The Territorial Topic. (Norman, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 8, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, November 13, 1896 Page: 3 of 8
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W-DY
LIFE.
HASCAtmggSlgffifr
INTERNATIONAL PRESS ASSOCIATION
CHAPTER VI.—(Continued,)
Tt was October before the family
made a formal removal to town. One
of the brothers, sometimes both, spent
two or three days a week there in Sep-
tember, and, since the uncertain sun-
shine and cold rains of autumn i,on-
Ined tho ladies, for the most part, to
Che house, they were ready to second
the proposition to seek their winter
quarters. Edward Withers was regu-
larly installed as one of his brother's
household, and under his auspices city
^ life also put on a new face for Con-
stance. He had a box at the opera, and
Elnathan was foremost to suggest that
Constance should accompany him
thither.
"That is, when you are not engaged
to escort single ladies," added the se-
nior, with a dry smile.
"Which will not happen often 'f I
v can have my sister's company in3'ead,"
replied the other, cordially. "But can-
not we make up a family party of four
for to-morrow night? I can promise
you a treat."
"Musical treats, when they are op-
eratic, are thrown away upon me," was
the answer. "But I am anxious that
Constance shall keep up her practic-
ing, and, to this end, desire her to have
•every opportunity of improving her
taste and style. You and she can give
home concerts of the latest gems in
this line for Harriet's benefit and
mine."
Harriet applauded the idea to the
echo, and was careful that he should
* not regret the young people's absence
•on the evenings they spent abroad,
playing chess with him for a couple of
hours, and then reading r.lou'1 mone-
tary or political articles selected by
himself until he dropped into a doze.
They were left thus to themselves more
anil more as the season advanced. In-
vitations to parties, concerts and din-
ners rained in upon Mrs. and the
Messrs. Withers, and to most of these
Constance went, attended by IOdward
■only. Mr. Withers had never been so-
cial from inclination, and he was only
too glad to delegate his duties in this
line to his wife, now that the protec-
tion of his brother rendered his attend-
• ance unnecessary.
Constance did not confess in words
to herself how greatly her pleasure was
augmented by the exchange of escorts.
It was natural that a man of her hus-
band's age and disposition should pre-
fer his own fireside to dancing and
small talk, and a wearisome feint of
hearkening to harmonies that were un-
intelligible and without sweetness to
him. She enjoyed gay scenes with an
easier conscience that she did not Bee
his grave visage at every turn of the
waltz or promenade and was not haunt-
ed by the thought of her selfishness in
having dragged him from his beloved
retirement. How much this feeling of
relief was intensified by the circum-
stance that her willing cavalier was the
most delightful talker, one of the best
dancers, and assuredly the most grace-
fully attentive to his fair charge in the
cordon of beaux who frequented the
fashionable resorts just named, did
not enter into her complacent calcula-
tions. She was on excellent terms with
- herself and all about her at this junc-
ture. The acquaintances who had
carped at her reserve and want of ani-
mation in the few assemblies at which
she had appeared as a bride candidly
avowed that nothing could be more
charming than her affability and guy
50od humor, and that she was far hand-
somer than they had supposed at first
3ight.
The more captious subjoined, sub-
rosa, that it was evident she appreci-
ated (convenient word!) Mr. Edward
Withers, and how fortunate she was in
securing the services of an escort so
unexceptionable in every particular,
3ince her husband seemed to have re-
, nounceil society just as she fairly en-
tered it.
"But," subjoined No. 2, audibly de-
livered, "people had different ways of
looking at these things, and, so long as
Mr. Withers lived happily with his
wife, and countenanced her in all that
she did, whose business was it to hint
at impropriety or misplaced confi-
dence?"
That Mr. Withers did countenance
his wife in her lively career was not to
be denied. It gratified him to see her,
magnificently dressed, go forth to gath-
erings at which, as he was sure to hear
afterward, she was the object of gen-
eral admiration for her beauty and vi-
vacity. It tickled his vanity to have
her do the honors of his mansion to a
choice company of Edward's friends
and hers people in whose eyes he, tho
sedate millionaire, could never hope to
be more than the respectful representa-
tive of his money bags. They were glad
to congregate in his stately salon
now, to partake of his fine old wines
and excellent viands, and unite in laud-
ations of the handsome woman who
bore his name. Adulation di^ not
spoil her, he was pleased to observe.
She had never been more deferential
in her deportment to himself, more
ready to consult and obey him than
when the star of her popularity was
highest and brightest. In this she tes-
tified her good sense and feeling heart.
To whom should she be grateful and
dutiful if not to her benefactor, the
architect of her fortune and happiness?
Association with him and with his
brother had developed her finely. He
took credit to himself for the penetra-
tion that had detected the germs of so
much that was estimable and attrac-
tive when she was still In the obscur-
ity of her brother's house.
"A happy family, a thoroughly well-
organized establishment," remarked
Charles Romaine to his wif-;, at the
i^lose of a visit they paid his sister in
January. "Constance should be thank-
ful to us all her days for opposing her
absurd transendentalism about conge-
niality and mutual attraction and tho
like puerile nonsense. What a wreck
she would have made of her happin
had she been left to pursue the course
dictated by her own caprices! I hope,
Margaret, that we shall not have to
combat the like errors in our daugh-
ters when they grow up."
Constance had a fund of strong
common sense in spite of her crudely
extravagant theories upon certain sub-
jects," rejoined Mrs. Romaine. "Thanks
to it, and, as you justly observe, to
our counsels, she has married better
than any other young woman I know.
Yes, I can ask no more enviable lot for
our girls than one like hers."
According to these irrefragable au-
thorities, then, our heroine had steered
#'ear of tho rock upon which so many
of her age and sex have split; kept out
of the current that would have strand-
ed her, high and forlorn, upon the bar-
ren headlands of celibacy; had, virtu-
ously eschewing "crude" instinct, and
heart promptings, and natural laws (fit
only, in Mrs. Iiomaine's creed, for the
guidance of beasts, and birds, and
other irrational things), rendered just,
and graceful obedience to the equitable
principle prescribed and practiced ly
the autocrats of the "best circles."
These burning and shining beacons
cease not, night nor day, to Aarn off
the impetuous young from the rigors
and desolation of Scylla, and cast such
illusive glare upon Charybdis as makes
its seething rapids seem a Pacific of
delicious calm.
CHAPTER VII.
PON as smooth a
current were Con-
stance Withers'
conscience and pru-
dence rocked to
(l sleep during the
? early months °f
/ that winter. Wln-
ter! Never had
. {' -• -skx summer been so re-
-V ^ Plete with light
and warmth. There
is a divine delight in the slow sweep
of the outer circles of the maelstrom;
the half consciousness of the awaken-
ing heart, like that of the babe who,
aroused from slumber by his mother's
voice, smiles recognition of the dear
music before his eyes are unsealed by
her kisses, or his head is nestled upon
her bosom.
That to every human heart such
awakening comes, sooner or later, I
hold and believe for certain. Deserts
of salt and bitterness there are in the
spiritual as well as in the material
world; but there was a time when the
Creator, whose name is Love, pro-
nounced them "very good," when as
yet the flood, and the rain of fire and
brimstone had not made havoc of all
their pleasant things, nor the soft soil
been hardened into flint and gravel by
dearth and heat. And, to that garden
of the Lord's planting there came a day
—when 01- of what duration He knows,
and perchance He alone—when the
south wind blew softly, and all the
spices thereof flowed out—spikenard
and saffron, calamus and cinnamon,
with all trees of frakincense, myrrh
and aloes. It may have been but for
one glad hour—one moment of bewil-
dering bliss, that the heart thus visited
was transformed into a fountain of
gardens, a well of living waters and
streams from Lebanon. The next may
have witnessed the rush of the deluge
or the bursting of the pitchy cloud;
and behold! in place of Eden, a lair
of wild beasts, a house full of doleful
creatures, meet for the dwelling of awls
and the dance of satyrs.
Other visions than these images of
woe and terror abode with Constance;
formless fancies, fair as vague; spe-
cious reveries in which she lived
through coming years as she was do-
ing now, surrounded by the same out-
ward comforts; her steps guarded by
the same friend, whose mere presence
meant contentment; with whom the
interchange of thought and feeling left
nothing to bo desired from human sym-
pathy. It was a severe shock that
showed her the precipice upon the
flowery verge of which she lay dream-
ing.
The brothers were, one morning, dis-
cussing at breakfast the merits of a pair
of horses that had been offered for
sale to the elder. For a wonder Ed-
ward displayed more caution in accept-
ing the jockey's declaration of their
fitness for family use than did his
staid relatives. Mr. Withers was vtry
obstinate in his adherence to what ever
principle or prejudice he believed that
he had seen cause to adopt, and his
eye had been captivated by the showy
team; his credulous hearing gained by
the adroit tongue of the dealer. All
that Edward's dissuasions could effect
was acquiescence in his proposal that
they should try the horses before the
sleigh that afternoon, before deciding
upon the purchase.
Harriet clapped her hands vivacious-
ly. "And then you'll drive by ami give
us a turn behind the beauties. I am
sure they must be heavenly from what
Cousin Elnathan says. I am wild to
see them!"
"There is a look in the eye of one
that bespeaka the spirit of another
region," said Edward, apart to Con-
stance.
"Don't ride after them!" she en-
treated, quickly. "Your brother will
yield if you tell him plainly "now un-
safe you consider them."
"Not unsafe for him and myself,
perhaps; but hardly the creatures to be
entrusted with your life and limb," he
rejoined. "Rest assured that 1 shall
make a thorough test of them before
consenting to the venture. I shall drive
them myself, and speak out frankly
the result of the trial. In whatever
else we may differ, Elnathan and I are
a unit in our care for your welfare.
So, if we show ourselves and the heav-
enly span of quadrupeds at the door
today, you need not fear to accept our
invitation."
The gentle and affectionate reassur-
ance contrasted pleasantly with Mr
Withers's authoritative mandate
"Constance! you will hold sourself in
readiness to drive out with us this af-
ternoon. We shall call for you at three
o clock. I wish you and Harriot to be
entirely prepared for the ride when
we come. Young horses do not like to
stpnd in the cold."
An impulse she did not stay to de-
fine drew Constance to the window as
the two gentlemen descended the front
steps side by side. Mr. Withers was a
trifle the taller of the two, but his
figure was angular and unbending;
Edward's supple and elegant, while
scarcely a trace of family likeness ex-
isted between the swarthy visage of the
elder, with its deep-set eyes, long up-
per lip, and high, narrow forehead,
and the lively glance, clear complexion,
and spirited mouth that made Edward's
physiognomy a goodly sight to more
eyes than those that met the parting
smile he cast up at the parlor window
when he gained the pavement, where-
as Mr. Withers stalked solemnly on,
apparent!; forgetful already that he
had a home and wife, now that his face
was set office-ward,
"Shadow and sunshine!" reflected th#
gazer. "And they are not more un-
like in countenance than in disposi-
tions, aims and conduct—as dibshnilar
as two upright men can be."
Harriet's shallow treble sounded at
her elbow like a repetition of the last
thought. "No one would ever take
them to be relatives," she said. "Yet
each is excellent in his way. Don't
you think so?"
"Yes," answered Constance, moving
av.ay.
"Only their ways are so different!"
persisted the cousin. "I like Elnathan
best, of course, but Edward is the more
popular man of the two, I believe—isn't
he?"
"I really do not know!" Constance
left the room uttering the falsehood.
Harriet had a trick of making her
intensely uncomfortable whenever the
talk between them turned upon tho
brothers.
'I hate comparisons!" she said to her-
self, when she reached her room. "And
it is forward and indelicate in her to
institute them in my hearing."
Convinced that the sudden heat
warming her heart and cheeks was ex-
cited by Harriet's impertinence, she
made it her business to stop thinking
of the conversation and its origin so
soon as she could dismiss it and turn
her attention to pleasanter things. It
was more innocent and agreeable work;
for instance, to write out Edward's part
of a new duet upon a fair sheet of
paper which he could hold in his hand
as he stood by her at the piano, the
printed copy being so blurred as to try
his eyes. He was very slightly near-
sighted, although a casual acquaintance
would not have suspected it. She
copied music legibly and rapidly, and
lately had hit upon this happy device
of making him some poor return for
the manifold services he had rendered
her. "All that I can do leaves me de-
plorably in his debt," she reasoned. "I
never knew what was the fullness Mid
disinterestedness of a brother's love un-
til I met him. But all brothers are not
so considerate or devoted as i3 he. J
should understand that."
'TO HS coxrixcgt,.!
IN WOMAN'S COHNER.
II* XVh* Indeed Absent-Minded.
Judge Kaw'.°y of the United States
circuit court related recently from tho
bench a good story at the expense of
a distinguished lawyer and United
States senator, whose name was not
mentioned. This prominent member
of the bar was very absent-minded at
times. One morning he was on his
way to court in a great hurry, and
happening to overtake a friend, re-
marked: "I dressed in such haste this
morning that I forgot my watch." A
little further on he said: "I wonder
if I have time to go back and get it,"
and as he spoke he pulled out his watch
from his pocket. "No, I have not time,'*
he concluded, after consulting the dial,
and he walked on. Nearing the court
house he hired a messenger to go for
the watch, paying him a dollar for the
service. The messenger returned with
the information that the timepiece
could not be found, whereupon the
lawyer exclaimed, looking up from his
books and papers: "That is very
strange!" Then he took a swift glance
at his watch and said: "It makes no
difference, anyhow. I can do without
it. The judge is late and there is plen-
ty of time. And he paid the messen*
ger another dollar.
interesting readinq for
dames and damsels.
Some Current Note* „r ri,„ Modra—
llhirk Mint (iinj llri'HH Krt'p-
tlon TulUt. -A Cri-IMIII Cniituinv An-
nwitk t« Fair ( urri'spinultiit .
j HE magpie cos-
tumes, all in black
and white, are
found in the black
and grays and
called "magpie." A
dress of this kind
was made for a
very fashionable
young Washington
woman, who order-
ed it in Paris for
the first culling trip at the capital.
The dress is a pattern ane. Two pat-
terns arc seen a smooth black cloth
and a delicate gray striped in black.
7 he skirt is made in many panels over-
lying breadths of tho striped material.
It is full, with a suggestion of train,
yet without an inch of superfluous
length. !• rom the waist down are
small round buttons in cut jet. Jets,
by the way, are becoming great favor-
ites, a boon for those who have pre-
served them.
The waist is a modified blouse with
Jet buttons. A crush collar and deep
cuffs of striped silk make the only
trimming. A short coat of g^ay doe-
clones at th* left sid#, tho edge being
ornamented with an application of vel-
vet embroidered with steel, The bodice
close fitting in the back, while In front
it forms an open bolero, bordered with
velvet and steel embroidery. The full
chemisette of white lace has a lining ol
pink silk. The wide belt and the col-
lar are of black velvet fastened with
steel buttons. The sleeves are of pink
silk, made very tight, and have brace-
TV
lets of black velvet above tho elbow
and epuulets of white lace.
Care or tho TVetlu
TTgly Girl inquires if there 1s any
process by which irregular teeth can
be made symmetrical, and how best
*
PRINCESS GOWN C'-< BROCADE.
Pari* I'nlIf-rmen CIntig.
Policemen in Paris now carry clubs,
beautifully decorated. They are pure
white, with yellow handles. Around the
middle is painted a double blue ribbon,
with the city arms at the point where
the ends of the ribbon cross. The white
color will be more easily noticed than
any other by coachmen, the sticks
being held like conductor's batons by
the policemen in the middle of the
street, to direct travel to the right or
left or to stop it when needful.
Of Course Not.
Watts—"That Is a pretty good story
you tell, but it won't work." Weary
Watkins—"Course it won't. D'you
s'pose I'd be travelin' around with it
if it did?"—Indianapolis Journal.
Difference of Opinion.
Ted—"What's the name of that sub-
urb Tom moi'ed to?" Ned—"Tho peo-
ple who live there say it is Paradise
Park, while everybody else calls It the
Jumping-off place."
skin will be worn with the dress. The
coat is stitched in black and buttoned
with jets. Collar anil cuffs of sable will
be worn with the coat. These are ad
justable and can be left off on warmer
days. Cuffs are sold this year at very
reasonabe prices. They are narrow
and do not destroy the contour of the
arm. A pair of the^e cuffs make dressy
a plain waist and dinify a cloth coat
wonderfully.
Reception Toilet.
The illustration shows a reception
toilet of pnik poplin. The redingote
skirt is embroidered down each side
with silk and beads and opens over a
tablier of white embroidered tulle over
A straw silk lining. The poplin bodice
is close fitting at the back and full
In front, where it opens over a guimpe
of white tulle having an application of
gold and bead embroidery. The draped
collar and the choux are of white satin,
the medicl collar and full, pointed per-
erine of yellow lace. The full sleeves
extend only to the elbow, where they
are finished with a deep frill of lace
and hows of white satin.
A Crepoil Continue.
A sketch is given of a walking gown
of n(ck l-gray crepon. The godet skirt
to care for the teeth in order to pre-
se?ve them and keep them white and
sound. Answer: There are many per-
sons who have teeth of sueli poor qual-
ity that no treatment will avail to put
them in any desirable condition or to
keep them so. A perfectly reliable and
conscientious dentist should be con-
sulted. and if the teeth are very irregu-
lar they may be straightened by me-
chanical appliances. Tooth powders
and washes should be used with the
utmost caution. Dioxide of hydrogen
is one of the very best washes, and
ought to be used after every meal.
Sometimes the teeth can be greatly im-
proved and strengthened by selecting
articles of diet that are rich in bone-
forming substances. Too much rich
food and too much sweet are bad for
the teeth and will almost certainly
weaken their structure and destroy
them.
Oid-Fashtoned Girl desires to know
is' there Is any such thing as hand-
liw'ie linen, and why it is that linen
does not last as it did years ago. An-
swer: There is probably no fine linen
made nowadays, but there is in one of
the interior districts of Ireland an old
woman who prepares the flax, spins
and weaves for some large establish-
ment a very heavy grade of linen that
is used mainly for decorative purposes.
It is one of the most available of all I
fabrics for this purpose, and the I
maker is kept busy the year round I
with orders for her beautiful material.
Mpch of the present-day linen is mix-
ed with cotton, which is the reason for
its lack of durability. The finest Sea
Island cotton is carded and spun with
linen in such a way that it becomes a
part and parcel of the fiber e.nd cannot
bo detected by ordinary tests in the
hands of amateurs.
A I.eeill Rune.
"What makes Ulackcoke caxry homt.
a lot of law books every night he's out
late?"
"Makes his wife think bo's been
working hard on a case." DopxJt I>'re
Press,
i i;ie m
1 HE REPUBLICANS WILL
NO! CONTROL U.
NEED TWO MORE VOTES.
ml Independen/A Will- Mold nab-
of Power Doubt mm to the At-
ule of Some of the .Mi* in horn
-Probable That u Free Coin-
age Kltler to a Tariff
Bill Could Not Fiihm,
WAsiriNOTos, Nov. 9.—The- next Sen-
ate, it is believed, will stand:
Republicans, 44.
Democrats, 33.
1 '<ipulists anil independents, 13.
This takes all states out of the doubt-
ful column, placing Kentucky and
North Carolina in the Republican col-
umn, as Senator Butler said to-da.v
that a free silver Republican would
probably he returned by the funionists.
Delaware is put in the Democratic
column, and Kansas and South Dakota
in the independent and Populist
column.
This will prevent the Republicans
from taking control of the senate un-
less some of those who bolted the Be
publican platform at St. Louis should
return. It is difficult to estimate the
exact standing of the next senate on
the money question, owing to the new
alignment of parties in the recent
campaign. Men who have been pro-
nounced silver men have been support-
ing the Republican platform and can-
didates. and pronounced gold men
have supported the Democratic plat-
form and candidates. Perkins of Cali-
fornia, Wolcott of Colorado, Shoup
of Idaho, Carter of Montana,
Mitchell of Oregon, Wilson of Wash-
ington. and Clark and Warren of Wy-
oming have all voted for and sup-
ported silver legislation, and what
course thev will now take in the Sen-
ate is altogether problematical. Among
the Democrats Gorman of Maryland.
Smith of New Jersey, Murphy of New
^ ork, I aulkner of West Virginia and
Mitchell of Wisconsin all have voted
against silver, and yet supported the
Democratic party in this campaign.
As no silver bill possible could pass
the House, this fact would influence
voting in the Senate on the silver
question, especially in the shape of a
rider to a tariff bill. The probability
is that on a free coinage amendment
to a tariff bill all of the forty-four Re-
publicans would vote against it, and
possibly some Democrats, such as
Caffery of Louisiana, Gray of
Delaware and Lindsay of Ken-
tucky, who bolted the Chicago plat-
form, and perhaps even some of those
who supported liryan during the
campaign. It also is'not unlikely that
some of the Republican senators who
bolted the Republican platform might
take a position which would permit a
tariff bill in which their constituents
are largely interested, because of wool
and lumber and lead ores, to become a
law.
Senator Faulkner, Democrat, of West
Virginia, said to-day that the silver
men, by standing solidly with tho
Democrats, could prevent tariff legis-
lation. Senator ltutler, on the other
band, said that he and others of the
Populists would support the right
kind of a tariff bill, but not a measure
like the MeKinley bill. Mr. Butler
wants adequate protection on raw
material.
CARLISLE FOR SENATOR.
Gold Standard Democrat* Will Control
the Kentucky Legislature.
Lovisvii.i.k, K.V., Nov. 9.—The Times
to-day says: "John G. Carlisle will be
J. ('. S. Blackburn's successor as United
States senator from Kentucky if
he will accept. By Tuesday's elec-
tion the republican vote in the
legislature became 70 on joint ballot,
which is sufficient to elect, but not a
quorum. Thus the gold standard
Democrats are masters of the situa-
tion. In addition one Republican mem-
ber of the legislature, who was elected
Tuesday, owes his victory to a pledge
in writing that in consideration of the
support of the gold Democrats he
would vote for Carlisle for Senator.
Bryan to Lecture In Denver.
DjEN'VKH, Col., Nov. 9.—William J.
Bryan is to lecture in Denver before
the end of this month on a date yet to
be fixed, on "The Centennial State."
The chamber of commerce is arrange
in# to tfive a banquet in honor of tho
silver champion, who received nearly
nine out of every ten votes cast in Col-
orado at the late election, and the peo-
ple of the state will join in a great
demonstration to sliow their admira-
tion for their loader. He will proba-
bly deliver his lecture also at several
other points in Colorado in the Star
course.
Objector Holinan Returned.
Indianapolis, Ind., Nov. 1).—The of-
ficial returns show that the Democrats
have elected four out of thirteen mem-
bers of Congress. The four are: R.
W. Myers in the Second district. VV. M.
T. Zeener in the Third, William S.
Holinan in the Fourth and .Tames Rob-
insou in the Twelfth. Charles H. Lan-
dis defeats Joseph li. Cheacile in the
Ninth district by about 200. The ofti-
cial count reduces the number of Re-
publicans in the Senate to 33, and the
number in the House to 52, and makes
the General Assembly "0 Republican
on joint ballot.
Texan (Uvea liryan 100,000 Plurality.
Dallas, Tex., Nov. 9.—The state is
for liryan by 100,000. The Democrat
state ticket wins by 00 000. Twelve
Democrats and one Republican con-
gressmen are elected.
Stephens' Majority (irowlnif.
S r. Louis, Nov. 9. -There are yet ten
counties in Missouri to hear from, but
the indications are that Bryan will
have from 00,000 to 05,000 plurality and
Stephens. Democrat, for Governor,
from 4.'>,000 to 50,000.
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Brown, Quincey T. The Territorial Topic. (Norman, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 8, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, November 13, 1896, newspaper, November 13, 1896; Norman, Oklahoma Territory. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc115744/m1/3/?q=oklahoma%20territorial%20sun%20paper: accessed May 22, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.