Newark post., 1911-05-24
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I IMPRESSIONS
!; OF NEWARK

trumpet lay in her lap, like the tnLn
der-bo't Of Jupiter, an object of ven
Grated abhorrence.
Next to her at table sat her daugh-
ter Halle. The youthful counterpart
o. her moher in appearance, Miss Hal
lies face promised the same ignobie
old age as had overtaken her parent
A fringe Of straighr dark hair covered
her forehead to within an inch OF her
heavy brows. She had the same fresh,
rosy skin as her mother, with eyes
rounder and backer. Her lips were
full OF poutng, and between her nose
and chin there was an ominous pro-
phecy She laughed much and hear
tily at the sound OF her own voice,
and she dressed with stye and dash
hat marked her in Cd Shipton Her
remarks were shrewd, biting and per-
sonal. and her confidence in herself
had apparently. never been shaken,
since she was born. But Miss Hallies
charms we're seldom wasted upon the
desert air of her own sex; although
any ching pantaloon:c drew out al she
had A cold and fretful expression
during the day gave pace to ineXtin-
guishable smiles for masculine visitors
in the evening. Next to Miss Harrow
came the DevInes, and then George.
presiding. Opposite Marian, was the
on.y one Of Mrs, Caves boarders at
who mora. esuaci0n she did not i'm
mediately arrive With the first glance
at him, she thought OF Jack Hamlin,
and repudiared the thought He was a
very handsome young man, with b,uc
eyes, shaded by heavy lashes, and a
m outh that broke none too often into
d.mpled smiles. She could NOT at first
interpret the .anguid Elevation lo
lowed by the quick dropping OF those
heavy eye lids; it was the one charm
about the face which struck her as
dubious, the genera expression being
that of sweetness and good will. When
Mrs. Lamia had the "new-monia' or
Mrs Harrow had over eaten, or Mrs.
Caves was genuinely i'll. DR.. Jennings
was summoned up stairs to attend them
these cases being as yet, the ou,y
| ones on his books.
| His neighbor on he eft was Harvey
Melon, a student az the college This
young man had been born and bred in
the sands Of Essex county, and Hea-
ven knows what a territory that is for
| the human mind to expand in. Il
wouldn't live in Essex if yo' was to
| gave me the who county," said
George. why, frogs can't live there
They have to go Over to Mary and to
git a Twin" Yet to Mr. Me on, his
own "caounty' was the acme OF civil
zation. He could .ell you more about
oyster dredging and terrapin farming
! than you had in al probability ever
heard Ill your life before. He cou d in
! form you how many bottles OF peach
brandy was exported, and how many
! tons OF sweet pO:a -Ocs passed north
ward every year He had observed
the sani dunes at Lewes, though ne
. had never taken the trouble to inquire
how they goc here He knew son.e-
| thing OF the edible qualities Of turtles
and French moc<ing birds, and could
te.. you thing or two about fox hunt
| ng and reed-birds He entertained a
| profound contempt for people who
were enthusiastic or had aims, and he
liked to sit on the stairs with "srOu,.d-
NUS and Miss Harrow.
| In the shadow of Mr.. Moons hal sh
and rather prominent elbow sat a pale
woman in mourning When this lady
| spoke, nobody but the Devines appear
ed to notice her Her eyes were nerv-
| Gus and diated, and wandered now
and then towards George, with look
OF horror. Her position was apparent
y painful one, for the sleeve OF her
! delicate dress came in contact with
| that OF person from whom even
| George Caves preserved an exagg.r-
ated distance.
Mrs. Lamia-whose husband was
travelling in the west'-was a thick
set woman. with a large, repulsive
lace. Her hair. which was cut from
far back, in the prevailing mode for
young girls, was iron-gray, and COW
cred her narrow forehead complete ~.
Her yves were cold and observant, her
mouth hard and unsmiling Her COM
| bned expression was a curious one,
which Robert termed absorption for
want OF better word. She spoke, not
! often III the presence OF the Devines,
IN harsh, strident voice It was her
habit far into the chilly Autumn days,
to crouch on the steps OF the porch,
where, with elbows on knees and chin
in hands, the process of absorption
went unlnterruptedly forward In the
matter OF knitting, she was a second
Madame Defarge. Her peculiarly ex-
pressive silence chilled Marian with a
| kind of lear for from Mrs. Lama we're
known to proceed some of those things
which preclude man or woman from
entering the Kingdom OF Heaven.
| The circle Of these strongly assorted
persons was completed by niece Of
| Mrs. Caves. The number of people
of exalted position with whom Miss
Charlotte had always been a iavor-
ite.' was, according to her own &c
count, very great. She had the Old
Shipton eye for the main chance, ala
the Old Shpton disregard for the
chances of others, but she also hao
| what was nor so common there, a
heart whose kindness was permitted to
act in all matters that did not involve
a pecuniary disadvantage She kao
had hard life, and it was hard still,