Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-05-24

there was no sufficient charm 10 account
for the feeling Such magnetism is exer-
ctsed by all strongly tender natures, and
the sympathetic soul becomes instantly
sensitive az contact with the magnetic cen
ter. How often Is il said: IL wonderw what
he can see in her to loverf because, for
sooth. the eye Of flesh can not penetrate be-
meath the surface. May il not be. must it
not be-, that it is given to the eye of love to
zee and TO the heart Of love to understand
that which is hidden from the multitude
the inner beauty and worth, that soul-lovs-
illness which is the only pure and abiding
beauty.
But, IL YOU had seen Kate Wilton efoo,
and afield, you would have, Inevitably,
turned and watched her with a growing
feeling that she was a somebody; for, 10 a
superb hysique, she added a rare grace of
carriage. To SEQ her walk was "A reveIa-
>t,on, compelling the reflection that, among
the shambling, wincing throng Of woman
KIND, walking was a lost art. Glowing
with exercise, her eyes sparkling, little,
struggling tendrils of hair curling about
her forehead and around her ears, her face
was at its best. In rcpo.e, her face lost
its 2r1t charm-the charm of light. The
difference ia her face when in repose and
when emotion or exercise stirred il was
the difference between the cold, gray sky
st dawn and the warm, bright sky ut sun
rise; between the stream that flows sober.
" in shadow and the merry, laughing
stream that leaps in the light For this
reason. perhaps, any attempt 70 describe
Kate Wilton's face ends only in . category
Of features. Her light, brown hair was
worn rolled back in a curling wave
from her pure, high forehead; the
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straight and over large, mouth also rather
large, with lines which, straight in repose.
could soften and become sensitive when
abe was aroused or interested. Her Thin
was firm and well nodded and the white
neck was full and faultless In its curves.
The striking characteristic Of her face
was strength. An artist, with a Sue or
two, could have made it sweetly strong or
s.ernly strong, but strong il must b.. in
any case. Her nature was of that kind
which seems to be instinetively religious
The doctrine Of a particular. all
Providence, so hard OF understanding for
some, was 10 her the most natural Of DO
Iefs. Her religion was pure love, and IL i,
be true that
He prayeth best who loveth best
All things. both great and small
shen Kate Wilton's prayers should have
AANhA A0A htI ItEtIu AOF
life, in its lowest forms, amounted TO al
most reverence, Perhaps this was due as
much 10 surroundings and education as 10
the inherent qualities Of her mind. Left an
orphan IN early girlhood, Katie had been
taken nome by an aunt. who was a widow
Snd endless. Aunt Ruth was a Qaakeress
sna while she faithfully fulfilled the desire
OF the child's parents AMI let her receive
~ religious educg'ion in the worship OF
Ne denomination Of which her father had
been > pastor, she could not do otherwise
than impress upon the child, not - much
by word a. by living example. that peculiar
reverence for h Father which is charae
'eristic Of the peaceful sect. Thee must
be very still in myself. my child. II thou
nearest the Divine voice. was a precep,
that bore its fruit in Katie's life.
She grew up a believer in divine vo ces
and sought 10 make within herself that
holy calm in which no whisper of Heaven
Il lost to the spiritual sense. Among the
voices that Kate Wilton listened for was the
voice Of God. speaking through human lips
the words of love; Whittier thou goest
well GO There was not a particle OF
eoquefry in her; 10 have sought a lover
would have been 10 outrage every instinct
OF her nne and delicate nature. Yet she
Thought daily Of husband and Of home
The maternal instinct was strong within
her, and child faces and child voices came
and went in her pure dreams. Daily she
prayed Tor the man who was coming to her
with ever-uearing feet, feeling a sweet de-
light in the thought that he whom her
soul loved. unknown OF name. unknown of
form, would be blessed from a source un-
known or ~tranquilized and refreshed in
hours OF loneliness and struggle BY her in
tercession. II was a rare and singular
thing that she should feel that the qualities
she loved must be m~ortally inearnafe and
come To her some day, 10 be known of name
and cherished Of body.
And so ii came TO pass.
BY a chance as seeming strange as the
meeting In mid ocean Of ships from antip-
odal ports, as strange as the meeting on
long parted friends in the crowded
tnoroughfare Of a TRANCE city, Carl Burton
came into her life and found it swept. gar
nished and prepared. That one year OF
love, which followed, seemed a year OF
more than human JOY. Perhaps, though
happily she could not know il, a longer ex
perience would nave shown her that. as
the sunlight makes wen common things
beautiful, so she owed 70 the glamour Of her
own ove-its abnegation and intensity
much OF the beauty which she found In her
lover. Perhaps she might have slowly
learned that her ceaseless prayer 10 be wor-
my Of him was needless, or even that his
fl@oFsse Was parasitic, drawing on her life