Show inal INITIATE FRIENDS mammi mrs urs grant with her laughter i is downstairs iown town stairs said noravene No X 0 o her r dear me edi eji ei e ji ia at ro I 1 jia ais vere vire ve re ina lna in a gone tone of vex tion ioni N wai a 0 a brine brins her onit anit this th ia dalp dalti lil rii nit 7 1 j i t as I 1 um am in he die ill iii midget 1 at of cutting ut go work too well lvell 1 I suppose 1 eia eja uki 10 down 1 I beliew she chooses disagreeable gree gre able cable weather rejoined I 1 mr wr the die sake of catching catchi og us va u emt emi L I 1 had I 1 just time to raae my cose esc hi i ore she ahe was shown in in another moni mor nt olt xira tira vi vt v in the parlor iler iier ier ler frien l with all the cordiality to it ilie world a aa if she had llad been the tile N ry peron poison alove above all ah others hiu hit hai hal I 1 iilo mot mor t desire desir ro J d to see anin anel anil nora kora ora joohar i oo 00 ht r J astill a 11 ke to seii i rant being conquered t br tier love of gossip and de hea hear r tiu tin t I 1 14 particular arlieu ir of tile the lat laft night ball v she iad aad 11 ad been pre pro vented tedi i lorn rom a tt ti oiling joeli joi jol d them presently 1 I am a ni sorry sarry H N ta ra aid said 4 mr mi 4 t grant that you meren moren n i il mr ii beital last een irig irig ft t wa fai tito gayest pirty we have hadlick see sef n A 1 I waa sorry in incel eed ced aj if nora not to lc te tile ther we K engaged with za rus frient irit at it honie hoine no lio iio was the belle oll olt oh oil mii mit 5 Li lind lewd wD 01 of cours cour 1 she is always alwaes the pret t best dr ed and gi maerever wherever wherever Nhe I 1 rever lingoes lie he goes young Hwi tilton v devoted L to her 7 now ai as miss lindon wag was noras avia ved nil ril an i amorite erion erlon ll 11 lir mr tir lff iff 9 her own irti eular cular admirer admi edip well ku k it nv t batni t grant gave lie lle lier ller t thac kj agree ag agreeable n ble ule piece 0 i idonna int orma tion in the hope 4 of of her tier say ii 0 o ne thing disa diss ree abl abi so she 1 I t writh frith the frankest expression and awl most cordial tone she always loo look I 1 s charming and I 1 know mr hamilton hamiltou admires her had she ahe liva llva in the dalace palace of truth she would ll 11 ve 1 ohe she never looked pretty pretis in her ilfe life ln e and hamilton adaire her gierat u all and I 1 doubt whether av hever danced dabbed daik ed with I 1 her last night kne fcc bce how ver contented hersell her seit with i ting lug ing mi lil grant who danced brethe lly ily and a 1 l doin join 11 got partners whether he e had waltzed m a great deal deai to which t ao youn youil I 1 lady an dy replied noi no I 1 seldom wait waltz z it lay lays one open to so many observations to t ions lons nora who waltzed like lige I 1 i 1 e a syl byh t 41 could hot let that pass and arid she lie lle re feied led aed with spirit that sc slie sile did ii not ot think lo 10 0 once p on a time it might have in so but Y kil all that was waa old fashio Kd and considered in bad taste now bue hue ne then pt proceeded to eulo eulogize ize th the e walten walt wait Zin of a V able abie foreigner w m n she pi as if that was quite quile very agreeable and saed sa ed if mi ai grant graut did not vind find him so misa miss grant who poke fre fro franch french lell very imperfect perfectly ly which N ushr a ahr v lly liy d ly suspected wh i she F lel lei ett cit the tile qt tion ri ji though hi si sat up lor ion a lingi ling il it t and a blue said sald that sho she sh didiot did not ake much interest iri in coredig ii i ils ais i s as she sho thought they geneav I 1 ay iy w very ve ry frivolous but merethe here the c avera ellon eulon was interrupted by the entice ent ilice 0 mr Bel Belil belmont lont moat who vasa wasa vas a fi ud ad of both families whereupon a i ver vet nt nural ral rai ami awl ani spirited tri trl tique critique ri wa z pass pasa lupoli i all their r friends uld mid 1 t une unc ut atlar arlar lare iare xe nora cont cent 1 tl l mrs airs belmont your dres it tt ov ow LT r show wi was v perfect I 1 i you lock look li better etter 11 whereupon oi mr mrs G aut ant turn 1 I herbold gray eyes oil ou an N a i aud und scrutinizing very every art arti ie e sh A hii hll hil on oil as if slie she was taking aing au ILI liu ver vex iry wy of eveard everything ling ting 11 she wore and wonc 1 tt where the tile money earme earne floii aror t sali sail lowly an uni and ani I not over approving v nora is always ex tely ro ro roe j and took her leave that more rm in be i id for her or lucy aid N X ii 1 i er QI 0 the th door had dosed rioted u 1 i her p nunu nuna vii toi toj you yay t reo refined ined lira lire B ift itt it I 1 i rou iou soa sou cou yoa ought to have I 1 uhe the i it lt i L t t Ili lii eilt glit wb n 4 tl barll ar aked aled a ked led ednora adnora nora with ti itt ite iti oni ohi lation fel awl ol 01 il 1 th i ra rat lher ther r i turned M nac it t cioll i 0 it as s ly ninta capot are ure i ik i k she aither out did P t V i i pd 1 l vero vere to ahot v lj vei vel q vird v w gwi wi ird ca aviv 3 i deep d i 1 0 cant xu t i i lit it i nr frien uch i aiu lid tt nati naji 1 of gi nal ual liv nul d E ite 1 40 t and floi vv 1 i nevel never even eyen i L I 1 i I 1 ead bead I 1 before I 1 I 1 dont X W wili ii lil id ill have llave had it anade in ade 11 she ie to our oure c al ll 11 noray nora c iii lii IA hd ao www woe 40 ute tub tuu make el e lil ill ehn she eue e prides li eraut orbein ontie onlie ing pat bat I 1 ift itt a 9 smart ismart andi heyer knew kuen 0 j 1 e of your smart women and dress drehs duely U L agate agapith with you baid bald Mrs be Bo mont better le too simple and unpretending if you ou cant afford to buy tile the real thing at once but mrs gnirs grant I 1 thinks sho she can imitate almost almast any imi imported ported hal hoad hai tt fee i silt slit ss s sel set s 11 1 ies yes its 1 es joined juiet 1 in nara ra ani and when she baa haa mad matte am outi outlandish andish think thinka A it looks french flinch from mis mrs grants caps they parsed to mrs grants dresses and flowers which iid ild lid did not nat fare faro much better and by tiie the tint thiry tiu tik hail hati kal kul disi t i r mutual frient brunds k the tile intuit t ani and aliina d ni gl sava kava mih mis belmont bade them thein coo goo good coining mo ining W 1 I wonder what w hat pleasure a woman in of mrs belmonte Bel monts age can take in going to parta partie nia night is nc h door doer 11 1 st s I 1 nora ora to her mottier ater aluir uie cie th ladys do depa pa t afe ure are llvell I 1 am surprise I 1 atit at it said urs mrs N vere ere as a she lia has i no daughter laughter to matl mAti onise unise if I 1 did not consider it my duty to go with you nothing would induce me to i in atlue ati uc but put tirs mi belmont la a tVa oKim mirits she i ii 9 i that may 1 1 a bappe ii appy con cou constitution tit ution continued noi i but it is not a din di dagni n i hed ned li edone one I 1 like to s cc e a oman woman fall fail into luto th the e sere bere here and 3 e i I 1 toiv ilov lea leat fgrace gracefully fully not be dancing tind stud dressin glIke a young girl and out evory every e ly night 1 I think nora said her little brother looking 17 up from froin his slate as ha his mother quitted the room that ours is the only perfect t family 11 tiie tile the only pert peri peneca act family wh wy what do 10 you man WWII m an tommy why hy returned the ch child ifal with much simplicity 1 I have been listening ening to you and mania mama and it het set beems seems gins bins to tor me that everybody has got so many faults except us that we e must bo be the only people you sou kaow 11 nora laughed heartily as she sho replied r r dont know th rt we are perfect tommy Perli peril perhaps aps if we were to hear other people talk of us wo ive that we had some home faults too i had nora ant antl anil I 1 tommy had the tho e gift of clairvoyance ce anci and could in havo have followed mrs tirs Bel bei belmont as slie overtook mrs grant they would speedily have discovered that noras conjecture wa was s not as impossible as it if at first struck Torn tommys tommas mys young 7 mind you are g gon gun w to mrs vere net next T monday I 1 suppose sup eose pose sald I 1 s said ai d mrs G grant r t n L oil oh of coure couie afley give a good many parties dont they yes a great many 11 replied mrs G grant ra n t and I 1 dont know 0 w hovy holy they manage it with mr veres vedes limited limite means and their expend ver habits how honi they contrive lo 10 drea i as they do is more than I 1 can comprehend 1 I know continued mrs beirn Belin ont dropping her voice to the true confidential pitch from from what mrs vere vero gold fold me that they a aee are re very much pressed for money and wid then sho she proceeded to lylon ilion ni tion some circumstances that mrs vere had inadvertently inadvertently let dr drop in relation to their family affairs a adding OR in 1 I should not ot of course mention mention ilese these things did I 1 not know the strong n ll curiosity would li hawe haye ave awe been tho ulo better word outage you ou take in tho family and all that relates to them oh certai certainly uly said mrs gramit grant you may safely talk to me I 1 am so much attached ott otta elied ached to them all and only mention these iliin bilings with regret of course rejoined mrs belmont one cannot wid without eliout pain see a family like the veres vere i eoln coin committing such sreh extra va gances they ii have ave nobie noble qualities but it isa is a pity they are so thi imprudent prudent 11 mrs grant chorused ill in as to their noble qualities and the ladies ladles praised their friends vague vaguely ay and in general for a few minute i v llen lien they returned to their failings with etli renewed vigor indeed sud said mis grant 1 I dollt know how mi vere vero vc ic can reconcile it to her tier con coD belen beien to t d ru i nora as slie she does docs it if her tier object i i N ui t I 1 I 1 hamilton lani ilton liton I 1 thin think he ho is sadly i a in the tiie means maans young men i i 1 1 11 1 in love lose with itha rtha a ji i rl because she ahe dress dresses eswell well weil indeed in HI timea tonuca like these it is calculated to ti hive ive lve a contrary effect they cant rt i aorl lorl i rt to to m ury expensive wives who K I 1 1 iw llo hlll 1111 tt if i ti nd M bellmont beil Bell lont v ai L 1 I 1 I 1 n 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 IK I 1 li L il ll oll oil 11 noi 1 ls grown up but mr HEff nilton is rich I 1 Hav ingre ill iii il h v destination bo uie willed d to bozil in i x v llone alone cinelia pure hae ie mis belmont IH hi I 1 li 11 i 1 ii 11 il NOW IV N I 1 tl I 1 I 1 I 1 t I 1 t I 1 I 1 I 1 iu 1111 i i I 1 5 i week never that either th the veres did not spend an evening with the tile orant grant rant 4 or 01 the tho ii nt avith tiie the I 1 ver xer V n ani and add 11 L luiet il 0 a alwa alaj alad yat vat at both buth pinkest it is that though the tile intimacy was waa great the friendship did nol no amount to much habit and love of gossip aban on only I 1 tite tike I 1 enig nv a fanan tegla iolia ion lon sight that two families who didiot did not like each other othor r and to both of whom the third party was be upon terms ot of mutual intimacy mrs vere a aal ail i I 1 NJ J rs grant had known bac each h othor other carev e irav NN aftin owin 11 n their little chil dren dron n and iru laeh inch inh ins lacs hati haul 1 been rather subject or of mutual s sympathy and interest tek t and li living livieri virl inteli out ot of sio iio society el et 71 they tiley had been what w hat bight might really be b termed baled but as ahne prod prop n s sed and iii i i i w up d krent kren view vica n i 1 11 it 11 ur u r were ua div loix d and anti the friend tiu tin nd hi degenerated agui idad into intimacy and the tile interest into purio sity and add thus as is too to often the case the form lasted after the senti sentiment alent had departed aud and wha what wa wag ona onee lore bore now vers very v i much muen muc mut h the th a apece peet ot of an ti 1 0 th IN ohi oi 0 r a i vei vece looked upon lucy grant a airl airi a irl nl who bein beni duite d to pass toi for being clev elev eror intellectual as she would say sa and arhl she laughed at her tier pretentious and and I 1 quizzed quizzed her german add aud pronoun eel lier lid kup I 1 v on oil her hei p brt india nant at tein lein uie tie lovely kocl boici ot as s beauty beatt y waltzia aud dres dressie sim 71 prove proe so much more attra tivo tie tle than her ii moie mole solid not to lay las y licary hc acquirements acquire ments spoke of herns heras her ai rivo lous 11 the young veres voted the grants slow and what term the solemn grants found profound enough te indicate their pt for the careless lessoff ofle haud hand veres verel has hay not yet jet come to ouy out knowledge vora yora vere was a very pretty creature avith her clear hazel evea eyes bright chestnut hair and sylph like figure the tile very of youth health and happl happiness iness and if she sho was somewhat given to tho the two to sina sins of fashionable lifo life ridicule and extravagance she was as yet yc at heart a h high ig 11 a spirited sweet tempered var nar warm in hearted girl and did ilat ridicule her leal real friends but only those who passed for such lucli at any rate F frederick reder roder lok loh hamilton being young himself I 1 would not have havo changed her faults for grants virtues and so notwithstanding the tile moral that should adorn this tale well for we must own the truth ho lie did adelm her the more for her very p pretty tty dressing reusing young men will worship beauty baut and ad admire in ire tre effect and anda a brighter fia fairy wry apy was uever never seen in a ball room I 1 than n nora yora ofa cerep vere and s so 0 P in spite of all aim airs grants branty prophetic not to say atrium triumphant hant antic anticipations I 1 actions frederick hamilton rich enough to please himself did ofner hand and heart to the acceptance of the proud and limpp happy nora N what hat did mrs sirs gi grancsay Gran antnay tsay ma mammal janinia ninia was wa the eager inquiry of the bride cleet elect on her mothers return from a visit to that lady to announce the engagement for mrs veres happiness was never perfect until she slie had the triumph of it to her friend and when nora wora returned her bridal visits in her har own myn carriage now nowhere liere did she iea lea leave e her card as mrm airs frederick hamilton with such entire satisfaction aa at mrs grants v and now nora said her husband as they drove away from the door iet ciel lct us have little or nothing to do oo with that woman noman 11 A with all my heart she sho replied 1 I 1 dont likelier nor anhof any of her connections 11 it ia Is not the people so much buch w whom horn I 1 dislike as the terms you are on said saaid lier iler husband for nora if you will forgive me for sa saying ino ing so I 1 dont think that species 0 of 1 it and sha hooting that existed between you ou either womanly or ladylike lady like 11 ehat that it is adt ladylike lady like I 1 fully agree with you yon replied mrs hamilton but oh 11 she sue continued laughing it is 13 very womanly I 1 |