Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1913-02-26

decorations. It's pictures. It's works OF
art. its hospitality also. were beyond
reproach The trace of gaucherie was
icately reserved. dignified. yet well as
sured. The seal of approval was
placed upon Graystone Hall Who. in.
deed. should smile at the man who
had made 50 meteoric rise. who had
by a few years OF labor become mas
ter OF this mansion. its furnishings
and It's mistress2 Who. upon the other
hand. might smile at that mistress
whose appearance upon the front page
OF the leading journals OF the city be
came now a matter of course-a lady
Of such reserved tastes as led her to
forsake the larger marts. and 10 set
the seal OF fashionable approval upon
a little florist. little modiste, little
milliner all her own-even a little sur
geon hitherto unknown. who honored
a little hospital and made It fashion
able. by taking there this distinguished
patient for a little operation?
Rawn himself expanded In all this
social success. He saw doors hitherto
!
future unroIling before him also like a
scroll A hundred times a week he
walked to Ms young wife. caught her
In his arms. ENORMOUSLY infatuated
WITH her youth. her beauty. her
aplomb her fitness for this life which
he had chosen. For once he almost
forgot to regard himself as collector
Of beautiful objects, although the
truth was that his wife. Virginia. be
came more beautiful each day, more
saperb OF line, more calmly easy In
air. more nearly faultless OF garb and
! demeanor. She took her place easily
and surely among the young matrOus
of the Weather circles OF the western
| city. Whereas thousands of auto-cars
had passed by Graystone Hall and
only a dozen stopped, scores now. OF
! the largest, drove up its winding walks
I and halted at its doors. The dearest
I dream of both seemed realized. This
Z hunt in couple had won, They had
gained what they desired; that is to
/ say, self-indulgence, ease, idleness ad,
| ulation, freedom from care. What
more is there to seek? And is net
I this America?
| Gradually John Rawn had been los
I ing the rusticity which had accompa.
MED him well up to middle age. The
! city now began to leave its imprint.
/ The waisteoat Of Mr.. Rawn gradually
/ attained a curve unknown to 1t in ear
/ lier years, so that his watch fob now
hung in free air when he stood erect.
\ His face was perhaps more fiorid, his
| hair certainly more gray. His skin
remained fresh and clean, and always
/ he was well-groomed. having the able
! assistance of his wife now in the Sc
I lection of his tailoring, as well as her
! coaching in social usage. They always
I looked their part. At morning, at
noon, or at dewy eve, in any assem-
/ blage or any chance situation, they
/ both played the role assigned to
| them in their own ambitions Born OF
an environment wholly unconyention-
I al. they now took on that Of conven-
I tiOnality as though born TO that in
stead. You could not have found q
more perfect type of responsibility
than John Rawn. a more absolutely
valid exemplar of good social form
than his wife, Virginia. All things
F. prospered under their magic touch,
the genii OF the lamp seemed theirs.
No problems remained for them TO
solve. They had in their own belief
attained what may be attained in
American life, and they were happy.
I Or, that is 10 say, they should at least
have been happy. il their theory of
I life and success, and of those like TO
. theirs, be correct At least they were
. what they were-products OF a won
/ derful country which makes million
aires overnight and produces out Of
bakeries women Of one generation fit
to be the wives Of princes born of
forty kings.
We are, some OF us at least, accus-
toned to worship such as these as
they ride by upon the high car of sue
! cess, accustomed to envy and TO emu
late them. II that vehicle be the car
OF Juggernaut. crushing under its
wheels multitudes of those who yor-
ship. Il is no concern of those who sit
aloft. For a long tins Mr.. Rawn and
his wife remained ignorant OF the fact
that one victim OF the wheels Of their
success was none other than Rawn's
daughter, Grace.
Alas, for that young lady. She IN
fortunately had been now for almost a
\ year an aspirant in her own right to
seat upon the ear of ease and lux
ury; yet here she saw herself swiftly
supplanted. and worse than that. swift.
ly forgotten, Her year Of quasi-place
and power had left her unwilling to
return to her own humble home She
remained on at Graystone Hall. now
rarely visited by her husband. She
found herself calmly accepted, yet
calmly neglected as well Very natn-
rally she hated the new Mrs. Rawn
with all her soul; a hatred which that
lady repaid with nothing better than
a straight look into Grace's eyes, a
look innocent, calm, and wholly fear
J less. Grace must now see the very
: jewels her own mother should have
worn. blazing at the neck and hands OF
her stepmother; must see that lady