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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1892 Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XXII. THE MOTHER OF GRACCHUS. "Charlotte," said Laura Ruthven one day, as the two young widows sat at lunch some weeks after their return from Switzerland, "I want a new sensation of some kind. Couldn't you introduce me to some interesting people?" "What do you call interesting people?" asked Charlotte. "People that do something." "I agree with you that they are the most entertaining. The lilies of the field that neither toil nor spin are not so interesting after all, as Solomon in all his glory; he built the Temple, and wrote proverbs, and made a stir in his time. I am afraid we are useless lilies," said Charlotte. "Oh, wait a little!" cried Laura Ruthven; "we haven't had time to find a career yet." "What career can we possibly have now? A wife has a career, and an old maid has a career, but what is there except women's rights and philanthropy for the young widow?--except philandering." "Who knows?" said Laura Ruthven. "And echo answers who.--Well now, what kind of people would you like to meet?" "Let me see," said the other meditatively. "I have met statesmen, and bishops, and novelists, and actors--one actor at anyrate--and soldiers, and doctors, and lawyers." "A good selection," said Charlotte. "Did you ever meet an editor?" "An editor?--no; and I never met anybody who had seen one." "I have," said Charlotte laconically. "Have you!" exclaimed Laura Ruthven. "Was he interesting?" "Yes; I liked him very well; said Charlotte patronisingly. "Was he young?" "Not old. But I like his mother better." "Is he married?" "No--or rather, yes; he's married to his paper--to literature." "Oh! Does--does his wife support him?" "She would if required, but he doesn't need it." "Then he's wealthy?" "Surely; Mr. Tunstall, the editor and proprietor of the Dreadnought...
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