Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1857-07-24

yor, " for we are also members Of that Illus
trious house"
Mr.. Manners merely bowed, the favor
wa, received as unrcqucsted gifts often are
as though the acccptation was somewhat of
nm affection. hut this indifference only
heightened the admiration or herself and
daughter. lr ho had courted them they
might have treated him with their usual
baugh;nr., but keeping them, as he did,
in the position they lad frst assumed, rs
applicants for his notice, they showed him,
underneath their customary arrogance, u
constant Difference and attention.
81 ana happy to find a relative in this
part Of the world, where thought | had
none" said the gentleman, as hearosc from
the table, with ansnd air, as though he
falt j, incumbent on him to say something,
but thought j, quite bore.
"What a coIcomb =" said one gentleman
to another.
This part Of the worll-ho must be an
En-li'hmau an English gentleman. Of
-ourse psrhap, a nobleman, who has drop
pei bis title while travelling in this demo.
cratic country" said Mrs. Sanhope to her
daughter.
Il \, days passed by, Mr.. Manners relaxed
somewhat from hi, cold abstraction Of man.
ugr. and c1nlrscendcd 10 converse. II was
evident that Clara Stanhope icItmorc pleased
by his attentions, few aud slight as they
were. than she cared % confess. Tho casual
remarks be dropped influenced her strangely.
Her laugh, that had been onc1 the music of
the hous,, ringing through tho drawing
room, dining room, and halls, with an out
bur-. OF eKubcnnt pride aud joyousncss,
grew still and hushoi. ani was replaced BY
a Tranquil smile. The change began on the
very day Mr.. Manners made the remark that
'' 10, woman with loud laugh could ever
claim % be- considered lady"
Tho gentleman was probably not aware
that hi. word, contained any personal allu.
SION. Several other saying, Of hi. had
great effect on the unrsiaiurl manners ot
Clara sunhopn. She was fast becoming
.ulIurl and quiet, aud even gentle. But
,hi. Transformation could not ,akc place
without being commented upon, and the
caus, or It closely scrutinilci Thank. 20
her severe spoachcs, she had not a friend in
the house, bu; many watchfuI and scrutini.
. fins observers.
." / really think that thi, Mis. S,anhopo
b. in love with that Mr. Manners, " .a,I Mr.
Grgy.
"Do you know who be i,2' asked one.
Al answered in the negative, aud then
commenced a general discussion and coni,c-
| turing. was late in the evening; the
niir, had an retired; the gentlemen stIlI
fingered, wasting more than an hour in
r,uidrs, .urmi.ing' Tho only fact that
va, clearly established was that there was
some mystery connected with Mr Manner
when ladies gossip, there :, vague un.
certainty m their u,tcmnccs. Thor, ar,
iuucnIpcs, hints, wi.c looks, comprr'.ing'
oi the lip, and shaking, OF the hcad-but
an thcs, amount % but little; the world
ncr,l. s1mcthin: definite 20 rest on, and 50
/ it shut. is eyes rr'oluiely asain', the cloud
T Of smoke. and II the fire il well hidden,
akcs mo- hcrl Dit. But when the s,crnar
portion of the race put their wise heads TO-
sc,hcr, and they are not slow - do il as
they would like US TO believe, something
comes OF 1t. From that evenings discussion
there sprung up. In the minds Of two or
three Of tn, gentlemen, all Of them the
victims or Mi.' SunhoPe's beauty and
her rarllrry, a determination to penetrate
thoycil in which Nj. Manners had cn,clopcd
himself
"An Old lady from the country expressed
a wish to know what that gentleman did
for u living for her sii she never felt easy
about folks till she knew what their busi-
nee, was"
I The lofty scorn with which Mrs. Snnhopc
rcpellcl the idea Of it. being necessary for a
gentleman to do anything for liyins quite
subiucl the old lady.
| "I only meant" said she, " that | have
alway, noticed that those who did not fol-
. low any business, but lived, nobody knows
how, were disrcspectablc, generally speak
ing"
"Mr. Manners is an English gentleman"
said Mr.. Sanhopc.
h CO., said the old lady and Mrs. STAN
hope looked upon the matter as settled,
though it would have been hard ioi her to
tell how she made it out.
The point which the gentlemen We're bent
, on discovering wa, the same as that about
r which the old lady had expressed 50 much
+ curiosity. One Of the investigators was a
LAWYER. keen, shrewd man, one whom ma
, turc and practice had combined to make a
i. detective Of the irst order. In two or three
dnys. Mr.. unliard, for that was his name,
said 10 Mr.. Grey :--' have discovered ono
, thing. Mr.. Manners has some regular oc-
! cupation. Ills very air betrays that n' You
meet him in the street, and no gentleman OF
leisure would come IN and so out as regu'
larly as he does"
/ Whilo | was reading the paper thi'
morning, was struck by a remarkable CO.
incidence" said Mr.. IIIlliard to the same
gentleman some time afterwards.
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