The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1906-06-23
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Cocuialt. 1904. By Dodd.
Mead md Compsay

| Alleghanies a strong branch of the Cal
houn family followed close in their
| footsteps. The majors great-grand
father saw the glories and the posi-
bilities Of the new territory. He struck
| boldly forward from the old Revolu-
tionary grounds, abandoning the luxu-
ries and traditions of the Carolinas for
a fresh, wild life of promise. His sons
and daughters became solid stones in
the foundation of commonwealth,
and his grandchildren are still at work
on the structure. State and national
legislatures had known the Calhouns
from the beginning. Battlefields had
tested their valor, and drawing rooms
had proved their gentility.
Major Calhoun had fought with
Stonewall Jackson and won his spurs,
and at the same time the heart and
hand of Betty Haswell, the stanchest
Confederate who ever made flags,
bandages and prayers for the boys in
gray When the reconstruction came
| he went to congress, and later on be-
came prominent in the United States
consular service, for years holding an
! important European post. Congress
claimed him once more in the early
nineties, and there he is at this very
time.
Everybody in Washington's social
and diplomatic circles admired the
beautiful Beverly Calhoun. According
to his own loving term of Identified
ton. she was the majors youngest"
The fair southerner had seen two sea
sons in the nations capital. Cupid,
orc 4 In, Of hnf h1I
shot his darts ruthlessly and resist
Iessly into the passing hosts, and mas
cullne Washington looked humbly to
her for the balm that might soothe its
pains. The willy god of love was fair
enough to protect the girl whom he
forced TO BE his unwilling, perhaps I'M
conscious, ally. He held his impene-
trable shield between her heart and
the assaults of d whole army of suit
ors, high and low, great and small. 1t
was not idle rumor that said she had
declined coronet or two that the
millions Of more than one American
Midas had been offered to her and that
she had dealt gently but firmly with a
score of hearts which had nothing but
love, ambition and poverty to support
them in the conflict.
The Calhouns lived in a handsome
home not far from the residence of Mr..
and Mrs. Grenfall Lorry. 1t seemed
but natural that the two beautiful
young women should become constant
and loyal friends. Women as lovely
as they have no reason to be jealous
1t is only the woman who does not feel
secure of her personal charms that
cultivates envy. At the home of Grau-
stark's princess Beverly met the dukes
and barons from the far east. 1t was
in the warmth of the Calhoun hospital
ity that Yetive formed her dearest love
for the American people.
Miss Beverly was neither tall nor
short She was Of that divine and in
definite height known as medium; slen-
der, but perfectly nodded; strong, but
graceful-an absolutely healthy young
person, whose beauty knew well how
to take care of itself. Being quite
heart whole and fancy free, she slept
well, ate well and enjoyed every min
ute of life. In her blood ran the warm,
eager impulses Of the south: hereditary
love Of ease and luxury displayed itself
in every emotion; the perfectly normal
demand upon mems admiration was as
characteristic In her as 1t Is in any
daughter of the land whose women
are born to expect chivalry and hon.
age.
A couple Of years In q New York
finishing school" for young ladies had
served greatly to modify Miss Cal
delightful way down south" phrases
~ 49, H. ~
cold, unromantic atmosphere Of . SEM
mary conducted by two ladies from
Boston who were too old to marry, too
penurious to love and too prim to think
that other women might care to do
both. There were times. howeveF-if
she were excited or enthusiasts
pretty Beverly % far forgot her train
ing - to break forth with . very At
tractive 'yo' all )" -suah 'noush" or 80
long naOw." And when the bands
played Dixie she was not afraid 70
stand mp and wave her handkerchisf.
Ths -northernsr who happensd 10 -
with her On snch occasions usually
found himself doing likeWige hefegp -
could escape the Infection.
Miss Caihoun's face was one that
painters coveted deep down In their
artistic souls. It never knew dull In
slant: there was expression In every
iineanent, In every roox; nfe, genuine
life, dwelt in the mobile countenance
that turned the head OF every man and
woman who looked upon 1t. Her hair
was dark brown and abundant; her
eyes were a deep gray and looked
eagerly from between long lashes Of
black; her lips were red and ever
willing to smile or turn plaintive as oc-
casion required; her brow was broad
and fair, and her frown was as danger
Gus as smile.
AS to her age, il the major admitted,
somewhat indiscreetly. that all his chill
dren were old enough to vote, her
mother, with the reluctance born in
women, confessed that she was past
twenty. so a year or two either way
will determine Miss Beyerly's age so
far as the telling of this story is con-
cerned. Her eldest brother, Keith Cal
houn (the one with the congressional
heritagel. thought she was too young
to marry. while her second brother,
Dan. held that she soon would be too
old to attract men with matrimonial