Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-10-07

thing to her that she felt would not
quite please her.
81 am always best pleased and most
content when I like the people you
like, mamma; but in this case"
Then she paused, evidently feeling
that her words would g; re her mother
some little pain.
I'm this case you do not" finished
Lady Rooden quietly; and Angela
looked somewhat relieved.
"You are right, mamma, she said.
81 do not like him."
II have always thought observed
Lady Rooden, that likes and dislikes
were out of your power. We like one
person without any seeming reason;
we dislike another without at all I'M
derstanding why"
81 am great believer in first i'm
pressions,' said Angela; II think they
are always correct If like anyone
more on further acquaintance; but, II
l dislike anyone at first sight, that dis
like is sure to deepen if l see them
again"
did you like or dislike Captain
Wynyard when you first saw him, An
gel?" asked Lady Rooden anxiously.
81 am sorry to say disliked him,
mamma was the frank reply.
why, Angel cried her mother,
''he is the handsomest man in Lon
dom"
Eyes, his face is handsome enough;
I do not know that have met any one
so handsome. But that is nothing
statue or picture may be pleasant to
see-he has no soul in his face"
What an extraordinary express
sion!" explained Lady Rooden.
ut is a true one. mamma returned
Angela. "a beautiful soul always
makes a beautiful face, and no face
can be fair to see that covers an ugly
soul"
But, my dear Angel, that is not the
way in which beauty is judged. 1t is
from the color and brightness of the
eyes, the shape of the features. the
sweetness of the mouth
"Ah, no. mamma; it is the fairness
of the soul, the loftiness of the mind!
Captain Wynyard has faultless feat
ures and pleasing eyes; but in my
judgment his face has no beauty what
ever
'NO beauty" cried Lady Rooden.
why Angel, how can you speak SOP"
mot in my judgment" said. mann
ma. You would be amused if I told
you what I saw in the face that others
think so handsome"
What do you see, or rather what do
you fancy you see?" she asked.
"In the eyes that are so dark and
is altogether ignoble; the mouth that
some would think beautiful from it's
full lips and their graceful curves
seems to me weak and cruel
"My dear child" interrupted Lady
Rooden, you talk great NONSENSE"
do I. mamma? l say what think.
I regret that you should not consider
my ideas sensible"
81 do not know, unless it is that
one else in London who would pass
such verdict on Captain Wynyard's
face. Why do you consider yourself
quicker or more correct reader of
character than other people?"
Il do not know. unless it it that
find my first Impressions of people are
generally confirmed by subsequent
knowledge"
1t was not the first time that mother
and daughter had discussed Captain
Wynyard He had secured an intro
duction to Lady Rooden and her
daughter, and, remembering what Mr..
Ashton had said. that the man wac
won her ladyship would be the one
who fiattered her most. he had
fashioned his conduct on this intima-
ton. He allowed her to see very
plainly his admiration of her beauty,
his establishment that she should have
g daughter so tall and well grown, and
he spoke more freely on the point than
most people would. Sir Charles
Rooden, in his great love for his wife,
had not been able to discern single
fault in her. Captain Wynyard had not
talked with her for half an hour before
he understood her character perfectly,
and knew that selfishness and vanity
formed no small part of it. Angela,
generally quick in reading character,
might have spent life time with her
mother, and yet never have detected
what Captain VINEYARD had read in
half an hour.
The course for him to pursue was
clear. He realized that Lady Roodcn
would have plenty Of admirers, many
with far greater social and pecuniary
advantages than he boasted; but he
was fully confident that no one would
understand her better, Or know better
how to play upon her weakness. A
duke or an earl might WOO her, but it
would not be with such a winning
tongue; and in the end he knew that
the winning tongue must win. He had
devoted himself exclusively to Lady
Rooden at their first meeting, and he