Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1859-02-11
VOLUME 26, NO. l2.
nd the dancing lesson 90 on quietly to 1t.

he regularly received and the good wins
which the old gentleman brought out. al
ways took him back to his pupil, often as
be resolved never To set foot In the hateful
house again.
The people Of Grunwiesel looked on these
things very differently from the frenehmAn.
They settled In their own minds that the
young gentleman possessed groat talents for
society and the ladies in the place all con-
graduated MISUNDERSTANDING a. they did
IRON great lack Of sen,lomon-Ou the ac-
QUESTION Of 50 vigorous a dancer for the
coming winter.
One morning. the maids, returning from
market. described to their masters Lnd mis-.
tres'es a singular incident. They had seen
an elegant carriage standing before the
strangers house, and a servant in rich live.
ry holding the step Two gentlemen had
entered the carriage, the servant sprung in.
To the boot behind, and the earriaes-only
imagine 1t drove strli sht OF to tie house
of the burgomaster.
E'erywhere people were in rap,ures with
the two strangers. and regretted only that
they had MT made their acqpaintancs ear
l'er. The old gentleman showed himself TO
lc well.brei sensible man, who laughed a
little. to be sure, N every thing he s.id,
rendering u difficult T. know whether he
was in jet earnest. but WIN talked Of tho
weather, the 90 merry, and the picnic. 81 tho
cave in the mountain. 80 politely and
'hrewily that every one was delighted But
tie nephew lIs bcwltched everybody; no
Won all hearts. As for his exterior. it wa,
impossible 10 call him exactly handsome.
The lower part Of bis fac, especially hi.
jaw, PROJECTED too FAR. and hi. complexion
was extremely dark while occasionally he
made th, most remarkable grimace., shut
TIM his eyes and swapping hi, teeth togeth-
er quecrIy; bu, PEOPLE funI tho shape Of
his features exceedingly interesting. "IIs
i'an Engli'hman," people 'lid "th"y arc
all -. We must not BE- too particular with
an Ensli,hman."
Towards his old uncle be was very sub
n'i''lyc, for wherever be began to jump too
yvaciously about the room. Or as he seemed
particularly inclined to do, draw hi. fee,
TAP under hln on hi, chair, a single stern
glance from the oll man ,,rve to bring
him 10 order AZ once. And how cIuld one
be- angry with the young man. when his
uncle, In every house. said TO the lady.
Ny nephew IL .ull q littlS raw and i'll.
bred, madam; hut | anticipate much IRON
the modifying cdec, produced by your .o-
ciety, and imrlorc your forgiyen,s. =. ior any
s'ucheries be may happen 10 b. guilty Of"
Thus was the nephew At length inirOduc-
81 To the say world. and all Grunwic.el
spoke oi nothing else for the two following
days but this great event, The old gentle
man renouneed hi, habit. Of retirement. and
seemed to have wholly altered hi. modes Of
thuught and life. In the afternoons he
went, with hi, nephew, 10 the cave in tho
mountain, where the more important ciu.
zen. oi Grunwir-el drank s.er AMI rolled
nincpin'. Here the nephew showed himself
a skillful master Of the game; Tor he never
threw less than I've or SIX balls. OCCASION
ally strange humor seized him. II hapen-
a L.. 49, H.. IL IL
arrow down among the nine1ins with one
Of the balls. making dreadful racket, and
when he made aspare or ten.strike. tho
fancy sometimes came over him 10 stand
cree, on his nicey.curlsd head, and extend
his legs high into the air, or, II a carriage
happened to pass, before one knew what hs
wa. about he would he seen sitting on the
top OF the vehicle. making the most ladi-
crous grmaccs. aud, after iding on a short
distance, return, with prodiglou. leaps and
bounds, To the party he had quilted.
The old gentleman. AZ 'urh incidents as
these. was wont TO beg ten thousand par.
d,ns Of the hurg1masicr and the other gen.
ilrman. Tor III. nephew's ,ceen,rieitie,.
They, m reply, would laugh. a.cribe such
conduc, to his youtful spirits, declare thew
had been just the .ame in their youth, and
admire the young sPrinsal. as they called
him, iumensely.
In this way the nephew OF the stranger
came, before long, to he held in high favor
in the city and environs. NJ one could re-
call ever having .een a young man like him
in Grunwicsel before and he was. indeed.
the strangr.t appari,ion which had ever vi'-
tied their borders. No one could accuse
him OF cultivation, OF any possible kind,
except. perhaps. little dancing. Latin
and Greek we're both Greek 10 him. Ata
round game at the burgomaster's house, it
once fell to his lot to be obliged 10 writo
something. and it was found that he could
no, even sign his name. Ia geography ho
made the mos, stupendous blundsrs; for ho
made no hesitation in locating German
city in France, or Danish one in Poland.
lie had read nothing; he had studied no.
thing; and the priest often shook bis head
significantly over the dreadful ignorance Of
the young gentleman. Still. IN spite Of
this. everything lie said and did was held to
be excellent for he was impudent enough
to insist always on bang right, and the last
words OF every remark be made were: 81
understand this muck better than you"
The scenes Of lis greatest triumphs, how
evo-. were the Grunwie.el balls. No one
danced so ps-everinsly. none 50 vigorously