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

i'm existed. Fortune had not yeS seen
Z She visited his lonely grave once
! year. In the Protestant cemetery.
and dreanily tried 20 couture up what
manner Of man be had been. one day
.hs piled her old Italian nurse with
questions.
"Handsomsf Yes. but Il vas all 80
long ago. cara mia, that / can not
describe him 20 you"
DID he drinkT- Behind this cues
sion there was no sense OF moral
obIoquy az applying 90 the dead.
''ssinted Mary didnt all men drink I
their very souls into Durgatory those 1
nareliEious days?'
Had be any relatfvesr-
Il never heard OF any"
WAS he rich7''
No: but when the signors. your ,
mother. married him she thought be
was"
Il was not tfil later years that FOR
tame grasped the true significance OF
thls statement. Il nlumined many
pages. She dropped all Investigations.
concluding wisely that her mother. II
she we're minded 10 speak az AL, could
RMUUAV GUY the AnkAAEMAaa AAAN ANN-A+A"r
Il was warm. bslmy, IKE May In tha
northsrn ATTITUDES. Womsn wore
white dresses and carried sunshadea
over their shoulders. good band
played airs from the new liEht-operaE.
and a enc side OF the grand stand
were tea-tables under dazzling linen.
Fashion was out Not all her votaries
enjoyed polo. but II was absolutely
necessary 70 pretend that they did.
when they talked they discussed the
spanish dancer who pRraded back
and forth across the tea-lawn. They
discussed her jewels. her clothes her
escort. and quite frankly her morals.
which CT the four vas by all odds the
raost popular theme All agreed that
DE was handsome IN bold way. This
mobilization invariably distinguishes
the right sort OF women from ths
wrong sort from which there 70 no ap
peal 20 a higher court They coult
we'll AFFORD 20 admit Of her beauty
since the dancer Was outside What Il
called the social pale. FOR All that be
newest escort was a prince ineOgnito
They also discussed the play al bridgE
TIE AAAHlUha % 80 az AAl@A AN-Ao@-
the possibility OF war between Enl
! land and Germany. And some on
asked others who we're the two vel
|. gowned women down In front, sittin
4 on either side OF tAs young chap
\ pearlgrey. No one knew. Mother an
|. daughter, probably. Anyhow. the
Z kAew something about good ciothe
Certainly they weren't ordinary tou
= lists They had seen what's bis nan
= tip his hat: and this simple act woul
pass any one into the inner shrin
81 for the general was not promiseuOu
. There. the hrsthalf was over A
4 down for tea Thank goodnessi
, George vas happy. He was prou
Z too. He saw the gianees. the mods
"a approval he basked la a kind
sunshine that was new What an a
a he had been all bis lifei To IA
q been afraid Of women Just becau
" he Was Perclval AlgeFnonl What
&. should have done Was 10 have 10
" forth boldly. taken what pleasures
- found. and laughed with the rest
IA Asm
There weren't two other women
q all Cairo 90 com pare with these "
n The mother. shapely. elegant, "
e. the dark beauty or \ high-clRss Spi
Ia lard. possessing humor. trenchant &C
IA msnt. keen deduction and applicable
81 worldly. cynical. high-bred The Z
N dsnt Of nations might have tried
r. vain 10 place her. She spoke
'u French Of the Psrisians. the ItAl
in OF the F1orentines. the German OF
r'n HsnOvsrizns. and her EDglish wAa
CO. envy OF Americans and the wonder
Al the Londoners The daughter fell
or hind her but little. but she was IA
y. reserved The worldly critic ca
,ut this good form: no daughter sho
aAt try 20 Outshine her widowed moth
he As Fortune sat beside the young
re iectOr that afternoon she marvs
dts Why they had given him PerciyAl
rue gernon. Jones Was all right solid
yer substantial. but the other two tur
sss Il into ridiculs. SIN. what Was
md matter with Percival Algernonf
1nE tory had given men OF these ma
lila mighty hns things 20 aeccmpl
gho Then why ridicuie3 Was Il due TO
oon perverted angle OF vision created
ma. Wits and humOrists IN the comic "
de- Hes. who were eternally p!ilOr
these unhappy prsnIss 20 ordil
10 eognOmensf And Why this piIlory
ed: She hadn't studied the subject
ken nciently 20 realize that the bust
the OF the humorist Is not SO muel
,uld amuss as 10 warn persons aEains
coming ridiculous. And PerciVal
her Eernon Jones vas all Of that
our solved Itself into . matter OF va
at then. Had bis surname been
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