New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-04-04

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; remained a mystery. 1t was one Of thOs
not in years.
A beautiful and sympathetic woman lik
Mary Jessamine is not 30 easily found as
travelling companion, nor ia che to b
readily dropped, even if she has dreadful
aunt; so Ainslie and for two months hav
logged the footsteps of the two ladies.
| certain intimacy had grown up between
Mary and Ainslie at Rome, where she ba,
shown, as most imaginative and not alto
eether happy women do show. q great lean
ing toward what Ainslie called Romanism
And his clerical as we'll as his natural turf
of argument had led him to take an im
mediate interest in her continuing in tn,
faith of her fathers. Sometimes it seemed
to me that l should be little jealons if
we're the engaged young lady whom he tolt
me lived in the British provinces But aftel
all, provincials have very few sights.
Our travelling party had been augmented
at Florence by Mr.. and Miss Hammerstein
very nice German people, who spoke Eng
lish better than we did, and allowed US tG
drop their title 10 addressing them. Bertha
! Hammerstein was q very beautiful Mar
guerito sort Of girl, and her brother the
haudsOmest Teuton l ever saw. They
knew everything, were amiable, we'll read,
and ate with their knives.
house of our ambassador at Florence. 81
Mary said it was all right-high born Ger
mans do eat with their knives. 1t looks q
little odd at first. but you soon get to feel
that the fork is q mere prejudice. Both
brother and sister played and sang delight.
fully, and were great cards on the canal
for that very reason. We could all Join in
the chorus if Bertha's high, clear, exquisite
voice would fly out on it's strong wings and
show us the way.
Hammerstein Immediately fell in love
with Mary in the most violent fashion. His
German blood started off with the fury of
mountain torrent. and he made no attempt
to disguise his emotion, as an AnglO-SaxOn
would have done.
Perhaps Ainslie, and certainly l, loved
her quite as much, but we scorned to show it,
We went wandering along together
through the Italian cities, with nothing to
chain us to earth but Mrs. Jessamine. She
was the plauge to our DecamerOn. and
. most terrible bore. She was f0olishly
fond of attention, and had an unnatural
and imaginary rivalry with her neice, which
was most ludicrous. We young men treated
her with civilify because she was woman,
and with something more because she was
the aunt Of the sweetest and most refined
woman on earth; but she would have been
glad to believe that her charms alone
1t was at Ferrara that we met Carter, the
angel of our deliverance. Great and excel
lent, and polite Carter. how much didst
thou absorb and carry off!
Carter was an elderly beau-called the
gay deceiver by his friends. He was intro
duced to Mrs Jessamine, and fell in love at
once with lies beaur yeaMr de sa cassette,"
for our dear friend was very rich, and az
Carter observed to me, ''still q fine figure of
q woman"
She was desperately fond of admiration.
her niece had been the result of jealousy.
The gay deceiver was an angel. He took
OH Mrs. Jassamine, and Mary blOOmed like
sweet briar.
use the simile advisedly, for there was
q certain prickly self defense about Mary
which always reminded me of that delicious
and odorous shrub. She was impenetrable
and mysterious. At once the most trans.
parent and truthful of human beings. she
had my sterious absences, little Journeys by
herself with the maid, and queer abstracted
moments which l never could fathom.
People who travel together, and are as in.
innate as We were, became curious about
each others movements
What business was it of mine? often
asked. What right had to feel curious or
to inquire why Mary went, came, or had fits
OF absence of mindf Simply that was in
love with her, and could not help it,
She and Bertha Hammerstein got on won.
derfully we'll together. They were two
clear eyed, bright girls, with no morbid ele-
ments about them. and always seemed to
suit each other. How wonderfully thew dug
up old Ferrara, and with what delight and |
intelligence did they study the frescoes at !!
Ravenna. They were both great and dill. |
gent readers of I. Adolphus Trollope, and |
his beautiful Italian novels of "Gemma." |
'LeOnara Cassalori," 1.-THE Sealed Packet, |
guide books through those enchanted spots. |
Mary wore the ring with two lions" and |
grew kinder to me every day. Never can |
orget one day in the Pinets, near Ravenns,
where We had gone to verify our T. AdOlphus,
did not intend to tell what occurred, but
NOW that Hammerstein came home blue
With jealouey, and that Ainslie, who had
'een talking elective affinities with Bertha,
ooked back quite too often as We wandered
trough the pines.
Often at our hotel We found Mr.. Handy.
lde Marbury. He was not q man to pre-
ent to the ladies. but Ainslie and l, over
ur evening cigar, had many q good talk
18th him. He seldom chose any subject
'ss erudite than the Morovigian kings, and
and Ainslie would discuss Charlemapne |
18th much interest and with scarcely less |
vidity than twOpoliticians show in talking ,
yer General Butler. Mr.. Marbury, Ike /
any good-for nothing whom 1 had
nown, was entirely above gossip. 1t is I
our respectable man, with an interest in I
10 country, who wishes to know if you {
ave heard that Mr.. A. is a little too atien- ,
We to Miss B., and that G. is rather shaky ,
his commercial legs Handyside Mar. {
lry lived in an atmosphere of great prin. i
pies. grand ideas, magnificent conceptions. a
e had contempt tor Cyril, bishop of | \
lexandria, because the religious honesty q
that prelate was questionable. HANDY. r
ne Marbury, in tbreadbare coat. and | .
it'll five borrowed dollars in his pocket. f
i In Judgment on Tarquin, last OF the +
ngs OF Rome. and think Tarquin had b
Q worst of it. n
so was very much surprised when he v
oke OF suddenly in the midst of an clio. 4
lent essay on Roland and Oliver Paladins
iarlemagne, and asked me about Mrs. I
ssamine and Mr.: Carter. Had those a
'rthies stepped down from the facade of b
Cathedral | should not have been more b
owed. Ainslie said l blushed; why do G
t know, except that incongruity affects
9 mind somewhat as outraged modesty is t,
ID to, and anything more incongruous n
An our seedy old Turveydrop and the
yhly respectable Mrs. Jessamine l cuuld Al
conceive. :,
So Your elderly belle is the one to be
'tched, l see," began Mr.. Marbury. IL
i thought you cared for no belle since v
,opstra, answered through my bushes. n
i love fools whenever l see them. They o.
Ill inherit the EARTH" said Marbury. Il
We looked on occasionally at your party
though confess the present is the only | b.
, Of the world l do not care for), and /
We seen that elderly Irritation with pleas. ia
and interest. 1t anuses me to see types al
Produced. Here in Mrs. Jessamine see AZ
ain Octavia, and all the stupid, formal
Is who have their weaknesses under. fir
.th. Do you think she will marry Car ii,
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