The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-03-02
HIS YOUNG WIFE.
BY AxY RASDOLPE


that Mrs. ClAireyilIe Brighton kept on
Madison Avenue. Il aas 9 refined and
elegant home, with blue sstin furniture,
carpets Of pale drzb nsoqGttie, and cut
hoEeEs IN TIE NindOgs- Tns desert Vas
sent IN from = French confectionery, and
Ms Brighton herself vent daily 70 marx
Ct IN = coup=. And Belle and Gladys
Brighton Re very sly lish young ladies
indeed.
Mrs Claireyille Brighton had studied
over TIE question very iniently indeed
before she had resolved on opening this
Co operative Home for the Genieel.
i won't be an easy life,~ she said,
-bni there are the girls. reTer shall
get them married OF, unless make Al
especial effort Il Is q mother's duty 20
efface herself for the sake Of her children.
50 Mrs Brighton took none but gentle
men bozrders, and surrounded her house
with every attraction 70 dazzle the eyes
Of the possible husbands Of her dsaght-
ers. Nor uere Belle and Gladys a; ali
back ward n Their part ofthe fascination
business Belle WAS = large, lovely
blonde, wiih . decided talent for the
harp and Wtite hands Rhich had once
been modelled s ter 5y a sculptor. Gladys
vas sizrk-eyed ana piquzni, with 5 sOft
l4iiie laugh, and tzsts for decorative Ar.
Il was hard 10 decide which Of the tso
vas the preitier. A. least 50 DR.. Cecil
thought
DR.. Cecil fzncied that be had lived
bachelors life long enough. he Was be
ginning 70 dream Of bright visions Of q
home where 3 sweet face should vel
come him, and perenni i slippers should
ee ever warming Al the fire, The but
tons we're coming Of Ms shirt He want
Cd sympathy be fet the need Of we'll
darned stockings. To be sure, he was
nol the millionaire 10 which Belle and
Gladys had al first sspired. bat he was
vi-iting yoGng physician, with an excl
lent practice aud unlimited prospects
And Gladys, a. being tue younger, hsd
agreed 10 stand aside and allow the IA
diani blonde every possible chance.
50 that Belle was dressed IN the pret-
= pale-blue costume which became her
golden LOCKS and Transparent complex
ion 50 exquisitely upon the March even
ing, when her mother came doSn stairs
into the drawing room She glanced
Ianguidly up FROM her book
Mamma, don't frown 50 :" said she
These Fuckers on your 70 ehead make
you look a hundred years Old"
Any one would frOsn who was As
worried IS an" said Mrs- Bright, n.
Insrs's Ga down sick with cold on
her lungs. And what 70 do about it |
d0a't know
i dare say she'll get over it." said
Belle.
AT All events, I have sent for doc
ior," said Ms Brighton, PeiulAntly.
-Not foF-Ceciig % cried Belle.
-Oh Belle sezrily retorted Mrs.
Brighton. do you think that have
taken leave Of ny senses? Certainly
not for DR.. Cecil I told Bridget so
FOR that young q D Al the Dlspensary.
dare say he'll do as well as any one;
aad Clarz Is such a stupid thing that she
would tel Cecil, the very frs; thing that
she as my husbands niece,a
You did a very foolish thing, nam
ma" said Belle, when you took herfrom
her relations IL the county"
Il need some one TO mend the house
linen and keep aooounts,' said Mrs
Brighton @And how Was 70 know that
Ciarz vas such delicate, feeble Great
ure? sish TO goodness she was back
again among the pine forests, Il does
en- 70 me as If life were all troubles
and iribalaaons
While Mrs Brighton was thus be-
moaning herself, poor Clara hay up stairs
in q dismal, VindoSiess little room,
where ali the Ign, and air came from
ventilaiing shan, disconsolstely watch
ing the ficke Of the lamp against the
opposite wall
? or Cara. She had come from Pop
D, dale, on the very edge Of the Aaron
dacks, to live in the city with her aunt
fondly expecting TO find existence q sort
Of nsgnifed fairy dream. She had been
disappointed She vas III and lonely.
The cousins, who were 10 have been oezr
eoapanions, had nodded csIdly to her,
and remarked Incidentally thar they
hoped she would be able TO make erself
useful TO dear mamma" The glitieriog
l;s- Of Snusenenfs was reduced 20 hem
ming table napkins and making vine
je Is. POor Bridget, down IN the kis-h-
e honesick as herself for the green
Gsids Of Enn, was her friend, and Clsra's
pale face Enlightened up = little when
thai constant ally came hurrying in
81 'hougat yog we're never coming
back. Blidges, said sh-s YEARLY
sur. mum. dear" said The girl, IT'S
the docther I've been fsr.T