Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-10-18
HOW HE GOT OUT OF IT.


soch was thu prologue. This was the
piece.
He bad driftst INTO IL. She Vas very
pretty, snd undeniabiy cell dressrd, danced
70 psrfsetion. and pp-.es-sd that perfect ease
end grace Of movement which marks tns
highest London fashion and gives it the stamp
peculiarly It's own.
80 they INST, night after night, dancing
valss after vsise together. They sat In How
cry alcoves and on tsiiit Staircase and
talked in manner bedtrlng the occasion,
soft murmars, half sentences, whispers very
cio-e 10 the shell ike ear. All this was no
doubt very plsaAsnt 50 the sea~on went on,
and this reprsh-nsibIs young man had got no
further: nay. was beginning To ask himself.
had she heart 10 be stirred at alif Had be
himself. and II -. ~hy did her charming
company never cause II one single extra pull
.atioa' Yet he found undoubted pleasure in
her society; the dances she gave him made
the whole evening 10 him
He WAS never weary 81 contemplating the
sway Of her graceful figure the poise Of her
pretty head, with it. clustering curis 80 ar
tisricaily arranged, and her voice was -
sweet. though IL wss true that her converse
ton never wandered from tho veriest com
monplaces 81 society talk Yet she dis
enursed on these In q manner which WIS NJ
duction it~sif Beyond taking her at the end
Of dances TO her mother, be had made no par
ttcular acquaintance With Lady Vi las her
friends called her-a mode vi ich we Will also
adopt But one evening she said. IN you
take my mother down to supper tonight
Her usual cavalier has deserted early and
gone home"
on coiIrus he offered his arm directly with
the utmost courtesy. though 1t must be said
MS mind rather msgaye him, and, indeed,
he end Of half an hours study OF this ladys
'Ascinations left him much wiser II rather
sAdiier man.
But we must introduce her iadyship with
iue houors, rs, indeed, she deserves Lady
n was, in the order of events, somewhat
ader than her daughter. But II this was in
ryitably 80 as we fear 1t was, she not
he one TO admit damaging a confession
he one invariabIe compliment she expected
vas: Two sisters surely, Impossiblel This
young lady your dsugh'erf must be al
loved to contradict you"
In truth she was surprisingly young look
ing for a lady certainly twenty years Older
At ittl. distance YOU might conceivably
mistake one for the other, especially against
he light The art Of dress was employed
with that perfection which coDceals itself
Lady vi was no doubt fully aware OF all the
resources of modern civilization, and she
made Skillful use Of them all Her manner
was even softer than her daughters; her
voice had a penetration which impressed the
coolest listener Beneath that delightful and
artistic exterior keen and subtle intellect
was constantly at work. Nor was she wont
to waste It's refinement ON trashy books or
tn. like Her studies were the world in
l..
inhnbit our sphere supplied her with those
objects Of scientific in Investigation and interest
which other people are said 10 find in the
folIies of the microscope and other toys.
1t is also we'll known that, whatever sub
iect "A keen intellect chooses for its special
study the greatest proficiency NAV be looked
for in even a short time, and this lady had
not studied for nothing: she ought indeed to
have graduated in honors
So he found himself. as IL were INHALED
teu.,atb a len, Of searching and pitiles,
strength His writings and contort,ons
and awkward nttempts at extrication only
amused his professor and served no purpos,
whatever. To turn him inside out was hi,
torm.ntor's evident intention: and the vic.
tim. driven To extremity. WAS forced To sum.
mon all his resources in self defense. and this
i. what he did
He piled her on that evening with every at
tent ion he could dsv,s. After sup,.,r WI,
over h. never lief, her side or danced again.
Hs attended her To her carriage sha wled her
with the utmost soli,.itud, paiI no heed to
Mnb4ls reproachful looks nor found "A word
tn saw To her In short. he Transferred him
sif bodily 10 LADY vi and b.cum. from that
evening her devoted aud abiect slave
At birmingham at Sandown. at Henley.
he was her constant attendant. ins,nuch that
reopl. began first to litter and then To whis-
per And those Agreeable. and good natured
remarks were freely exchanged which such
little games Of skill are apt to provoke Lady
Vi accepted his and indeed any mans atten-
tion as a matter Of right and OF course She
accepted We may say without specially en-
eouraging them. asserting that I, WAS all on
Mahei's hehalf Nlat men, and young men,
ran after Der so Mabel had so many ador-
ers and they all paid attention to mamma
as a simple matter OF duty This sounded
very we'll and was said very often and WAS
not believed by ANYBODY
Now Lady Vi had a husband,
husband IL fact which cauno, he wholly
iyuor.,l or eutirelv left ont If tho calculation
bv the femal. portion OF mankind And facts
ar. stubborn things and Sir Hercules was
nero ha,i ALWAYS behaved a. il be wer. on
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