Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1857-07-11

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minute-"and also, at the time when Mr.
Manners went on little trip to Philadelphia
te see the city, he said, the band must have
gone and returned in the snme train"
| Here Mr.. Grey shut his eyes--a reaction
consequent upon their having been so long
strained to iheir utmost limits of expansion
Grey, suppose we go to hear the Etbiopi
an Band to-nigbtf They are said to be very
fine singers in their way" suggested Mr.
Hillard.
Mr.. Grey consented and they we're soon
| seated in corner of the concert room, where
they could see without being themselves seen
When the troop, seven men, with their faces
dressed la Afric- America, appeared, they
scrutinised them closely. Three of them
were in height and figure very much like MIR.
Manners, but so well disguised were they
that it was impossible for even Mr.. TIillard
to decide which one of the three, or whether
any one bore any resemblance to the gentle
man in whom they were so much interested
MIR. Grey, after having fixed upon each men,
Der Of the troop in succession to the indvid.
ual in question, at last gave up in despair.
The first part Of the concert was over
Amid outbursts Of applause, the singers turn
ed to leave the stage a few minutes.
Look, Grey look at the man with the
tambourine. There he is--the gentleman
himselfw
Few people think of Disgusting their backs;
perhaps it would not be 80 easy to do it (; and
so Mr.. Manners was discovered. The secret
he had SO carefully kept was his no longer
No one who has not tried it can tell how
hard it is to keep secret in this age of the
world.
If Mr.. Manners was especially satisfied
with anything that belonged to himself, it
was with his walk and bearing erect, stiff
and somewhat pompous. That outraged him.
"There goes the only gentleman Miss STAN
hope has seen in the whole city Of New York
which she calls an immense city of plebeians"
And Mr.. Grey smiled with malicious salts
faction.
"She must see him in his glory" said Mr..
Hiliard.
But Mrs. and Mrs. Stanhope rejected with
scorn the idea Of mingling with the crowd of
undistingnished commoners to listen to such
low and base-born melodies.
"l would not go nor allow my daughter to
attend such place. Not fit place for To-
dies, Mr.. Manners says" said Mrs. Stanhope.
Fortune favored Mr.. billiards purposes.
The very evening after making this assertion,
Mrs. Montgomery Fanshaw, the star and cy-
nosure Of the fashionable world, stopped in
her carriage on her way to hear the Ethiopi-
an Bard. She had been persuaded, she
said, into making up party for that purpose
and wished to know if Mrs. and Miss STAN
hope would join them.
1t was the kind of amusement particularly
agreeable TO the young lady, who enjoyed a
regular frolic far more than any staid and
proper recreation. She openly expressed
desire to accompany Mrs Fnnshaw; her mo-
ther hesitated. glanced round the room; then
remembered that Manners had left little
while before, pleading all engagement for the
evening Mrs. Fanshaw was almost q stran-
ger to her; she was very anxious to turn
their slight acquaintance into an intimacy
and therefore she ended by consenting.
OF course, Mrs. Fanshaw, with her party
occupied the most conspicuous places in the
concert room. After the first half hour had
nearly passed, during short pause in the
singing, Miss Stanhope heard herself address
sed. Turning her head, she found that Hill
lard and MIR. Grey were sttiog behind her.
a few remarks passed-critcism on the
singing. the audience, and the crowd; aud
Mr.. billiard said
81 wish, Miss Stanhope you would observe
the man with the tambourine. Notice him
as he goes off the stage. He reminds me ve-
ry much of Mr.. Manners"
SOHlpuIb MT. NluuuSIS " du
serenader !" said Miss Stanhope with her
scorn!ul smile.
However, her attention once turned in that
way, found so much interest and perplexty,
that she could notice nothing else. When he
turred from the audience, the conviction
dashed upon her that the tambouriue player
was Mr. Manners, and no one else. One
glance at Mr. Hilliard revealed to him that
the discovery was made. lie saw long
whispering conversation between the mother
and daughter. Mrs. Stanhope evidently re-
fused to believe the story.
"All your imagination, my DEAR" she said
at last.
But before the evening was over, she too
was forced to perceive the truth of her daugh-
ter's discovery. She could hardly command
herself sufficiently to 81. through the remain
der of the concert. Her very dress seemed
to share her Indignation, and shook and rus
tied necessarily.
1t was 10 difficult matter for Mr.. Manners
to discover when they met at breakfast the
next morning, that he had been recognized.
He was treated with cold disdain by both la-
dies. Silent contempt was Mrs. Stanhopes
forte, and she impressed the propriety Of the
same course of action on her daughter. But
Clara Stanhope belonged to the class of de-
monstrative young ladies. The impulse to
speak was too strong to be resisted.
II was delighted with the concert last eve
ming, Mr.. Manners" said she; "you acted
your part most inimitably. You have not
mistaken your vocation, evidently"
"Thank you, Miss Stanhope; your appre-
citation of my poor efforts gives me great
pleasure. But, allow me to request you, in
your approaching visit to England, to say
nothing to our cousin" with provoking en-
phasis on the our, ''the Duke of Rntland, OF
my present employment. He might not
think it suitable one for member of his
family" ......-...
A saucy reply was trembling on Miss
Stanhope's tongue, but, obedient to glance
from her mother, she closed her rosy lips
over it. and finished her meal in silence.
"Manners, indeed " said Mrs. Stanhope,
when they were again in their own room.
"Clara, his name is Boggs; Mr.. Hilliard
found 1t out"