The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-12-20


wholly given 10 the person with whom he sooke,
or even wholly bestowed on present sounds and
objects. Rather. 1t was comprehensive watch
fuiness OF everything he had In his own mind.
and everything that he knew to be, or suspected
to be- IN the minds OF other men.
Az this stage of the conversation Mr.. Oben-
reizer's flm came over him.
"The object of my present visit" said Ven
dale, 's, need hardly say, TO assure you oft
frlendhuess Of NIlding q Co.. aud of the good
ness OF your credit with us, aud OF our desire TO
be of service to you. We hope shortly to offer
you our hospitality. Things are not quite in
train with US yet, for my partner MI. Wldmg
is reorganizng the domestic part of our esta-
hshmcnt aud is interrupted by some private
affairs. You don't know Mr.. Wnding, oe'
leveW
Mr. Obenreizer did not.
You must come together soon. He will be
glad TO have made your acquaintance, and
think may predict that you will be glad TO
have made his. You have not long been esta-
blished in London, suppose, Mr.. Obenrelzerp
"It is only now that ! have undertaken this
agency"
mot married"
George Yeudale glanced about MIN, as if for
any tokens OF her.
"She has been in LondonW
"She is in London"
"WLen and v here might have the honor Of
recalling mysel to her remem brdnceW
Mr.. Ubent ei2er, discarding his hlm and touch
ing his visitors elbows us before, said lighuy
"Come up stairs"
FIuteTGd enough Oy the suddenneSE with
which the interview he had sought was coming
upCn him after all, George Veud8ie followed no
stairs In q room over the chamber he had Just
quitted--a room also Sw iss-appOinted-a young
lady sat near one of thre g windows, working at
an embroidery-framo; and an older lady sat with
her face turned close TO another whlte-tlled
stove Though it was sum mer, and the stove was
not lighted), cleaning gloves. The young lady
wore an unusual quantity of fair bright hair,
very prettily braided about rather rouuder
white forehead than the average English type,
and so her face might have been shade-or say
o lght-Tounder than the average English face,
aud her figure slightly Tounder than the figure
OF the average English girl at nineteen.
A remarkable indication of freedom and grace
of limb, in her quiet attltude, and 4 wonderful
purity and freshness of color in her dtmpIed
face and bright grey eyes, seemed fraught with
mOantain ar. Switzerland, too, though the
general fashion Of her dress was English, peeped
out of the fancful bodice she wore, and lurked
In the curious clOcked red stocking, and in its
little silver buckled shoe. AS TO the elder lady,
sitting with her feet apart upon the lower brass
| ledge OF the stove, supporting a lap-tull OF
gloves while she cleaned one stretched on her
let hand, she was true Swiss impersonatou
OF another kind; from the breadth of her
cushion-lke back, and The pouderosity Of her
respectable legs ut the word be admssible), to
the black velvet band tied tightly round her
throat for the repression OF a rising tendency
to gOttTe; or, hieher still, TO her great copper
colored gold earrings; or, higher still, to her
head-dTess Of black gauza stretched on wire.
"Miss Marguerite" said Obeurezer to the
young lady, "do you recollect this gentleman ?"
81 think" she answered, rising from her seat,
daien ~ - - '-'' Gu
81 think it is" said obenreizer, dryIy. "Per.
nit Inc, Mr.. Vendale. Madame Dor.n
TIE elder lady by the stove, with the glove
stretched on her left hand, like govers sign,
half got up, half looked over her broad shoul-
der, and wholly pumped down again and rub
bed away.
Madame Dor" said O6enreizer, smiling, sis
| 20 kind as TO keep me free from stain or tear.
Madame Dor humors my weakness for beiRg
always neat, and devotes her time to removing
| every one OF my specks and spots"
Madame Dor, with the sire ched glove in the
| air, and her eyes closely sc1utinizlng its palm,
| discovered tough, spot in Mr.. Obenreizer at
that instant, and rubbed hard at him. George
! Vendale took his seat by the embroidery ira ne
| (having first taken the lair right hand that his
entrance had checked), and glanced at the gold
| cross that dipped into the bodice, with some
! thing of the devotion of a pilgrim, who had
reached his shrine at last Obenreizer stood in
! the middle of the room with his thumbs in his
waistcoat-p pockets, and became 6lmy.
'He was saying down stairs, Miss Oben
rezer,n observed Vendale, ''that the world is
so small place, that people cannot escape one
another. | have found it much too large for me
since saw you Last
Have you travelled so far then ?" she in
quired.
''Not so far, for have only gone back to Swift
zerland each year; but could have wished and
indeed / have wished very often-that the little
world did not afford such opportunities for long
escapes as it does. II it had been less, NIGH
have found my fellow-travGllers sooner, you
knoW.n
The pretty Marguerite coIored. and very
slightly glanced IN the direction OF Madame Dor
"You fud us at length, Mr.. Vendale. Perhaps
you may lose US again."
81 trust not. The curious coincidence tha
has enabled me to find you, encourages me to
hope not"
'What is that coincidence, sir, if you please (?
dainty little native touch in this turn OF speech
and in its tone made it perfectly captiVating
thought George Vendale, when again he noticed
an instantaneous glance towards Madame Dor
A caution seemed to be conveyed in it, rapiC
flash though it was; so he quietly took heed o
Madame Dor from that time forth.
at Is that happen to have become partner
in house of business in London, TO which Mr.
Obcnreizer happens this very day TO be expressly
recommended; and that, too, by another hous
OF business in Switzerland, in which (as it turn
out) we both have commercial interest. Ill
has not told you?"
'Ah!n cried Obenreizer, striking in, 6lmless
''NO. l had not told Miss Marguerite. Thu
world is so small and so mOnotonous that sur
prise is worth having in such little jog-tro
place. 1t is as he tells you, Miss Marguerite
He, of so ine a family, and so proudly bred, ha
condescended to trade. To trade Like us poo
peasants, who have risen from bitches"
cloud crept over the fair brow, and she cas-
down her eyes.
"Why, it is good for tradei" pursued Oben
reizer, enthusiastically. "It enDobles trade! ]
is the misfortune OF trade, it is its vulgarty, tina
any low people-tor example, we poor peasant
may take 10 it and climb by it. See you, m
dear Vendale!" He spoke with great energy
"Tbe father of Miss Marguerite. my eldest hall
brother, more than two times your age or mine
If living now wandered without shoes, almos
without rags, from that wretched pass,-VaI
dered, --Rot to be fed with the mules and dog
IL rot 4