Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-02-04

'"NN VN'l tlieHl ny flgIt O
her great mental and physical beauty,
She was rs gentle and loyablc b,
nature as she was perfect to the eve.
ANA no Young woman Of twenty sum.
inefS had ever Il proudcr, Il more loyal
court OF admirers of her own sex than
she. For a maiden of her W nartic-
Hlar cotcrie to whisper to Il companion
mat which might be in any way con-
Slrued as mean or malicious meant
certain Punishment for that indisrroot
maiden until such time as She should
nave learned to respect the will Of that
,''olSputahle nineteenth century social
oa.teHng-ram, the majority.
Miss Creighton would not have been
human if she had not been a little vain
81 the homage that she had long aon
iearhcd to regard as her due. But if
never appeared on the surface. and
the sight of her, as she stood amidst,
'hronS of her friends, was enough to
create III one the impression that her
admirers We're tasteful in their seler.
ilon OF an idol. She was tlo darkest
OF brunettcS, with jet black hair and =
"c',ca'e oval face that lit up gloriously
"nder the spur of any sudden excite
llcDt Oh emotion. Her great beauty
LAY III her ~cycs-dark, deep ewes, that
flashed forth spirit, resentment or fem
"erhesa at the will eff their owner, She
was tall as all brunettes should hn
anu Iad a pretty way when talking Of
drawing her eXquisitely nodded fgurc
ITS full height and looking down
upon her auditors with an air of aflcc-
Tomato authority.
Inc strangest part Of Miss Morion's
nature was that the infinite sweetness
u temper She displayed towards her
Dung lady friends had no counterpart
III 'ler manner of deporting herself to-
wards the other sex, 1t stood 10 ron
OF course, that She should be idol.
zed by all the young men of the ncioh-
'ofhood who were not sensible enonob
y perceive that She was beyond their
each They SIMPLY adored her. and
no secret of their alteration
lther; but She had no patience with {
lleIh' The first time an admirer snake |
0 hcr OF his regard for her She laugbod l
thlm; the second time She scolded him.
Iu II ne persisted after that she would !
aux I'VE miles out Of her way to avoid t
I'M Naturally enough, however. there Ii
as an exception to this rule-whot ;
1le oil Il woman's life was ever with. h
Ut an eNeeption?-an that execution
as Philip Barton. i,
Ihliip was Il young man of five-and- "
Nehty' broad shouIdcred and athletic h
nj handsome enough to make an no. d
sutton for any not oyer-sensi- 81
girl Besides, he was fairly well II
H. as such things 90; being the SON Of di
lWser Barton, Il clever old attorpor N
no had amassed a snug competence +,
,'le haid labor of nearly sixty years,
VINO had no thought in the world q,
a' ula not center in his boy Phil h,
Ut even to Philip was Marion inclined bl
Times to be capricious and tormcnt- n,
g Perhaps it was because she was
sure of him; perhaps it was only fo
c woman in her that babe her tor G,
eh' mat which found its only happi. n,
'ss IN her presence; perhnps-hut II,
nc eoulu ever speculate with accuracy
Il woman 5 motives? twas enouoh
at she treated him cruelty and dis. ~
infully much too often for his ne,co =,
mlnd-so much so that poor Phil. y,
had been dancing attendance on -,
4 for three years" as his envious ~.
ads expressed it, was far from Ger. 81
N To-day as to whether or not he \.
Is Justified in considering himself n,
J better off than the rest of them. lo
His kind old father, who knew tbo 80
sire OF his boys heart and eneomr. M
Inn in it, frequently spurred him ",
when his energies dropped and his fir
tagged. "Be a man. nv 80
y! he was wont to exclaim, nara. -,
IA woman who is won for =.
asking is not worth having; your III
d will be all the fairer when Won have a
'red her for having given We such = en-,
I'VE chase" ~,
i was with an adjuration of this do.
ringing in his ears that philin ho
md himself dressed one evening for wi
birthday party at the house of one oy,
Marion's friends. Insensibly and Go
what means he was never afterwards an,
Ie to discern, the conviction grew M
On him that that night was to decide W.
late u way or the other. It did yo,
! render him any the less careful III,
III his toilet. however, and when bo nj,
seended the stairway and confronted fin
father. the old gentleman patteJ M,
y affcctionatcly on the back onI ~
d him he was u young mule for hay.