The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1870-11-24
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BY HERBERT Val 1HAN.
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BY HERBERT Val CHAN.
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A large party is assembled to cele-
brato the feast Of ST. Partridge at Raw.
elstoke Hall; AN old: country house
about Two milesr distant from the, porth-
west coast of Devon. The y various
branches Of English society are very
fairly represented / by its component
parts. There are two peers, three mem
bers Of the lover house, some Guards.
men, some undergraduates, = clergy.
man.. and a. lentenant in: the navy,
But our hero;iis'I H.. not ! re representative
man /; Jet he belongs to 4 class; which,
called into existence BY the .accumulat-
ed wealth Of i tie tnineteenth century, il
ever On the ii inesreaase. .srea Il: i s.*i 49,. I: -. .:.' "
!, Frederick; e $; ;TyrswleyI resembles Sit
Charles Coldstteau, i, !. ;:inasmuch as he
| =. 8a:4 &Ct = i'f ,
has been everywhere, and done every
thing; but he is By: no means used up,
and can still take an Interest in what
ever his hand finds toodo. ! Nor is his
everything; u everybody else's: everything.
1t is not bounded by Jerusalem and
the pyramids.
Mr.. Tyrawley has fought in more
than one State Of South America, and
has wandered for more than two years
from isle to isle Of the Pacific. A mys-
terious reputation hovers round him.
He is supposed to have done many
things, but 40 one is very clear what
they are and it is not likely that much
information on the point will be obtain
ed from him, for he seldom talks mnoh,
aad never speaks Of himself. His pres
ent mission appears to=be to kill part
ridges, play cricket, and dress himself.
Not that i must be supposed that he
has ever been in, the. habit Of wearing
less clothing than the custom Of the
country in which he may have been
located required but only that at the
present time he devoted much atten.
ton to buff waistcoats and gauze neck.
ties, braided coats, and curled nous
tachios. ~... a.:
Such as he is, however, he is an oh.
jest Of interest to the feminine portion
Of the party at .Ravelstoke Hall ; for be
| is rich and handsome, as we'll as myster.
ious, and he cannot be more than two
and.thirty. And the ladies at Ravel
stoke outnumbered the men, for al
though it is. still rare for the fair sex t
participate actively in the saturnalia o.
the partridge.god, they will always bt
found lowering in considerable mum
! bers on the outskirts of the feast and
the varieties of the British lady arr
fairly represented, -.
There are some mamm, (, with daugh
ters to marry, and there are some
daughters with mamma to preven,
marrying again-which. is, perhaps
the most difficult thing Of the two, al
she has an income in her own, right
There are blondes and brunettes, !: ane
pretty, brown.haired, ,fbrown>eyed; girl
who hover between The two orders, an,
combine the most dangerous character
istic Of both, who can wear both blu
apd-pink, md who: look prettier in sth
one color than they 40 sins sshs, other
but Who .alx.y,sl = sonm.nas your suuang 8
in favor of that which they. al are we..
Ing whom you look & .bsn: * II &
.<kad there IL Constance 8BBs,ynto,
With gray: eyes and black h.iilr,::.1, /, An
1.-THE incest critic of teminins ,ppearapc
might be deted:s 70 ttat4 xbat l. ahe / 'ha
worn, half; half; a. NH hlonlr ~ .fAter he left ,het
for no one can ever look. At: anythinl
except her face .,..@ " 81 e. 's s..I T. Iii ri
| Yet Constance is three-apd-twentJ
and still unmarried. Alas, what COW
ards men are. The fact is that Con
stance is very clever but As Mrs. Mel
lish Che widow says, '"not -cleve
enough to hide it." ~ .:~..". =.
! Is she little vexed at her presen
condition : Certainly she does not ez
hitit any tendency to carry ont MIR
Mellish's suggestion, if it has ever bee
repeated to her. Tho young men al
more afraid of her than ever !; and ce,
tainly she does say =. very sharp thing
sometimes. Especially: she is save'
upon idlers, the butterflies of fashion
able existence. She appears to co,
slider that she has = special mission
arouse them; but they DO, not appe,
to ike being lectured. With the youn
ladies she IL : great iavorite, for she !,
very affectionats !; and though TO- bea'
tiful and distinguished, she h,s. prov.
herself t. be not 60 dangerous 1 rival
might have been expected. Indeed,
!, has happened, more than once, tn
male admiration, rebounding from II
hard surface of her manner, has four
!. more yielding metal in the ,bosoms =
her particular friends. Besides, she
always ready TO lead the van in 9
: general attack upon the male ssx, ,swh'
the ladies retire to the drawing-roo,
Not that sbe ever says anything |
hind their backs she would not 1
/ ready to repeat 70 their faces; but