Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-05-04

she would turn and twist it around on her
finger necessarily. AS for the colonel, he
had fought calamity for the confederacy,
and finally lost his life in its service Peo-
pie who knew the family we'll had liked
him rather better than his wife. He had
been handsome, robust man, as healthy
IN mind as In body, a truly candid soul
without any pretense or make believe. The
daughters inherited his beauty, and they
might have resembled him more in spirit
had he lived to train and influence them.
But they knew the pinch of poverty and
felt 1t all the more because their mother
chafed under it so sorely. Her high esti-
mate or MONEY and position had its influ-
ence with them. and the two eldest sis
tiers married according to her wishes. They
had the opportunity. for the Warnings were
remotely connected with moderately we'll
TODD and very aristocratic family-ac-
cordinS to the New York standard of aris-
tocracy-while Tom Warning who had made
and lost two or three fortunes on the stock
exchange, rendered valuable service in
bringing some of his moneyed friends to
the house. So her sisters married, and then
II was Barbara's turn
For her Mrs. Waripg had made her most
ambitious plans. She was undoubtedly
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"
10 which she, as we'll as her mother at
tached decided value. She listened to he-
mothers worldly counsel with ready ac-
ceptance of its wisdom and a cool impartial
appreciation of her gifts and what was due
her family pride. 1t would be an excep-
tional man indeed who could win her Her
marriage should be a triumph before which
all the Warning marriages would pale into
utter inSignificance. She desired money
the prestige of fine old name and q bril-
liant mind. She would neither marry rich
TOOL nor poor genius. She read the his
tory of famous and fascinating women,
pored over accounts of the French salons
and wished that she could have one of her
own. Her lip curled with disdain at the
thought of contenting herself with the
frivolous pastimes of mere society wo-
man. 1t was her vaguely outlined plan to
draw about her the highest and best in all
the arts and professions to become a pa
iron of genius and be noted for her bril-
liant gatherings as well as the perfection
of her gowns. Love had not even been con-
sidered Indeed, it rather pleased her to
think that she couldn't love very deeply,
that her head, her well-poised. artstically
dressed head, would always govern her.
"A little unwomanly," Tom Warning would
say to himself when his thoughts wandered
In her direction. Not very deep, either
fancy. but taking-immensely taking
Waring was a stout. forid bachelor who
had been through endless number of
love affairs and who still retained his
chivalrous admiration for women. He had
taken the pretty Warning girls under a
semi-paternal wing and felt ii his duty to
administer many solemn warnings on
worldly ambition. But as he invariably de-
nVered those warnings after dining freely
he only provoked laughter and affectionate
raillery. Barbara exasperated him very
much
"A fellow might kill himself for you, and
don't believe you'd know enough to care
a bawbee!' he exclaimed, one evening.
She leaned her head lazily against the
back of the chair.
"Ah! well, perhaps not 50 bad as that"
she said, nonchalantly. But a man who
would do such a decidedly imbecile thing
is hardly worth plying; don't you think
SOP"
81 wonder" said Warning, looking quiz
zically at her II wonder if you are not
posing. 1t is your evident desire to appear
very fiinty, and you play your part we'll
very well. But I'm sorry. l wish girls
would be more simple and natural
His earnestness amused her.
II think ii would be very tedious to have
to keep up a pose before you, Cousin Tom,
one of my own Manifestations and I'M
profitable Girls are natural, only they are
not all angels, but human beings, like the
rest of the world. If 1 can't fall madly in
love or don't want to, what's the differ