The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-03-14

| Ana long Tor the time when, with her 10 love
Earth win be fairer than Psradisei
Frank P. Smart in Inter Ocean
LOVE UP TO DATE.
The Queer Caprices of a Society
Girls Heart.
The same old thing, harkeel 1t had
been going on for two months. She
answered to all the requirements of
tradition. Her thirty-six points were
unimpeachable. She was as lovely as
dream. Rich father, had every social
advantage; stood five feet seven in
French slippers Her hair was the
color Of hickory nut just out of the
shell; her eyes were like a wet tur-
quoise and had delicious ghosts in them
When she was dressed in a close-fitting
suit and had her leather belt on your arm
began to describe involuntary curves
6uccinctly, she was a beauty and
belle, and she lived on Murray Hill
Parents conservative, benignant, ex-
emplary, liberal Income about thirty
thousand dollars. Belonged to an I'M
exceptional set. Brought up the beauty
guardedly, almost scrupulously. and,
withal. indulgently. They really
thought it would be better for her to
marry happily than brilliantly. They
let on the available and imprGssionable
men as soon as she was nineteen.
Let me see; there was de Huyster, of
the yacht club. He went all to pieces
at that rendezvous at Newport He
saw her from his own yacht She was
standing on the deck of the commo-
dore's vessel in blue suit with
jaunty little navy cap on and she
seemed to focus all the bright elements
Of oxygen and the sea air and sunshine
that were loose that day. De Huyster
laid formal and formidable siege. A
lot of fellows fell back at his approach
and said savagely that they had no
show. De Huyster was worth three
hundred and fifty thousand dollars and
had large expectations. Besides, he
was swell and had Jet black mus
tache. There was nothing OH the
record better than the de Huysters and
when Paul de Huyster danced with
| the beauty lot of the people said it
| was the handsomest couple on the
floor.
Then there was de Loonay, who
| gave her finishing lessons on the harp
for six months and wound up by fall
ing on his knees and tearing his hair
| and upsetting the music rack.
Lucille was touched by his dementia.
She lifted him up tenderly, gave him
her cologne and stopped taking lessons
on the harp.
| Snoggleson came later. He wrote her
letters with ''Snoggleson & Snoggleson.
Importers, printed across the top
Snoggleson was bald-headed and
bachelor. He had some excellent
characteristics. He remembered when
the Aston house was built, and he read
! the able editorials on tin plate manu-.
facture In the papers every day In the
year. He was what the boys called
sssolid and safe,'' and he could play
backgammon with the beauty's father
in the library long after the beauty
| had gone to bed She couldn't help re-
speeding him, he was so considerable
and conscientious. There was, too, q
| 5Cn5C VI SCCuI1tJ IA LIE RkCSCuCC*
Something told her he would GO on
playing backgammon, and wouldn't
throw himself on his knees and upset
the music rack, and when he was abb
sent she had deep and abiding faith
that he was reading the article on tin
| plate and was thus serenely removed
above all the distractions and petty
issues of the hour.
ought not to forget Pulque-Cyril
| Pulque-because he was rather promi-
nent in the affair. Old Wood Pulque,
his father was worth about five mil
lion dollars Young Pulque was the
only heir. He put Lucille on his re-
served list of available women to
marry when he got through sowing his
wild oats. He had q mine In Colorado
and horse in New Jersey named af-
ter her. He paid her attentions at a
water-pIace, and had his sister send her
father invitations for all the Pulque
receptions. He succeeded IN creating
an impression in his club that he
would marry Lucille whenever he got
his oats disposed of.
| In addition to those avowed admir-
ers there was DR.. Meredith Mellow
tone of St. Sophia's and Charley Dart
over, of Amherst, and the brilliant cos
mopolite, Ben Huyling, who could
make Welsh rarebit and play on the
cornet and called his den studio,
and dabbled in oils.
1t must be acknowledged, therefore,
that Lucille had entered upon the
| womnn's career with all modern inn
pro vements. The purely feminine part
OF her existence was largely matter
Of adiuncts. She carried half score
hearts in her sleeve. Some of them
represented great wealth, others great
responsibility, and others great social
distinction, and still others great tai
ents.
It was difficult to determine what her
own feelings were. She exercised most
! judicious impartiality. She had her
fathers liberality and liked them all.
each one after his own kind. They
came and were well treated and went
away with clear prospects. 1t was
gravely intimated to her by her father
| that the time had come when she should
begin to think of her future prospects
and duties; that the attentions OF half
a score Of gentlemen were no doubt
nattering and agreeable, but it wasn't
business. She turned the subject; 1t
had no special interest for her in Sc
rious way.
One day her mother made q dis
covery and communicated 1t to the
father.
Father" she said, cautiously. 'have
you noticed anything unusual about
LucilleP''
The old gentleman was deep in that
article on tin plate which Mr.. Snoggle-
son had left for him, and he came down
TO the trivial details OF life with little
shock.
"God bless me" said he. "How you
startle me. What's the matter with
LucilleY"
"she has taken Mr.. snoggleson's ear
rings off,"
HAS shep Well, she'll put them on
again when she gets ready, ! suppose.
"She doesn't wear Mr.. Pulque's ring"
Good taste, I'm sure. It's too big.
"She went to church without Mr..
Mollowstone's prayer book yesterday"
Under this cumulative evidence the
father laid down his paper and began
to look serious. Who il it2 Huy-
Iing?"