The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1857-07-23
RAVENNA, THURSDAY, JULY %, 1857.

week to the fashionable parties of the sea-
son, Mr.. Stanhope thinks;-well, his en-
gagements all .occurr on the nights when
the Ethiopian Band give their concerts; and
also"-Mr. Gray was opening his eyes wider
every minute-"and also,-at the time when
Mr.. Manners went on a little trip to fhila.
delphia, to see the city, us he said, the Band
must have gone and returned on the same
train"
Here MIR. Gray shut his eyes-u reaction
consequent upon their having been so long
strained to their utmost limits of expan.
sion.
"Grny, suppose We go to hear the Etho.
plan Band to. night! They are said to be
very good singers in their way" suggested
Mr.. Hilliard.
Mr.. Gray consented, and they were socn
seated in a corner of the concert room, where
they could see without being themselves
seen. When the troup, seven men, with
their faces blackened ana dressed la Afric
America, appeared, they scrutnized them
closely. Three of them were in height and
figure very much like Mr.. Manners, but so
well disguised were they that it was impos-
sible for even M. Hiliard to decide which
one of the three, OF whether any one bore
any resemblance to the gentleman in whom
they were 60 much interested. Mr.. Gray,
after having fixed upon each member Of the
troup in succession as the individual in ques-
tion, at last gave up in despair.
The first part Of the concert was over
Amid oulbursts ofapplOuse, the singers turn.
ed TO leave the stage for few minutes.
"Look, Gray, look at the man with the
tambourine. There he is the gentleman
himself!"
Few people think of Disgusting their
backs; perhaps it would not be go easy to
do it; and so Dir. 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 betrayed
him,
"There goes the only gentleman Miss
Stanhope has seen in the whole city of New
York, which she calls an immense city ol
pebians." And Mr. Gray smiled with ma.
Icious satisfaction. ..
"She must see him in his glory" said Mr.
IIill;qrd.
But Mrs. and Miss Stonhope rejected with
scorn the idea of minging with heundistin
guishcd Commoners, TO listen TO such low
and base born melodies.
81 would not 90, nor allow my daughter tt
cttend such place. Not a ft place for la
di. {, Mr.. Manners says" says Mrs. Stan
i hope.
Fortune favored Mr.. billiards purposes
j The very evening after making this asser
ton, Mrs. Montgomery Fanshaw, the sta
and cynosure Of the fashionable world stop
ped in her carriage on her way to hear tn
Ethiopian 3 md. She had been persuaded
8 she said, into making up party for TIN
| purpose, and wished to know if Mrs. an
Miss Stlnhope would join them. ..
) It was q kind of amusement particular
agreeable to the young lady, who enjoyed
{ regular frolic far more than any etaid an
proper recreation. She. openly expressed
Q desire to accompany Mrs. Fanshaw; he
6 mother hcsitated, glanced round the room
9 then remembered that Mr.. Manners had lie
1 little while before, pleading an engage
n ment for the evening; Mrs. Fanshaw W,
/, almost stranger to her; she was yer
5 anxious to turn their slight acquaintance ii
0 to an intim acy- and therefore she ended 1
5 conscntihg.
Of course, HRS Fanshaw, with her part
d occupied the most conspicuous places in II
v concert room. After the first half hour hi
n nearly passed, during short pause in Il
e singing, Miss Stanhope heard herself a
y dressed. Turning her head, she found til
e Mr. Hlliard and Gray were sitting behil
n her.
d ~ a few remarks passed--critics sms on Il
singers, the audience and the crowd; and NJ
|. IIilIiard slid
" | wish, Miss Stanhope, you would o
', serve the man with the tamborine. Mott
him as he goes off the stage. He remin
5. me very much of Mr. Manners" = =.
"Compare Mr.. Manners with an Ethiopi
/. serenader!" said Mics Stanhope with scor
h full smile.
lie However, her attention, once turned
that way, found SO much to interest and pc
'e plex, that she could notice nothing else.
at When he turned from the audience, t
h conviction flashed upon her, that tho tai
q BORNE player was Mr. Manners, and no o.
r. else. One glance at Mr.. Hilliard reve al
;e to him that the discovery was made. I
'r saw long whispering conversation betwe
is the mother and the, daughter. Mrs. Sta
hope evidently refused to beliave the stor
l. can your Imagination, my DEAR" she 81
.. at last.
ID But, before the evening was over, she
ID was forced to perceive the truth Of her dauq
ter's discovery. She could hardly co
r. mand herself to sit through the remainder
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