Washington sentinel., 1899-07-08
Heroes and HerOines OF Penny
Fiction.
BlacE5VO0d's Magazine.

6tdCESOOO0 magazine
The female villains are the most
abandoned hussiss. You can tell
them from a distance by their hair
Of raven blackness, and by their
duskY cheeks, tinted with vivid
carmine. They look like beauti-
full demons, and their speech be-
trayeth them, tor, depend upon II,
no really good woman habitually
uses the eXpletive BAH Jeal
ousy is the one Characteristic they
have Uncommon with the heroines.
They think nothing OF making
love to the hero in the most brazen
faced manner, and when he coolly
rejects their profered affection,
this sort OF thing happens: Slowly
she raises herself until she stood
before him in all her majestic
beauty; then she Kissed rather than
spoke, You have despised my
love; henceforth you shall know
what my hatred means. " In
spite Of the march OF intellect, the
Sbyetog fRJHyia f0rNIe see ms still 70
be a recognized spring oil conduct,
Turn we now to the heroes who,
it is gooC to be able to record, are
in every respect worthy OF the
heroines. They are not, it may
be, so radiantly beautiful. Never.
theless, they are pleasant and
presenta BILE specimens Of English
manhood" and splendid types Of
the true born English gentleman"
What more could the most exact
ing demand2 Their ey es are full Of
lazy good humor, and they have a
sort Of quiet devil-maV-care ex-
preston about the lines of the
mouth and chin. But we should
not care to take a liberty with
them, for we find they can be very
stiff and naughty upon occasion.
We must give our gallant friends
the credit Of carrying their non.
chalance to great lengths. "You
aIe not, perhaps, aware" Sir
DeYereau Drumstick, the wicked
guardian, will hiss, that her the
heroine's mother, after drowning
| her eldest son and poisoning her
6rst husband, was married to her
own grandfather, thereby forfeit
| ing all her rights as next of kin Of
her husband" 81 had heard some
thing Of the sort, will be the placid
reJoinder of Pierrepoint Pynion,
or Herbert Hardress, or Rosslyn
Cheyne, or Herbert Dering, (or,
to cede him his prope. title, Sir.
Herbert Dering. Why this
proper title should be withheld,
we cannot imagine.) Fortified by
this SaRgfrOia, our heroes boldly
proceed upon their way, and, after
vanquisbIng unheard Of obstacles,
and running unheard of risks,
finally achieve the object for which
they were created. That object is
twotold, In the first place, they
have to "wIn" the heroine; "win"
is the technical word. In the
second place, they have to claim"
her from her parents or guardians
Claim" also, being a term OF
/ AAAs OOAlNLAAAlCo AllG OAuEE IS re-
versed, and the first step IS to ap-
Droach the parent or guardian with
a request for permission seek
So and.so's hand in marriage" d"
The winning. in sIch d case, comes
after the claiming. But, whatever
the course OF procedure, great and
permanent happiness is the result
Of the union. 1t should in Justice
be added that all parties display an
almost excessive delicacy in re.
gard to money matters. They de-
test all paltriness, and plight their
troth to one another readily enough
when neither has a farthIng in the
world. 1t is the subsequent ac-
cession OF either or both to A
pr-ncely fortune which alone
threatens to break off the engage
ment. Luckily, these nice scruples
are overcome in the long run, and
two meritouous and charming
creatures are rendered happy.