San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-07-20

ats a real handsome ring"
One crisp, clear autumn morning, Just
as the sun began to show red rim upon
the misty horizon, Miss Pamela Palmer
usually called by all her friends and
neighbors Miss Pam"-a lady of uncer-
tain age, but with many evidences of
beauty of the New England type still
lingering in her well cut features and
well set shoulders, and, on the whole.
yet fine looking, opened the door of her
house and emerged, bringing with her a
little pile of rugs, lampmats and tides
and small wickerwork furniture
beaten. .....
Her gray dress was covered by large
drilling apron, and on her head she wore
blue silk handkerchief to keep the
dust from her hair ......
As her foot touched the porch a pom
derous gray cat, with white feet and
forehead and great, yellow eyes, sprang
forward to greet her, uttering that mel
ancholy and reproachful cry common to
feline pets who think themselves injured
by their human protectors. As she
heard it Miss Pamela paused and con.
trite expression appeared upon her face.
"Why Socrates" she said, as seriously
as though she were addressing human
being. "Why Socrates-Aunt Pam
didn't mean to shut You out. But your
milk is right there ON the kitchen hearth
in the blue saucer-go in." She opened
the door, and as the cat dashed through
shut it again.
1t was pleasant old house-that Of
Miss Pamelas-quaint as to roof and
windows and hooded porch, with prim
poplars standing ON either side like sen.
tinels on guard, with a gilded weather
cock a-crow upon its roof always pre-.
tending to tell which way the wind blew
and always pointing to the wrong quar-,
ter. Strawberry shrub grew in Miss
PANS garden, and old man and crimson
coquilicot and snowballs and wax Der,
ries, Two old peahens walked soberly
about the lawn, and a peacock spread
his splendid tail In the sun and uttered
his hideous shrek to call attention to it,
and over the wall of the brick carriage
house a strange, dark ivy crept-an ivy
loved of the birds, who built their nests
in it,
An Attorney COW belonged to the es.
Enlistment, too, and solemn horse.
warranted never even to wish to run
away, and highly vanished little We.
hicle with red cushions, in which Miss
Pam drove out when she was so inclined,
handling the reins herself Miss Pam
liked to do things for herself, though
she was comparatively rich. Her fixed
idea being that she could do anything
better than any one else, homework
particularly.
Having shut Socrates into the house
she carried her rugs to a space of grass
to the west of the coachhouse and be-
gan to beat them. Talking to herself
meanwhile in a murmuring voice: 81
hope things aren't goin wrong" she said
81 hope it's goin to be happy for Ed.
wilma; but she didn't come in to tell me
about the party last night, though left
the door open and the light burning
a-purpose. If she had anything good tc
tell she'd have come" She beat the
largest of her rugs with vigor as she
spoke:
Norman Driscoll certainly began tc
come here on Edwina's account" she
went on. "Twarn't on mine naturally
It's a match want for Edwina. He's
real nice and his family is good; and
she'd be real happy with him and he'd
be happy with her, but then She
beat lesser rug in a melancholy fash.
ion to dead march time during pause,
then with sigh she said:
But men is carried away with looks
Jacintha does cut Edwina out at par.
ties, in low neck and short sleeves, fur
looks" Then a more hopeful rat-tat.
too echoed under the touch of the beaten
Every eye makes its own beauty"
she said, Jefferson Fordick used to
say was the prettiest girl in bingham
Dunno as anybody else thought me any
more than ordinary"
She paused to beat more vigorously.
Two rugs hung on the line before her.
A quiet little Turkish affair, of softest
blended hues, and brilliant bit OF
Brussels carpet, where crimson roses
we're glowing on white ground amid
yreener leaves than nature ever painted
"Them two girls" she said as she sus
pended her labors and leaned against the
runk of tall cherry tree to rest-''them
wo girls is as different as them two
ugs. Jacintha is like this one," and