Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1888-07-12
THE WIDOW ARMSsY.

tAlngs-aInoIg others the rise N
Erie stock, the !nscrutaDle years, the
: depth OF feminine depEavity that made
ny sister Laura drag ne TO Newport
ev-ry season, when ! might 20 TO w
-. and .ukEE!4te II trout fishing
aud 5t.rt s!eeves-when the postman
brought me my mail There was a
letter from Laura read al the 9th
e!s first Not but that | th:.k a great
deal Of Laura. bat she il al licted TO
the customary feminine failings, exag-
nsFatio,' and froTT&,ty which make
her letters rather exaspera.ing to a
maa Of my temperament. who invari-
ably calls a spade 4 spade and says
what he hr- ~ 4ay % the sma lest pos
s'a!e -Tac-. When had finished
reading the othrrs J could scarcely
summon courage :" open LaUra's-I
knew s9 -re.i that -he was laying some
new snare ior 10Y uuwtrv feet Doubt
!ess Newport ana he. dear friend Miss
Augel4ue De Flummerie were not
enough tor tE.s season. Still tate l.
sometime kinder than our deserts,
there was s. bare possibility that she
might be gong to .et me OF for this
summer. Emboidened by tina, thought
opened II and read
DEAR JAcK-It j. lust he most
fortunate thing imaginable that you
are coming down next Tuesday, for
M dear friend Marion Earl, If whom
you have often heard ue speak, Is
coming too, and alone, ard will be
delighted to have you for an escort
She Is Visiting IN Albany, now, but
WI! be IN the ladies room at the -
Station, al 10 clock, Tuesday morn
ing. Don't forget that sLe is Mrs.
A,msty now. sne married Jc Armsby,
three years ago, and he only lived Il
few months after, You know. Yes,
did know 10 Arnsby-a reckless
dIssipated fool. What conld a girl be
who would marry him Il know
you viii be delighted 10 make your
self agreeable to dear Marion, and you
cant help being charmed with her
she Is so brilliant and fascinating
Brilliant and fascinating! Ii there
is anything IT the world that l hate
it is woman who is called brilliant
and fascinating ! sroane. n agony
OF spirit. But there was nothing for
it to but to hunt up dear Marion, ="
see to All her trunks, satchels, um-
brellas and poodles-Lauras dear
friends always travelled with poodles
see that she had a comfort .ble seat,
and was neither too cold nor too warm
had plenty Of books and bananas, and,
worst Of all, beCuile her soul with
small talk incessantly your bril-
liant aud fascinating woman always
wants to talk Now perhaps you
may think, especially il y. are .
she, that l was . cynical Old bache-
lor. | was nothing OF the sort. The
trouble va that had au I'd al OF wo-
manhood. ani my sisters dear friends
d.dnt come ~ to II. They We're all
women OF the perlol." minable
EXPRESSION. p,,, more ahom,nab,a tL;uss,
At least used to think so. Ny
idea. wa, . d5ve.eyc,!, soft voiced lit
tie woman. with light soft hair. not
srimrei. ~ lrl1zed. or any o.
those denominations bu, combed
"MadoDoA-wise ana entirely anne
r,or 20 n, dictates ., fashion in he,
3r,ss She wor, r,ain gr,,sfnI low.
;,. robos an3 srtistis ,omb,rst,on. :,
..l,r Inn, ,,,,,,ss ovsrs.ir,s ami fr,.
b,lows-ysvs1
I,ura was accustomed +, .sk me
sa-r,s,;,allv III ,vsr sxnsc,a3,ofn,
this PARAGON j.: perfection apIlfIdId
lid ! ,xrec; 70 aprear N prbl;, viii
her
can hardly say thatIa.A ,Npec
eve, 10 find her, and therefore I ex
rected to live, till the end o. nv dsvs
a lonely. forgosn melancholy old bach
elor.
Still am only ,h.rty.,hree and hs