Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1868-01-16

III.
his first Impressions of female beauty. and
he remained susceptible to the influence of
the one partioular tvne which had first
struck him. Two minutes more, and he
had resolved that his bei,n incoonites was
the most beautiful girl he had ever seen. and
therefore the most beautiful girl on the face
of the whole earth.
Who could she be-?
As for the father. he WAS Russian enouyb
If ANYTHING. n little too much. The dangb.
ter boweyer un;,ed n ,ne orace of n Polish
pirl the bcautv os Georo;sn
Natbalie's mother whom she had lost
some years. was ;ndeed of Polish family.
but she had no Georpian blond in her veins
What. however the younr man was mar
ticularly anxious to know was, not whence
the fair unknown came, but whittier, and to
what particular place, she was going.
Where would he have some chance Of
seeing her? At the Russian embassy?
There he would take very good care not
to present himself.
AT the Russian church?
1t was possible he might meet her at the
Russian church.
Then all at once he remembered that that
very evening her father was going to take
her to the opera. But to which opera.
Well, it was a Monday night. and the
Royal Italian Opera was the only one at
that time which gave performances on Mon
day.
"yyhat am I 10 do however he asked
himself "If do meet them at the opera ?
cannot speak to them. 1t will be thought
almost impcr,inent-at least the father will
think It impertincnt-if bow to Them.
even. 1 might by cEance-and chance
seems to favor me to-day--meet some one
who knows them. and get introduced. But
that after a,I ;s v.rv unlikely If th.v had
any friends in London they would not have
| come to the Exhibition by themsclves-the
very day of their arrival too."
"Queer person, the father, he went on to
reflect land not over civil. dare say he
is not bad man but he is great deal to
too pompous, throws his head back too
much, and is too red in the face. Ifthc Ex-
hibition included poultry show, his proper
plhcc would be with the turkey-cocks.
| "And the dlughler-what sort OF bird
does she resemble for she has graceful lit
tie movements of the head that remisd one
bird of paradise, her flight is quite beyond
my reach, and the less / think of her the
bstter.
Having come to this wise conclusion the
young man thought of nothing else but Ma
thalic for the rest of the afternoon. Before
going home he called at the opera and
bought stall for the evening. He then ate
an excellent dinner-love sits lightly on the
stomach o. a really heal'ny young man
ana wished that night would come.
CHAPTER II.
| AT THE OPERA.
Nail,alcs unknown admirer. for the first
time In his life reached the opura before
the commencement of the overture. He
had iusl piyen up his ticket at the entrance
to the stalls. when his attention was arrest.
ed l,y +. mir az magnificent M keen ,rops.
era. which slowly. and with mn .ir NJ i'm.
nortanc,. were asrendi,p The .-r.rd STAIR,
case.
"\yhere can ,bose trou.ers In. ,,o;nu ,, II,
srid TO himself. The upper mart of the per.
son 10 whom the trousrrs NJ f,rb;dden hue
belonpcd was correctlv attred in bl,ck and
white.
The younu man ,bouoht of uor,ce,s ,,u
k;e,. fo,,,,oso with the f;sh.s t,; R,t M
the muller or rather ,,ue1lo fo,1nosn wa,
walking Nv thu nondescrin,,s aida ue ra
cognized his Russian acouaiutances-if NO
ouaintances they could he called-of III,
morning. and determined 10 follow thcm
:,
t;ola, asn,;,,;na M ,;r, ,o ~. sn a,a,,a W na p
.,.. ~ s.H' 1ne '
inn IN rrnn,;a,r nf ,ha ,romsars !, no,,,,
ha much natter 70 uaot lin, aoo;dan,,,, a
Tho Ton ~ IN s,o;rcoso horond uh;oh !, ~.
oor.a;n mo, ,,a ,no,,sars ,,.,,,a ~, i. .,,en.
| ed 70 rroc.ed His f.m;,,or;,v .;,,, ,to oor
r;doro .,d nsssana of ,ha pama, I,.,;.a ~ o..
enaj,lrd him IN oxaonta l;e wall n,,una,
A' " '''
n.to, IIo an,orad ,,o .,a;o,s, d.,,n,
m.n, on A.. nrorna eoor ,,rno5 u..;,,,
80 ,ha l.s, s,alaa = b., ~ ,,aan. ~ ;,aaanss; ]
~. s,.;.a..a saa -, asS.s...s a.
movement contriyed 10 reach the check ia
ker's post at the entrance 10 the boxes ius
as General Gontchalin was being told tba
the ceIour of his pantaloons rendered hi
admission imnossible
"What does this pleasantly signifyY" in
quired the general.
81 am very sorry sir " sa;d the cbeck .ta,s
er, who saw that he had to deal with n ge,
tleman; but our instructions are most NOS
tive."
Constructions! what instructions?" roare
> the general.
"You are not in evening dress"
4 "Not in evening dress, Tn what am
y