Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-02-23

secure that she has occnni0lal rest and cOlin-
try air on Sunday--her only free day Ms.
Stuart has already wrung out Of Mrs. wor-
rail-, by a little judicious soaring, permission
20 carry her or for two Bundays-one this
month and one ext-and Miss Brctherton's
romantic side, which Is curiously strong{)In
her, has been touched by the suggestion that
the second Sunday shall be spent at Oxford
Probably for tho first Sunday week
bence--we shall 60 TO Surrey. You remem-
Der Hugh Farnhains property ncar Ieith
Hill know oil the farmp about there from
old shooting days, and thsre is one on tho
edge Of some great commors which would bs
perfection ON a May Sunday. I viii write
you full account Of our day. Tho only rulo
laid down by the league is that things nre 20
be 90 managed that Miss Brcthcrton Is 10
have no possible excuse for fatigue so long as
she Is In the hands Of tho society.
my book goes on fairly well. have been
making long study Of De..Musset, with tho
result that the poems seem to me far finer
than bad remembered, AMI tho Confessions
dun Enfant du Steele miserable per-
fornance How was It It impressed me SO
much when read II firsti His poems havc
reminded me OF you at every step. Do you
remember how you used 10 read them aloud
TO our mother and me after dinner, while tho
father had his sleep before going down TO the
houscf"
Ten days later Kendall spent long Monday
evening In writing the following letter to his
sister:
"Our yesterdays expedition was, think n
great success Mrs Stuart was happy, be-
cause she had for onco induced Stuart TO put
away his papers and allow himself holiday;
it was Miss Brctherton's first sight OF tho
genuine English country, and she was like
child among the gorse and tho hawthorns,
whilo Wallace and amused our manly selves
extremely well in bcfriending tho most beau
tiful woman In the British isles, In drawing
her out and watching her strong naive i'm
prcssions Of things Stuart, think, was not
quite happy. 1t is hardly 10 lie expected OF n
lawyer In the crisis of bis fortunes that he
should enjoy ten hours divorce from his
briefs; but hc did his best to reach the COM
mon level, and bis wife, who Is devoted to
him, and might MS we'll not be married nt al.
from the point of view of marital companion
ship, evidently thought him perfection. Tho
day more than confirmed my liking for Mrs.
Stuart there aro certain little folles about
her; she is too apt 10 regard every distin-
guished dinner party she and Stuart attend
as an event Of euormogs and universal inter-
est, md beyond London society her sym
charitable form which is rather pity and
liberation than sympathy But she is kindly,
womanly, soft; she has no small jealousies
and none of tina. petty self consciousness
which makes 30 many women wcarisome to
She great majority Of plain men, who havo
10 wish to take their social exercises too much
nu serieux.
81 was curious TO SEQ what sort Of n reln-
tionship she and Miss Brcthcrton had deycl-
oped toward each other Mrs. Stuart il
nothing If not cultivated; her light individ-
uality floats easily ON the stream of London
thought, now with this current, now with
that, but always in movement. never left be-
hind. She has tho usual literary and artistic
topics at her fingers end, aud so she knows
everybody. Whenever tho nero abstract
sides of a subject begin to bore her, she can
fall back upon IN endless store of gossip as
lively, as brightly colored and, on the whole,
rs harmless us she herself is. Miss Bretherton
had till a week or two ago but two subjects
Jamaica and the stage-thc latter taken in
somewhat narrow sense. Now she has added
to her store uf knowledge great number Of
first impre ssions OF London notoricties,
which naturally throw her mind and Mrs.
Stuarts moro frequently into contact with
each other, But | SEQ that, after all, Mrs.
Stuart had no need Of any bridges of this
kind to bring her ON To common ground with
Isabel Brctherton. Her strong womanliness
and the leavcn OF warm hearted youth still
stirring in her would bo quite enough Of
themselves, and besides, there Is n critical do
light in tho girls beauty and tho little per-
sonal pride and excitement she undoubtedly
feels at having, in so crcditnblo and natural
u manner, secured a holl on tho most inter
esting person of the season. 1t is curious to
see her forgetting her own speciatics ahd
neglecting 10 make her own points that sho
may bring her companion forward and set
her in the best light, Mis-, Bretherton takes
her homage very prcttiIy; 1t is natural to her
TO DO made much of, and she doe, not refuse
it. but she in her turn cyldcatlv admrcs
enormously her friends social capabilities
and clcverncss, and she is iInpusiNely eager
TO make some return for Mrs SJuart's kind
ncss-an eagerness which shows itself IN tho
greatest complaisance toward all the Stuarts'
friends, and in constant wntchlulucSS for
anything which will please and nsltcr them
However, here | am ms usual wasting
time in analysis instead of describing to YOU
our Sunday II was one Of those heavenly
days with which May starties W. out of our
winter pesSimism, sky and earth seemed to
be alike clothed IN IA young riiescent beauty
We found u carriage wa ting for us at the
station, and we drove along great main
road until n sudden turn landed us in a
green track avcrsnG a land of endless COM
mons, us wild and rs forSakeu of human kind
rs though it We're region in some virgin
continent. On either hand the gorse was
thick and gelden great oaks splendid in tho
first dazzling sharpness of their spring green,
threw vast shadows over tho fresh moist
grass beneath, and over the lambs sleeping
beside their ileecy mothers, while tho haw-
thorns rose into the sky IN masses of rose
tinted snow, each tree a shining miracle Of
white set in tho cnvironing blue
Then came the farm house-old, red
brick, red tiled, casementcd-everything that
the aesthetic soul desires the farmer and his
wife looking out for us, and pleasant,
homely meal ready In the parlor, with its
last century woodwork.