Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1889-02-10

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meant a tainted art, and she had sLown
herself very restive-Ken6al had seen ;,
something oil 1t On their Surrey expedition
-under any attempts to make her share
the interest which certain sections of the
English cultivated public feel in foreign
thought, and especially in the foreign the
atre. Kendall took particular pains, when
they glided Off from the topic of his
sister to moro general matters, to
make her realize some Of the finer aspects
OF the French world, OF which she knew go
little and which she judged so harshly;
the laborlous technical training TO which
the dwellers on the other side of the char
mel submit themselves so much more read
lily than the English in any matter of ait;
the intellectual cOnee' entiousness and re-
tinement due To the pressure of an organ
lzad and continuous tradition, and 80 on.
he realized tAat a good deal of what he
said or suggested must naturally be lost
upon her. But it was delightful to feel
her mind yielding to his, while it stimu-
lsted her sympathy and uerhaps rousgd
her surprise 10 md him, every now ard
tten, gave and unpreierdi1g response
to those moral enthusiama in herself which
were too real and deep for much direct ex-
preston.
whenever an next in Paris. - abe said
70 him, when she psrfoIce rose TO 20 with
that pretty hes;tltion of manner which
Wal so attractive in her, "wculd you mind
would Mime. de Chateauvieux-if l
asked you to Introduce me to your sister?
1t would be great pleasure 60 me.n
Kendall made c very cordial reply, aud
they parted klowing mole of each other
than they bad yet done. Not that ME
leading impression Of her was in any way
modified. Ircjmpstent and unprOmisiug
rs an artist, delightful IS woman,
had been his earliest verdict upon her,
end his conviction of his reas0nab,eness
hal been only deepened by subsequent
experience; but perhaps the seIss Of
delightfalnees was lining uron the sense
Of incompetence After ell, beauty snd
charm and sex have in all ages been TOO
much for the clever people who Try to
reckon without them. Kendall was FIR
zoo shreWd not to rtcGgniz9 the very natural
aud reasonable character Of the proceed
iugs and rot to smile at the first aign Of it
in his own pergo1. Sill, he meant to try,
/ if he colld, to keep the two estimates dis
tinct, and neither to c0nfuse himself nor
ether peopla by confouEdiug them. 1t
sesmsd TO him an intellectual point Of
honor TO keep his head perfectly cool on
the subject Of Miss Bretherton's artistic
claims, bat he WAS conscious that i. waa
rot always very easy 20 do-a conscious
ness that made him sometimes all the more
reca,citrant under thu prees1re Of her
celebrity.
For it seemed to him that in society he
| heard Of nothing but her-her beauty, her
| fascination ard her success. At every din
ner table he heard stories of her. some of
them evident inventions, but all tending
in the same direction-tbat is to say, Illus
tyGiing either the girls proud independ-
erce and her determination to De patron
iza3 by nobody, not even by royalty itself,
or her lavish kiDd-heartedness and gensr-
osity towards the POOR and the Interiors Of
her oEn profession. She was for the mo-
ment the great interest of London, and peo-
pie talked Of her popularity and social
prestige as q sign Of the times and a proof
of The changed position of the theatre and
Of thase belonging to it. Kendall thought
it proved no more than that en- ex-
irsmely beautiful girl of irrsproachstle
character, brought prominently before The
public in any cjpaci!y whatever, il sure
10 stir the susceptible English heart, and
that Isabel Bretherton's popularity YVES
not ons which would in the long run effect
the e.aga at all. Bat he kept his r,Asc
t'o-s 10 himlelf, and in general talked about
her no more than he was forced 70 do. He
had sort OF chivalrou5 feeling taat those
Wbom the girl had made in any degres her
personal friends ought, as fsr as possible,
to stand between her and this inquisitive,
excited public. Ard it was plain 10 him
that the enormous social success was not OF
her seeking, but Of her relations.
Oae afternoon, between 6 and Z, Kendall
wss working s!ons in his room with tie
usual prospect of clear evening before
him. He had finished a piece Of writing
ana was standing before the fire deep i'll
thought over the first paragraphs of his
next chapter when be heard knock; the
door opened and Wallace stood en- the
threshold.
May come in? It's shame to di $
lurb you, but I've really something i'm