Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-12-24
Copyright, 1900, bv
Johss J. q 'Bsshes

ence stimulated by no fixed ambition,
lightened by no definite endeavor. Such
vital hardship has been known to drive
a man to drink
The bride was one Of two sisters Gel
ebrated in European centers for esprit
and beauty. They were of fine New
England stock, both parents descend
ing from families of high repute for
political and literary achievement.
Baldwin was forced to admit that for
once Il glowing report had not paved
the way to disappointing reality. He
had not supposed the girl was so
young; still less had he imagined the
cOmpulsion of her charms.
Clarice Bonyalc was 50 radIantly
beautiful that the most blase observer
could not but surrender to some thral-
dom. Her face was aristocratically
oval. Her clear olive skin, smooth as
a rose leaf, was suffused with the most
delicate pink, as If Cupid were breath
ing on her checks; a well modelled
nose, Il mouth with clean cut, subtle
curves and sensitive to degree, which
revealed perfect teeth when the lips
parted and lent a lurking mobility, al
most childlike, to her lower face. But
her eyes and hair were the girls
crowning glory-such round, lustrous
eyes, so brilliantly soft and, despite a
keen alertness In their glance, incon-
gruously beseeching. The long, silky
lashes, with their upward curve, failed
to lend even a suspicion of language to
their brightness. The dehcately arched
eyebrows were an added note of wist-
fulncss. In the wavy masses of hair
there was Il subducd CLINT as OF bur
nished copper. On her hands, which
were very tcmperamcntal, two or three
unique gems flashed with dignilied
splendor.
"a transplanted Helen thought
Baldwin after critical survey of the
beautiful young creature. She was
type, and lie relishcd Il new type Of the
eternal feminine" more than he would
a bottle of Johanncsbergcr from Prince
Mcttcrnich's own cave. During his
dinner he watched her from his table
with keen but we'll cIoaked vigilance.
The duchess was right again. The
girlish bride wore Worth dinner
gown elaboratoly wrought out in the
highest elegance Of tAc prevailing
mode Her neck was SO round ana
plastic that Baldwin felt it Il delight TO
see the shapoly head pivot on it, while
the tempered modesty with which her
corsage screened her exquisite bosom
showed mastery knowledge of the
value of modified exposure.
The groom? Why, he was the groom,
q side light on the bride. Baldwin re
garded him solely as a correlated be-
ing, an accompaniment to his wife, u
worthy one so far as externals went
He was not above noting that Mrs.
Bonvale partook moderately of the
champagne which Mr.. Bonvale or
dered. He consumed most Of it and
with something more than the relish
with which gentleman drinks wine at
dinner.
They are married, and it is the hon
eymoon," Baldwin remarked airily to
the duchess as he passed her table.
During the evening in his role Of be-
nevolous spectator and student of his
kind Baldwin did not neglect to OBJ
serve that the young husband left his
wife alone two or three times, though
as yet she had apparently discovered
no acquaintances at Shepherds. These
Withdrawals were to repair the fatigue
of travel by supplanting the wine at
dinner with more potent II smaller
drafts. Besides his absence of desire
to c.YppIy hio xxy{So xxyffh onu nkhar rop.
panionship than his own, the perfume
tory character Of Mr.. Bonvales atten-
tons attested no tender solicitude to
make himself as agreeable as possible.
He seemed to guard rather than pro-
tect his wife.
Later ON Baldwin felt the young
wifes artlessly rowing gaze veering in
his direction. He considerably alb
stracted his own. When he let his
glance drift her way again, thinking
she would have passed him By, he was
momentarily fnttered to find her eyes
fixed on him dreamily. Almost at the
moment her husband turned and, with
what Baldwin thought a tactless quick
ness, let his own eyes follow the direc-
ton OF his wife's to ascertain the Oh
ject of her regard. With still less tact
he brought his thin lips tightly togeth-
er, and his white forehead puckered
Ike a peevish child's. He must have
intimated to the lady his desire to
withdraw, for he brusquely rose and
looked about with the repellent air
with which some people insinuate their
exclusiveness. She got up ut once and
followed him from the room with
graceful Difference.
'He seems TO like to stalk ahead and
let his woman trail after him q In the
aboriginal lords OF creation" reflected
Baldwin with n somewhat contemptu-
Gus smile. THE honeymoon is dwin-
ding to crescent, | fancy, and
should not wonder If there were Bon
vale impaled on it's horns before long
But whichr'
The Bonvales spent six weeks in
Egypt. Mrs. Bonvale had that oriental
sojourn in her memory ever after with
something of the feeling with which
the children of Israel may have revert