The New era. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1865-1871, 1866-11-08
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B HERBERT VAUGHAN.
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les distant from the northwest coast
SDevon. The various branches of
,glish society are very fairly repre-
tied By its component parts. There
y two peers, three members OF the
yer House, some guardsmen and
der graduates, a clergyman and q
Intenant in the navy. But our hero is
& a representative man; yet he belongs
q class which, called into existence by
d accumulated wealth of the nine
nth century, is ever on the increase.
Frederick Tyrawley resembles Sir
Srles Coldstream, inaSmuch as he has
Hn everywhere and done everything
J he is by no means used up, and can
Il take an interest in whatever his
hds find to do. Nor is his everything
else's everything. 1t is not
hnded by Jerusalem and the Pyra-
Dis.
Dir. Tyrawley has fought in more than
s. years from isle to isle of the Pacific.
mysterious reputation hovers around
d. He is supposed to have done
my things, but no one is very clear
at they are and it is not likely that
kch information on the point will be
hined from him, for he seldom talks
kch, and never speaks of himself
) present mission appears to be to kill
Bridges, play cricket and dress HIM
Not that it must be supposed that
has ever been in the habit of wearing
clothing than the custom of the
kntry in which he may have been
hted required, but only that at the
sent time he devoted much attention
bluff waisteoats and gauZe neckties,
kided coats and curled mustache.
Buch as he is, however, he is an object
Einterest to the feminine portion Of
! party at Ravelstoke Hall for he is
b and handsome, as we'll as mys-
ious, and he cannot be more than two
81 thirty; and the ladies at Ravelstoke
Numbered the men, for although it is
d rare for the fair sex to participate
lively in the saturnalia of the par
bge god, they will always be found
Eering in considerable numbers on
: outskirts of the feast; and the va
Ities of the British lady are fairly rep
Rented.
There are some mammaS with daugh-
IS to marry, and there are some daugh-
Is with mamma to prevent marrying
ain, which is, perhaps, the more diff
BIT thing of the two, as she has all i'll
me of her own. There are blends
Id brunettes, and pretty, brown-hair-
|. brown-eyed girls, who hover be-
Teen the two orders; and combine the
Dst dangerous characteristics of both !;
ho can wear both blue and pink, and
no look prettier in the one color than
lev do in the other but who always
Gmmand your suffrage in favor of that
hich they are wearing when you look
them.
And there is Constance Dayton; with
Inv ewes and black hair and the incest
ktic of feminine appearance might be
5fied to state what she had worn, half
hour after he had left her; for no one
h ever look at anything except her
ee.
Net Constance is three and twenty,
hd still unmarried. Alas, what towards
Zen are. The fact is that Constance is
ery clever, but, as Mrs. Melish the
ldow) says, "neyer clever enough to
Idle it. -
Dis she Il little veXed at her present
lndtion? Certainly she does not eX-
hit any tendency TO carry out Mr..
[elish's suggestion, if it has ever been
(peated to her. The young men are
|ore afraid OF her than ever; and GER
Iinly she does say very sharp things,
6metimes. Especially is she severe
pom idlers, the butterflies OF fashion
pie existence. She appears to consider
bat she has Il special measure to arouse
lem; but they do not appear To like
ping leetured. With the young ladies
be is Il great favoritf, for she IS very at-
lctionate; and though so beautiful ahd
she has proved herself te
not SO dangerous II rival as might
Rve been expected. Indeed, it has
Rppened, more than once, that naie
rebountling from the hare
lrface of her manner, has found more
fielding metals in the bosoms OF hel
nrticuIar friends. Besides, she is alwaNs
badly to lead you in the general attack
pom the male sex, when the ladle'
etire to the drawing room.
Not that she ever says anything be
nd their backs she would not be ready
B say to their faces but in that course
robably, she would not nGet with suci
General support.
In Mr.. Tyrawley she affected to dis
elieve. She stated as her opinion Il
Ter intimate friends that she didn'
elieve he had ever done or ever Woule
70 anything worth doing; but that III
'lumed himself on a cheap reputation
Which, as all are ignorant of its foun
atlon, no one could possibly lmpugn.