Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-09-14


relief frequently comes in the splashing
over of the fountains. Eyes red with
constant moping and big with tears, wan
der aimlessly hither and thither, singing
out and taking leave of familiar objects
which tower above the city; resting
fondly perhaps upon the brown shades of
Trinity, the grayish pencil of peace, or
dropping with flash of amusement upon
the audacious sign of Knox the Halter.
Many there are who have no adieus to
make, or no one to make them with. The
present trip may be but joint in long
stretch of travel, and therefore there crops
out from the expectant group on the
wharf one single upturned face or out
stretched hand for them.
Not unirequently there are great travel
ers, like Miss Arabella Van Touter, whose
lives are spent in the heunsequestered steam
or, rail-car, palankeen, or caravan; and
who being nomadic, have no more expec-
tation of being" seen off" than the cap
tain of the craft Observe this lady, for
instance. Her seat is by the companion
ladder, not in retired position, bit at
the top, whence she can rake the vessel
fore and aft with her eyes glasses. Miss
Van Touter has the name of being rich.
She is highly connected, and lone and
lorn. She has red nose (oh, no, indeed,
not ON that account), a parasol, gray
travelling suit, and volume of Emerson.
She is going across her dear Atlantic,
for the ninth time, with her own pet cap
tain: and having secured her accustomed
table-seat at has right hand, is now en-
gagged in an intellectual and physiological
lark. Arabella is death upon phases of
human life, and is in full cry after the
poor, tormented things at this moment
The rubbish which she will deduce will
be published at her own expense, if She
will consent to leave out the printers
name at the bottom of the title-page. She
never declines to talk, for she is fond Of
taking peoples minds to pieces, with, as
she expresses, her thumb and foretinger,
"a cold, dispassionate, insinuating, knife
like analysis, probe Of metaphysical
steel, delicious mflinching dissection Of
their spiritual beings into so many parts
of good, selfishness, self-esteem, egotism,
bad, rufianism, vanity, generosity. OF,
it's so nicer
She proceeds to try it upon the bag
man, who stands beside her, smoking.
Sir she taps the rail with the handle
of her parasol-"sir, is it not strange that
that small thing, the human face, with the
general attributes of eyes, nose, mouth,
| forehead and cheeks, is 50 susceptible of
variation? Think Of the millions Of the
Caucasian race alone You haven't a
counterpart, haven't counterpart, no
one has counterpart"
Twins" suggested the bagman.
Sir
She blushes, but RECEIVERS. Her expert
ence in life makes it plain to her that NJ
person but baglnan could make such ar
observation under such circumstances.
required balance, lack of sentiment, alb
sence of veneration. This was bagman
Commercial, sir?" she hinted, softly
"Yaas. Brown, Black & Barry Soaps
perfumes, and toilet articles. Big house
ten million of francs annually. Branch
noted by Dunn, foti, big as, and four lit
tie as Now that I look at We, | thiIl
that l know ye. Lace, shawls, ell
i Stoort's buyer, | fancy. Give ye som
advice. Quit the business. Marry. Sal
ary's good, no doubt, but children's bet
ter Going to do it mesclf. Take a MAJ
and be happy. Send ye aroand some soa,
: by the stooard, mem perhaps may com
; across ye when in want Of bridal vel
and ye can put me in the way of goo
thing, cheap durable and ong regale; com
= in Use for the children some day BY by
brandy for sea-sickness. Don't drink
| thimbleful of this ships claret, for it
beastly!'
} This is failure for Arabella, and
n takes the whole voyage to prove herself
c lady of society Henceforth she confine
: herself to the observation ofadieus in ris
id and freezing silence. She is in no ten
y per to regard their gross eccentricities an
absurd displays of affection in a leniel
C manner, but she gazes with scorn an
aversion upon the tumultuous scene.
"Why,' she asks in her notebook
d 'why must all weep when relatives depa
Il in search of transatlantic joys? Why
( cups overflow when the desires of yea
are about to be fulfilled? When the a
hey, the camels, the empress, and the idC
d lied Newstead are imminent-why tear
n why grief? ah, why, indeed.'
< But even Arabella must admit th;
when the pleasures of the abbey, the cal
70 els, the empress, and Newstead and The
r. kin, have palled when one is blaze and 0
n bereft of curiosity, and filed with rae
,e and pains, there may then be excuse
at rebellion against journeying. Even h
I'd amateur cynicism can discover little hun
e bug in the sorrows of such case.
e She bends her scrutinizing eye upo1
vs tormented old woman whose face
7 wrlnkled, whose eyes are restless a
bright, whose tongue is sharp and alwa
n wagging in high key at two luckl
,ir maids in attendance. She lies in stea
,e- er chair, clutching the arms of it with t
on thickly-veined hands, which she raj
he now and then to assist at imprecations
her aches and tortures. She has yell'
face, wig, bonnet with feathers, a
a a quantity of jewels,
oct Arabella knows disease when she S,
it. She says to herself: "Ems, Ba
IN, Carlsbad. J"
es. There is no silly wretched scene
ce, leave taking in this case; no gathering
!, l foolish friends to linger eagerly upon
Dm last words of the traveller, or to impl
raj more deeply upon themselves the pict
asst of her face and form. People gaze III
lis her with wonder and aversion, and e
IFS pity flies at the sound Of ner shrill tol
& She gasps, and glares, aud shrieks at
ed, blushing girls, and promises well to b
pc nuisance on the passage No sentim
| harn NO Y,1noc11ro Il.