The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1857-08-05

course; perhaps nobleman, who has drop
ped his title while travelling in this Demo-
cratic country" said Mrs Stanhope.
As days passed by, Mr.. Manners re-
laxed somewhat from his cold abstraction
of manner and condescended to converse
1t was evident that Clara Stanhope felt
more pleased by his attentions, few and
slight as they were, than she cared to con-
fess The casual remarks he dropped,
influenced her strangely Her laugh that
| had once been the music of the house,
ringing through the drawing-room with its
outburst of exuberent pride and joyous
ness, grew still and was replaced by tran
| quill smile.
! The change began on the very day that
! Mr. Manners had made the remark, that
"no woman with a loud laugh could ever
claim to be considered lady" s.
The gentleman evidently was not aware
that his remarks. Lad any personal allu-
sion. Several other sayings of his. had
great affect on the unrestrained manners
of Clara Stanhope. She was fast becom-
ing subdued and quiet, and even gentle
Bat this transformation could not take
place without being commented on, and
the cause of it closely scrutinized. =
Thanksito her severe speeches, she had not
friend in the house, but many watehful
and criticising observers. =
! II believe that Miss Stanhope is in love
with that Mr. Manners" said Mr. Grey
| DO you know who he is?" asked one
4 gentleman. g +za5 sszs
All answered in the negative, and then
commencedea a general discussion and con-
ljecturing. 1t was late,n the evening; the
ladies had all retired, the gentlemen still
fingered, wasting more than an hour in
I fruitless surlnisings, The only fact that
was clearly established was. that there was
some mystery connected with Mr.. Man
ners. s S4 ~
i When ladies gossip, there is q vague
uncertainty in their uiterances. There
are inucndoes, hints, wise looks, compress
! Iings of the lips, and shakings of the head;
4 but all these amount to but little; the
i world needs something definite to rest on
and so it shuts its eyes resolutely agains
the cloud of smoke, and if the FIRE is wei
: hidden takes no heed Of it.
Bat when the steiner portion of tb,
race put their wise heads ss.ogc;her-ant
3 they are not so slow to do it as they woult
Hike U.s. to believe something comes ofit
, From that evenings discussion, ther,
: sprang up, in the minds of two or thre
1of the gentlemen, ali of them the victim
J, of Miss Stanhope's beauty and her raillery
+ a determination to penetrate the veil wit
which Mr.. Manners had envtloped hin,
self n
An old lady from the country, who iiv
d ed in the houre, had expressed wish t
e know "what the gentleman did for living
: for her part, she rever felt easy about folk
Till she knew what their business was.
= The lofty scorn with which Mrs. Stanhop
,tirepelled the idea ofits being necessary fo
(, a gentleman to do anything for living
ir quite suhdued the old lady.
d II only meant" said she, "that | hay
s. always noticed that those that did not fo
y low any business, but lived, nobody know
,e how, were disrespeetable, generally speal
\: ing" ia59
le MIR. Manners is an Englishman," sal
il Mrs. Stanhope. .ea,
ht rOh!n said the cd lady; and Mrs. Star
ne hope looked at the matter as settle
though it would be hard for her to tell ho
e. she made it out. ~
i'd The point on which the gentlemen we
oil bent on discovering was the same as TIL
lg about which the old lady had expresst
a such curiosity. One of the Investigate
y, was a lawyer a keen shrewd man, OIL
e. whom nature and practice had both cor
er bined to make a. "detective" the first o
Il der. In two or three days, Mr.. Hilliar
for that was his name, said to Mr.. Grey:
IL ~ have. discovered one thing M
e. Manners has an occupation. His very o
ne betrays that,as you meet him in the stree
Ie. and no gentleman of leisure would con
as in and go out SO regularly as he does.
If "While was reading the paper IL
ke morning, was, struck, by a remerkat
coincidence" said Mr.. Hillard, about
I'm week afterwards, to the same gentleman
i'm Mr.. Gray opened his eyes wide; for,
VI hau Ny ~ inedHS NJ 1. AlitiidlO D Ca Pauiil
- Of .'seeing through milstone,n even VIII
j." lit had no hole init, and he appreciated
as the more highly hisefriend's powers.
lse II observed, continued Mr.. Hillial
lat "that Mr.. Manners engagements-y
know he is engaged three or four evenin
Icr in the week to the fashionable parties
en the season. Mrs. Stanhope thinks;;-wt
le- his engagements all occur on the nigl
er- when the EthiopiaE Band gives their &C
ofIcerts; and also"-Mr. Gray was openi
he his eyes wider every minute -.nand also,
at at the time when Mr.. Manners went OF
,ut "trip to Philadelphia, to see the city, as
on said, the Band must have gone and ret
bis ned on the same train ~
cir Here Mr.. Gray shut his eyes-a
ice action consequent,upon their having bt
esij so long strained to their limits of exp,
in tsion. 80 - e - ~ &
t I Fl Gray, suppose we go to hear the Et
ose opian band Tonight? They are said
on A