Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1912-09-19

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mother she vas as the young OF snf
mais. interesting oaly Bp 70 that time
when teey could stand. alone. That
,hal r,ofhsr never made and held
serntnlne friendships VAS IN nowise
astonishing. Beaaty ans charm. socn
as she possessed served immediately
to stimulate envy in other womens
hearts. And that men OF AL stations
IN life nocked about her. Way. II -
the eternal tribute demanded OF beau
y. Here and there the men were not
ali the daughter might have wished
Often they burnt sweet nattery At her
shrine. tentatively: but as she coouy
stamped out these ineipient nres,
they at length came 20 regard her 40
one regards the beauty Of frosted
window. as a thing to admire and
praise In passing. One aehe Always
Aided: the bitter knowledge that had
she met IN kind smile for sEnile and
lest for test. she might have been her
mcther's boon companion But deep
back IN some hidden chamber % her
heart lay 4 secret dread Of sueh a
| stsp. a dread which. whenever she
strove 20 analyre II. ran from under
her Investigating touch. as little balls
1 q QUICKSILVER TNu from AAN
pressure OF a thumb.
She was never without the comforts
OF nte. velifod. vsiidressed, wsih
housed. and often her mother nung
her some ieWeled trinket which tagain
that sense OF menacel she put away,
but never wore. The bright periods
we're when they left her In the little
villa near Mentone. vith 10 one but
her old and faithful nurse. There.
Nth her horse. her books and her
flowers. she was AZ peace. Week into
Ees< and month into month she was
let be. Never . letter came. save
! from some former sehooimats who
vss coming over and wanted lsttsr1
of Introduction 10 dukes and duchess
e.. II she smiled over these letters
Il was with melancholy; FOR the dukes
|. and duchesses Who fell within her
: singular orbit. we're not the sort 70
whom one gave letters OF Introduction.
Where her mother went she never
= had the least idea She might be IN
any OF the great ports OF the world.
u anywhere between New York and
= Port said The major generally dis
= appeared AZ the sane time. Than,
> perhaps. she'd come back from .
pleasant tram-rids over 20 Nice and
. aud them both AZ the villa. maid and
inSrag1. MHyhAp q might OF two. and
= OF they'd go again: never n wor
10 about their former Journey. aneOu
N municative. rathar Quiet. These ~
y. ] aences. together with the uDdemos
- atrntIve rsappeaFEncss. used 70 hul
at Fortune drsadfuny. IL gave her
4 -.
nowhere. The hurt had iessensd Wts
the years. and nov she didn't cal
Al much. Like as not they would drn
eF her out OF Bdsn tor = month or ~
az Cor what true reason she never ccu
quite fathom, unless Il was that
- tines her mother liked 70 have q
daughter near her "a foil
'uf Al rare intervals abe saw stsal-sJs
I arim-moutAed men WandsrinG 40 a.
nG down bSfore the gates OF the vi
tu- Fanny. but they n@Vsr Rag the Be
ND nor spoke 10 her when sAs pAss
aAa them on the street. she talked
these men. her mother and the ma
not would exchange amused giEnceE. 90
oV tzG more
II. rightly or wrongly she Mated
In mother. abe dssplHsd her uEelA. =
Was ever bringing 10 the villa nsn
II money. bat OF coarsS nber. Oatsnstl
with the view Of marrying bar
} Rt But Fortune had her dreams. AnA Z
y q was quite content 20 walt
There was one man more persts4'
he than the others. H0r mother cal
30 him Horace. which the major q
loved into Hoddy He was tall. bio
q q good looking. a dsyilmay-caTe. .
Gated. witty. amusing: and In even
ave dress he appeared 20 be what II '
quite evident he had once been
. gentleman. At hrst she thought
In strange that be ahould make her,
r 70 stead OF her mother. hi1 oonndai
was As TO what vocation he pursued.
,sult aid not know. for he kept Esdul
tune guard over his tongue; but his p
II IN ND 70 that FORK In the road where a
ould hood says gOOd-by to youth. was b
held And IN this direction. clever and ny
ton. as the mother Was. she sought In '
saed 90 Wrest this past from her dAuBht
HDs To the mother. Il was really
nent- essary for her 70 know who this
"a I really was had been. knowing I
ion. Oukhly as she did what he was n
con- POrstatsnt be undsniably waa.
asver coarse nor rude. Since
~ "A | time he had come back from
ho~ casino zt Monte Carlo. much the "
for wine. she feared him; yet, IN I
,.r 4. OF this fear, she had for him a VI
.olsD. liking. q hAEy admiration What
- his faults might be. she stood Wit
: 20 his great physical strength