Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1895-09-05

ny MATT GRIM.
Copyright, 1926, by Bachelor, Johnson and
Dachcller)
CHAPTER l.

copvrirh,, 1926, by Bachelor Johnson and
Dachcner)
CHAPTER l.
When Mrs. Col. Warning sold her old
Ione IN Virginia and went to New
|Yorls to live, she frankly confessed that
a. WINS for the sole purpose of giving her
|dauohtcrs the advantages Of social life,
md the opportunity to marry well
| rranltness seemed one OF Mrs. Col. |
| Var;nc's browning charms. Her pow |
ert,. thc beauty of her daughters her .
uothcrlv anxiety and ambition for
| their future, were all gracefully ac-
| acknowledged; but discretion went hand /
An hand with this candor. The lady
was shrewd enough TO know perfectly
well when and with whom TO talk so
freely. Her audiences were carefully
selected Men were apt to pity and adj
mire her but a few ill-natured women
! bnd declared her to be a deliberate and
| selfish schemer However, Mrs. Col.
. Warning suffered little from these sour
rlous attacks
LIZ She was a small, slightly-built WON
an, with thin face, queer gray eyes
md dark hair tinged silvery on the tenn
pies. She dressed plainly and always
very markedly as a widow, but wore
some handsome rings on her slender
fhands. No one ever observed Mrs. Col.
Waring without also observing the old
Fashioned cluster diamond on her fore
finger It seemed to assist largely in
the perfection of her plans. When oc-
cupied with some knotty problem she
IL 4 10 har
finger necessarily. AS for the colonel,
he had fought gallantly for the confed-
leracy, and finally lost his life in its
service. People who knew the family
well had liked him rather better than
his wife. He had been a handsome, ro-
bust man, as healthy in mind as in
body. truly candid soul without any
pretense or make believe. The daugh-
tiers inherited his beauty, and they
might have rescmblcd him more in
spirit had he lived to train and inf1u-
ence them. But they knew the pinch
of poverty and felt it all the more be-
cause their mother chafed under it 50
sorely. Her high estimate of money
and position had its influence with
them. and the two eldest sisters married
according to her wishes. They had the
opportunity, for the Warnings were re-
motely connected with a moderately
well -to-do and very ariStocratic family
according to the New York standard
Of aristocra cy-while Tom Waring who
had made and lost two or three for
tunes on the stock exchange, rendered
valuable service in bringing some Of his
moneyed friends to the house. SO her
sisters married, and then it was Bar.
bara's turn.
For her, Mrs. Waring had made her
most ambitious plans. She was un'
dou btedly more attractive than either
of her sisters. although they were much
handsomer. She was charming, but
not eager to please, therefore men were
anxious to please her, and then she
possessed decided style to which
she, as well as her mother. attached de-
cided value She listened to her
mothers worldly counsel with ready
acceptance of its wisdom and a coo
impartial appreciation of her gifts anc
what was due her family pride. II
would be an exceptional man indeed
who could win her. Her marriage
should be a triumph before which al
the Waring marriages would pale into
utter in.ignificance. She desircG
money. the prestige of a fine old name
and brilliant mind. She woult
neither marry a rich fool nor Il poor
genius. She read the history of famou,
and fascinating women, porcd over ac
counts of the French salons and wished
that she could have one of her own
Her lin curled with dislnin at thC
tboprht of contentinp herself with the
Frivolous nastimes of a nero society
roman. II was her varuelv outlined
,lan 10 draw a bout her the highest and
hest in MI the arts and professions. r.
become natron of renius and be noted
FOR bor brilliant gatberings as ,vell =,
the perfection of her gowns. Love haG
NOT even been CONSIGNED Indeed il
rather pleased her to think thaS she
couldn't love very deeply, that he,
head. her well noised artistico1I1
dressed head. would ALWAYS govern her
"a little unwomanlv." Tom War;nc
would say to himself when his thoncht,
wandered in her direction. Not yer,
1eep. either. | fancy. but tal,inr-in
nenselv taking"
yyo~inc ,,.os s.o,,+ eo.;a hoo,o,,
rho had hno,, ,1ro,,C, -, a+,dass
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ainoa ~ oti..ai
women Ha hod +al,on ,I,a nro 'l''u w.,
mo- Girls nndcr a se,ni.,atnrna1 ,rin,
md felt If his d,,t,, 70 o,l,,';ris+ o.. ,,,.,,,