The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-09-16

I it, don't you know? He had got to be a
good deal received, and ne had drifted
into one or two exclusive clubs, and his
money would have made him match,
if he had only chosen to marry discreet
"; while Crawford Lispenard, on the
other hand, went nowhere and had
wholly neglected the chances of acquir-
ing position. But as it turned out, the
early death of poor Alonzo who left
considerable money to his niece and his
namesake nephew rendered that exist
ing plan the lucl1ier one. And society
remembered the children when they
grew up. Even Kitty's mad elopement
didn't ALLEVIATE us. We couldn't forget,
You know, that their papa and mamma
had really once been deS nOtres, notwith-
standing that hermit of an uncle. But
I'm afraid I've mentioned all this be-
fore, my dear. It's twice-tOld tale, is
ii Rot?'
Yes" fell from Kathleen, as she sat
in the dimness of the rolling vehicle,
opposite her mother She did not say
anything more, and perhaps a note of
abstraction or WEAKNESS in her tone
caused Mrs. Kennaird to proceed, with
sbme criSpnesS:
Remind me, my dear, when / fall
into a train of stale "reminiscences.
That is sign of advancing years, and |
wish to avoid all elderly follies, as |
hope l have steered clear OF ali youth
full ones. 1t IS my wish not merely
TO grow old with grace. bnt with
certain interesting freshness, d
mine bon ent;Ent, you know. So
many women, as they go, get care
less about pulling themselves together.
They sink into ruJS and stay there. |
want to avoid that sort of thing. So
ciety rewards one if one will only make
an effort. Wrinkles and gray hairs are
forgiven, have observed, but never the
tendency to be dull and astrological.
You've passed over the instant You be
gin to be prolific construct your syn
tax with an excess Of perfoctS and plu-
perfects. Now don't want to be passed
over, and intend - preserve 4 healthy
cult for the present tense of things"
Kathleen smiled to herself in the
gloom. She could not help wondering,
just then, if her mother had ever passed
a single wakcful hour il her whole life
without serious reflections on the sub
jects of society" position and THE
people whom one meets"
No hardship or bereavement had ever
served indeed to lessen in this lady's
esteem the magnitude of these mo-
mentOus questions. And when all was
told, she had been a woman whom
neither hardship nor bereavement had
spared. Her family chow often had
Kathleen heard sol was of genuine New
Amsterdam stock, and as Nargaretta
Van Lerius, an only child, she had been
reared in that ease which only wealth
makes possible. But while she was yet
a young woman her father met with
financial ruin, soon afterward dying.
Marguerite had been 4 naughty belle,
somewhat heavier in type than hath-
leen and not half so beautiful, but with
the same graceful bearing and the same
sculpturesque arms and neck. She held
her head higher than ever did her
daughter, and moved about with state
ier air. She was always thinking Of
great marriage leven as little girl she
had dressed mp her dolls in bridal robes
for their weddings TO imaginary princes
or dukes and when the family had gone
and she was obliged TO live with her
mother in Ninth street boarding-house,
her matrimonial ambitions burned still
more feverishly.
The Van Lerius kindred (uncles and
aunts and cousins could call upon her