Smyrna times., 1875-11-24

= shrewdly left the dance to be decided mo,
J, "hen the evening came around, that will,
hooieman having by somewhat costly ex
h perIehce learned the uncertainty of matter
Y IN TINS mundane sphere. lie had left it +,
e De inferred that he would be TRANSPORTED
with ecstasy to trip that measure with her
f as he had been to pursue so MANY others
G ana had sent as usual, his preliminary buoe
bouquet. But at the club that evening he
hao heard some vague but alarming renorts
that caused the somewhat bilious comnIex.
Ion OF the eminent foreigner to become vel.
lower and, if possible more opaoue. He
: renamed at the club, smoking great
many cigars at the expense of several verv
young gentlemen of fashion, who would
gladly have remained there all night and
administered to the comfort of the distin.
guished nobleman.
In the meanwhile Miss Winthrop's heart
beat quickly beneath her silken bodice. and
she almost wished she had not ventured so
much upon the partiality of the Baron
wagner. What if he should choose for
this once the tall and graceful Miss De
register, the daughter of their hostess, or
cast favorable eye upon the Establishments
OF Miss Godfrey? As the moments few bv
II occurred to Miss Josephine that he
might not come at all, and then the sneers
ana glbes OF these rivals of hers would set
her down as neglected and forgotten. and
she would be compelled TO sit through the
entire dance, thus in the bloom and fresh.
ness OF her first season, having the hated
experience of Il wall-hower thrust upon her
She sighed and fdgeted; her color rose.
The preliminaries of the German had al.
ready commenced. Her eyes nervouslv
sought the corridors. 1t was all she could
do to keep the tears from obscurinr her
sight.
The baron is late this evening"" whis-
pered that spiteful Miss De Peyster.
" That Is nothing to me-" said poor Jo-
sephine, with little sob in her voice that
destroyed all effort at haughtiness.
Miss DE Pcyster whispered that perbaps
he would come yet, and walked away with
her partner. Josephine's head drooped:
one long sigh of despair escaped her lips:
even few tears fell out of her ewes unon
the hated bouquet
All at once a tall form bent over her. and
voice said, gentle and low, " Miss Joseph
me, have never danced the German in INV
HE; Is 1t too late to ask you to teach me?'
and looking up, she saw her fathers friend.
Mr.. Cohen. His fine face was connected
with some OF the happiest moments of her
lie. When she was but child and fretted
1or some new toy, was always Mr.. Cohen's
hand that brought it; the incest apprccio.
ton OF her drawings, of each new musical
effort, she found at his hands. And now
here again, when she needed him most of
all, he was at her side.
"Teach your she said, tears of mortif.
cation and hurt vanity still shining in her
eyes" as if could teach you anything!
Oh, how good you are! You only asked me
to dance because-because-' She wanted
to say because the baron had forgotten her.
but remembered that perhaps he did not
even know the baron.
- asked you to dance because" said
Mr.. Cohen; but here the onerous duties Of
the German interrupted their conversation.
and not once again was he able to say the .
words that trembled on his lips,
Miss Josephine led the great fnancier
through the dance; indeed. :
whatever Mr.. Cohen did was done well
Ills forty.fve years sat lightly upon him.
lie was an extremely handsome, attractive
nan even now perhaps more so than in :
MS youth, for fortune and favor are rare !
and though by some freak of
nature Mr.. Cohen's hair was white as snow.
t only served to enhance the brilliancv of
lis eyes, lend glow to his skin, and give +
iignity to his severely aquiIine nose and
vell-cut lips
Josephine had never given many Of her
thoughts to this famous negotiator. Her
little head had been turned by the prospect
If title, and the profound "ya-as " of the
Baron Wagner. The baron confined the
most of his conversation to this little mono. !.
yllable, merely changing its expression TO
me OF entreaty, denial, astonishment. inte.
est, interrogation, or whatever suited the
All the young ladies, however
greed thatwith the shrug of his shoulders
he raising Of his eyebrows, and outspread, :,
ng of his fingers, it was a whole langua6e
n itself. "
But Josephine found it pleasant to talk E,
something new to find herself interested u
n conversation. Mr.. Cohen made the
most Of the time he spent with Miss Win. q
hrop, and she conceded to herself that the al
moments spent with him were the bright ~ ~
st and best she had ever known in society. II
And then all the sparkling eyes about her ~ -
rev more and more bright with envy. Mr.. u
ohen must be worth a million-two-per- -
APPS ten; who can tell the limit to the sur
nises of these extrayagant young ladies i? -
was he, then, she was waiting for; he q
ad even condescended to dance 10 please y
er, and it was her fault that the moor bo. ~
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