The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-01-27

10 50 managed that Miss Bretbeton - &
have no possible cxcusi for fatigue 80 long a
soc is in the bands of the society.
NV book goes on fairly well. have bcrr
making a long study oi De. Mussci, with The
rcSu,t that the poems seem 20 rue tar ilneI
than had remembered. and tho Confessions
dun Enfant du SIEGE n miserable per.
Torrance How was So 80 impressed me Sc
much when read 10 firstf His poems have
reminded me q YOU q. every step DO You
remember now YOU used to read than aloud
10 our mother ard me after dinner while tho
father had h.s sleep before going down 20 the
house"
Ten days later Kendall spent long Monday
nvcniug - writing tho following letter TO las
sister.
"Our Yesterday expedition was, think. a
Great success Mrs. Stuart was happy. he.
causo She had for onco induced Stuart 20 pat
away bis papers and allow himself holiday
q was Mis-. Bre,horton's first sight OF the
genuine English country, and She was Ike a
cl.ld among tao gore and tho hawthorrs,
wbilo Wallace and amused our manly selves
extremely well IN beiuendiug tho most beau
tifil woman in thc British isles, M drawing
her ont and watching her strong naive inn
pressions Of things. Stuart, ! think, was not
quito happy. It's hardly TO be expected OF q
lawvcr I'm the crisis OF bis fortunes that be
should enjoy ten hours divorce from bis
briefs. hu. 10 did hi best 20 reach the cont
mon level. md bis wIie. who u devoted 70
him. aud might as well not ne married at all,
from the point Of view OF marital companion
ship. evidently thought him perfection The
dav more than confirmed my liking for Mrs
Stuart. there are certain little foilies about
her: she is too apt % regard every dlstin-
quished dinner party she and Stuart attend
as an event Of enormous and universal inter
est, and beyond London society her sym
pa'hics hardly reach, except In that vague
charitable form which is rather pity and
liberation than sympathy. Butshe - kindly
womanly, soft. She has no small jcalonsies
and none Of that petty self consciousness
which makes so many women wearisomo to
the great majority OF platn men, who have
10 wish 10 take theirsocial exercises TOO much
au serieux.
~ was curious 20 sea what sort OF a rela-
tsnship she and Miss Bretherton had devel-
opod toward each other. Mrs. Stuart IS
nothing il not cultivated, hcr light individ-
uallty 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 the usual literary and artistic
topics at her fingers end, eud so she knows
everybody Whenever the nero abstract
sides OF q subject begin % bore her, she can
fall back upon an endless store of gossip 90
lively, as brightly col0red, and. on The whole,
as harmless rs she horselfis Miss Brethert0n
hod tin week or two ago but two subjects
Jamaica and the stage-fhe latter taken M
somewhat narrow sense. Now she has added
20 her store Of knowledge a great number OF
first impre ssions Of London notoretles
which naturally throw her mind and Mrs.
S'uart's more frequently into contact with
sach other But ! SEQ that after all, Mrs.
stuart had no need of any bridges OF this
sind to bring her on % common ground with
Isabel Bretherton. Her strong womanlncss
and the leavcn Of warm hearted youth still
stirring IN her would be quite enough of
themselves, and besides there is a critical de
ght in the glrrs beauty and the little per-
sonal pride and excitement Sue undoubtedly
feels 40 having. lu SO creditable and natural
a manner. secured "a hold on the most inter
see her forgetting her own specialues and
reg.ecuug to make her own points that she
may bring her companion forward and set
nor in the best light. Miss Bretherton takes
Ger homage very prettily, IL is natural 10 her
ID be made much ~, and she does not refuse
q. but she IN her turn evidently admires
enormously hor friends social capabilities
and cleyeruess, and She is impuls.yely eager
% make some return for Mrs Stuart's kind
ness-an cagerness which shows itself Ia tho
greatest cOmpIaisance tOwtrd an the Stuarts
rcnds, and in a constant Natcniu.ness for
anything which viii please and ilatter them.
However, here l am as usual wasting
lime In analysis instead Of describing % sou
our Sunday. 10 was ono of those heavenly
days with which Nav startles us out of our
winter pessimism, sky and earth seemed 10
oe alike clothed ina young irdescent beauty.
We found a carriage waiting Tor Us al the
tation, and We drove aloHy great main
road until a sudden turn landed Us in
green track traversing q lard OF endless Com
mons, as wild and as foTsai.1u OF human kind
ls though 10 were a region iD some virgin
continent. On either hand tho gors was
hicil and golden. great oaks, splendid iu Tho
irst dazzling sharpness Of thar spring green
threw vast shadows OVER the fresh moist
grass beneath, and over tho lambs sleeping
beside their fleecy mothess while the haw-
thorns rose into the SKY IN masses Of rose
tinted snow, each tree a shining miracle Of
white set IN the enyirOnlty blue.
"Then came the farm house odd, red
brick, red Tiled, casemented --everything that
the rsthetic soul Observation-Disclosures and his
wife looking out for US, aii pleasant.
lome.y meal ready ia the parlor with It's
last century woodwork.