American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-05-24

barnessed b;,nself to the car of a hand
some yomnr widow who dressed GORGEOUS
IlvHrsrde fear,ess ~ "a NOD slansil4 danced
nntirinrlv and sS.e 6o,on. To nLc,1-' -
| The manners,of the Little Enplish com
Imnnitv- assembled at Sna were verv much
treia ytd Ann ne standard cot m n, esci
sS..e -
7 even off different sexes smoke To one 'o an
\ MKMS3tSmT 81 TSnSS GfrH1ssction
vonng ladies danced somet;mes tyv;ca
consecutively with the same mart
MAJ ; Una q ,Sstcy;xS so,SSxJS Went nnce
to church A. sunday and devoted
| ho,xsST 10 ,aSrsstr - Ill i, a.
woods the ,,ernso1 ~ secnIaI io,,rn.i. anS
I;stening n The hand which E1avad other
4 music than Hsndel,s ~ ManvwH1 frowned
at fxnernvwhYsfM nome nc gamblino
\ etalrai their floriuR antf.five. francS pieoes
at roulette and rou0e-et-,.Ofr.1 Rut there
was one tacit law which the female Dor
ton of the. British visitors adhered to re-
f1fcfousN. and which forbade them to take
seats at either of the play-tables. They
Knight stand behind. and make theif little
stakes over peoples shoulders, with an air
| of assumed indifference as to whether they
tlost or won. If thew pleased That was
considered to be mere looking-on But to
sit down like a regular Gambler, with a
big G, was held to be a fearful breach of
4 propriety. .,..-...-r -. b.. 81.
And. this crime Mrs. Geylass, the $oune
widow, committed. She constantly took
a seat, which was obsequiously vacated
| for her at the unsocial board, removed her
gloves, took card and PIN piled her
stock Of napoleons into little heaps in
front Of her, and went in for the thing in
| the most business-like way, her admirers
clusteringround and backing her luck, on
the principle, suppose, that imitation is
the sincerest f1attery. The admirers al
| luded to were all men: their mothers.
wives and sisters ahborred her to n
woman. They would have cut her onlv
lher,late husbands cousin was a LORD. and
her own father a Baronet. and she was
rich. Blood and money cover more sins
than charity SO thew bowed and smiled
and answered when she smoke to them
But that was not very often. for the widow
preferred masculine conversation.
| This was the lady to whom Graham now
devoted himself; he procured nosegays
| for-her; he commended for the honor of her
hand in the ballroom, and her foot when
she mounted on horseback, and his atten-
lions were always most earnest when Milly
Lund was present. Bertram smiled appro-
val. Graham is no FOOL thought he; The
has selected the next most attractive girl :
just as the Lundy has selected the next Tin
her blinded judgmenD most attractive
man." This soliloquiZer had no false
modesty, you see. SD
Having Tins ascerta;ned that tbese t,ro
Young people were desperately in love
with one another, Bertram no longer gave
himself the trouble of paving so assidnous
court to Miss Lund. and cultivated the
acquaintance of Graham, who was too
much man of the world to show a re.
serve which might betray ieaIousv. if he
felt any. which is doubtful The two men.
had not CHANGED to meet often, but thew
had been thrown together some two wears
before in the settlement Of domestic mat
ter in which Graham had behaved in a
manner calculated to excite Bertram's es-
who knew better of him than most other
people did For our loves and friendships
depend quite as much upon men and wo
mems opinion of ourselves as upon their
own intrinsic merits. 49, -. ~
They, breakfasted at the Same 1itt,e
table they strolIed affarwards in The hotoI
garden. smokinc. thew also consnn,ed
their last cigars at night in company, and
waxed confidential. Al least the one who
had metIyin = tn CANDIDA T;1 If and Rar
tram learned that Graham wac on H.,
MONT of goina ont to Afr;ca y, shont III,
rame. 'fs
The other visitors At Sno modo tot.l1,
different arrorranaant ~ a. 1-o,ro
and decreed tf15t he was aI,o,;t to MARI
the 1iveIv mi dnxxy forfl,xv;tt.s -1rrs CracI,et
announced the forthcominc event to-Ni1ii-
cent Iund az an ascertained fact and rho
youno lady beIievino If went mad Id
not mean f,,at abe. rsc,;red a, strait sva;s,1
coat or nut wild f1owars in her lar ~
sane scrans of song or danced with her
shadow. She did mt even show anv emo.
tion Nefore Mrs Craclret and tba ross;ne,l
but smiled, and remarked that she sup
posed it was good match; for she was
not of an hysterical nature. But her mind
was for the time unhinged, for all that,
and she was quite capable of doing some
desperate thing which society would have
brought in temporary insanity. II was
quite true that she had broken with Ora
ham, but then he had no business TO marry
any one else, etc. How could she appease
herresentment;- how prove that she did
not care one iota for the man she had once
been betrothed tor Ifshe could only take
the initiative, that would be better still.
No one can throw off the restraints
conventionally imposed by their fell
low:creatures . with impunity; if
Milly Lund had not INDUCED
her tastes for Independence and original
ty to such an extent; if she had had any
experienced friend of her own sex, in whom
she had confidence, to advise her, she
never would have been guilty of writing,
oHa sheet OF le1nDHcolOred note paper
Let mo see S'esS t05m07roW meyNing-M L.,
and dropping it, with her handkerchief,
at the Redoubte, when only Bertram was
near enough to pick it up. The wlsp of
paper was not addressed to anybodv in
particular; that was the only shred of pru-
dence she showed; but then she gave it
almost with J,or or,,, bo,d ,-L;et| -.