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About The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 18, 1897)
i 1 rf 12 THE COURIER. 4. V THE BACHELOR. J JJ ' T. I K 9 !i I l K Is- He s:,ts alone within he room, And gazes at the dyinj fire, ha fitful flames bears through the gloom The burden of his heart's desire. Sometimes he starts, as if he heard A woman's footstep on the stair Twas but a creaking board thatstirr'd, Unless a spirit lingered there. But often, as the smoke-wreaths rise, Sad fancy comes with oil her brood, He sees a face whose dreamy eyes Rebuke him for hk solitude. A woman's garment rustles low, His name is murmured by wan lips: Soft fingers touch hk wearied brow, And in his own a small hand slips. Thus sits he, lost in wistful dreams Of what the past may never be, Andallhklwely musing seems Lit up by faky phantasy, bile in the wide, wide world somewhere lTkhkia chamber, where the dim Soft shadows haunt her eyes aad hair, Some love-lorn woman waits for him. U: ST35L : LJSrtavSN (a)';!iiiii u.t mmm t .'mb tfM LtM.t a. s n.irtiar iii mjjuiu . q 'i . ? 'Bn imjm.-tiBm smiLmsaLf-mzsi -: ? L - - - " ' ' 'SB 1 JSulplao-Saliixe 2Sian.it:airitim9 Cor. I-itl aixcl aVX All Kinds of Baths Scientific Masseurs. A Deep Sea Pool, 50x142 feet. Hairdressinjjf. Drs. Everett, Managing- Physicians. Shaving- Town Topics' foondon Cor respondence. Continued from Page 4. good looking and devoted to sport. The eldest hod of the house, Lord Chelsea, is a merry little fellow; and his wife (Lord Alington's daughter), though a tritle more eerious than the family of her adoption, is very sweet and thoroughly nice. Then Prince and Princess Henry of Plees are an addition to any party, as the Duke of York seems to think, rince the blor.de Daiey of Pless has fallen to his lot to escort about a great deal. They had a laughable adventure at Leopardstown races. The Viceregal party left the state enclosure and went ro see the horses walked about in the paddock. Being young and active, the Duke and Princces Henryof Piess go III I 1(1 Best on Kan?tto. We make .them in all styles and sizes and sell them on monthly payments and guarantee them in every particular. Call and see them before 3'ou bu gucktaff Bro.. RETAIL STORE - -1028 0 STREET. EM. Co., Makers. to the entrance first. Of course, being such distinguished people, they bad no passports, such as are demanded from ordinary visitors in order to safeguard the valuable animals; and, to their amazement, the sturdy Celtic gate keeper refused to let them in! But we've come from the Viceregal stand," explained the Dukeof Yorkquite meekl r. "Shure, I know nothing to the conthra ry; butyc can't pas3 in,"' quoth Pat, un moved. Here the Duke, who is some tiroes very boyish, burst into a shout of laughter. His pretty companion, who had been looking a tritle worried and shocked, saw the funny side of tbc ad venture, and chimed in with a silvery peal; so there the pair 6tood, speechless and shaking, until the Lord-Lieutenant came up and received them. "Don't jou think it was rather too bad of you to stop the Prince like that?' said some body to the gatekeeper, later. "No. be gorra,'" was the reply; "how was I to be afther knowing him? But, of court e, I knew his Excellency, and when he said it was all right 'twas good enough for me." There has been talk of the purchase of Powerscourt for a royal, residence in Ireland. It is beautifully situated, amid lovely scenery, and near Dublin: in fact.it would just suit the York fam ily, but at preECDt Lsrd Powerszourt does not seem inclined to Eell it. Rumor has betrothed two of the Duke of Westminster's granddaughters. One, Lady Beatrice Butler (the Marquis of Ormonde's elder girl), is :i great beauty; indeed, she and Enid Wilson have been called the unmarried belles of the last two seasons. You will almost guess be fore I tell you that the mate assigned to her is Lord Willoughby d'Ere3by. How ever, we shall see. I he3itate to accept the story. The second engagement is much more likely, Lady Lettice Gro3ve nor and Mr. Osbsrt Molyneux. Lady Lettice a dainty maid of twenty is the second daughter ot the Duke of Westminster's dead son. Her mother is sister to Lord Scarbrougb, Lad Zet land, Lady Bolton and Viscountess New port, and married en sccomles nuces.hlr. George Wyndham. M. P. Lady Lettice is a great favorite with the Duke of Westminster, who will probably dower her handsomely. Her fiance is the sec ond son of poor Lord Sefton, whose death I reported a few months ago. You remember that the eldest son is in a pri vate asylum and not expected to live; in deed, death would be a friend to him, poor fellow. So Lettice Grosvenor will probably be Countess of Sefton very soon, if the marriage really comes off. Mr. Osbert is a nice boy, aged twenty six. A clever man was declaring to me the other day that our London stress are more Americanized than those of New York! Not only are they thronged with Americans, but even our own yoiitig women copy your drees, your walk, your speech. I hope you feel flattered! Arthur Balfour got a new bicycle be fore he went to Baireutb. It was made on purpose for him; and one of its pecu liarities is that the action of the pedals is vertical instead of circular. They re main stationery instead of revolving when the rider is descending a hill with the feet at rest. His brother Gerald, the Irish secretary, has been down at Knebworlb, in Hertfordshire, assisting at the coming-of-age of his wife's bro ther, young Lord Lytton. The boy is, of course, the grandson ot the novelist and the eon of ''Owen Meredith." He should have t.ileDt somewhere! The autumn has brought forth two new little fads in fashionable attiie chatelaines and crosses. The former went out of fashion for ecveral years, and have remained out, de-pile the efforts of a few extravagant elegantes who had them made in pure gold. I suppose that the reason for their exclu sion was the difficulty ot fixing them under- a Lodics which ended at the waist; but now that the kmoujiek." or Russian bodices, with full basques, are being made by the best tailors, that trouble is removed, and the chatelaine jingles gleefully tt the side or every fourth woman wLo n on.) meet! at a gay watering plite tr .oan cy house. A few gratides dames Luiiy Seconfield, Lord Rosebery's sister, among them never gave up wearing it in its most neglected days. And we are also wearing crosses. They are made o! chased gold, some times; but the smartest if one may use so inappropriate an epithet are of black enamel on gold, set witlt dia monds, pearls and other stones. Emer alds on the black are both effective and becoming; so are turquoises, to fair beauty. The Duchess of Hamilton is looking radiantly happy since her marriage to Mr. Foster. Did you know that she sacrifices one-half of her fortune for bis sake? It is to be hoped that Prince Aloysius Esterhazy will not marry Mrs. Langtry, for the sake of tbc susceptibilities or his familjl It would be an unusually fra grant mesalliance, as he is chamberlain tj the Emperor of Austria, and next in succession to his brother, the reigning Prince. His father, Prince Nicnolas, represented Austria at the Queen's cor onation, and for many years in London; his mother was Lady Sarah Villers, daughter ot the famous Lady Jersey, whose portrait was given to us by Dis raeli, in "rancred." The poor Ester hazys! Fancy their dismay! Of what use is it to be the wealthiest bouse in Hungary, with a rent-roll of i,'240,000 a year, and the right to contract legal, not morganatic, marriages wita. any s iver eign or reigning house, if the heir.prj sumptive to all their privileges must ne;d.i go and marry a fat person of doubtful character and no social stand ing, without even beauty left to recom mend her. :i -vai ": 'a :