The Kanzas news., 1859-04-16
THE BLUE DIAMOND.
Az Isclpksr OF clrr LIFE.

party of young folks were in the habit of
getting up yatchingI parties. eyerJ wssk or
so, before the Fusticsting season eommenc.
ed. They generally sailed down she bay.
through the EaTreHs. short distance oat
beyond Sandy Hook, snd back again, ms
king > pleasant little, trip-just suited to q
days arnnsemsnt foE gay company; and
those The, constituted the party averred
that they had most superlatiYe Jolly times.
+ These young iolks we're highly respects-
bic, but belonged 70 . circle that vas con-
Isidered q tFifie '6st.'a The yacht owned by
young Tandem; and the gay young men Of
his set with their sisters and s#ssEheArls,
were his companions. assnloaga esftiaus0
On one fns Wednesday, IN June of that
summer. the yacht dropped down the bay.
early in the nothing; and catching good
hieeze, below Governors Island, plowed
merrily through the crisp salt foam. The
old party were on board, with two new ones
la young gentleman whom Graham Allen
fef the Tandem set. J had introduced, and
lady in black velvet, who came with Dick
CHATTER aad his sister. 80 f IS yaesd4
| The young gentleman was Astor Court
landts OF ole of our Oldest Knickerbocker
families man of leisure, who had some
times endeayored to reckon up how much
he was worth, but without success. The
lady was q handsome brunette. who had
got acquainted With Dick CHATTER through
some ofihis fastlfriends of theSt. Orme set,
and thence with his sisters. The men all
thought her black-eye6 angel; but the
womeR dieliked her. She was too free.and-
easy, Too lively. too popular with other sex.
to be liked by her OWN and if Dick hadn't
swore up and down, roundly. that she must
be we'll received by his sisters don't think
they would have invited her on this excur-
| sioni .s- ~ bra 500 r. e s., re 4
Aster Courtlandt. sitting on caanp-stool,
| in the shadow of the sail. got up in an
extrsordinary yachting costume, and smo-
king . little black meerschaum yachting
pipe, saw the unpopular beauty fattering
about the deck. shaking her ringlets, and
clustering familiarity, with young Tandem
land she made decided impression upon
him. He bad got tired Of being society
man-of throwing bis money away upon
himself-of running over to Paris on
spree. every now and then, or going on a
shooting expedition to Oregon-and began
70 entertain matrimonial ideas! Whenever
he met new female face, therefore, he al
ways speculatsd, mentally, on what sort of
. wife It's Possessor would make; and. / think
shat his speculations in this case were at
tended with some satisfactory conclusions;
for after stealthily regarding the petit fig
ure In black velvet for . few minutes, be
drew young Tandem aside. and whispered
to him: 80 r4rsF .raf-..-W ..s
81 say, my boy, introduce me to that
girl. will you? She's irregular beautyp'f
Certainly" replied Tandem, giving the
true nautical hitch TO his HaistbandW You'll
find her delightful company. Here, Hattie,
Mr. Courtlandt wants an introduction.
Miss Hattie Larkley-Mr. Astor Court
landt" 4 .anT Il p 3
O. Courtlandt bowed an elaborate bow, in
the Ssraeco style. and feverently pressed
the small neatly -gloved hand Miss LaFkely
held out to hianogsI .s- =0 tsf ,saui -t3
al am happy to make your acquaintance.
Miss LarkelyiY I TT1zK = - s~.z.rr p
"Thank you, sir. Allow me to return
the compliment--especially as ] see that
you smoke pipe. adore pipes; but ci-
gars are detestable. they are fopPish!x Wo-
men might use them. but men heveri"eoET
Here, now" thought Courtlandt, sis
an original! A woman who likes pipe
smoking must be sensible! IN cultivate
this acquaintance" taie. r'-uam
q And SO he did: the rest of the party
were pretty well paired of, and he found
his companion 80 agreeable, that he hardly
spoke 10 anothsr soul till they anchered of
tie lower end of Staten Island, on the home.
ward trip. to dine. r-7H flgold ~. E
| At dinner. Miss Larkley was charming.
She attacked the cold fowl vigorously, and
wasn't bit afraid of the champagne She
chatted with the greatest yiyacity on all
subjects. and made che men laugh and the
women blush sill CourtlaBdt began to think
that there never was suoh girl before. and
kept imagining elegant cards on the finest
Bristol board inseribed-Mts. Hattie Court.
landt." -aI sis 2oo's ysv 81 a-it aas
On arriving of the Battery. the gay .voy-
ayers found themselves about IS fresh as
when they fFst went On board, IN the NOR
ning: which considering thas they had done
inothing but sit still, talk, eat and drink. all
day, Is not much 20 be wondered at J. They
felt 50 Tery lively, indeed, after finishing
the champagne, that Hattie Lsfkley's prop.
osition 70 walk up Broadway, toward home,
was hailed with delight; and,i of course,
Courtlandt immedistsly offered her bis SER
vices ss escort. cais,g SIS eai H., faat
q Up Broadway they walked, then-the Ia.
dies in al the glory Of round hats and loag
gloves. and the gentleman in their more OF
less nautical array. Miss Lsrkley made
Cenrtlsnds smoke his meer ehaum, under
the pain of her displessure. if he refused;
and aitogether, they attracted as much at
tention as she desired lesad sIs tae es ra4u
i This couple iwsre7waikiag > little in the
rear of the others, and / shouldn't like to
tell how many pretty things the young man
said 10 the lady Ne doubt he improved
} his time as well as Possibie-hs would have
been goose, if be hadn't-snd no doubt
Miss Larkley received all his fine speeches
with her most gracious air. AL at once
she gave little cry Of yezasion: eF
90 Ali I've loxS a.