News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-06-07

the style of Louis
Quinze, with a dash of ''Liberty"
thrown in, and modern accessories,
such as crystal flower vases, three-volume
novels, and photograph stands, juxta-
posed with Queen Anne silver and knick-
nacks ancient and modern. Dramatis
Personse: a graceful figure In white,
flung with an air of desolation on the
floor beside a sofa, her charming nuque
visible beneath delicious little rows of
golden curls, her frame shaken by sobs;
an older woman standing few yards
distant, dark, beautifully dressed, ''good
looking enough for anything" without
being distinctly handsome, aged some
where within the right side of thirty,
and wearing an expression half compass
sionate, half amused. There is a sus-
picion of raillery in her voice, which is
felt and deeply resented by the fair sor-
rover. Anger is often akin to sorrow as
pity is to love, and the voice which re-
spends to the question when reiterated
is decidedly petulant.
'T wish you would go away and leave
Il Shall not do anything of the sort,
returns the other. al am going to talk
to you, and / do not care in the least
whether you are angry or not, although
had much rather you would take my
remarks in good part
''Oh, responds the voice, still smoth-
cred in the sofa cushions, but losing
nothing of its resentful quality. 81
know how clever You are. and that you
think that you can manage every ones
affairs q great deal better than them
selves"
''She intends this to be a nasty one,"
and, as matter of fact, it does not fall
very pleasantly on the ears of her inter
locutor; but she sits down ON the sofa,
and replies with good humor, "Well,
my love, / may confidently say that /
could manage your affairs a great deal
better than you manage them yourself,
and that if were you, l would have Mr..
Clement Lascelles at my feet in a very
short time
perhaps you have him there nowi"
says the PROSTATE one, ceasing to sob
and trying to sneer instead.
''Well, Dolly dear, to tell you the
truth, fail myself to recognize in that
young man the charm which / observe
he has for-for some people; Indeed, l
consider hin a pOseur, with an exasper-
atingly good opinion of himself, and, if
you ask my candid opinion, 1 think that
he would be all the better for being
ke-"
Dorothy founces up in a moment "I
will trouble you not to insult my
friends" she cries, with flaming cheeks. |
"And it is not very easy to believe your
sincerity when he was sitting in your
pocket all last night, and you were out
walking with him for two hours this /
morning"
''In any case" replies Mrs. Dalton
coolly, ''yOur remarks prove that have
had time and opportunity to form an
opinion of his qualities. / don't deny
that he is good looking, but it is intoler-
able that he should be so conscious of it.
1 admit that he is not without certain
amount of cleverness, and has been !
fairly well educated; but violently OBJ
ject to his thinking himself able to sit in
judgment on people good deal older
and cleverer than himself"
son you, for instancel" cries Dolly.
'tNo, | was not thinking of myself, |
L admit the soft impeachment
(the one regarding my age, at least); and
what dislike most of all is his placing
himself on a pedestal to be looked at
and longed for by-by pretty, silly
little girls, who ought to know better
Dolly stiffens her back, and says, with
an assumption of dignity which sits in
differently well upon her, "If you will
excuse me, I should prefer not discuss
ing Mr.. Lascelles with you. You are
perfectly welcome to your opinion of
him, and claim the liberty of retaining
mine" Then, her majesty suddenly
toppling over, she says vindictivelY, in
quite different tone of voice, 'Perhaps
you think l am such a fool that 1 don't
see through your mean abuse of himi"
'"That may win and wear him my
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humoredly. "No, my dear and acute
child, believe me, you have not fathom-
ed and unmasked my baseness this time.
I know your dear and sensitive little
heart is set upon this fascinating young
man. 1 don't think there is really any
harm in him, and l am magnanimous
enough to be ready to show you how to
obtain his affections, and to make him
the suppliant instead of you"
''Suppliant !" cries Dolly, with fresh
flames from her burning heart ascending
TO her cheeks.
eyes, suppliant. Every one, my love.
can see-he most of all-how you hang
upon his smiles, and despair when he is
Indifferent or capricious.
Wrath makes Dolly absolutely speech
less. If looks, etc, ETC., Mrs Dalton j
would, ETC., etc. {
'fDon't be a goose, Dolly" resumes 1
her friend, not having suffered any visi
bic injury from the lightning glances to
which she has been subjected. ''Keep
your temper and reap the advantages of {
my superior age and experience" {
"Keep them to yOurself!" retOrts
Dolly, tartly.
'eThe first I must, whether or no, but
the latter shall be yours. Come, dear ,
child, you know am fond of you; be-
heve me when say that 1 would not {
have your enchanter as gift, and also
that I am desirous to see him subjugat- {