but his
fine figure and his cheerful face had already
made me feel an interest in him, and re-
solved to keep up the talk which he had SO
pleasantly begun.
Who may Lsdy Beauty beT l asked.
you are q stranger here" replied the
DID maD, with q smile which pleased me
more than ever.
confessed it.
"Os you would know Who Lady Beauty
is Her praise is on everybody's hps."
But" l said, generally l pay every
lady in 8 room the tribute Of at least one
look; and-and-I did not notice young
woman here this evening"
i said nothing about young woman,
my friend continued. with viVscity which
cleaned in his eyes and carved scores OF
humorous little wrinkles round the corners
Of bis mouth. Lady Beauty is not young
by the almanac. that il"
Then who can abe be2" ] reflected.
Not surely that spare sggressive-icSking
woman that sat between you and me and
talked Of female suffrage and the higher
education Of womenT'
Nv old fiend laughed with great relish.
That ia her eldest sister
We'll surely not that tall, artificial.
docking old mains she An old maid, by
the way 2-uho had such 6ne outline and
such o suspicious bloom upon her cheeks p
No, not her; that Is the second sister,
the old gentleman answered, with another
lrugh. "A widow, too my young friend.
Il have IT, cried l, slspping the table a
little in my excitement, 30 that the Wing
aud Tory glanced up, but seeing it was
nothing. resamed their argument. 1T was
,kst lady in blsck, with the silver hair,
neither stout nor elm, who spoke 50 clear
and low, and seemed TO keep everybody in
good humor about her. Pity sat so far
away i was snyyiOg the people near her
sn dinner time. An rightT'
You are" he answered. That was
LADY Beauty; and when she left the table
she.did take some light away with her. You
thought you were making q gallant soSt Of
Joke applied 10 the sex generally; but you
spoke more truth than you fsncied. The
4 IL Lee na-Lar
TO me it always is" and my old friend
6reathsd sigh, which interested me more
than ever.
II did not know it WAS she who carried
the light sWsy," | said: Il had scarcely
noticed her.
There is her praise" the old gentleman
answered, warmly. she does not force
herself upon you. And dare say many
DAYS YOU don't look at the sun; but when
sunset comes you miss him none the less."
Ry such pleasant paths We entered into
conversation Ny friend told me many
things about Lady Beauty" to which ]
listened With an attention which pleased
him greatly; 50 much that, when We were
about 10 leave the table, he took me gently
by the sleeve, and said that, If had moth
i1z better to do that night and liked
chat and O cigar, and vould accept g seat
in his carriage, he would tell ne ell the
the story of Lady Beauty | Was too much
interested ia himself and his narrative to
say no; and the story 50 commenced and
continued on several subsequent evenings,
IhaVs here recorded without any attempt
at art, Just in the simple way heard it. !
offer il here for the acceptance, amusement
and instruction of that portion Of creation
who, % they are the fountain OF life and
and its best prize, may, By the uSs Of the
gifts God has so ehoiesly bestowed upon
them, be not alone the ornament, but the
ioy Of the men they love. In which high
art respectfully ask them to learn les
son from Lady Beauty.