Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1898-01-01

f/a'tFSs Of Mrs. Gurdon's
ilT garden parties. She
will be pleased. don't believe there
is a square inch OF the lawn - be
seen"
The whole world is here. I know,
Miss Lindsay have shaken hands with
il"
1T is one Of the penalties OF being
c great author"
'Orso being notorious?"
You are too modest, Mr. Holland.
Have YOU not shared the honors of the
afternoon with the Prince and the lat
est lion-iust imported from South
Africa, was It mote"
'And felt like a martyr all the time.
But there YOU have the proof. Miss
Lindsay. Don't think am complain
ing. Fame and notoriety mean the
same-in London. And in this"-he
indicated the screen Of shrubbery
which cut of the little nook from the
rest OF the garden. but did not shut
out the strains Of the Blue Hungarians
or the hum OF many voices-''in this /
have my reward forgive the lion
hunters"
cit is a relief TO be out of it." she
admitted. DO You know. Mr. Hol-
land. that these books yes. there are
more of them-are pet idea of Mrs
GUrdon'ss"
Il must thank her. She Is a woman
Of genius"
She laughed merTily. "Oh. no. she
is only an incorrigible match-maker-
and finds them useful
$50 she. AZ least, believes in lover"
he asked. picking up the thread of a
former conversation.
cor in marriage. II is not always
the same thing. Is it?'
1T should be, =" he replied, with an
air OF the deepest conviction. He WAS
looking up into her eyes
"What does somebody say?-that
in woman love is a disease; in man it
is an episode.
II seem 70 recollect that, he said
'But ii Is nonsense; love cannot be
summed up in al epigram.
Again she laughed Il am afraid
You have very bal memory, Mr.
Holland. The sentiment appears in
brilliant study of society. entitled
Providence and Mrs. Grundy, for
which. if the title page Is 10 be trust
ed"
"Ah, I remember now. Please
spare me, Miss Lindsay You don'i
know the evil effects of phrase-makiue
it saps a mans morals until he has
not even nodding acquaintance with
the truth And you have taken your
revenge"
bat. really. Mr. Holland, I trusted
to your-your knowledge Of human
nature, shall say? was glad, fol
my own sake
For what, II / may ask?"
THAT, in man it was an episode
II makes life 50 much easier 10 believ,
so.
You Will let me retract in sackclotl
and ashes. Miss Lindsay Honestly
have some reason 10 do so. 1t i
three years since / wrote that miser
able book. Can You guess my ex
cuseS"
1T seems 10 infer compliment
somewhere, she said, rather doubt
fully.
81 am very much in earnest" h
said, getting up and standing abov
ner; and he looked II. Il didn't know
You then. If had, the thing-call i
an epigram II you hke-would neve
have been written. How could i;
Hhen-s"
Here the bushes were parted, and
face-a tanned, handsome, open fac
II was, although just now the express
sion was not too pleaSant-showed i,
the interstices. Miss Lindsay nodde
brightly.
Come in, Ralph, she said.
Very sorry, I'm sure" said tn
newcomer. 81 didn't know, Nell
Then he disappeared
Miss Lindsay smiled.
Captain Havelock seems-out O
sorts, remarked her companion. sit
ting down again.
Probably he is looking for m
mother" said she. II told him 1
attend 70 her"
HE is a capital fellow" he sal
indiferently. Done something i
India, hasn't hep"