Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-08-11

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witty ani vt-r ~ You were ~ Your dear
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fools ia high places and We ~ Ut FOLLOW
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FOOLS " wecan II not. play that va arul
ono - the wits 81 Newport Was Mr.
Sample He was very well born and
bred and u was considered proper "a
laugh nj his jokes lie. as II seemed.
hai taken ont license 10 be- funny All
other wit was contraband io might Ia
laughed NJ
Mrs Clifton" he drawlcd ono even.
ing. do you know that today ! have
made mn airucious puni ! said that the
names - tho houses should In split. and
ours should be called tho FIN -mclle. and
that tho 'vue-M More. from tho names
Fillmore AMI Bellevue We are filled
with bellies. aud they could view more
without hurting them!"
A silvery laugh echoed through the
rooms. We all dared 90 be amused. and
this gigantic achievement Of wit passed
into one Of the legends Of Newport in
tellectuality.
One Of the ladies Of Newport had. AZ !
hal always SUPPOSED. very enviable rep
utation for her wit. learning and clever
ness. but found this was "a positive dis.
advantage 90 her. for on asking Mr.
Semple about her he seemed rather dis
gustcd and answered mo:
Very good house, nice position. rich.
too chatty; oh. decidedly too chatty!'
Tho second week Of our stay still
found Rose the reigning belle Of the
house. Neither Miss Chase, who sang,
nor Miss Brown. who played. nor Miss
Robinson. whose mamma unanswered,
had anything to compare with Rose In
point OF success. And then came the
unmasking!
went to dress one day for dinner
quite late and had not time 10 read {
dirty note which found on my table
and which | supposed was some begging
letter, and seeing it lie there still unread
as | was going to take my Afternoon
drive with Mrs. Borrowe Iput 1t hastily
in my pocket to read on the way.
The afternoon was beautiful. and q
Mrs. Borrowe looked out on the sea she
quoted Horace Smiths fine lines:
To that cathedral, boundless as our wonder,
Whose shining lamps the sun and moon supply
Its choir. the winds and waves; its organ. tlun
der;
Its dome, the sky.
The choir Of winds and waves" wa
chanting its majestic anthem. Natur,
was grand, calm and benefcent. coult
not help asking Mrs. Borrowe If she di,
not sometimes find society tedious an,
unsatisfactory.
Yes. but 1t has attractions. | know
am born for something better, but
love it; l cannot escape from it: believ
we should all live with each other, an
If the mass is stupid let us do our in
dividual mite to make it brighter"
But do we? Do we all take q lowe
tone when we mingle with society
Would you now, dear Mrs. Borrowe
have dared to quote that splendid simil
which you have just spoken so appre
priately if you had been in the parlor a
the hotel?"
mo, because as Cecil says chat world
ly wise CecilD, We must, to succeed i
society, consent to lose our individualit
and float along with the mass, distir
guished only for our extreme resen
blance to all the rest And we must a
remember that hate, envy, detraction, az
always lying in wait for the successfr
person, and if l am 80 unfortunate as
command any excessive admiration
suffer for it. The most successful pei
sons know in society are women VIII
have neither beauty nor wit, who dret
well, and while they alarm and woun
no ones vanity are still sought for thel
position, tact and knowledge Of th
word which means never showing an
other kind Of knowledge"
At this moment I remembered my LEI
ter and drew it from my pocket.
It was . badly spelled, badly write
letter, saying that the writer felt boun
to tell me that he had seen Mr.. Suthel
land kissing my handsome sister, Mi
Rose, in the dusk Of the evening befor
as they were walking on the piazza, an
that he (he writer) had some other fact
to communicate, which he would do fo
8, if would write him note and leav
it on the table, when went to dinner, i
my own parlor.
l supposed 1t was some waiter VIII
wished to get money from me an
showed it to Mrs. Borrowe. She locke
it over attentively
"This is from no waiter. II Is lady
hand disguised. It is done to create
talk. The person who wrote it imagine
that you will be frightened and vii
mention it to the landlord or some pei
son about the house; you will complai
Of your parlor being entered by som
waiter or servant, and the story will lea
out, and having thus a real foundation
for half the story a number of false one
will be erected on that. It is simply
plot, dictated by hate. to injure Rose"
Impossible! What has Rose done t
anybody"
I Nothing Intentionally. but every
thing unintentionally. She has beef
handsome, admired. Nothing could b
SO great . crime. For such crimes WON
en- have been poisoned; for such crim'
this letter has been written"
We drove several miles in silence
Mrs. Borrowe at length broke it:
II wish you would do what suggest
about this letter."
"WellY"
write an answer and leave it on you,
table, saying you wish to know more"
But you assure me that is what the
writer wants.
"Yes, but propose to foil the perpe-
traitor with her own tools. think see
@ we'll known hand in this"
After some conversation on this point
consented to follow Mrs. Borrowers ad-