Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-11-13
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charming retreat from heat. noise and
fashion-thosa three essentials to q pop
ular summer rcsort-ihan Ashland
Among tho-Hiiia It's climate wen
merits tho oncomiuin OF "~salubrious. "
which tho hotel prospectus originally
conferred uponit And yet when young
Mra Dupont told Mason Wellss OF her
impending departure thither sho de-
nounced tho place as "poky" aud its
indwcllers a 'frig2ts. " Men arc so
selfish, Alice o~oltiuuodin half serious
complaint Just because Paul delights
20 burn the bridge Of his nose into a
peel on that ridiculous Lake trying 10
catch fish, not thore, ia tho first place,
and too wise to bite. in the second. I
must endure the chatter Of mothers
about their babies and the gasps Of in
valids over the ozono It'a too provok-
ingi There orc hoirs and airs, but their
inocssnnt discussion is not my ideal Of
enjoyment
Surprising q friend should attempt
the diversion Of q now subject by ven
turing into this Wilderness " suggested
tho gallant Mason.
Then a friend would DO welcomed
as n friend indeed, " replied Alice, with
q smile moro coquettish thau.tho mean.
ing Of her impulsivo little II art.
For young Mrs. Dupont was not 40
cuatomed to weigh her words-on the
principle, likely, that such scant weight
would DO an abomination. Il was 80
much castor to utter them just as they
flashed over her mind. What becomes
Of q bubble when Il bursts7 Thank good
ness, sounds had not a writings power
Of manifolding and repetition. In cor
tain silent wnxoful hours, however,
whom sho couldn't keep from medita-
ton, Alice would be ashamed Of some
such idle speech and relieved that its
echoes had surely died away. She did
not realize that the memory Of a vain
man is a photograph over in readiness
and ever rutontiye.
Alioo truly felt that sho had q griev-
nnoo against her husband, not that Paul
wasn't faithful and kind and generous
and all tho rest Of the orthodox virtues.
Sometimes sho hated his amiablo quail
ties, nos only for being v~irtuous, but
also for their orthodoxy. But there was
too much assumption about his regard.
One did not quite like to DO treated as
a collectors specimen, TO DO eagerly
sought after, but when gained labeled
aud placed on a shelf Courtship had
boon too pleasant to Alice to be dismiss
ed as an episode. From her view it
should ROMAN as o precedent.
The very charm Of Paul the lover
initiated against Paul tho husband.
Then no had been jealous, ardent, in
tont only on her happiness; now he was
grave, distracted, absorbed with the
editing Of his Scientific Review, acoed-
ing to hor wishes with a eyes, my
dear, =" and Certainly, my love" but
regarding them and hor, too, as Interrupt
tions Would not a brute with a club
DO preferable? There surely was an adj
vantage in being noticed.
Il suppose those everlasting Mantell
twins will DO there, " remarked Alice on
the train when she was weariod Of
eliminating telegraph poles from the
scenery.
"Eh? Ahl WHAT'S that, my dearY"
quoried Paul, rot missing a line in a
frumpery contemporary critique. ooh,
yes, I presume So"
Il believe, " cried Alice, swinging
around her chair Indignantly, IF I said
Beolzebub would DO there I'm fullcaudal
regalia you would say: 'Eh? ALL 1 pre-
sumo so.'"
Il presume 70, my dear. replied
Paul automatically.
Now, tho everlasting Mantell twins,
Sophronia aud Abigail, found the
mountains aud woodlands roundabout
Ashland Commensurate preserves for
their intellectual proponsities. Had thoy
boon as intent on suitor5 as they wero
after wisdom they might hayo been
deemed quito pretty, but devotion to
geology and botany had Invested them
Of all adjoining s~upcrfuities, and, DO
yond O common expression of surprise
resultant from p%inching Eyeglasses and
tautly drawn hair, they lacked individu.
ality. A hammer OF q forked wand can
never become a substitute for the girdle
Of Venus. Now. IL these girls had ever
shared a thought more oongruous with
the latter than with either Of the for
mor it vas one OF most respectful ad-
miration toward Paul Dupont.
a real editor, a Minos and Rhada-
nautilus combined, with tho soul Of
DraC0 stirred In, who passed unaltera-
bic judgments on trembling authors
wa avery Jove 20 them. Why, perhaps
some day their aspirations. concentrated
through pom aud ink and paper. might
DO brought before him Thus far this
Joye had retained tho panoply Of his
glories for them, aud they had worshipod
from afar, yet this humility had not
prevented them from exchanging many
q shrawd condOleneo over tho iucompati-
hility and grossnoss Of his Juno. which
juno. with that unerring intuition that
makes many . giddy young woman dis
dainful OF reason, had not failed to per
coivo.
Ono glance over tho dining room on
their arrival assured Alice that all the
"frighta' were present The Mantell
sisters we've at tho same little table In
the corner, with hair aud Eyeglasses
etraining Out surprise, as II thoy were
just finishing tho chicken begun the
summer before. Nor would that indu-
rated fowl suffer any wrong from such a
hypothoia
There arc your fayoritos. remarked
Alica
"Ehf All Oh, yes, ! presume 50. Z"
muitcrod Paul.
Ho was not at all alarmed whom his
vito hastily left tho table. Her appetite
wa too oaprioious for calculation. Its
curyo would have furnished tho most
fmtaauowall paper design In tho world
10 WA q nibbio here aud a bite there; a
fruit now aud b0nbon thon; a macaroon
shortly ana an ioo after = little Ono