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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.
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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
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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.
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