The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1856-09-11
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DO you know the difficulty Of the task
you propose TO undertake, Otway . said one
of party Of young Englishmen, who were
= lounging and chatting together, in a corner
of the most fashionable public room of Bou
logne.
Il do not see any particular difficulty in
the matter replied the individual addressed
The women are women, suppose. and
have all the peculiarites of their sex. it is
probable, in sufficient strength and pro,ni
nence wherefore, am free to confess. as
they say in certain house over the water.
that my experience does not lead me to an
uclpate any gigantic obstacles in the way of
making the acquaintance ofthese ladies, who
seem to have excited so much curiosity
among you good people, resident at this
time, for various satisfactory reasons best
known to each, at the town OF Boulogne."
Having many Of them very special reasons
for temporary trip across the Channel, the
young men laughed heartily at the inuendo
conveyed in Otways words and the first
speaker resumed the conversation.
You depend on that smooth face and
those handsome limbs of yours, Otway but
YOU are new conner otherwise you would
know that these goodly gifts Of yours will
DC utterly thrown away in this attempt, see
ing that the two fair danes of the Chateau
never admit visitors to speak to them, and
prevent such thing happening accidental
ly, by never crossing the threshold Of their
rickety tenement. All your precious endow-
inents, therefore, Master Otway, would be
lost lere-vain and proftless entirely. Give
up thoughts ofthis wild goose adventure in
N do FNt ,,l. l.
at you for your presumption in attempting
what others have failed in,"
You bat raise my curiosity more and
more,' said Otway .and ,0iH and satuH ste
these mysterious 6emoiseles.' "You will
try, you mean, to see them,' returned the
other. I will both try and succeed was
Otways rcjoinder. For a wager Of dinner
and wine 10 all here, You find yourself just
where you are with these ladies, two months
after this date Will your risk a. much
upon it, Otway.' why, though an Eng
lishman. you know that ] am no bet-maker =;
yeti Will take you at your ioffer before these
witnesses Nay, we shall have more wit
nesses, cried the other gaily; all at present
in this room must share socially in the good
: wine and viands, which your purse, I fer
vently hope and believe, is doomed 10 pay
for AS he spoke thus the bet.proposer
turned round to those who, though in the
apsrtment, had not been near enough to
hear what had passed, and exclaimed in a
loud voice. Know all here present.
Stop, stop cried Otway, remember, it
seek the acquaintance Of these ladies, I shall
do i respectfully land although have been
foolish enough TO bet on the subject, l would
not have the feelings of people of honor and
repute, rs they may be, hurt by such pub
tic- 'Psiaw!' said line other, inter.ap:ag
N his turn; these ladies never speak to
snortal creature, and cannot be annoyed by
any, thing of this kind. Besides the pro-
ceeds OF all bets tha. involve things edible
and potable, must be shared in common,
according 10 the laws Of our society," 'Gu
on, then, in fol.y's name,' cried Otway, who
saw that he might fall under the stigma OF
stluginess by further opposition. According.
", IN few moments tho whole club of the
& sosnngers at Boulogne were made aware ol
the bet, and all connected with it.
stephen Otway, yoang man Of indepen.
+ cent fortune, had just completed rambling
tour on the continent when the scene took
place which has been described. On con
: sidering what had passed. he had too good
aheart as well as head, TO be quite pleased
with the publicity which, had been given e
The matter, particularly as persons Were inn
plicated in il Of whom he knew nothing =
5nt his curiosity had been greatly raised by
J @ ths @hssaceount given to him Of these perAo ns
Two English ladies, he was told, had recent
D. ~ taken up their abode in an old, and lono
nnoccupied chatoaus distant little more than