Plymouth advertiser. [volume] (Plymouth, Ohio) 1853-1988, 1853-12-17


esty in Their exposing their chins to mas.
culine observation and though he could
endure the exposure, il was Of course
with that d:flidence OF gaze which accom-
panies the consciousness Of improper oh.
jects-adding 10 his demeanor another
shade oftimidity.
Miss Picklin's shoulders were not tinva-
ded qui'e to the limits Of terra cogniia
by the cabbsge-leaves which had exercised
such an influence on her destiny; and as
the scalds some what resembled two maps
Of South America with Patsgon.a under
each ear,) she usually, in full dress, gave
clear view of the surrounding OCEAN
wisely thinking it better to have the geog.
raphy Of her Disagreement well under
stood, than, by covering small extremi-
ty. las it were, the ls,hmus of Darien,)
to leave an undiscovered North America
to the imagination. She. appeared ac-
cordly at dinner in costume not likely TO
diminish the modest embarrassment Of Mr..
Keni, las she chose to call him)-extreme-
ly decoHefe, in pink silk dress with
short sleeves, and in turban with gold
fringe, the latter, Of course, out of COM
pliment to his country. Money is power,
even in family circles, and it was only
Miss Picklin who exercised the privilege
Of full dress at a midday dinner. Phe.
mie came to table dressed as at break fast,
and ifshe felt at all envious of her sisters
pink gown and elbows to match, it did not
appear in h3r pleasant face or sis,erly nt-
ten,ion. The captain would allow any
thing, and do almost anything, for his
rich daughter, but as to dining with his
coat on, in hot weather, company or no
company, he would rather
''be set quick i the earth,
And bowled to death with turnips,"
though that is not the way he expressed it.
The parti cerre, therefore, (.here was nc
Mrs. Pcklin) was in the matter of costume
rather incongruous, but, as the 1url
took it for granted that it was all accord
ing to the custom of the country, the carv'
ing was achieved by the shirt.sleevet
captain, and the pudding helped by hi
bare.armed daughter, with no peculia
commotion in the elements. Earthquake
do not invariably follow violations of Ell
quette-porticularly where nobody is OF
Tended.
After the first day, things took thei
natural course--as near as they wert
able. Ilassan was not very quick a
conversation, always taking at lenst fv
minutes TO pu' together for del;verya ser
tence Of English, but his laugh did ne
hang fire, nor did his mods and smiles
and where ladies are voluble, (as ladie
sometimes are. this paucity of amun
ton on the gentleman's port is no pre-
lude to discontinue. Then Phemie ha
very fair smattering Of Italian, and th'
being the business language of the Levan
Hassan took refuge in it wheneve
brought to stand still in English r
fuge, by the way, OF which he seemed ii
clined to avail himself oftener than WI
consistent with Miss Picklin's exclusi,
property in his attention. Rebellio,
, though Hassan might secretly have bee
to tbs authority over himself, Phem
, was no accomplice, natural modesty con
biuing with the long habit OF subserviel
, cy to make her even anticipate the exa
.ions of the heiress /; and SO Miss Pic
. lin had " Mr.. Keni'' principally to he
self, promenading him through the stree
of Salem, and bestowing her sweetne
! upon him from his morning entrance
, his evening exit; Phemie relieving qua
very cheerfully, while her sister dress
!, for dinner. 1t was possibly from bel,
permitted TO converse in Italian duril
this half hour, that Hassan made it Il
only part of the day in which he talk
of himself and his home on the Bosph
y y rus, but that will not account also I
Phemie's sighing while she listened-ne
er having sighed before in her life. n
even while the same voice was talki
English to her sister.
Il Without going into description Of I
Picklin tea-party, at which Hassan "
induced to figure in his oriental costum
\ while Miss Picklin sat by him on Gus
). ion. turbaned, and probably } cross-legge
y a la Suztana, and without recording OF
i er signs satisfactory to the Salemites, tn
=, the young Turk had fallen to the scald
% heiress.
=, GAS does the osprey to the fish that takes
;" By sovereignty Of nature
u T must conoe nlumn Ia the fact that. m