Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-10-18

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old print shop to see his cousin.
CoTinna rage.
Mr., tu4u"p,r small tmuerinus
woman of distinguished Lineage ana
uncertain temper. had gone through
an entire lifc seeing only ono thing
At time. and novcr SacirE that ono
hing az IL really was. II her hus-
hand embodied tho moral purpose.
81" hcrs"it vas an incarnation of
TN" "vasiv" idoallsm OF tho nine
tc"nth century. Her universe was
comprised In her family circle. her
horizon ended with tho old brick
wall between tho alley and tho CuI-
nc0crs' garden. Al! that related to
her husband. her eight children and
her six grandchildren was not only
"f supreme Importance and intense
interest TO hcr hui. OF unsurpassed
E"nnty and excellence. u was In
t0l"rahle to her exclusive maternal
instinct that either virtue or happi-
ness should exist i'm any degree. ok
Cept - lesser measure. outside Of hcr
own household. and praise Of another
woman'S children conveyed "a her a
secret dispar1g"mcut ot her own.
Having naturally "A Kind heart. she
could iurTiy" any sin in her neigh
hours except prosperity though. as
Corinua had ono" observed. with
,
hiiiiction was high price to pay for
Nunt t'arricts favour" In her girl
hood sh" had been famous beauty:
aud she was still as fine and doll
ch;"ly tinted az a carving III "Ii
ivory with 4 SKIN Ike i faded
m'cr"phyl!a ros".!caf. and stiT vel
lowish white hair. worn n Ia pompa-
6"nr Her mind was thin. but hrm,
and, having received a backward
twist tn its youth 1t had remained
iuncNihly bent for more than sixty
years Unlike her husband. she was
GIFTED with an active. though per
fcctly concrete, imagination--a Kind
Of superior magic lantern that shot
out !maacs IN black aud white on u
shect-nnd sense of humour which.
IN spit" of the fact that it lost its
edge when II was pointed a, tn.
:a'nily, was not without practical
value IN a crisis.
ON the evening OF Stephens ad
venture In the square. the Culpcpcr
tanily had gathered in the front
drawing room Ia await the arrival
Of young cousin. whom. they de-
vuu:ly hoped. stephen would one. dny
perceive the wisdom Of marrying
The four dauchtcrs-Nictoria the
eldest. who had nursed in Franc,
during tho war; lIatty. who ought I
have been pretty. and was not; Janc
| who was candidly plain: and Ma.
! BYRD. who would have been a bcaut
! IN any CirClc--wcrc talking eagerly
with the !nnumcrah!c little gestures.
which they had Inherited from Mrs
'ulnepcr's side of the house. They
adorcd on" another. they adorci
their father and mother; they ador-d
their three brothers and their mar
rtcd sister. whose name was Julia:
ana they adored every nephew and
niece In the connection. Though
they often uuarrclcd. being young
aud human. these Quarrcis r!pplcd as
lightly as summer storms over pro-
found depths OF devotion.
oh. | do WISH" said Mary Byrd.
who Ind come out" triumphantiy
the winter before, that stephen
would marry Margaret" She was a
slender. graceful girl. with rcd-guld
hai, which had = lugtrous sheen and
natural wave in It, and the brown
oN-likc eyes Of her father There
was great deaf Of what pcyton,
the second SON. VIII" lived at home.
ana was the most modern of The
family. called dash about her
1T was the war thar spoiled it,"
said Janet, the plain one who pos
sesScd what her mother fondly de-
Scrlbcd as "a charm that was all
her own" II sometimes think the
war spoiled everything
~ AHlS ' I'loTld. inc eldest, de-
INJURED mildly Ever since she had
nursed in France, she had ns.r,med a
Slightly poss"ssivc manner toward
the war. AZ ii sh" had In some myS-
trrIous way brought 1t into the
world and was responsible Tor its
regulations She was Kali and very
thin. with perfect complexion.
long nose. and short upper lip
which showed hHr teeth too much
when she iauShtcd Her hair was
fair ana fury. and Mrs Culpcpcr.
wh" could not p>aisc her beauty. was
very proud OF her "aristocratIc APP
p"araucc."
why. ne never even mentions the
war she protested.
Il don't care believe he thinks
about it, insisted janet. who would
never surrender a point after She
Had once made it,
Hes different. anyhow" said Hat
ty. tn" one who had everything. a.
her mother asserted. TO make her
pretty, and Yet wasn't. lie isn't
nearly so normal. Is he, moihcr?"
Mrs Culpcpcr raised troubcd eyes
from the skirt OF her pale gray silk
gown which she was scrutinlL.ug de-
Joctcdiy. How on earth could /
have got that spot thcrc?" She re-
'''f'N '' .'l i't VI 'Nhs : & SblI VOICE.
Il am afraid you are right. dear.
about stephen. lie certainty hasn't
been Ike himself for some time.
have felt really anxious. | suppose Il
was the war"
While the war had lasted she had
seen IT, according To- her habit %
vision with peculiar ntentness. and
she had seen nothing else, hUt from
the beginning 70 the end /, mad
appeared To her mainly as AN inter
national disturbance which had up
SGT the serene and regular course
OF her family AFFAIRS For tho past
two years she had refused 70 think
of II except under pressure. and
then She recalled 1t only as the oc-
CASTOR when Victoria and stephen
had been in France. ana poor Prytun
in a training camp Her feeling mad
been violent. but entirely personal.
while MIR CuIpcper who possessed
the martial patriotism characteristic
~ N!rgjnIans OF his class and gen
GRAFTON, had been animated oy She
sncr!hciai spirit Of hero
Cro re Cou:inGcGD
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