, 1872-10-12

From Lh8 SdH francesca EAPtnle{e-
He is gray-haired, aEghtly bald. apparently GO
but he has little need Of glasses. this jorial old
gallant, and walks erect. His Horid face. rich
gray moustache and merry eye e. little boldly at
tract4he atiention OF every Indy in the parlor.
He is probably retired army officer, and has .
trace OF the military in his gait. a man OF
means, no doubt, he is also = man Of leisure,
aud the lion OF the hotel
The Indies who live In the hotel think him
adorable; the young men envy and detest him.
No wonder; for the instant a maiden. blooming
80 rose and Innocent aa adove, arrives in tho
hotel, whether from town OF county, as though
he has 3 ta1isman to make her acquaintance aud
break the ice. hs escorts her about on most IA
nliIlar terms. she is never seen where bold
youth might summon courage to address her but
the bald-headed gallant IS with her; aud he eyi.
IDENTIFY knows his business. No ado1escent inter-
loper can hope to. ouat him.
Not that the 's General u is laas gallant to the
1natrons and the elderly spinstera He enter
dinner; be chats aTay an hour With them at thu
10 o'clock breakfast; he sits with an exp1essioA
Of intense enjoyment until they have exhausted
their gossip at the late suppar-tab1e. But the
old rogue knows what he is about. He wins thu
good will Of elderly danes. and then he turns
them to account. It is by that means be gets his
introduction to the sweet birds that a1ight for q
day, or week, or perhaps for month, in SUCH
aod-such ahouse.s
moreover, the old rogue tttra7els" eomes
"Aas oA u!a a,o' t1to gray na1ls ana oald
younger men are denied He can even. il
necessary, dispense altogether with formal in
PRODUCTION. He meets her in the corridor or
the elevator. or On the stairs, and he addresses
the angel with consunmate coolnesa, and, look
ing upon the merry old fellow With reverence
Qor his bald hesd>, she gives sweet reply and
therei the acquaintance ia made. After that hs
grows mora intimate. He ''dears the beauty;
he calls her ''my sweet child" 'smy little
birdie = he valks un to her at the dinnez-table
(ehonld he be too late to escort her into the
dinins5-hal himselD and sqrsezes her little hand
With a1oclous warmth he leads her up stairs
and down stairs, and she must take his ann,
winy-nilly, OF perhaps he puts his am about her
waist to prevent the possibility Of her falling.
All conventional foru.lhea ara broken down By
him. No Law of fashion does he revere. He
g travels" on his gray hairs, the old rogue
In this way he passes his time With great sat-
He playa NO billiards, SO far as is
known; he is never seen At the bar; he was
things; it would be strange it he did not. Ru.
the Young men Of the house notice him only in
bis association with the fair sex. For all else
they see Of him, he il half saint and half IN
but lovial, old ladies' man. They
envy him, they detest him, they ridicu1e him.
Nov, ough. not tho old fellow BE- ashamed Of
not every dog hare his? He ought to retire
gracefully from the stage, get few aged cronies
about him, and pass his time relating his cou-
9cests On the field OF Mars and the Geld Of Gu
pid. He ought to make friends Of the young |
men, assume fatherly tone, and encourage |
hem to so in and win, +" Whenever new beauty |
FUSED to do it," but he ought not to turn his |
oa1d head TO profit and join the chase himself
It is taking an unfair advantage OF the young
nen. tits cruel