West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-11-07
AN EARTHQUAKE CURE.

As she stood there in the window with
her pretty hands clasped behind her. the
soft September sun throwing golden
ray on her bright hair, she was thinking
ana calling herself all manner of epithets,
Oh which Insane" was, perhaps, the
mildest. And yet, looking at Sophy
Schuylers arch, lovely face, you would
have thought him fortunate man who
could call that wistful, troubled smile
into the gray eyes which filled their LIQUID
depths just then.
''It's all in Il tangle," thought Sophy
which, being translated, meant that she
was partly engaged to one man, and
awaking to the consciousness that she was
growing rather too deeply interested in
another.
Vaughan Hesketh, the unluckv man to
whom she fancied she owed allegiance.
was an artist, and poor, while owen
Nugent was wealthy bachelor whom
half the girls in town were crazy about.
Sophy was an orphan, perilously pretty,
and destined to be the heiress of a very
rich old grandfather. Aunt Cynthia,
grandpa's sister, abetted her wilful little
niece In half her naughtiness.
Aunt Cynthia and Sophy had come up
To Catskill quite early in the season, and
among the guests at the boardinQ-house
where they were located was this artist
Hesketh was very handsome; had fasci-
natlng manners and great, mournful eyes,
with poetical way of expressing him
self that did him good service; and find
Ing this young, fresh girl with an aroma
ef grandpa Schuyler's fortune about hcrl.
picturesque and pretty enough for a
"study," he proceeded to study her in
another way, and played the role of a
man wearied, misappreciated and lonely
-wouldn't she just try to comfort and
console him little, poor fellowr'
NuSent was not near as handsome a
man as Hesketh; but there was somethine
better than mere beauty in the broad
white forehead and the frank, blue ewes
that met yours so clearly; and his phys
Ique was certainly superb. He lowered
half head above most of the other zen
tlemen in the house and, like most very
large, powerful men, his manner toward
women was peculiarly gentle aud defer
entail
Sophy would have gone on some time
longer, probably in a vague state of dis
content and uneasiness, scoldinp herself
because Yaughan's society did not give
her unallOyed pleasure, il florence Coch-
rane had not come to Catskill, in all her
Eadiapt, successful beauty, fresh from a
score of triumphs at Newport,
Miss 0oehraDe was belle Of several
years. standing, and understood herself,
as the phrase goes, thorougbiyi that is,
she had accidentally heard Of Owen Nu-
gents return from Europe and his pres
ence at Cqtskili-and nothing but mount
am ar would content the beauty after
that Intelligence. SO her obedfent
mamma gave a mild assent to the plan !,
and Florence, conscious beauty as she
was, had never looked handsomer than
when she walked out on the piazza the
evening Of her arrival and renewed her
acquaiptauce with Nugent, as he was
walking up and down with sopbys hand
on his arm.
Fortgo weeks past Florence mad posed,
smiled aud angled for the golden prize.
while Nugent seemed proyokingly un-
conscious df the entire proceeding. 10
be sures he was with her half the tilno
ct would have been difficult meter To
avoid her without undue rudoness). and
Sophy missed his little attentions and
wondered why II gave her an odd twinge
Of something she had never felt before
when she saw him playing chess with the
beauty every evening Aud tonight, rs
she sat IN Che window, she was specuiat-
ing whether Vaughan would cngross her
dll the time upon Tho trip which they
were expecting 70 take mp the mountain
next day
The mountain party assembled early
tlc. next morning, but they did not get
oHwithout several secret hcartburninrs.
Heskoth, very much to his annoyancc.
found Chat he was, as it were, Obliged 70
90 IN Aunt CYntida'6 wagon; and that
much enduring lady was separated from
bophy and compelled 20 m8trohize FIor.
cncc and.Aunot Osborne, n very tafi. sal
low young woman, whose rather too easy
manners wero forgiven because Of her
pupa's millions down I'm Wall stree,
And'Sophy being, iinhbppily, wedped In.
between Mrs. Cochran shd'a prig0ish
chap named Clay, became more resigned.
70 hcr Situation when owen Nn0ent
climbed up BY the dfiyef, directly behind.
her.
Hosketh was a good deal piquod with
Sofaly fof her innocent gayoty on tho way
up. Every ytimc her blittc, Qirish laugh
echoed down Tho path, he chose TO feel
personally aggricved because she could
be merry whom any one but himself was