New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-07-20
A DISGRACE TO HER FAMILY.
BY SYBIL MAXWELL.

find it impossible to believe she could ever
have done the smallest action that was not per
fectly adylike and nice. y face Ike that Is inc
sure token of a heart of gold.
= believe Arthur, | say, turning 70 her great
great great Step-grandson, that the old malds oi
Vour family have been jealous of her for genera
lions and conspircd &c run her down. she Is 50
very pretty and so young
/ have been curosity-hunting i'll the lumber
room at HawkeSwOrth Castle which dohlClle am
shortly TO enter as a bride. Ny future husband
has lust announced his Intention OF having the
Ladies Bower, which consider the prettiest room
in the house, renovated FOR my especial dement,
We have tnumphantlY unearthed spln1hhS-wHeet
TO replace in it; graNely considered the PIopiC'S
nj settinr spinet with most of Its notes dumb, on
it's spinde-legs once more; and are now discussing
picture which has been for years banlshed from
Il like that the best of all our discoveries; let
us have ii hung in the bower in the most favorable
light in the room r.,
marks Miss Sarah HawkcswOrth, Arthurs eldest
sister in q tone which clearly implies " from my
decision there is no appeal a., ..,,;.o ,,o,o,,.
Ont OF the question Why ?" inquire Dolby,
ENJOYING the strong moral support OF ArthuI 5
presence, though ! should have been AFRAID 10
demur at fiat of Sarah's without II. .u..o
Since you 50 very ANXIOUS Tor lnlor 11la-
ton. it is because the original of that picture
was disgrace 70 her family o;u, ~,
The portrait in question represents a glri , OIL
nbout seventeen eighteen, with small, rather
childish face of a very beautiful type she mas
large soft gray eyes, and a most delcateIy CUT
from her good, candid brow, after the trying
fashion of her day, and almost concealed by a
pearled lace head-dress, pretty, unontruolVe
arrangement, that can scarcely be calico cap-d
loose robe of dark silk. turned back at the open
nrok with some wonderfully we'll painted |ene-
tan point, completes the picture. .. =
After a prolonged look at lhe Poft a+ai net
mutinied, as / have already recorded, against
"Of what crime is she supposed to have been
gus" aSbe was my great great great grandfathers
Is supposed to have bolted - put in Arthur,
cOncjSely AS a matter Of fact, Dot NOBODY
really knows what became of her. and believe
a lover was invented as the most convenient way
of accounting for her Disappearance. All we are
sure Of is that she mYstcriOuslY Nanlshrd WYNN
a few months Of her marrage-and those were
not the days Of sagacious policemen ana private
inquiry offices. Dn't You follow her example, OF
You will Squire i'm paragraph in the 1apcrs .
At which speech Sarah looks rs solemn as II
Arthur were talking in grim earnest
1t is most unfortunate that she Is 50 tond OF
lingering in society, as she never uhder>'ah"s
when we happen 10 be talking nonsense. -
The runaway is very pretty. and really
think a little in your STYLE child. he continues
focusSng me through his closed hand, as II /
were merely a canvas. Then turning 10 Sarah
d" | will send the picture 10 be cleaned. and you
shall have II hung up oyer the wrltimR;IahlS w
fore our return, Sarah if you think II lnadlnlss-
bic 10 the bower on any other grOunds-lt may
serve as an awful example to Dot expect my
yencatci grandmamnas sent IL upstairs put OF
y
laws of LcrcditX, Sally
Oh, Arthur, you tcase: Why do you call her
such friChtful name as sally? p
n NAV not be pretty, but at least II Is more
sensible than some of his dimnuives," retorts
Sarah, as if she rather lf-Htd the name than other
wise
Again | am conscious that have Numbered
For the last four years Arthur has been in the
habit Of smoking pipes with old Mr. Mucklrworth,
evenings at home seemed 10 want curtaIlln3
hue-ad his sisters and all the old ladies IN
Inc he-ehporhood made up their minds that he
was sit.lng ana smoking himself into an alliance
with The daughter Quite a settled thing"
they considered it: My poor dear boy! What a
victim he would have been if | had not prOvi-
dentally ridden into bog one day. out stag
huAtlng, IN consequence OF an ambitious attempt
TO get the lead of my Uncle Dick
,bo ASnJr pulled me out, and scolded me as
The next week lie rode over 10 see that had not
caught cold from the black peat-water-and told
Uncle DICK that as evidently had not an idea
of taking care Of myself he wished Ia he allowed
TO take care of me for life
=, And so-the promise Of all those pipes at the
MucKiew0rths was blighted i'm the bud Now
Miss MucklewOrth, though a very nrctt,, niece of
sclf-opronef simplicity, had habit Of Referring
T. Sar9hs superior Judgment, upon most OCCASIONS
This pleased Arthur, in the past there is no doubt
IFS sisters OpiOniOns have great weight win him
and from his own good, anectionatc nature hc
was likely 10 have become mildly Attached evcn 70
an animated Dutch doll if lac was constantly in
the habit Of meeting her
Oh, propnquity thief Of men! Nv blessing
on every hound III the hunt that delivered Arthur
from your clutches
shall never forget my first lunch at Hawkes.
worth The whole family evidently regarded me
with SUSPICION as an unknown quanttv-ond
finding them as cold icicles, 10 begin with | nut
on Arthur's cap when we went into the grounds
and talked all the slang ] could muster for the
amusement Of seeing them freeze harder and
harder At last Sarah who always piques herself
upon her candOr remarkcn Mr. Blank lmy Uncle
Dlck, good innocent man lis very fond of throw
ing people together: but Arthur never hlrs and
we approve of May Muckleworth.' At which an
nouncement, from sheer nervousness ! began b
laugh, and said felt sure that Mr.. HawkeswOrth
must be very much Obliged TO them | was
really trying in bcwildcred way. 10 say the most
porte thing ! could thinl Of, but it was an IN
lucky speech. as, ten minutes later, Artllr told
her we were engaged must confess
that unlike Miss Mucklcworth, had
thought very little about his sisters -
except as his appendages. Milly, the youngest.