Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-04-26

w NSSP Ills tltIc. tA1lu you, VINO were us
ngul>hed-you surprise me, YOU surprise
me very much"
Mr.. Armstead acknowledged the com
pllment by bending his head and Slightly
waving his right hand. After Il pause
during VIII ch his companion watched him
with much curiosity, he said, . 1t was
found that there was Il certain awkward-
ness in sending out your superior officer
for Il bag Of nails or Il 2-cent stamp
MIR. Airey felt that, like a second Colum.
bus. he had discovered Il new America.
lhlS novel and interesting specimen must
be drawn ont, to be afterward described
and commented upon ut all his clubs He
assumed an insinuating manner :s he ask
ed the leading question, "Ilow 90 YOU like
Parls?' Mr.. Armstead took time to re-
ply. :" like il" he said but fear there
Is Il little too much of the New Highlander
IN my composition.
and capital good thing, too. obscrv-
ed the other encouragingly
The Pilgrim fathers would not have
appeared TO advantage on the boulevarls =
"Certainly not. And yet your country
men are, rs rule-;trc they not ?-devot-
cA to Paris. You know, of course. the say
NC, Good Americans when they die 90 to
iPariS,' ch?'
The Bo>tonan bowed gravcly at the
quotation. :. Some like it," he said an,
added profoundly, after a pause, the
American in Paris is too often a pari.ian
hamper-d by moralty.'
The EnClishman would doubtless have
commented at some length on this remark,
but his eve WAS at the moment caught hv
something which would serve him even
better tor a text. Above 4 large window.
which was modc>tiy covered by muslin
curtains, appeared The name and tile Of
Madame l.aloulctte cX l-erc dc NJ -.
Over the name of the gentleman WHO had
had the honor of employing Madame Lal-
oueite. piece of blank paper WAS careful
y pasted Look - cried Mr.. Airr1. in
great excitement; lust look at the uo-
mans ingenuity. She must have been
threatened with lrgtl proceedings, don t
YOU see? 50 She stick up that paper.
which blot> out the cause of offence. while
II catches every eye and appeals to every
imagination Sophie. my chld SAYS one
woman. of whom j. lh : Madame I.al-
onettr the premlrrr3 For ne, | cannot
says the other: but Madame ,l,.
Corsaye is sure TO know. So they rash of
to Il third lady. and the milincr i, :,lyer-
u>ed All over Paris by a single square OF
blank paper. 1t i, magnificent.
Here Mr. Arry paused for breath. and
was straiThtwav filled hv the delightful
of having been unusually
brilliant
II know il, SAID Mr. Arm>tcad: NJ
Blank Is an cNcruritting mystery To- wu-
men. like the veicd prophet Of khora>-
san.
"lIa, ha' capital, capit,, and. bv Jovc'
She is :, clever woman. Just look 1t the
other dodge"
Il have observed it. - said the American.
The large window of the ingenious artistc
was drapcd with muslin. ~ if the mv>ttr-
les of Ia Mode were sacred II those of the
Bona Dea but at one side Of the window
was placed Il tall sheet If looking glass.
some two feet wide While The two friends
were gazing At the temple of fashion. tie
one buobled over with the remarks on the
IL genuitv Of French women. the other
watched them in silence n, they passed
That looking glass. He remembered 4
method Of Sharing birds by like means and
smiled grimlv. One lady Just touched her
bonnet IN front. another her braid~ behind.
One stopped and deliberately arranged the
lace AT tn, throat. another Glanced Lnirrjel-
" At the glass and then ,llltcd arru,, th4
road a mute defiance of the observer rv,n
/, bonnetlc>, worh-uirl caurb, :, In,k -,
Size sljpptJ back ,n her wnrL nu1 1,r.,.
nurse. whose br.utv WA, nn moro ~,
health and ,mi,biIitv shifted L., .n,,li
burden ienderlv. Will, She law SOM, 1,r.rn
FINGERS ON the crisp border. of hcr r.r rIu
two gentlemen were sin starin.r ,crn,.
the street. when = ,inv hronrb.m Ir.,,.
quickly I'M to the vtirrd win11w
"Who is she who can n. L.a" ,.,;ol
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