Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1872-06-22
THE DARK YOUNG MAN.

llhS Will III NOublH Iplh l. lNlNtJ buO
you don't care about that. About the
time of which | am going to speak
it pleased Providence to inhict an
illness upon Mrs, Chester Field, aud
so the two went off to winter in Flor
ida, and after having held council
as to the propriety of leaving Riand
me in charge, and decided in tho aI-
firmative.
The path being clear there was no
one to object if we did exactly as we
pleased, and accordingly we did
We had the incest little dinners, the
cosirs St little tea parties, the most in
toxicating little dances that heart
could wish. OF course this enjoy
ment of ours could have been cOnsid-
erably improved by the addition Of
the village youth; but it happened
not to be their vacation, and there
were few promising lads home from
college; then the clergyman was an
elderly gentleman, and the medical
student was engaged, and not to our
taste; SO that our teas and dances
leaned on the slender support Of
Frank Rugby, Tom Field (who now
and then came home to the house OF
his cousin, where he had grown up,)
Rob Randolph and one Or two others
which occasioned a great pulling Of
caps and a tumble of girls dancing
together to their utter confusion
Now you may readily imagine that
in such a strait an eligible iudiyid-
ual did not enter the village and re-
main long unknown.
"Did you see that dark young
man go by yesterday" asked Ri as
we sat in Della Rugby's sitting room,
and her mother nodded in her easy
chair.
"What dark young man" asked De
lia absently.
Spanish loo<irg?" said l.
"No, not exactly"
"Brazillian?" said Della, getting Il
point more southerly.
"No, indeed, replied Ri, "Brazil.
lians always put me in mind Of ycI-
low diamonds, don't know why
| never saw one. No, just dark
and-and perfectly splerdd!"
ooh, | know who it is" said Della
Pa saw him get off the stage yester-
day, aud his name is-let me see
real nice name Oh dear Any
way he is stopping at the tavern"
"Therel there!" cried RI starting
up and gazing out Of the window.
"Isn't that no; yes yes, | declare
that's hel Now look at him"
We all obeyed her.
"Well, what of him?' said Frank
Rugby. 81 know a score of fellows
as good looking"
"Why, isn't he remarkably distin-
guished?"
"Uncommonly.'
Clocks ike a prince in disguise,
'Looks rather like II confidence
man" said Frank, returning to his
paper.
"Raoul Rosstu! That's the name,
cried Della, suddenly.
Gust out CT a romance" said Ri
and | in the same breath. "Do bring
) him over and introduce him, Mr.,
Rugsby.'
"Do, said Della; "and we wi,lask
, him to our frolic to-nlghr,"
) And poor Frank, who would have
beggared himself for Ri's smiles,
dropped in at the tavern and made
acquaintance Of Rioul Rossitur; and
before the week was out he was on
as intimate terms with us as other
} young men, whom we had known for
years lie happened in at all unex.
pccted hours, and made himself SC
enchanting that we never wished him
away. There was that in his address
, that made constraint or eanu an i'm.
possibility. Besides, fancy that
; we were great deal Aattered by his
> decided preference for our society
and hattery is always sweet in the
mouth. At all the sociables he danceC
= with Ri and me more than will
. tbs others. He contrived to sit be
- tween us at teas; he sent us wonder
} full West India sweetm eats, and con
" dictionaries that was like eating tn
, chrystalised perfume of rose and he
liotrope. We had, of course, II,
shadow of doubt concerning him, 70
had he not shown Mr.. Randolph iron
# some of the most distinguished mol
k of Y? And hadn't Mr.. Rugb
If known Raoul Rossitur in college
is who must have been the father G
t. this Mr.. Rossitur? He said that h
l. had received wound in hunting
If from the effects of which he had ne'
= er fully recovered; and as in the cit
4, he unavoidably led gay life of lat
q hours and late dinners, his phys
v oian had ordered him to the count
i for quiet and wholesome air an
" living.
G "As if air wasn't good enough io
d him anywhere" said Frank who wa
1t languishing with jealousy on Re az
1. count--very noedlessly as I then be
Y, lioved
es In the thick of it down came Tol
L Field TO pass Sunday. He arrive
n Saturday night, and, as represent,
G. tive of the mistress of the house,
re went out into the hall with som
s. show of cordiality to meet him an
IT, prepare his mind. He shook m
"a hand in an absent way, as if he wen
e thinking of something else, an
a glanced past me into the drawing
n- room, where Rossitur was bendiu
a over Ri at the piano, and adding
le rich tenor to her tremulous s.
G. prano.
u "Whom have we here2" he aske
surveying the scene and stroking b
moustoche tfNha daucp-A stra1