, 1874-10-11

At%NC HGtu II. We BAY GVcrVkD1up.
Ihe most iudulgcnt critics OF these cccontrlcl-
! ties ara
THE RETURNED TOURISTS THEMSELVES,
and ali lnc1haus.ipio fund OF conversation acd
enjoyment suddenly opens between two people
who discover that they haro becn pill
teIs the mutual mania ID to provo that
each has seen moro thau the other. or to plant
IN lnex:inguishab;e regret in his neigbors breast
for some hitherto un6uspecled deficiency iu his
known but ingenious little devices arc played of
/ upon oacll other, to the entertainment of the
byetaudera. One Of the most popular is tho fol-
lowing: You visited the Capitoline Museum,
lug Gladiator - :sYes" ':And the Marble
Faun ?" - Yea" And tho Infant Hercules Z"
NJ Ies." ''Dil you see the new statue they had
! Just excavatcd, called tho Venus Of the Capitol
Il wasn't in tho main rooms. but yon had
to ask the attendant, and he unlocked
IL little room for special fec" " Well;
no; / don't remainder that We did" !"
20: I'm SO sorr5 that yon didn't see shaf |
really consider it better worth seeing than all
the rest Ct t. tho statues t! PIT tqgsthGz Mach
sosnto sssa 'oF Of oaT iudeed ed
out to Capri :" 70! certainly ''wsnt into
the Blue crotto?" 10. yes; not ha; OF our
it IVES quite dangerous; but we made up our
minds not to come away without entering. If we
s:ald there thrco wceks. Ferfecrly beautiful,
wasn't :' Beautiful You remember the
to hold one person. Did you get up on that -
mo" !iA! I was afraid you didn't. Very
few people 10; but do you know: now. that's
the finest thing about the Grotto, the Wow from
that point. Perfectly exquisite! Yon can't utl~
derstand HunB Andereen's description uulcas
you get upon that rock; " and Eo Oil with ill.,
creasng delight as the discontinue OF his victim
is apparent.
But the pccul;aritics OF ell other tourists fade
into nothing. beside those Of thA class who may
be aptly termed
THE TRANSFORMED
they who went away Americans. and return
neither American nor EfBlshman. GcEuau,
F1ouchnaau. nor Italian. but au inharnoniol,s
blending Of those fcatures which each nation
would do woll to loec. Tho s:.ne complaint Was
doubtless made against tllc travelled Englishmau
of Shakspearos day. for Portla says, 'tHc bought
his Goubet in Italy. his loll,d Lose III France,
Ills bonnet in Ge:;nnn:, and his behavior every
where
Whenever ne talk Of these things, VIC always
como back 10 EosabclIa. She grew up On the
Illinois pgaries, and, when she was very young,
her father made u fortune in wheat. 1hcy lived
in large, handsome house, which had nothing
remarkable about it, unless you call 1t remark
able Tor house to be ne i,osptahle. US cheerful.
aud delightful as tiaoirs was,-ana a1n afraid
ne shall corae to think that some day. Ihera
was no high art about the furt1tl,re,-a fact.
nished. There was nothing ru1c or peculiar.
Yet there wcro two OF three vcry good
pictures: for the wnJs Of the house we're
60 easy and informal that it wag very popular
with tho small fraternity Of artists, and some.
times Mr.. Ddlle bought C picture that pleased
him, and sometimes painter :,aye one to lsosa-
heia. Few of us CELL ren1olnoer tho titno when
RosnbeIa ras not Our synonym for Whateyer Is
BEST AND DnlGErEsr.
aS fectcd and nd cord coral she had arge gray
roseate complexion, and great deal Of sun
sbipy hair, which she used to twist dcftlF about
her head But, it ono OF those Furnished coils
had not been SI1ays falling down oToz hor
her forehead, it would not have been Rosa-
btlla Her family were the centre of q
little nc!g1borLocd. where sono OF us ncre rich
aud some poor; but NC never Thought much
about hez wealth, except aa being very con-
venient when re wanted large rooms for some
social gathering, OF { carriage for somebody who
hadu' t m esco-t; for both were very much at
the service Of her friends. Her father. Mr.
Biddle, vas hearty, genial man, Of bluff but
kindly address,. man who knew nothing OF
books or art, but great deal about woods. lar
vests. and men. I don't know what 3 PaIinan
would Eavc thought Of him, but an old Gtesk-
if his typo il well ehetched IN Homer
would have taken to him nightly; mud I
figure in . meeting of .Enslizl,
landholdcls. Mrs. D.ddle wxs notherly, aifec-
tiunate woman; but re thought her perfect,
because size 1oale The house so accessible Tho
snI was Always Shining into their roonls rosarl-
less OF furniture: VIC could got Up dance NJ
any mcmcat. with suggestions from her 81
to carpets; If you went by tho louse. somebody
Was sure to be sitting by zhe wiudow, OF the
piano .as souna:ng, II! you. we're tempted to
1un up the 6tops AID drop IN io- g mo1ent with
d message for Eosahcua. F!guratlvcIy speak
ing, thel- door was always OPEN
One dav Mr.. D!ddio concluded to take the
whole family TO Europe. lsoaabeiia WAS in ran
tcres, anc SO were "e Tor her saZs. @ she sle
taem to the rest Of us. Sac would eclyo
alk our unanswered queries as to placca,
people, and lie, in those cd counties. Sue
would show shcm Hba: nc.s Of q girl this Ne"
World could produce spontaneously, as 1t se1c,
on; of t;:cse yer: p!.;Ds where tho tl'irois nad
the Sh.rauocs nal hunted q century ago. she
was so brave, ss.l ;et 20 modest; go beautiful,
ard yet 60 thoroughly natural. We admitted
:Iat thoso Courts aud :aIaces might hold d hun-
tred gitls as lovely. aud far mote cultured bu.
not. We Assorted, exactly suct q yirl hosa-
bella. Tia: wae ill: patent. oar na.ional ln'cn-
tlon-
S, she went, and wus gone two years. When
she ce4uo bac:, ::e heard tnat she
wAy 1t..uCu I1lrEDyED" :!
We Ind no doubt Of It. We hurried to see her.
On our wny, vo learned that tho proper name OF
tic family Nas now DidGellc. That confused us
q li..lc. so did tho Hiltc-soYed servant Ulio
QDeLcu tue door. anu 1LltfI.CA u h4sl keH~lb
compassion that The cco;t:or-day of the family
was Thursday. We went thcro THURSDAY, and
saw Rosabala- 10 doubt sbo wa:s very much lrn
proved. sho moved with unusual grace aud
-tatcliress. SEC wa3 rolitcue3s ltscif. She
cmiled with supernatural sweetness. and thore
WAS about her serene tranquility which moth
ing ea:thly could diArrrb- She IVES dressed like
q Princess in a fury tale. She did not
talk much, End thc1e wns nc warmth or
en.hr.ias1n about her. We learned that warmth
and cnthuBlasn were not hish-bsei.. Mr.. and
Mrs D.dule were as much changed as their
daughter. They lad lost their old oaae and
hcartiness; spoke Of art and foreign scenes !;
but they we:c not quite OF s,oir French ao-
cent. aud ooi:c.i ca7e-ro71 and uncertain Of
themselves. The rooms nero adorned with stat
ucs and copies OF famous pictures but shey wore
no longer tho rooms iu rl,ich re had had such
good tines. The spirit OF freedom and inde-
pcndeuco had gone OUT Of them. They. like
their owners,
WE'RE TRANSFORMER.
Gradually no fell OIL. Of tie habit Of dropping
in u}oil the family informally; aud on
recection-inys ttcra WIS hne1y-dressed
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