San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-09-10
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preseTuy lTqUI'eu.
Il cannot say, possibly "a month, %
even two months" replied Mr.. ,Roose
welt, but in any event it will be pleas
ant. You have never seen tue great
west. Chicago is a wonderful city ,a@
the way from here to there lies thrUu-
4 charming countryside great prairie:
and all that. e. ...., . ...a.
fOh. there's no argument. replied
Aunt MarGueriteg half ruefully, IF yml
must 80 We must go too, and there's the
end of it.
1t thrilled Resale when the train
began to move 1t was her first ex-
! perieHce in railroad travel. Through
re window she saw the houses of the
H,i.r town slipping away to the rear \
cutr-nt III cool ain game IN and monIrlita-
riIy ,reu%thtEed.' ...
Dir. Roosevelt sat down by her and
critically Grow her into conversation Us
| ,.~ty W,", cfi 'aring along between Tie
| >wtet'lu:by summer hills.
!" e%hIiVratjOn TOOK possession Other
,A,j,..,,,., &" Ter recent tears disappeared.
G.,r ".N-rI, giowed and her ewes took on
, la.r wDnt 1t depth and clrarness with IN
'!!"d intensity which WAS not lost on
II -.goug, healthy old man.
That's charming girl. Marguerite"
, 20 lis wife, when the opportunity
n.sTed. 1t does one good to be near her.
nt'S lI,;" soiBe rare blossom or-or-
u something See what a profile and
what hair. and then that half wild grace
ln'l that Incompatible air of innocence"
How you raver, exclaimed Aunt Mar
@rarite, but she was greatly pleased that
nor husband should like Rosalie. ..
The young girl was a few feet away,
still utterly absorbed in watching the
changing landscape as it fed past
II was long after nightfall when they
r" "And Chicago. Mr.. Roosevelt had tele-
e"Ipard for rooms at one of the great
uoGGls, whittier they We're driven through
,'t+ broad streets, amid bewildering
i.ntS and i'll hoarse conflict of sounds.
.le air from the lake had most decided
" VII in it. It was rs if they had sud
n3'y reached the true north Over
cid. the thin. high clouds seemed to
Ill across the great black blue abysms
Vt sky into which no starlight could
a"H>trate Resale had grown used, to
sudden changes and this last only served
10 impress her with the vast distance
vlIcn now lay between her and the
:. sw$y little mountain valley, where,
.. ne dear old mill, father, mother and
T. ter Were at this moment talking of
She cou!d hardly wait until she
1T into room with Aunt Marguerite
90 cover her face and cry.
Mkt morning she and Nj. Roosevelt
ok breakfast together in the great
'". sized diaing room, but they had a
" table quite to themselves. Rosalie
tc.. I'll it very amusing to watch all those
p",l,." from behind the morning newspa-
"" shat Mr.. Roosevelt had given her.
j ~ Il few women could be seen, and
Nv" I them were ready with hats and
IS. tpS 10 continue their journeys, being
IRE transient shoppers. The men were.
.,;ie, well dressed, well fed looking
:'4oms, apparently in Il great hurry,
i each GA good terms with his neigh
They all ate rapidly, some of them
ing their attention between their
,ri~teak and their newspapers, taking
'n6i.hful and paragraph alternately.
!Dsaiie quickly noticed that Mr.. Roose-
/ WAS the object Of much attention
."lp many persons in the room, and in
,Iucjng through the newspaper she
Ind the following: ....
Mr. Auguste Roosevelt, the great
r.U,hcrn railroad king, is in the city,
,,Opping at the Grand Pacific. He has
- h him his wife and daughter.
She smiled delightedly, thinking how
lM, would please Aunt Marguerite, who
hi, hot come down, but had ordered her
D,Tpe s"cvoI in her room. She did not |
tDT moment suspect that she herself |
,..'S an onIrct of much more attraction
. ti- masculine eyes in that room |
.",H Mr. Roosevelt. though it was plain |
'a,ugn 10 every one else that she was.
Grr freshness and beauty of face. her I'M
rr1~'jOIsnasS Of self, the 1.-the grace of |
u,. ..Ture, which Colonel Chenier used |
20 say was svel5e despite its plumpness,
ny rare gray eyes and pale gold hair.
l41 perfect pOise Of her rather large head, |
all were emphasized in their effect by the
combination Of gray and blue in her ele-
CANT nmGnoG dress and by the indie
scribaHe somrthin4 which was not
tll.iiity nor yat Oasnfulness, but IA sort
Of Dirdlike ohynrss, as if on the slightest
proVocatiaI she might fy away.
a rumor Of her beauty spread at once
with that mysterious rapidity which we
all have wondered at That evening at
the opera all the glasses were leveled
Cpo1 the Roosevelt box. and many lips