Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-01-23

stone. L gu only told me What my glaS.
tells me every day,-that | am not so
young as l once was,-tllat, in fact,
when sitting next pretty children Like
you. am quite old.
''Dad I say all that?" asks Mrs. Geof-
frey, with wide eyes. Indeed. think
YOU mistake. Old people have wrinkles.
and they do not talk as you do. And
when one is sweet to look at, one is
never DID,"
To pay compliment perfectly one
must, | think, have at least a few drops
of Irish blood in ones veins. The little
suspicion of blarney trips softly and
naturally from Mona's tongue. The
duchess is charmed, pleased beyond
measure. That faint touch about the
wrinkleSEaS the happieSt of the happy.
Only that morning her Grace, in spite
of her unapproachable maid and unlim-
tied care. had seen an additional line
around her mouth that had warned her
III yvrruII uecnne, ana now 10 meet
some one ObliviOus Of this line is sweet
to her.
Then you didn't 20 out much in Ire
land?" she says. thinking it more grace
full to change the conversation at this
point.
"Out? Oh, ever so much," says Mrs.
Godfrey.
sAh!'' says the duchess, feeling puz-
zled- Then perhaps they don't dance
in Ireland?'
Yes, they do indeed, a great deal; at
least | have heard So"
Then [ suppose when there Won were
duchess. striving for information
Il wasn't" says Mona: Il went out Il
great deal. All day long l was in the
open air. That is what made my hands
so brown last autumn.n
"Were they brOwn?''
LAS berries" says Mona, genially.
AT least, they are pretty shape"
! says the duchess, glancing at the slim
| little hands lying glOVed III their own
er's lap. But / don't think you quite
understand the going out in the light
| that | did. | mean, did you go much
| into society"
There wasn't much society to go in
to- says Mona, land I was only fifteen
when staying with Aunt Anastasia.
| She" confdentially, made rather a
| grand match for us, you know" Lady
! Rodney grindS her teeth. and tells her
| self she is on the point of fainting.
'She married the Provost of Trinity
| College: but [ don't think he did heI
| any good. She is the oldest old thing
! Even to think of her now makes me
| laugh. You should have seen her. " says
| Mrs. Godfrey, leaning back in her chair
| and giving way to her usual merry
! laugh, that rings like a peal of silvery
bells, with her wig that had little curls
all over it, and her big pOke-bonnet like
COal-sCuttle.'
| "Well, | really wish | had seen her
saws the good-humOred duchess smilinc
III sympathy, ana beginning to feel her
! self more capable of thorough enjoy
| ment than she has been for years. IVA!
she witty, as all Irish people are said t.
be?n
''Oh, dear, no." says Mona, with al
| emphatic shake of her lovely head
"She hadn't the least little bit Of wit il
her composition. She was as solemn a
| an Eng mean a Spaniard they are
all solemn, are they nOt9. and ncyC
made joke in all her life. but she wa!
irresistibly comic all the same"
us there much beauty in Ireland?'
asks her Grace, presently.
Yes, but we are all so different from
the English. We have 10 pretty fai
hair in Ireland, or at least very little o
it."
"Do Won admire our haf,.2 And W,
are ali So heavily fired of # ,, saws thI
TmcSa h 81 .veiT ' Ten no 'or 2 Ci,
VoIT own land Are the i women nj ii' Tx,
| you9 In styIe. T mean. have seen ,
few of course Int NOT enormh to da
scribe a WhOle.n
~ ike me- oh NO y saws Mrs Caof
frev .sSnma of Them are really hoa1I+i
fnI like nirtures When was Gi, s ;tt,,rr1I
WIN Az A,1os+,eia ti,n D,.,,'',-t !.
Vile wl Won ON ramnnher'T 'I saw 10r r 19s
MANY nrettv nnon}o saw Gre.I
MANY students too saws Mona hTirhf
enin@. "and liked thGm Varv Tni7r6
They liked me. too
Glow strannel,, saws fine ducbcss
| with On amused emilio - iro1-,,,, ,,7,it.
SIRE of tLaty,' 1''''
ooh. quite. They used tot3.,a me al
over the COLLEGE. ana sometimes to thu
bands in the SQUARES. Thcy were YER,
GOOD to me
,.1-hey would he of course y saws IN,
duchess
"BIt they were troublesome YER,
| troublesome " saws Mrs. Genirrey wifi
retrosnprtiye si,rb irauinU E9rt, in he
GLalT ana i3,ilIlli@ ller hahdS togejller O.
II+I zap; GU can imagine NhaJ
Moi!i theG were az tIlit9'-alWaES ring
IlIS Illt Colle9e peii III the wrong hourS
any SGttliS aSLt: -,
u,' ceiling MllaI: asks the o''2heSS
So 9iI,,.li IaNtli aoach.
!; ,-ScteWei-JinSy, E0oU,i know,
!iiyplleS Aio .4l, IliiioGahlIy' ! ShJ wa
IhG Word Jhey taugnt me. i thlnk the,
renewed II SounGed more rcSpeci&bI
lhan me oIlerS. ana me l3lNhiIE BOY
were ne NoI5t. chai TEL You abou
them:
no, says the duchess.
- " en-; l,lIee 81 !hem used TO come t.
see AunI AiaSlaSla; az least they, sag
IL MaS 4 aun'le, h5't l4ey never spoke Z
I IleI Il tiieY Gouio heIp II, ana We're a.
ways $50, so glaI "ileh She Went TO sleep al
Ier H lil:l',. g., ...
tilllk your Aunt ~ 'aSiaSia was
WIZ s4o ot. 10 mem say 5 me d'ltleSS.
some. When ten Won thny iii tiro,
Won viii nndarStand me 'yot eT-o,, tE",
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