The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-11
QUEER ANGELINA AND
HER LOVERS TWAIN

not see the road that stretched before
them. the long road that bitterly they
must tread. Had they seen 1t could have
made no difference He sat beside her
on one OF those well stuffed a nd slightly
grotesque double settees. They dis
posed themselves slightly sideways,
shoulder inclining to shoulder Such
seats have gone out of fashion. but Lady
Johns had nothing but hereditary fur
niture." The story has plenty of those
swift touches of chronological color
II IL impossible 10 think well of the
remark with which Julius opened tho
conversation. 80 you are Anthony's
wife," he SAID smiling. 81 never thought
that he would marry anything warmer
than a Nankin bowl" The novelist Is
put To 1t to excuse this Neither smile
nor words were usual" she says, nor
were they pleasing In the correct social
sense. There was perhaps an implied
sheer at Antony. Yet julius had charm
and YOU knew instinctively that there
was nothing mean or ugly in him. He
might imply unklndness, he might do
dastardly acts, yet You acquitted him"
There is something puzzling about this
II Is hard to see how an Ill favored man
guilty Of dastardly acts could be so read
lily acquitted.
Very surely julius was not beautiful
to the eye. Even while affirming his
great charm the story explicitly says:
Ugly to look at? oh. certainly! Ange-
lima was admitting this. She looked at
the little eyes and domed head. Already
that head was getting slightly bald"
There IL. however. a beauty that shines
not unfrequently in the human counte-
nance. II is a favorite with the novel;
fists, who often dwell upon Il with en-
thusiasm. We have It now here. The
story says OF Julius: "He smiled again.
He had one good point. and that was a
set OF white teeth. Yet they were not
good enough to look like false ones, nor
had they that square shape and flashing
whitencss which reminds you OF an ami
NAL" They did not glare and startle.
! They were reserved, modest teeth-an
advantage.
Angellnas troubles came upon her
very soon after she had left Antony
and gone away with julius. Antony
vas stricken with paralysis and Julius
with blindness. Antony's house was
burned with all his blue china. The
china was not insured He was left
poor. JULIUS was a pauper. They both
had need OF Angelina. She knew about
china, She opened a little shop in an
old house in small town and in the
rooms over the shop she took care OF
julius and Antony. She was merchant
and housekeeper. We may glance for
! a moment at this curious family. The
two men were waiting for Angelina who
was out buying at an auction sale. She
was quite shrewd at her business, got
along very well. II was one Of the
querulous Antony's bad days. 'He suf.
fered pain. These two men. each dis
abled, were developing certain invalid
sympathy II was a quality apart
from their feeling for and their tradi.
ton with Angelina. They heard feet
upon the stairs. Julius started anC
warmed. Antony hardened his face
Yet he looked eager. for this was Ange
lima and he wanted to know all abou
the sale And he wanted TO see tn,
things she had bought. He hoped tina
she had them with her. Sh,
came in duwdily dressed. looking hand
some but little hard and tagged Hel
first glance shot fleetly--and yet Will
the air OF taking a stolen aim--towar,
julius, Antony saw; he missed nothing
Yet no was not jealous Why shout,
eitneT OF lneIl pe JeoIo"s' SINCE sn'
belonged to neither. Moreover, whei
men are blind or paralyzed what oil
earth do they want with a wifel"
We may add one little bit regardin;
julius: "IIe stands by himself and H.
always will whether he lives or dies
: He Is delicately distinguished from
: all others. He Is part OF the mys
terious sea, he Is one with tamarisl
trees and golden single" Angelina
wrote that In letter to 81. Mary O
Egypt. The letter concludes the stor,