San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-12-30

COuIdSlOuS CnuCkle, anu Seeueu 10 Sug
gest an unexpected charm and droller,
in life. There was manly, masculina
look and quality about his plain facs
and ordinary figure, and in the tone and
utterance of his voice. You felt tina
there was substance in him when re
quired-that he was by no means
phantom of conventions and escapes
that, when everything else had been
eliminated from him, gentleman wouls
remain.
He was great favorite with womef
and with children, and his relations viii
the former were Just as cordial and sim
pie as with the latter. If you dropped
in to see him during morning yor
were sure to find number of men whom
it was particularly worth while TO meet
sitting about in the easy chairs an,
smoking Wallie's famous cigars and
cigarettes. He had fine old fashioned
house down in West Twenty-thirt
street and plenty of money, which ID
knew how to spend that is, he was boti
generous and economical.
But the most remarkable thing about
Wallie Dinsmore was that, instead Of
being in fact the bachelor uncle of so
ciety that he was in spirit, he was actu
ally and conspicuously married. Mrs
Cadwalader Dinsmore Ghey never called
her Mrs. Wallie) was a few years oldel
than her husband and weighed abou&
fifty pounds more than he. She wa
mighty and imposing, convincing and
memorable. Upon her massive counte
nance, which had the texture and hue 0
the finest pink-and-white enamel, wa
| fixed immutably a gracious smile, which
served to condense. as it were, into man
ageable dimensions the else too ponder
Gus acreage of her cheeks and to refin|
the contour of her scarlet lips. He
| hair, of a dense yellow hue, without !;
| thread of gray, was arranged in an in
scrutable manner, upon what might y
termed the cylindrical principle; it re
sembled a carving in vanished maple
it looked brittle.
AS for her figure, Mrs. Cadwalade
might have stood for the capstan of
three decker, round which the jovia1
/ seamen trip as they heave the mighty
anchor. Heryoice, meanwhile: was small
soft and caressing, and she regarde,
her interlocutor with glance of indul
gent coquetry, as if to mitigate the ter
ror of her proportions, though it reall
rendered them only more alarming. No
was her usual talk, as might have beel
expected, about devouring quartz
beeves, or causing earthquakes, or oblit
Grating populations, but about embroid
cred handkerchiefs, and summer zeph
| yrs blowing on wild roses and the hoh
ness of infants slumber Was she, then
a sardonic humorist, or fool buried
alive in flesh? No; she was har
hearted, practical, shrewd woman, witt
sharp eyes, a polite disposition and un
relenting determination.
The fact that she was not of aristo
cratic or indeed discovorable lineag
may have sharpened her claws, so
speak, and steeled her heart; she had
had to fight her own way, and was lit
| tie too much alive to the value of tn
worldly objects she had striven for. Thu
most telling success she had ever scoret
was, of course. her nsT7jagA with Wal
| lie Dinsmore. How she contrived it i
not known; but it must have been, il
every sense, easier to embrace her fifteel
years ago than now. Wallie was tn
most humane of mankind, generousl
| appreciative of everything except hi
own value. At any rate the thing tool
place. and Mrs. Cadwalader proved to b
an admirable and substantial wife.
She made war upon none of his hob
bies; she broke up none of his habits
she sacrificed none of his bachelo
| friends; she kept out of his way excep(
when she could be of use to him, and
then she was always ready. She made
him pay, as the vernacular hath it, but
she let it cost him nothing. In short
though she and her husband had almost
no tastes or traditions in common, they
were completely in harmony, had nd
| children, and were model of New York
domestic virtue, happiness and prosperi
ty 1t is no small thing for a husband
to be able to affirm that his wife has not
had his study busted for week, moi
launched even an obique criticism at
his African lemur.
Such as they were the Cadwalader
Dinsmores made up their minds to ex-
tend the right hand of hospitality *
Mile. Mariana. Mrs. Cadwalader cal!Ada
on her in person, and Wallie, as a mat
ter of course, in the shape OF his. pa,ns
written on piece of pasteboard.. TheI
diva's acceptance having been secured.
the other invitations were issued, and
the day arrived