The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1870-02-12
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Who is that beautiful girl to whom
you bowed so familiarly? 2" aaid Jimmie
Earle to William Greenwood, as they
proceeded down the steps of the City
Hotel.
THAT is Kate Lee, your cousin and
mine, Jimmie" said Willie; '.really you
must have left your memory aluoug the
beauties of Paris, if you cannot recog-
Mise yonr nearest OF kin" 5000
"You forget William, that it is nearly
ten years since / last beheld Kate, she
was then lively little hoydeu, of seve-
raj years old the lapre of ten years
makes wondrous difference in lady.
whatever, it may do with gentleman"
NAY, if you begin to discuss times
changes, Jimmie, L must confess, YOU
cant congratulate yourself upon having
escaped a touch of his fingers. Who. in
| jthat ia +, bronzcd complexion and hirsute
usage, could discover any traces of the
smootlfcheeckcd boy, whom saw on the
'deck OF French packet ship, some ten
years ago. But tell me why you didn't
write thatyou we're coming home. Because
! didn't know my own mind, Willie; |
,really wasn't certain about it until had
|been week at sea, The odd pronuueia-
|tion ofmy Gernmnva having caused INV
name to be placed ON the list of passep-
gers, as Mr.. Arlc,' it occurred TO me
that the mistake would etmble me TO return,
incoSnito, and | thought | would humor
the joke, ii but to see how many of NV
old friends would recognise me. L ar
rived here late last evening, utIttt sIIio;illd
how be perfect stranger in my native.
city, had | not accidentally met YOU this
morning; and even you, Willie, didn,t at
inst k1t5w me.
"Know you, Charlie. who the deuce
could even see you behind that Immense
growth of brushwood upon your lip and
cheek J Do you really mean to wear those
enormous whiskers and nloustaches?"
"Certainy not longer than suits my pre-
sent purposes, Willie. When was in
Germany learned to wear moustachrs
for the same reason ] learned TO smoke
the meerschaum, because everybody else
did it.
In Paris reduced them little, but
didn't entirely banish them, because
there Ilalso found them fashionable. A
lively little French lndy, passenger in
our ship, wagered pair OF Paris kids
that | would not wear them week in
America;2l accepted the bet, aud for
one week you will see me bearded like
the pard'' 4'f
"Nay, il you like them, said Willie.
iaughingly, "you need not seek an ex-
cuse for wearing them, they are quite the
fashion, and ladies now estimate man
not as they once did, by his attitude, but
by the length of his whiskers."
81 have no desire to win a lady's favor
oy wearing an unslIayen face" answered
Jimmie; "but pray, Willie, tell some.
thing more about onr pretty cousin. She
is as lovelyIn character, Jimmie as she
is IN person, but she has one great fault.
like the most of our fashionable bellies.
she has mania for everything foreign.
Her manners, her dress, her servant all
come from abroad; and she declared to
me Feoen'eG. iier resolution never to
marry an 'Ar orican."
"Wliat is it that my fair country wo.
men so much admire in their foreign low
ers? oh I! they say there is polish an
elegance Of manners belonging to foreign
ers which 'Americuns' never possess.
Two of Katie's intimate friends have
recently married scions of some untedi.
luvian German family, and our lovely
cousin is ambitious OF forming an equally
splendid alliance"
= eff she were to marry Western
farmer" said Jimmie, with smile, she
would reign over principality quite as
large, and perhaps more Aourishlug than
usually belongs to these omigrant mobiles
Kate is noble-hearted girl" replied
Willie, "and l wish she could be cured
of her folly" If she is really a
sensible girl, and that is her ouly
fault | think she might be cured. Z"
Willie shook his head "Come and dine
with me, Willie; be careful to tell no
one of my arrival, and well discuss the