American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-07-05

of the regular shapely teeth its frequer
smile shows, and a figure that is full c
easy curves, though trim and slender.
She presents an exact physical reverS
of Mrs. Heaths lazy, lavish-molded Ju
nonian type. She never lounges on otto
mans and other tufted temptations of tn
4 flesh, and the weather of Java itself doesn'
| seem to affect her disregard for fans. NJ,
first attempt at being downright entertain
| ing is made a little after breakfast. Heath
good, accommodating nondescript that h
is, has just permitted himself to be drag
ged out into some dolefully idyllic situa
| ton under a tree by that inane little Bar
/ tholomew girl, who either can't or won
see the ugly antagonism between
Ffresh green grass and virginal-coloret
duck trousers. Mrs: Heath has poset
herself on one of the hall lounges
while Louis Burnette, having hi
curled yellow head probably less than al
inch from her cheek, treats what he Reads
| aloud from blue-and-gold Lucille
with, enough elocutional cruelty to max,
| Mr.. Owen Meredith commit UNSUITABLE
homicide. ifa l-l.4 7rs-fi r
Under these. circumstances we in tho
sitting-rOom begin an exchange of re
| marks. l grow nervous very soon, anC
lose lots of confidence. I am trying to dc
what 1 have never before tried to do
create a good impression. find it anna
Zlngly hard work L discover that through
out my mortal career, up to the presen
moment, have rigidly avoided the mos
shadOwy sort of effort to make anybody
like me. l have Systematically adopted q
course of coolest indifference as to whether
Toms opinion of me surpassed Dicks in
friendly fervOr or whether Harry's was
more cordial than either. As for women
they generally have done three good
fourths of the talking, made every vestige
of anything like an advance" and shown
dispositions to continue gracious as long
as remained near by to render them so
1t is the old story. Set lilly handed
baronet" to breaking stones, and you will
find what sad work is the result. STUN
BILE in my sentences; Iserve up an over
done piece of civility one moment and an
underdohe piece the next; l am the vile
antipodes of my customary suave self.
She appears, however, to be quite un-
conscious of all this. feel infinitely CON-
forted by the thought. That lOathed
Cleveland business wears already faint
haze of distance across its hideOus pros
pect. A vague picture begins even now
to shape itself in my fancy. repossess
all the old lost luxuries of living; l regain
that beatific state which prevents a man
from having any special regard about
how the few odd thousands of his income
happen to take flight. All, what three
fold joy to have again after once having
had! =. -.-. rs-,-..r.
Yes, she undoubtedly talks to me as
though she liked NE. Perhaps she de-
tects certain Turing felicity about my
moustache, or powerful fascination in
the size of my ear, or an intense attrac-
tiveness in the way my hair meets the
nape of my neck, or any other feature of
the nOnsensical sort by which women are
very often charmed into nonsensical at
tachments. Fi.H--rf E.-a 400
moustache, o ear, o hair, o nape of
neck, o every personal beauty which l
may have the good luck to possess, plead
now in my behalfi Perhaps by tO-mor-
row my awkwardness will have worn off
a trifle, and something of such pleading
may be done with my own lips. Mean
while cannot despond. I have indeed
every reason to hope.
. IN HER VOICE.
This Mr. Rufus Dalgrish, the marriage
able millionaire. is making himself quite
oddly civil. / thought millionaires gen
orally married milliOnairesses- No doubt
they do; merely flirting with reputable
paupers, like Lillian Martel.
feel as if cousin Fanny is actually
emptying upon my head whole brazier-
full of fiery Goals when she does me the
eligibility. 1t is SO queer to have her
anxious that shall make a brilliant
match. / always believed that she more
or less abominated me ever since the days
when cousin Archibald filed her shrewd,
scheming little brain with the idea that l
was her potent rival. certainly did do
my energetic best to make her miss the
prosperous destiny that in spite of all
such, efforts she has accomplished.
Well, well, it seems that she isn't a
grudge bearing nature, and that having
come forth conqueror from our little bat
tie, she can afford to behave herself mag
like those Roman gentlemen
who loom so morally enormous to our de-
graded nineteentlI-century eyes, through
the.pists of history. Perhaps, too, she I'M
derstands that was never really her rival
in times past; that couldn't have done
more than placidly like Archi-
bald and that all my attempts to disenchant
him with herself sprang from a personal
prejudice now happily overcome.
Mr.. Dalgrish and l are on very friendly
terms. He would be delis htful company,
my sordid soul has fxedly concluded,
even if he were as poor aS-well, as my
self; why search about for smile when
one has it at ones finger ends? CONVEX
satiOnally, he gives one an idea of having
strong powers in reserve; each of his re-
marks is like the opening of a little door
which leads into rich, superb chamber;
but the door is never more than set mo-
ajar, and then closed again with
a disappointing snap after you have
caught glimpse of what luxury lies be-
You'd. Personally he is gentleman.
never did care much for ApollOs.
1t is so pleasant to wake up and find
that the recent repulsive heat has abdi-
1 am rather gratified to re-
ceive from Mr.. Dalgrish very cordial
that l shall go and walk with him
this afternoon. "a long, exhilarating
stroll, you know" he expresses it "'across
the hills and far away Everybody else
is going to drive, l believe. Won't you
consent to be out of the fashion,"
1 consent with prOmptitude. Then
fall to making mental enumeration of
the days we have spent together. find
that they are seven. Seven days are quite
a while. The world was made in six.
Have we made each others acquaintance
in that time?
am not sure # this be So We have
talked together and laughed together and
possibly enjoyed ourselves together a
great deal. We are, in certain sense,
intimate. 1 have had occasion to snub
him rather violently once or twice. he
has, within the bounds Of decent gal
lantry, done the same to me have been
the recipient of few sweet speeches
from him-no coarse peppermintdrops
of complaint, if you please, but the rarer,
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