The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1877-02-08
From Harper's Bazaar.
When the Ship Comes Home
BY WALTER RESANr AND JAMES
RICE.
AUTHORS OF READY MONEY MonrfRoY," "THE
GOLDEN BUTTERFLY" ETC, Ere.
CHAPTER ~.
DANCING AND DEPoRTMENT

So far in the heart of the city rs to
got clean beyond the heart and gone
over to the other side, stands street
of private houses, at sight of which the
rare and casual stranger wonders what
manner of people they be who dwell
therein. Their only knowledge of
London squares and the aristocracy
must be derived from America Square
to which the street is a near neighbor.
Their knowledge Of life must be taken
from the Docks hard by and from the
Thames, which bears. within a stones
throw Of their doors, its fresh freights
from India and far Cathay. They
have the Tower of London for a sub
ject of perpetual contemplation; and
by penetrating Thames Street they
may sometimes make acquaintance
with the exteriors of those who come
from the unknown giories Of the west
ern land from the golden Belgrayia
and the ducal meadows of fair Tybur-
MIA. Bat wherever they fare in search
of the unknown and the picturesque.
their lives are settled where there is a
steady calm in the midst of turmoil.
The outer world seems to belong not
to them, nor its troubles: its tiercer
joys they know not; the battle RACES
round them, but not in their midst
and the citizens who dwell in Iendo
Street are a peaceful folk, mostly poor,
and nearly ali contented. Halfway
up the street, on the left-hand side, is
a house which, exactly like the rest in
all other respects, differs from them in
Il look OF extreme cleanliness, which,
with Il freshness of green paint. makes
ii stand out from the ncighbors as a
house which claims the attention due
to respectability of a high order. On
the door is II large brass plate, on
which is inscribed, M. Lemire, Pro-
fessor of Dancing, Calisthenics, and
Department - and on large card in
the front window appears the same
followed by the daring
assertion that References are per-
mitted to the highest Nobility, Gen
try, and Proprietors Of Schools i'm the
Kingdom Side by side with this
placard was another of smaller dimen-
sions, with the simple word "Lodg-
ings" upon it; for Professor Lemire
added to his artistic pursuit the busi-
ness of letting lodgings, whenever
dodgers should be induced by the voice
of fame, or by IA calm consideration of
the advantage of the situation, to set
tie for time in the neighborhood of
America Square. it is proper to ex-
plain that hithcrto-that is, since the
hosting Of the placard, which was in
a manner flag of distress-no lodger
had yet Knocked at the door, except
one, and he had been, financially
speaking, Il failure. So the professor.
albeit retaining the placard, thought
little of his lodgings, and looked to his
art for daily bread.
Art, however, al the East End of the
city makes a precarious livelihood.
There We're a few private schools,
where the professors services were re-
guired at a very moderate rcmunera-
tion, and sprinkling of pupils could
be got together to form Il winter class,
to which he yearly looked forward
with hopes always doomed to disap-
pointment The dapper little dancing
master made out Of all very slender
income indeed, and the family table
was frugal all the year round. The
professor, was, in this year 1855 of
which we write, between forty and
fifty years Of age. His father and his
grandfather had been dancing masters
before him, in the same neighborhood,
when there were yet wealthy mer-
chants living there, and dancing was
a serious accomplishment. His son
Rupert. he said, should Try other
fields; but for him-his lines were
hANu. IoltsSoi was VI
guenot descent, and among the family
treasures was the old sword which had
been drawn at the great siege of La
Rochelle; but all the warrior blood
must have been exhausted at the
period when the professor saw the
light, for more soft-hearted, tender,
and sympathetic creature did not ex-
ist. He was "a small, thin, and wiry
man; he had clean-shaven face,
bright black eyes, and black hair: he
dressed in black too, with clothes fit
ting tight to his elastic limbs and he
had one pet vanity-he was proud Of
his irreproachable linen. Madame
Lemire was an Englishwoman, who
had conquered the youthful professors
heart by an extraordinary devotion to
his own art, in which, however, her
success was but moderate. She was
taller and a great deal heavier than
her husband, whose genius she wor-
SHIPPED; she was also as tender-heart-
ed. And she was prolific; no fewer