Delaware weekly Republican. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1841-188?, 1857-06-04


halls, and dining room with its Outburst q
exhuberant pride and joyousness, grew sti
ana hushed, replaced by tranquil smile. Th
change began on the very day that Mr.. Man
ners had made the remark that no womal
with loud laugh could ever claim TO be con
sidered lady,
The gentleman evidently was not aware tina
bis words contained any personal allusons.-
Several other sayings of his had great effect Of
the nnrcstrained manners Of Clara Stanhope.-
She was fast becoming subdued and quiet, ant
even gentle. But this transformation coult
not take place without being commented on
and the cause Of it closely scrutini2ed. Thank
TO her severe speeches, she had not friend il
the house, but many watchlul and criticiaint
observers.
Il believe that Miss Stanhope is in love will
that Mr.. Manners said Mr.. Grey.
sDo you know who he is p asked one.
All answered in the negative, and then com
menced general discussion and coniecturing
1t was late in the evening; the ladies' had al
retired the gentlemen still fingered, wasting
mere than an buHr in fruitlass surmisings. Tht
only fact that was clearly established, wa
that there was some mystery connected will
| Mr.. Manners.
When ladies gossip, there is a vague uncer
tainty in their uttcranccs. There arc inuen-
does, hints, wise looks, COMPRISING Of the
lips, and shalings of the head but all these
amount to but little; the world needs some
thing definite TO rest on, and so it shuts its
eyes rcsolntcly against the cloud of smoke,
and il the fire is well hidden takes no heed OF
it. But when the sterner portion of the race
put their wise heads together, and they are
not so slow to do il as they would like MS to be-
lieve, something comes OF it. From that eve
ning's discussion there sprang mp, in The
minds of two or three of the gentlemen, all Of
them the victims of Miss Stunhopu's beauty
allu her raillcry, n determination to penetrate
The veil with which MIR. Manners had envcl-
oped himself
An old lady from the country, who lived in
the house, had expressed u wish to know 'what
that gentleman dul for Il lying for her part,
she never felt easy about folks till she knew
what their business waS.' The lofty scorn with
which Mrs. StanhOpc repealed the idea Of its
being necessary for gentleman to do anything
for living quite subdued the old lady.
l only meant said she, that l have al
ways noticed that those that did not follow any
business, but lived, nobody knows how, Were
generally speaking
Mr.. Manners is an English gentleman said
Mrs. Stanhopc.
Oh' said the old lady and Mrs. Stanhopc
looked upon the matter as settled, though it
would have been hard for her to tell how she
had made it out.
The point which the gentlemen were bent
on discovering was the same as that about
which the old lady had expressed such curiosi-
ty. One of the Investigators was u lawyer, q
keen, shrewd man, one whom nature and Prac-
tice had both combined to make detective
of the first order. In two or three days, Mr..
liiliard, for that was his name, said to Mr..
Grey;--sI have discovered one thing. MIR.
Manners has some regular occupation. His
al ~. tltut na WON in IA
strect and no gentleman of leisure would come
in and 60 out as regularly as lie does
'While was reading the paper, this morn
ing, was struck by aIemarkable coincidence
said Mr.. IIllliard, about u week afterwards to
the same gentleman.
Mr. Grey opened his eyes wide for, though
nc huu py no means M. lii;tiarair sapubihty
of seeing through a milestone, even when it
had no hole in it, he appreciated all the more
highly his friends powers.
Observed continued Mr.. lIillard, that
Mr.. Manners's engagements-yOu know he is
engaged three or four evenings in the week TO
The fashionable parties ftho season, Mrs. Stan.
hope thinks well his engagements all occur on
The nights when the Ethiopian Band give their
concerts; and also"-Mr. Grey was opening
his eyes wider every minute and also at the
line when Mr.. Manners went on late trip to
to sec the city, he said, the
land must have gone and returned in the same
rain.'
Here MFR. Grey shut his eyes-a reaction
upon their having been so long
trained to their utmost limits OF expansion.
Grey, suppose we go to hear the Ethiopian
}and tonight They arc said to bo very fine
fingers in their way suggested Mr.. Hiiard. |
Mr. Grey consented and they were soon
eated in a corner of the concert room, where |
hey could sec without being themselves seen.
When the troop, seven men, with their faces
Jllckened and dressed a iI Afric- America ap-
)eared, they scrutinized them closely. Three
lf them were in h eight and figure very much
ike Mr.. Manners, but so well disguised were
hey that it was impossible for even Mr.. Hill
lard to decide which one OF the three, or
Hhether any one bore any resemblance to the
gentleman in whom they were so much inter-
,stcd. Mr.. Grey, after having fixed upon
zach member Oftho troop in succession as the
in question, at last gave up in des-
pair. The first part of the concert was over.
Amid outbreaks ofapplausc, the singers turned
10 leave the stage for a few minutes.
Look, Grey, look at the man with the
There lie is, the gentleman him
selip
Few people think of Disgusting their backs;
perhaps it would not be so easy TO do it and
so Mr.. Manners was discovered. Tho secret
he had so carefully kept was his no longer
it is to keep secret in this age Of the world. lr
Mr.. Manners was especially satisfied with any
thing that belonged to himself, it was with his
walk and bearing erect, stil, and somewhat
That betrayed him.
sThere goes the only gentleman Miss Stan
hope has seen in tho whole city OF New York,
which she calls an immense city ofpebians. =
Aud Mr.. Grey smiled with malicious satisfhc-
tiOn.
sShe must see him in his glory,' said Mr..
billiard. But Mrs. and Miss Stanhope reject
ed with scOrn the idea of mingling with the
crowd of undiStingushed cOmnOners, to listen
to such low and base born melodies.
Il would not go nor allow my daughter to
attend such place. Not lit place for ladies',
Mr.. Manners says said Mrs. Stanhopc.
Fortune favored Mr.. billiards. purposes
The very evening after making the assertion,
Mrs, Montgomery Fanshaw, the star and cy-
nosure of the fashionable world, stopped on
her way to hear the Ethiopian Band. She had
becn persuadcd, she said, into making up
party iur that purpose, and wished to know il
Mrs. and Miss StlnhOpG would join thcm Ii
was Il kind Of amusement particularly agree
able to tho young lady, who enjoyed Il regular
irolic far more than any staid ami proper re-
creation. She openly expressed desire to
accompany Mrs Fanshaw her mother hesita-
ted glanced round the room; then remem-
bered that Mr.. Manners had left u little while
before, pleading an engagement for the eve
ming; Mrs Fanshaw was almost u stranger TO
her, she was very anxious TO turn their slight
acquaintance into an intimacy-and therefore
she ended by consuming.
OF course, Mrs. Famslaw with her party, oc-
cupicd the most conspicuous places III the con-
cert room. After the first half hour had pas
sed, duringa short pause in the singing, Miss
Stanhope heard herself addressed. Turning
her head, she found Mr.. lIilliard and Mr.. Grey
sitting behind her. A few remarks passed
criticisms on the singers, the audience and tho
crowd and MIR. billiard said
81 wish, Miss Stanhope, You would observe
the man with tho tambOurine. Notice him rs
he goes oil the st &c. lie reminds me very
much of Mr. Mnnners.'